2023 Presidential Poll: Tinubu, Atiku, Obi Resume Battle At Supreme Court Today

By Babatunde Solanke

The battle to unseat President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the ruling All Progressive Congress(APC) commences today at the Supreme Court will in an appeals filed by Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Peter Obi of the Labour Party(LP) and the Allied Peoples Movement(APM).

Recall that Atiku, Obi, and the APM had filed separate appeals at the apex court seeking to nullify the outcome of the February 25 presidential election after the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal upheld Tinubu’s victory.

The Supreme Court communicated the hearing date through notices sent to all the parties, last Thursday.

Atiku and Obi had faulted the verdict of the tribunal and subsequently filed appeals at the Supreme Court.

The PDP candidate also filed for permission to tender a copy of Tinubu’s academic records released by the Chicago State University, CSU, USA, which he said showed that Tinubu submitted a forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The former vice president is also seeking to get a Washington, D.C. court to order the FBI to release documents on President Tinubu’s $460,000 forfeiture case.

Recall that Tinubu had on October 13, asked the Supreme Court to discountenance his Chicago State University academic records attached by Atiku Abubakar.

Tinubu, who explained that the development was alien to the judicial proceedings in the country, that the CSU discovery was not part of the record or the judgment of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal.

Tinubu, while urging the apex court not to admit it, added that Atiku had the habit of first filing a petition and afterwards hunting for evidence, noting that the former VP had exhibited that while appealing the tribunal judgment.

The president in his response to Atiku’s appeal filed by his lawyers led by Wole Olanipekun, SAN, held that the claim that his credentials contained discrepancies was merely cooked up by the PDP candidate.