The Supreme Court has scheduled next Monday, 23 October, to hear three appeals challenging the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court affirming President Bola Tinubu’s election
The court’s registrar, Zainab Garba, on Thursday, issued the hearing notice.
The appellants – Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, Labour Party’s Peter Obi, and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) – filed their appeals urging the Supreme Court to nullify the presidential election court’s decision which upheld Mr Tinubu’s victory on 6 September.
A five-member panel of the presidential election court led by Haruna Tsammani had dismissed the petitioners’ suits on the basis that they failed to substantiate their allegations of electoral fraud against Nigeria’s electoral commission, INEC, and Mr Tinubu, among other claims.
After weeks of filing and exchanging court papers between Atiku and Mr Tinubu, the apex court has set down the suit for hearing.
At the hearing next week, the Supreme Court will unveil a seven-member team that will adjudicate and determine the case.
In his appeal, Atiku’s lead lawyer, Chris Uche, anchored the suit on 35 grounds.
Mr Uche, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), said the five-member panel of the presidential election court erred in their verdict.
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