On Thursday, October 26, the Supreme Court is set to rule in the suits involving the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Bola Tinubu; the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar; and the Labour Party (LP) and its candidate, Peter Obi.
Both the PDP and LP candidates for president have filed appeals against the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal’s (PEPT) decision on September 6 upholding Tinubu’s electoral win. 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 ruling on the case until its next meeting on Monday.
A seven-member panel of the court, led by Justice Inyang Okoro announced this on Monday after counsels to parties adopted their briefs of argument and made final submissions.
The apex court also took arguments from lawyers to parties on the motion filed by Atiku to supply fresh evidence on forged documents.
Counsel to Atiku Abubakar, Mister Chris Uche, urged the court to grant the motion and allow their appeal, grant the prayers sought, and disqualify Tinubu.
Counsel to the Respondents, Abubakar Mahmoud for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Wole Olanipekun for President Tinubu, and Akin Olujinmi for the All Progressives Congress (APC) urged the court to dismiss both the motion and appeal for lacking merit.
