The Supreme Court on Monday reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar challenging the decision of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) which affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25, 2023 presidential election.
The decision was reached by the seven-man panel of the apex court led by Justice John Okoro after lawyers to the parties in the case adopted their briefs of argument and made final submissions.
The Supreme Court judges listened to the arguments from lawyers on the motion filed by the appellants to supply fresh evidence.
On his part, the legal counsel of Atiku, Chris Uche (SAN) urged the court to grant the motion, allow their appeal and accept fresh evidence. He prayed the court to grant their request seeking Tinubu’s disqualification.
However, lawyers to the respondents – Abubakar Mahmoud, SAN (for the Independent National Electoral Commission), Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN (for Tinubu) and Chief Akin Olujinmi, SAN (for the All Progressives Congress) urged the court to dismiss both the motion and appeal for lacking in merit.
The judges thereafter reserved judgment till a date to be communicated to the parties.
Meanwhile, after rising briefly, the judges have commenced hearing of the appeal by the Allied Peoples Movement (APM).
