*INEC, Tinubu Disagree As Atiku Urges S’Court To Admit Fresh Evidence
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The Supreme Court has announced the reservation of judgment in the appeal filed by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the decision of the Presidential Election Petition Court, which upheld President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the presidential election.
A seven-member panel, presided over by Justice Inyang Okoro, made this announcement on Monday after both parties’ legal representatives adopted their briefs of argument and presented their final submissions.
Speaking at the court on Monday, his lead counsel, Chris Uche, SAN, described the matter as a grave and constitutional matter.
He urged the court to adopt the application and grant their request.
Presenting his argument, he said, “The issue involving Mr Tinubu’s certificate is a weighty, grave, and constitutional one, which the Supreme Court should admit. I urge the court to admit the fresh evidence of President Tinubu’s academic records from CSU presented by Atiku.
The Supreme Court must take a look at Mr Tinubu’s records and reach a decision devoid of technicality.
INEC lawyer, Abubakar Mahmoud, urged the Supreme Court to dismiss Atiku’s application seeking to present Tinubu’s academic records.
Tinubu’s lead counsel, Wole Olanipekun, SAN argued that INEC should have been a party at the deposition proceedings in the US, noting that the CSU depositions are dormant until the deponent comes to court and testify.
He told the court that Atiku cannot seek fresh evidence at the Supreme Court
Meanwhile, when the court reconvened, it addressed the appeal filed by the Allied Peoples Movement (APM). It was recommended that the party withdraw its appeal as it did not specify the issues for determination.
Machukwu Umeh, counsel for the APM, subsequently withdrew the appeal, and the respondents did not oppose the withdrawal. As a result, the apex court dismissed the appeal.
The seven-member panel, led by Justice John Okoro, pronounced the dismissal of the appeal after the appellant’s lawyer, Chukwuma Majukwu Umeh, requested to withdraw it.
The panel noted that the appeal seemed frivolous, considering the Supreme Court had already addressed the same issue in the case of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) v. INEC and others, determining that Shettima was properly nominated. Justice Okoro highlighted the lack of utility in continuing with the case, despite Umeh’s attempts to distinguish it from the prior ruling.
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