Lawyer to the Labour Party, LP, Levi Uzoukwu, alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is not prepared to defend its case at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.
Uzoukwu made the allegation shortly after the court adjourned its resumed sitting, following the absence of INEC’s first defence witness.
The LP lawyer says his camp had a strong case and was ready to move on with its case, unlike INEC which he says had continued to show inconsistencies.
The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, had resumed its proceedings to enable the electoral body call its first witness to justify its declaration of candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, as winner of the presidential election that held on February 25.
However, when the case was called up for hearing, INEC, through its team of lawyers, led by Mr. Abubakar Mahmoud, SAN, told the court that its witness was not available.
Likewise, President Tinubu’s lead counsel, Wole Olanipekun, SAN, as well as that of the APC, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, said they were not against the request for the matter to be adjourned.
