Nigeria’s supreme court started sitting yesterday and immediately reserved judgement on the admission of new material evidence and the judgement of the case itself brought by the People’s Democratic Presidential Candidate Atiku Abubakar and the Labour Party Candidate Peter Obi. They are challenging the outcomes of the presidential elections of 25th February 2023 and seeking the nullification of the election. The case is being heard by a group of seven supreme court justices led by Justice Inyang Okoro. After the elections in February, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was declared winner. Last month September 6th, the presidential election tribunal led by Justice Haruna Tsammani dismissed the petitions and affirmed the outcome of the February 25 elections. The supreme court is the last in the process of the election petitions and appeal and the country keenly awaits the conclusions of the process.
