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From Godwin Tsa, Abuja
The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the September 6 judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) which affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the last presidential election.
A seven-member panel of the court, led by Justice John Okoro made the announcement after lawyers to parties adopted their briefs of argument and made final submissions.
In addition, the apex court also took arguments from counsel representing the various parties on the motion filed by the appellants to supply fresh evidence.
Lead counsel to Atiku and PDP, Chris Uche, SAN, urged the court to grant the motion and allow their appeal, grant the prayers sought and disqualify Tinubu.
On their part, lawyers to the respondent’s – 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.
