The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar and that of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi were absent as the Presidential Election Petitions Court started proceedings in Abuja on Wednesday.
The two candidates are challenging the declaration of the All Progressives Congress, APC’s candidate, Bola Tinubu as the winner of the 2023 presidential election.
But when the proceedings started at the Appeal Court, they were visibly absent. When the Chairman of the Tribunal Justice Haruna Tsammani asked for the petitioners and responders to introduce themselves, LP chairman, Julius Abure stood in for Peter Obi.
On the other hand, Vice President Kashim Shettima introduced himself as the first responder alongside the APC National Chairman Abdullahi Ganduje.
Apart from them, other chieftains of the APC including governors were at the venue of the ruling. LP and the PDP were also represented.
