Tension as Supreme Court delivers judgement on Atiku, Obi appeals tomorrow
By Jude-Ken Ojinnaka
There is palpable tension in the country as the Supreme Court has fixed tomorrow, Thursday for the judgment on the appeals by the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party, Peter Obi, respectively.
The Supreme Court’s Director of Information, Dr. Festus Akande, in a statement on Wednesday said that the judgement on the appeals had been scheduled for Thursday.
He said, “Tomorrow, Thursday, has been fixed for the judgment on the appeals brought by Atiku and Peter Obi.”
At the last proceeding on Monday the Apex Court said it reserved judgment on the two appeals for a date to be communicated to the parties.
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Atiku and Obi are praying the apex court to set aside the judgment by the presidential election tribunal which affirmed the election of President Bola Tinubu.
Apart from faulting the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court( PEPC), which affirmed Tinubu’s election, Atiku Abubakar also filed for permission to tender a copy of Tinubu’s academic records released by the Chicago State University (CSU), USA, which he said showed that Tinubu submitted a forged CSU certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The former vice president is also seeking to get a Washington, D.C. court to order the FBI to release documents on President Tinubu’s $460,000 forfeiture case.
Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi are seeking the quashing of judgement of the lower court.
The lead counsel to Obi and his party, Dr. Livy Uzoukwu (SAN) had prayed the Apex Court to allow the appeal and set aside the judgement of the lower court while Abubakar Mahmoud, Olanipekun and Olujimi, representing INEC, Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima and the APC, urged the court to dismiss the appeal for lacking in merit.
