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The Supreme Court has fixed Thursday for the judgment on the appeals filed by the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party, Peter Obi, respectively. Atiku and Obi are asking the apex court to set aside the judgment by the presidential election tribunal which affirmed the election of President Bola Tinubu.
The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the appeal by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, to file fresh evidence and nullify the ruling by the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) which affirmed Bola Tinubu as winner of the last presidential election. A seven-member panel of the court, led by Justice John Okoro made the announcement after lawyers to parties adopted their briefs of argument and made final submissions.
Nigerian senior lawyers on Monday morning thronged to the complex of the Supreme Court as the court began the hearing of the Presidential Election Petition appeal matter filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) and their candidates. In the courtroom, the acting chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum; and the party’s national publicity secretary, Debo Ologunagba, were seen seated for the day’s proceedings. The appellants and respondents’ legal teams are in court for the hearing.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar have appealed against the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Court at the Supreme Court of Nigeria. The suit marked SC/ /2023 CA/PEPC/05/2023 was filed Atiku and the PDP as the Appellants while the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Tinubu Bola Ahmed and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are the Respondents.