The Supreme Court of Nigeria has fixed Wednesday, October 30, to hear the appeal filed by candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Peter Obi, against the judgment of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal that affirmed the election of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The five-man tribunal had in a unanimous decision on September 11 upheld Buhari’s re-election, ruling that Atiku failed to prove that Atiku and his party on September 23 filed 66 grounds of appeal before the Supreme Court to challenge the judgment of the tribunal.
Breaking News! The Supreme Court of Nigeria has scheduled to hear the Appeal of the @OfficialPDPNig and @atiku / @PeterObi, arising from the judgment of the Appeal Court, on Wednesday, October 30, 2019. It’s time to #RescueNigeria @UN @USEmbassyAbuja @UKinNigeria pic.twitter.com/wjFgztT7hm
— Official PDP Nigeria (@OfficialPDPNig) October 27, 2019
The PDP confirmed via its verified Twitter handle on Sunday that Wednesday had been fixed for the hearing of the appeals.
“Breaking News! The Supreme Court of Nigeria has scheduled to hear the Appeal of the PDP and Atiku/Peter Obi, arising from the judgment of the Appeal Court, on Wednesday, October 30, 2019,” the party tweeted.
However, the apex court is yet to make public the exact date hearing will commence and list of members of the panel.
The panel is expected to consist of only the seven most senior justices of the court.
In the order of seniority, those who might make the panel are the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Ibrahim Mohammad Tanko, Justices Bode Rhodes-Vivour, Mary Odili, Musa Datijo, Sylvester Ngwuta, Kayode Ariwoola and Kudirat Kekere-Ekun.
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