The Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi have accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of refusing to provide the documents they asked for in their challenge of the outcome of the 2023 presidential election.
Mr Jubrin Okutepa, counsel for the LP, told the court that as a result of this, they could not go on with their case.
Mr. Okutepa also told the court that INEC was deliberately delaying proceedings.
Mr Abubakar Mahmoud, SAN counsel for INEC, told the court that he received a letter dated May 15 from the petitioners and has not received any other letter after that.
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As a result, counsel for the President and Vice President, Mr Wole Olanipekun, SAN promised to ensure that a meeting between senior counsels holds to address the issues raised.
The court urged the parties to come to a better understanding so that the proceeding can go on smoothly as they pledged in their spirit of cooperation.
The five-member panel, led by Justice Haruna Tsammani, adjourned until today for further hearing of the petition.
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