Paragraph 26
Adjournment of hearing(1) After the hearing of an election petition has begun, if the inquiry cannot be continued on the ensuing day or, if that day is a Sunday or a Public holiday, on the day following the same, the hearing shall not be adjourned sine die but to a definite day to be announced before the rising of the Tribunal or Court and notice of the day to which the hearing is adjourned shall immediately be posted by the Secretary on the notice board.
(2) The hearing may be continued on a Saturday or on a public holiday if circumstances dictate.
i.
This Paragraph empowers the Chairman or Presiding Justice to postpone or adjourn the
proceedings of the Tribunal or Court from time to time as circumstances demand.
Read Adewumi & Ors v. Akinloye & Ors (2019) LPELR-50417(CA) and Nyesom v. Peterside &
Ors(2016)
LPELR-40036(SC)
ii.
The question of adjournment within the discretion of the court. The court in the exercise of
its discretion is however bound to consider all the circumstances of the case in ensuring
that
the discretion in this regard is judicially and judiciously exercised.
Read APGA & Anor. v. Ameke & 3 Ors. (2012) 8 NWLR (Pt. 1303) 433 at 452
