New Telegraph Admin 
Despite being forced to take a reasonably long adjournment due to lack of electricity supply in the courtroom, the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal 1, in Anambra State, chaired by Hon Justice L. O. Ogundana, turned down the offer by lawyer to one of the respondents in the petition No EPT/AN/ SEN/05/2023 brought before the three-man panel by the Anambra Central Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Hon Dozie Nwankwo, against Chief Victor Umeh of the Labour Party.
The lead counsel to the Labour Party, a Senior Advocate, Barrister Alex Ejesieme, offered to provide the tribunal with diesel to power the court complex’s generating set to enable things proceed on schedule, especially a video clip his client needed to play to elucidate their defence. The literally steaming and discomforting courtroom made the panel to adjourn to Saturday and Sunday, July 8 and 9, 2023.
This was with the hope that the poor electricity supply would have improved or been fixed. However, the adjournment came after Justice Ogundana turned down the offer of a large quantity of diesel for the Court’s generating set by Ejesieme (SAN). Justice Ogundana politely declined, saying he didn’t want petitions flying around against the panel over the gesture.
