Chris Uche (SAN), lead lawyer for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has taken a jibe at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for declaring Bola Ahmed Tinubu winner of the presidential election at about 4am on March 1.
The presidential candidates of PDP, Labour Party (LP), Action Peoples Party (APP), and Allied Peoples Movement (APM), are challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the 25 February 2023 election.
At the start of the hearing on Monday, the Action Alliance (AA) announced the withdrawal of its petition against the APC and its candidate.
Responding to the presidential election petition tribunal’s clarification that Atiku’s petition would be heard by 2pm on Thursday and not 2am, Uche stated that everybody knows the people who wait till 2am or 4am to make announcements, Vanguard reports.