 Meanwhile, the presidential election petition court sitting in Abuja has disclosed its intention to consolidate the three different petitions that are seeking to nullify the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. Consequently, the court at its resume proceedings on Saturday said it was empowered by paragraph 50 of the first schedule to the electoral act to merge all the petitions and determine them together. However, Chief Chris Uche S.A.N., who is the lead counsel for the presidential candidate of the People's Democratic Party, PDP Alhaji Attiku Abu Bakar, pleaded the court for time to consult his client. On his part, the Independent National Electro-Commission, INEC, threw its weight behind the planned consolidation of the petitions. Mr. Roland Otaru S.A.N., who appeared on behalf of the president-elect Ashwajubola Tinumbu and the vice-president-elect Sen. Kashim Shatima, said he would need time to consult. The Justice Haruna Samani led five-member panels, subsequently adjourned on Monday for the parties to report the outcome of their consultations on the issue of consolidation of all the petitions. You'll notice that before rounding up, the court raised the issue and drew the attention of counsel to this issue of consolidation of petitions, which is provided by the first schedule to the electoral act. And the court has given us opportunity to go and brainstorm on this and then come back to make our opinions known. You know, there are now three presidential petitions pending, and the court, which is provided by the first schedule to the electoral act, and the court has given us opportunity to go and brainstorm on this and then come back to make our opinions known. You know, there are now three presidential petitions pending, and the court needs to do the job this expeditiously. And that is why this issue of consolidating all the petitions has come up. Fortunately, the matter is coming up on Monday, on Monday, which will offer our opinion to the court, and the court will resolve this issue in the best way to make sure that this matter is dealt with and with speed. Get the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.