Supreme Court reserves judgement on Peter Obi’s appeal against Tinubu

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A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court headed by John Okoro made the announcement after taking arguments from lawyers to the parties on Monday.

During the hearing, Mr Obi’s lead lawyer, Livy Uzoukwu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria , urged the court to allow his client’s appeal.

He prayed the court to set aside the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja which affirmed Mr Tinubu’s election on 6 September.All Progressives Congress through its lawyer, Akin Olujinmi, asked the court to uphold the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court affirming Mr Tinubu’s election.

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