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

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.“This appeal is reserved for judgment until a date to be communicated to parties,” Mr Okoro said.

The All Progressives Congress through its lawyer, Akin Olujinmi, too, asked the court to uphold the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court affirming Mr Tinubu’s election. He contended that the the five-member panel of the Presidential Election Petition Court led by Haruna Tsammani “erred in law and thereby reached a wrong conclusion” when it dismissed his case.

The appellant’s lawyer urged the Supreme Court to determine if the presidential election court did not err in law when it based its reasons on the First Schedule of the Electoral Act 2022 to expunge Mr Obi’s witnesses’ statements on oath from the court’s records. “The petitioners adduced credible and substantial evidence, both oral and documentary, that proved substantial non-compliance with the Electoral Act 2022 by the Respondents in the conduct of the election,” the notice of appeal read in part.Arguing further, the appellant alleged that Mr Tinubu was not qualified to vie for the election on account of improper nomination of his vice-presidential pick.

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