The 7 man panel of the Supreme Court Led by Justice John Okoro has received judgement in the appeal of Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and PDP after hearing the arguments of the Counsels.
Justice Okoro Said a date would be communicated to lawyers when the judgement is ready, In similar scenario, The Supreme Court Also dismissed the Appeal Filed by the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) Seeking to void the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, The Appeal was dismissed after Chukwuma Umah, APM Counsel , applied to withdraw the Suit.
Atiku lawyer had argued that the Deposition of Chicago State University should be used in a Nigerian Court While on the other hand he was countered by APC lawyer” You Cannot Smuggle In a Document to the Supreme Court without first tendering Same at the Trial Court”. In response to The PDP lead Counsel, one of the Supreme Court Justices speaking at the hearing on Monday, Justice Okoro said criminal matters have to be proved beyond reasonable doubts. But in this Case, There are two Conflicting letters from the CSU, One authenticating The President Certificate,and another Discrediting it..Which do we rely on? He said.
The APC lead Counsel Wole Olanipekun SAN, also pointed contradictions on the part of the PDP Counsel submission ” You prayed the Courts to disqualify Mr Tinubu as a Candidate in the election, and in another breath, called for a rerun to be conducted between Him and Tinubu?
Atiku prayed the Court to grant his appeal to tender fresh evidence, given the nature of the issue ,while Tinubu kicked against this , saying “Granting Such would amount to abuse of Court Process”.
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