Yusuf Bello|The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari in the February 2019 presidential election.
A 7-man panel led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, dismissed Atiku’s appeal for lacking in merit.
Justice Muhammad who read the judgment on behalf of the other six justices, said the panel had read all the documents and exhibits filed in the case for about a fortnight, within which the panel discovered that the appeal was lacking in merit.
According to the CJN, the apex court’s decision would be made known on a later date which would be communicated to all the parties.
The apex court commenced hearing on the appeal filed by the PDP and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday morning.
The 7-man panel was headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice IbrahimTanko Mohammed.
Other members of the panel are Bode Rhodes-Vivour, Olukayode Ariwoola, John Okoro, Aminu Sanusi, Ejembi Eko and Uwani Abba-ji.
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