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Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Justice, John Iyang Okoro, said he doesn’t know which document should be acceptable between the letter from Chicago State University and deposition done under Oath.
The supreme court has reserved judgment in the appeals filed by Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi challenging the election of President Bola Tinubu.
A seven-member panel of the apex court reserved judgment after parties in the appeals adopted their respective briefs of arguments on Monday.
ABUBAKAR’S APPEAL
Abubakar and the PDP had filed a petition challenging the outcome of the February 25 presidential election.
However, the presidential election petition tribunal in its judgment on September 6, held that Abubakar failed to prove all the averments in his petition.
Aggrieved, the PDP candidate filed an appeal before the apex court on September 18.
In the 35 grounds notice of appeal, the appellants submitted that the tribunal’s findings were laden with “grave errors and gross misrepresentation” which resulted in a miscarriage of justice.
The Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja headed by Haruna Tsammani had ruled that Atiku and Mr Obi failed to substantiate their separate claims of widespread electoral malpractices during the conduct of the 25 February presidential election by Nigeria’s electoral commission, INEC.
The court also dismissed another petition filed by the APM on the ground that the suit was lacking in merit.
Atiku, Mr Obi and the APM all filed separate appeals to challenge the decision of the court.
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