The Supreme Court has reserved judgement in Atiku Abubakar’s and the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) appeal against the Presidential Election Petition Court’s (PEPC) September 6 decision, which validated President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the 2016 presidential election.
After counsel for the parties adopted their briefs of argument and made final comments, a seven-member panel of the court chaired by Justice John Okoro made the announcement.
The court also heard arguments from counsel to parties on the appellants’ application to supply new evidence.
Chris Uche (SAN), counsel for the appellants, urged the court to grant the motion and allow their appeal, satisfy the requests sought, and dismiss Tinubu.
The respondent’s counsel, 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), requested the court to dismiss both the application and the appeal for lack of merit.
The court reconvened after a brief break to hear the Allied Peoples Movement’s (APM) petition.
