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The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the appeal filed by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging the decision of the Presidential Election Petition Court, which upheld President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the presidential election.
The court also reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the Labour Party (LP) and dismissed the appeal from the Allied Peoples Movement (APM).
On Monday, a seven-member panel of the court, led by Justice Inyang Okoro, made this announcement after the counsels for the parties presented their briefs of argument and made their final submissions.
Additionally, the apex court considered arguments from the lawyers representing the parties concerning Atiku’s motion to introduce fresh evidence related to forged documents.
Chris Uche, counsel to Atiku Abubakar, urged the court to grant the motion, approve their appeal, and grant the requested relief, including the disqualification of Tinubu.
In response, the counsel for the respondents, including Abubakar Mahmoud for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Wole Olanipekun for President Tinubu, and Akin Olujinmi for the All Progressives Congress (APC), requested the court to dismiss both the motion and the appeal on the grounds of lacking merit.
Upon resuming the session, the court addressed the APM’s appeal, and the party was advised to withdraw its appeal due to its absence of specific requests for determination.
Counsel for the APM, Machukwu Umeh, subsequently withdrew the appeal, and the respondents did not object to this withdrawal. As a result, the apex court dismissed the APM’s appeal.
