The Supreme Court will hear appeals filed by Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party, and the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, seeking to depose President Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, today (Monday).
Atiku, Obi, and the APM filed separate petitions before the Supreme Court attempting to overturn the outcome of the February 25 presidential election.
Last Thursday, the Supreme Court sent notices to all parties informing them of the hearing date.
Atiku and Obi have criticized the tribunal’s decision and filed appeals with the Supreme Court.
The PDP candidate also asked for permission to exhibit a copy of Tinubu’s academic records, which he claimed revealed Tinubu submitted a falsified certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, released by Chicago State University, CSU, USA.
The former vice president is also requesting that a court in Washington, D.C. force the FBI to produce papers related to President Tinubu’s $460,000 forfeiture case.
Tinubu had petitioned the Supreme Court on October 13 to disregard his Chicago State University academic records, which had been attached by Atiku Abubakar.
The president opined that the development was unrelated to the country’s judicial proceedings.
Tinubu argued that the CSU discovery was not part of the record or the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal’s decision, and he urged the Supreme Court not to allow it.
President Tinubu went on to say that Atiku had a pattern of first submitting a petition and then looking for proof, noting that the former VP had done so while appealing the tribunal’s decision.
In his response to Atiku’s appeal submitted by his attorneys led by Wole Olanipekun, SAN, the president stated that the claim that his credentials included errors was fabricated by the PDP candidate.
There are doubts about whether the Supreme Court will accept new evidence.
