The Supreme Court has dismissed a fresh piece of evidence presented by Atiku Abubakar, which accused Bola Tinubu of allegedly forging his academic records at Chicago State University.

The Court’s decision was based on the grounds that it cannot rule on an application that has not already been determined by the election petition tribunal.

“Appeals are a continuation of hearing,” the Court emphasized.

Justice John Okoro, who authored the lead judgment in the appeal brought by Atiku Abubakar and the PDP, is currently delivering the judgment. He opted to first evaluate the motion submitted by Atiku and the PDP, which sought to introduce new evidence in the form of documents obtained from Chicago State University concerning President Bola Tinubu’s academic records.

In his ruling on Thursday, Justice Inyang Okoro, chairman of the 7-man panel, said the time allotted to election petitions is fixed like the “Rock of Gibraltar” that cannot be extended or expanded.

“Election petitions are sui generis and have their own peculiarities… the court below lost its jurisdiction to determine any matter concerning the petition after the 180 days which expired on September 17. This court cannot do what the lower court is no longer constitutionally allowed to do by section 285 of the constitution.”

Justice Okoro stated that, in assessing the motion’s validity, the Court must first determine whether current national law permits the acceptance of this new evidence at this stage.

More details to follow as the case unfolds.

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