BREAKING: Adamawa Election Petition Tribunal Reverses Self Over Directive To Sit In Abuja, Returns To Yola

The tribunal has been ordered to technique to Yola, the Adamawa Suppose capital for the full lawsuits, based fully on a assertion by the Secretary of the tribunal, Elsie Akpabio.

The Governorship/Nationwide and Suppose Home of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal for Adamawa Suppose has reversed itself on listening to litigation in Abuja.

The tribunal has been ordered to technique to Yola, the Adamawa Suppose capital for the full lawsuits, based fully on a assertion by the Secretary of the tribunal, Elsie Akpabio.

Earlier on Thursday, SaharaReporters reported that the Governorship/Nationwide and Suppose Home of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal for the speak had taken the full petitions related to the 2023 elections held within the speak to Abuja.

This become disclosed in a press assertion signed by the Tribunal Secretary, Elsie Akpabio on May maybe 23, which become viewed by SaharaReporters on Thursday morning.

It added that the full matters had therefore been adjourned until additional sight.

The assertion read: “Sequel to the directives of the Honourable President, Court docket of Charm, Hon Justice MB Dongban-Mensem dated twenty third day of May maybe 2023, the Adamawa Suppose Governorship/Nationwide and Suppose Home of Assembly Election Tribunal has been relocated to Abuja for additional lawsuits.

“All petitions with dates for listening to are adjourned until additional sight. Fresh dates and venue of sitting will likely be communicated to parties.”

Meanwhile, the consciousness is quiet on the explanations for the relocation of the tribunal from Yola to Abuja.

The Just Nationwide Electoral Commissioner (INEC) had declared Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Birthday party (PDP) the winner of the speak governorship election in March.

Fintiri received the supplementary election with 9,337 votes after defeating his closest rival, Aisha Dahiru, popularly called Binani, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who came second within the poll with 6,513 votes.

On the replacement hand, in a dramatic twist on Thursday, Akpabio launched a letter on the orders of the President of the Court docket of Charm, directing the tribunal to renew sitting in Yola.

The letter, addressed to the Chairman of Nigerian Bar Association, Adamawa Suppose chapter and viewed by SaharaReporters reads, “Kindly bring this to the attention of your people with matters sooner than the election tribunal, that the directive to relocate the tribunal on security grounds to Abuja has been placed on retain for now and the tribunal will proceed to sit down down in Yola, Adamawa speak.

“Fresh listening to notices will likely be reissued for matters already mounted for week and next week.”