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Technicalities, time wasting won’t be entertained, Presidential Election Petition Court warns Atiku, Obi, Tinubu’s lawyers

As legal fireworks began yesterday on the outcome of the presidential election, 73 days after the February 25th poll and 69 days after the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, declared the ruling All Progressive Congress’s (APC) flag-bearer, Bola Tinubu, winner, the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) began its sitting and issued stern warning to all lawyers representing the presidential candidates who filed petitions before the court to avoid unnecessary technicalities and address the substance of their petitions.