From Yakubu Busari, Jos
The Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Plateau State on Tuesday adjourned its pre-hearing to the 25th of May, 2023 to enable the counsels, litigants complete all the filing processes.
Recall that the Tribunal adjourned to the 23rd of the May, 2023 for inaugural and pre-hearing as scheduled by the 3 man panel.
The Chairman of the Election Tribunal in Plateau State, Honourable Justice R. Irele-ifineh, alongside Hon. Justice Sunday Olorundahunsi and Hon. Justice A .Y. John, disclosed that the aim of the Election Tribunal is to give opportunity to those aggrieved politicians to ventilate their grievances and seek justice.
She described the election Tribunal as the last hope of the common man where it would dispense Justice without being bias to parties involved in the process.
Justice Irele-ifineh promised the litigants of the Tribunal’s readiness to deliver Justice in favour of any party that proves its case without any doubt and warned counsels to cooperate with the Tribunal to speedily dispense of justice for all!
According to the Honourable Justice Irele-ifineh, “we advice counsels to avoid technicalities as we promise that the Tribunal is time bound, because after this assignment, posterity will judge us all as members of the temple of justice”.
The petitioner counsel, Kayode Olatoke, SAN, who spoke on behalf of other Senior Advocate of Nigeria, present, assured the Tribunal that they were all ready to cooperate with the justices for quick delivery of justice to all parties .
He urged the Tribunal to ensure that they delivered justice but promised that they’re ready to support members of jurists in achieving success at the end of it sittings.
He said, “we wish to file, we will still go on in accordance with section 65 of the Electoral Act to which some of the answers have not been filed, so we urge the Tribunal to adjourned till Thursday”.
Barr. Ibrahim Bawa, SAN, stated that the Tribunal couldn’t sit on Tuesday as many of the to cases were not mentioned because the real pre-hearing session is yet to commence so all counsels agreed to adjourned the suit till Thursday, 25th May, 2023.
He maintained that all applications will be taken to ease speedy dispensation of the Election Tribunal, which is; they will be ready to help the Tribunal serve justice to all!
