Afrigather Oba Maduabuchi, a lawyer making an attempt to characterize the Labour Celebration (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi was rejected by the Presidential Election Petition Court docket in Abuja on Friday.
Awa Kalu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, had introduced authorized illustration for the Labour Celebration and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, when Maduabuchi immediately stood as much as announce his look for the petitioners.
Mr Maduabuchi mentioned “I’ve been instructed to characterize the petitioners,” with out disclosing the identify of who briefed him to characterize the celebration and Mr Obi
The motion from Maduabuchi was met with rumours from the courtroom because it was complicated and sudden. The lawyer is perceived to be from the camp of Lamidi Apapa, who had emerged because the celebration’s chair following a court docket order suspending Julius Abure because the celebration’s substantive chair.
The chairman of the five-member panel, Haruna Tsammani reacted to the state of affairs by saying that the court docket wouldn’t take two authorized representations for the petitioners.
“You didn’t file a petition. So, you can’t announce your look for the petitioners,” Mr Tsammani retorted.
The courtroom echoed with cheers saying “because the court docket pleases.”
Abba Mohammed, a member of the panel lending his voice to the difficulty mentioned the lawyer
Should have suggested his shopper “that you just can’t have two counsel representing a shopper in a single swimsuit.”
The Labour Celebration has been enmeshed in a management disaster that has led to the suspension of its nationwide chairman, Julius Abure.
What led to Abure and Apampa controversy
Mr Abure was earlier suspended by a Federal Capital Territory Excessive Court docket in Abuja in April, whereas Lamidi Apapa who was earlier suspended by the celebration, assumed headship of the Labour Celebration.
Through the Wednesday court docket listening to, Apapa clashed with Akin Osuntokun, Director Normal of Peter Obi’s presidential marketing campaign council. He was later mobbed by riotous LP supporters shortly after Wednesday’s proceedings.
He nonetheless returned to court docket on Friday.
Whereas there have been insinuations regarding plots by Mr Apapa to take over LP’s petition with a view to withdrawing it from court docket Maduabuchi’s conduct at Friday’s proceedings is assumed to be linked to the disaster rocking the celebration. He nonetheless denied the allegation at a press briefing on Wednesday in Abuja.
Court docket Listening to on dwell broadcast of the court docket’s continuing
On Friday, the court docket heard Mr Obi’s request regarding a dwell broadcast of the court docket’s proceedings. Thereafter, the court docket adjourned till 22 Might for ruling on the appliance for a dwell broadcast of the court docket’s sittings.
The court docket additionally heard comparable utility by the Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP)
and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, however is but to announce the date for the listening to.
