The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the appeals filed by by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as well as Mr. Peter Obi and the Labour Party(LP), against the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court which affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25, presidential election.
Earlier in the day the apex court dismissed the appeal of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), after the party withdrew its appeal stating that it did not have prayers for determination.
A seven-member panel of the apex court, led by Justice Inyang Okoro began hearing of the appeals on Monday after counsels to parties adopted their briefs of argument and made final submissions.
The apex court also took pleadings from lawyers to parties on the motion filed by Atiku to supply fresh evidence on alleged forged documents.
Counsel to Atiku Abubakar, Chris Uche, SAN, urged the court to grant the motion and allow their appeal, grant the prayers sought, and disqualify Tinubu.
Obi and the LP, through their lawyers led by Dr. Livy Uzoukwu, SAN, urged the court to uphold the appeal and set aside the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, that dismissed their petition.
However, Counsel to the Respondents, Abubakar Mahmoud for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Wole Olanipekun for President Tinubu, and Akin Olujinmi for the All Progressives Congress (APC) urged the court to dismiss both the motion and appeal for lacking in merit.
The panel said it would communicate the judgement date to all the parties.