The Supreme Court on Thursday, announced Monday, October 23rd as date to begin hearing of the appeal filed by Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) challenging the election of Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s president.
The Supreme Court also announced a seven-member panel of justices to hear the appeals filed against the Independent National Electoral Commission, President Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima.
The Supreme Court justices to determine the final outcome of the 2023 presidential election include; Justice Musa Dattijo Muhammad, Justice Uwani Musa Abba Aji and Justice Lawal Garba.
Others are Justice Helen M. Ogunwumiju, Justice I. N. Saulawa, Justice Tijjani Abubakar and Justice Emmanuel Agim.
It will be recalled that the Presidential Election Petition Court had affirmed the election of Bola Tinubu after dismissing the petitions filed by Obi and Abubakar.
Obi and Atiku however rejected the judgement and filed their appeal at the Supreme Court.
