The apex court gave clearance for live coverage of the proceeding, barely 15 minutes before the time that was scheduled for the Justice Inyang Okoro-led seven-man panel to commence the delivery of the judgement.
From the main gate, both officials of the court and security agents, with long lists, verified everyone entering the premises, with those whose names were not found on the accreditation list, turned back. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had on March 1, announced that Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, won the presidential contest, ahead of 17 other candidates that participated in the poll.
A major plank upon which the litigants rested their cases included the claim that President Tinubu was at the time the election held, not qualified to contest. According to them, such indictment, constituted a ground for disqualification under section 137 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended. Specifically, they prayed the apex court to allow their appeals and set aside the September 6 judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, which not only dismissed their petitions as lacking in merit, but also affirmed President Tinubu’s victory.
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