The Supreme Court has fixed Monday, October 23 for hearing in the appeal by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) presidential, Atiku Abubakar, in which he is seeking the nullification of President Bola Tinubu’s victory at the February 25 election.
The apex court will on the same day hear the motion by Atiku seeking to bring fresh evidence to prove his allegation that President Bola Tinubu submitted forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
In a hearing notice, the apex court fixed 9am for Atiku’s lawyers and those of President Tinubu to address its panel of seven Justices on whether it has powers to grant the request.
Also billed to address the court on the contentious request are lawyers from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which are joint respondents in the motion.
They are to argue and cite relevant laws on whether such request is grantable under the country’s Constitution and the Electoral Act 2022.
The documents Atiku seeks to tender are the academic records of Tinubu, which were given to him by the Chicago State University on October 2.
The 32-page documents were released to him on the orders of Judge Nancy Maldonado of the District Court of Illinois, Eastern Division, Illinois, United States of America.
