Lawyers Scramble for Seat as Election Tribunal Court Opens

The lawyers from different political parties were seen on Monday scrambling for seats as the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal begins at the Court of Appeal Complex in Abuja on Monday.

Reports say most lawyers arrived around 6 am but were denied entry until a few minutes before 9 am when the venue was packed to the fullest which caused them to scramble for seats inside the courtroom.

Meanwhile, five Judges will be deciding the cases brought forward by the Labour Party and its presidential candidate Mr. Peter Obi and the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar against the ruling All Progressive Congress and the President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

They are; Justice Haruna Simon, Justice Stephen Adah, Justice Abba Mohammed, Justice Joseph Ikyegh, and Justice Monica Dongban- Mensem who is the Appeal Court President.