The All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate Bola Tinubu, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the Labour Party, each of which has a presidential candidate in Peter Obi, will all get a judgment from the Supreme Court on Thursday, October 26, 2023.
Both the PDP and LP candidates for president have filed appeals contesting the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal’s (PEPT) decision of September 6, upholding Tinubu’s electoral victory.
All parties concerned confirmed the judgment date on Wednesday.
The PDP and Atiku filed a case against the Presidential Election Petition Court’s ruling, which upheld Tinubu’s win in the presidential election on February 25, but the Supreme Court postponed the ruling on the case until its next meeting on Monday.
After the parties’ attorneys accepted their argument papers and submitted their final arguments on Monday, the court’s seven-member panel, presided over by Justice Inyang Okoro, delivered the announcement.
The motion made by Atiku to provide new proof of forged documents was also debated by attorneys representing the parties before the Supreme Court.
Atiku Abubakar’s attorney, Mr Chris Uche, pleaded with the court to approve the motion, accept their appeal, grant the requested pleas, and disqualify Tinubu.
The court was persuaded to dismiss the application and appeal due to lack of merit by the respondent attorneys, Abubakar Mahmoud representing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Wole Olanipekun representing President Tinubu, and Akin Olujinmi representing the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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