The chairman of the five-man panel of the court, Justice Haruna Tsammani, read the pre-hearing report which included the declaration of the court’s decision to consolidate all the petitions to be heard as one.




The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Tuesday merged the petitions submitted by the various political parties while giving the pre-hearing report on the petition and presenting the trial schedule.
The chairman of the five-man panel of the court, Justice Haruna Tsammani, read the pre-hearing report which included the declaration of the court’s decision to consolidate all the petitions to be heard as one.
Following this, Tsammani announced that the hearing of the petition would commence on May 30, 2023.
Furthermore, he said after the adoption of written addresses on August 5, 2023, the court shall thereafter prepare for judgement.
SaharaReporters had reported that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, expressed support for the Presidential Tribunal Election’s motion to harmonise all three cases submitted to challenge Bola Ahmed Tinubu's victory in the 2023 elections,
This was revealed on Monday by Atiku's legal team, led by Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, who stated that the petitions' enormous importance warranted a prompt hearing.
The former Vice President noted various provisions of the Electoral Act 2022 that granted the court the authority to merge applications for expedited disposition in the interest of justice.
He had argued that, while being submitted by separate parties, the three petitions were all aimed at the same 2023 presidential election and the same pronouncement of Tinubu as winner.
“The petitions from their contents and foundation are flying together with equal force to the same direction of righting the wrongs in the election”, he said.
According to the former vice president, it is natural and acceptable for the Court to do everything in its power and under the law to bring justice to the parties.
He asked the Court to dismiss Tinubu's and the APC's objections, claiming that their goal was to delay the hearing of the petitions against natural justice.
However, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC represented by Chief Kemi Pinheiro, SAN said it would abide by the decision of the Court.
SaharaReporters earlier reported that “president-elect” Bola Tinubu and his party, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, already objected to the attempt by the opposition to merge all three petitions filed against their victory in the 2023 presidential election.
The objection was made by Tinubu's legal team, led by Chief Akin Olujinmi, SAN, who claimed that combining all of the petitions would jeopardise his ability to adequately defend all of the points brought by the petitioners.


https://saharareporters.com/2023/05/23/breaking-presidential-tribunal-merges-atiku-peter-obi-apm-petitions-against-tinubu-fixes

Atiku and his Son Obi are Wasting Their Precious Time.

Atiku should just jejely go back to Dubia
Obi should go and Rest at Onitsha.

Ok

Hnnnn

What will be will surely be....

Effort in futility

But obidient said na their case Dem wan settle pick

Whereas na una case dey merged with atiku own so

The ones flying outside the window from live broadcast denial to double nomination

TINUBU has stolen our manhood

Acekidc4:
Atiku and his Son Obi are Wasting Their Precious Time.

Atiku should just jejely go back to Dubia
Obi should go and Rest at Onitsha.

Obi lives in Pandora. That’s where he is keeping Anambra’s stolen money

NzogbuNzogbu:
But obidient said na their case Dem wan settle pick

Whereas na una case dey merged with atiku own so

The ones flying outside the window from live broadcast denial to double nomination

The judges have seen that all cases are nonsensical, so decided to merge them together so that they will be dismissed together

Lobatan. Shakara has ended. Just lumping them together alone suggests that they are not significantly different and not deserving of extra attention.
I commend the litigants for taking the legal route.They should have handled their loss with dignity instead of feeling sore.

Nigeria won again.

Congratulations to my President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and APC in advance.
Check my signature for free stuffs!

Lump the cases together and squeeze then toss to the bin

is it ur time are there wasting? criminality has eat deep into some of you political cronies to a stage seeking for justice is now a crime

Acekidc4:
Atiku and his Son Obi are Wasting Their Precious Time.

Atiku should just jejely go back to Dubia
Obi should go and Rest at Onitsha.

Better ... No time for time wasting... Let them trash them together

They could not merge before election in order for them to win. Look at them now. If they agree to merge now what sense is that?

Acekidc4:
Atiku and his Son Obi are Wasting Their Precious Time.

Atiku should just jejely go back to Dubia
Obi should go and Rest at Onitsha.

The merging is more brutal and will be more difficult for one defence council to handle that's why APC is opposing it.A situation where 3 different SANS are bring passived convincing argument from different angle and evidences against one SAN,who is equally bringing passived fact and evidence .It's more logical to belief that 3 good heads might win one good head . Though not in all cases .

Animal country

chivic:


The merging is more brutal and will be more difficult for one defence council to handle that's why APC is opposing it.A situation where 3 different SANS are bring passived convincing argument from different angle and evidences against one SAN,who is equally bringing passived fact and evidence .It's more logical to belief that 3 good heads might win one good head . Though not in all cases .

Not in this Case.

Printerscanner:


The judges have seen that all cases are nonsensical, so decided to merge them together so that they will be dismissed together

Good Analysis.............So on Point

Make dem do quick, make we rest.

Lol the merge wey dem no fit du before Election the court don help dem du am....

Ends there

If they merged, who will court now declare the winner? Atiku or obi or kwankwaso? LP should have merged with pDp before d election...not after d elections...it's like putting d horse before d chart
...it's like effort in futile honestly

While Tinubu rest in iragbiji or Guinea

Acekidc4:
Atiku and his Son Obi are Wasting Their Precious Time.

Atiku should just jejely go back to Dubia
Obi should go and Rest at Onitsha.

Sope Otilo

DMerciful:
While Tinubu rest in iragbiji or Guinea

No, Tinubu is going to Live in Aso Rock as your President.

NzogbuNzogbu:
But obidient said na their case Dem wan settle pick

Whereas na una case dey merged with atiku own so

The ones flying outside the window from live broadcast denial to double nomination

Cry cry baby

All of them no reach one

In another news, this is what transpired between Obi and a woman at the court today:

Kenneth4u205:
TINUBU has stolen our manhood

Lamentation part1 😀😀

Good move and decision by the judges . Nigeria needs to move forward and what ever decision they want to make on the petition should be done once and not separately.

I can see why the merging favours APC/Tinubu so why would they oppose it?