President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) will file their written addresses at the Presidential Election Petitions Court on July 19 after closing their case. A five-member panel of justices led by Justice Haruna Tsammani granted Tinubu and others 10 days from Wednesday to file their written addresses on the petition against Obi and LP, and PDP and Atiku.
The court also granted the petitioners (PDP and LP) seven days to reply while the respondents (Tinubu and APC) were given five days to further reply on points of law. At the conclusion of the evidence of the star witness of Tinubu, Opeyemi Bamidele, the Senate Majority Leader, both Wole Olanipekun (SAN) and Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) informed the court they won’t be calling further witnesses.
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