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From Godwin Tsa, Abuja
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has reserved ruling till Monday on the application by Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP) for live telecast of the proceedings of the court.
Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member panel fixed that date after counsel to parties had adopted their briefs of arguments for and against the motion.
While the petitioners represented by Prof. Awa Kalu (SAN), has urged the court to grant the request, Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN) for INEC; Wole Olanipekun (SAN) for Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima, and Adeniyi Akintola (SAN) for the APC, moved their various counter affidavits and prayed the court to reject the application for being without merit and constituting a distraction to the court.
Earlier in the day, the court heard similar application by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDD) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and reserved its ruling for a yet-to-be announced date.
Before that, the adjournment in the Obi and LP petition, the court rejected attempt by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) from representing the Labour Party in its petition against Tinubu.
The senior lawyer, Chief Oba Maduabuchi (SAN), had told the court that he was briefed by the party to represent them. This was after another senior advocate, Awa Kalu, had made an appearance for the party. He was however stopped by the panel, which insisted that the legal representation for the petitioners was one.
The chairman of the panel told Maduabuchi that he did not file the petition and as such could not represent the party.
