The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has told lawyers of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to stop wasting its time.
The Justices warned the lawyers over their inability to effectively coordinate the tendering of documents for the case on Thursday.
The development made the case face another setback at the proceeding which lasted for about four hours.
At the proceeding, Obi’s lawyers who had initially indicated readiness to commence from Rivers State in the tendering of the polling unit were however unable to do it owing to the haphazard arrangements of the documents by the petitioners.
While expressing the court’s frustration at the petitioners’ coordination of the case, the Justices admonished Obi’s lawyers to put their house in order so as not to continue wasting the court’s time.
Cautioning the lawyers, Hon Justice S.J. Adah suggested that the lawyers had perhaps, underrated the enormity of their responsibility as petitioners.
He said it was necessary to properly arrange the documents that they intend to rely upon in support of their case before the court.
At its last sitting on May 31, the lawyers sought the indulgence of the court for an adjournment to enable them to put their documents together for tendering.
Though the indulgence was granted by the court, they were yet to put things in place as they previously promised.
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