After announcing its relocation to the National Judicial Institute,NJI, on Airport Road ,Abuja, the Edo election tribunal will resume full Judicial function today January 27.
It will however commence hearing of the PDP petition tomorrow Tuesday January 28, 2025
In a formal notice made available to counsel to the parties and the general public conveying the election petition tribunal’s relocation to Abuja, the secretary to the Tribunal, Mu’azu Bagudu, said the Tribunal has been relocated from Benin City to Abuja.
In the notice dated January 24, 2025, Bagudu, also said that the parties to the case were informed of the relocation.
The notice read in part, “I am directed to notify all parties that the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Benin City, Edo State, has been relocated to Abuja at the National Judicial Institute (NJI), Airport Road, Abuja, effective from Monday, 27th January, 2025.”
Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice Wilfred Kpochi, had informed counsel to the parties that there were reports indicating that the venue of the Tribunal could be moved to Abuja.
The sitting was adjourned to Tuesday, January 28, 2025, for a continuation of hearing of the PDP’s petition
