“The case is to be remitted to the lower court for expeditious hearing of the matter,” the court held.
The appellate court ordered the return of the petition to the tribunal for expeditious determination.News Agency of Nigeria recalls that the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, had in June dismissed a petition filed by the AD and LP parties challenging the victory of Mr Sanwo-Olu at the March 9 election.
Justice Terhemen Asua, the Chairman of the tribunal, had noted that timely application for pre-hearing conference was a condition to the hearing of the petitions and without the application for pre-hearing conferences, the petition cannot commence or get to the stage of judgment.
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