A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court will today hear the appeals by Atiku Abubakar, and Peter Obi challenging the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court which affirmed President Bola Tinubu’s election.
They are also contesting INEC’s failure to electronically transmit polling unit results to its Results Viewing portal in real-time and allegations of vote manipulation in favour of Mr Tinubu. However, Mr Tinubu’s lead lawyer, Wole Olanipekun, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria , in court filings said Atiku and Mr Obi’s appeals lack substance.09:10 a.m.:Chris Uche, a SAN, says the appeals are ripe for hearing.He seeks five minutes of adumberation of the application.
Mr Uche says upon the receipt of counter-affidavit from Mr Tinubu, APC and INEC, we filed a written address dated 18 October.: He says the issue involving Mr Tinubu’s certificate is a weighty, grave and constitutional one, which the Supreme Court must decide. He urges the court to admit the fresh evidence of President Tinubu’s academic records from Chicago State University presented by Atiku.
Mr Uche says depositions are more effective than letters from the CSU authorities regarding the authenticity of Mr Tinubu’s academic records.Justice Okoro says criminal matters have to be proved beyond reasonable doubt. But that in this case, there are two conflicting letters from the CSU – one authenticating the president’s certificate and another discrediting it. “Which do we rely on?” he asked.
“This application lacks merit, it is misconceived and we urge the court to dismiss it,” the APC lawyer says.“You cannot smuggle in a document into the Supreme Court without first tendering same at the trial court,” the lawyer added.Mr Olujinmi says the burden is on Atiku to prove why the fresh evidence should be admitted by the Supreme Court.: Mr Olanipekun informs the court of a motion his team filed on 7 October praying for the striking out of some of the appellants’ grounds of appeal.
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