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The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the appeal by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the September 6 judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court which validated the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election.
A seven-member panel of the court, led by Justice John Okoro said it was reserving the judgement after lawyers to parties adopted their briefs of argument and made final submissions.
The court had also listened to the arguments from lawyers regarding yhe motion filed by the appellants to supply fresh evidence.
Appellants’ lawyer, Chris Uche (SAN) prayed the court to grant the motion and allow their appeal, grant the prayers sought and disqualify Tinubu.
But 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 thr Progressives Congress) opposed the motion as they asked the court to dismiss it as well as the appeal for lacking in merit.
The court later econvened to hear the appeal by the Allied Peoples Movement (APM).
