The Supreme Court in Banjul today adjourned the hearing of an election petition filed by Lawyer Ousainou Darboe’s United Democratic Party to 28 December.

The Court now gave lawyers of the main opposition United Democratic Party five days to prepare themselves for the hearing and two days to the lawyers of the Independent Electoral Commission and one day to the lawyers of the Attorney General.

The United Democratic Party is seeking the Court to overturn Barrow’s election victory citing election fraud including bribing voters with cooking utensils and insertion of non-Gambians to vote in the 4 December presidential election.

But Barrow’s National People’s Party filed two motions seeking the nation’s highest court to strike out the opposition petition on constitutional grounds.

Reporting by Adama Makasuba