The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed July 1, to hear a fresh application the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, filed to quash the proceeding
Specifically, Atiku and his party are praying the tribunal to review the proceeding of that date, pertaining to a motion the All Progressives Congress, APC, filed to strike out certain paragraphs of the petition they lodged to challenge the outcome of the February 23 presidential election that was won by President Muhammadu Buhari.
It will be recalled that the tribunal had on June 11, struck out a motion the APC filed on May 14, which applied for some paragraphs of the petition to be struck out.
The five-member panel tribunal headed by Justice Mohammed Garba struck out the motion after it was withdrawn by counsel to the APC, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN.
However, shortly after the motion was struck out, Fagbemi, SAN, drew the attention of the tribunal to another similar application the party also filed on May 14.
He urged the tribunal to grant the application, noting that the petitioners failed to file any counter-affidavit to oppose it.
