The Supreme Court on Thursday held that it lacked
jurisdiction to admit fresh evidence in the appeal of the judgment of the
presidential election petition tribunal.
The suit marked SC/2023 CA/PEPC/05/2023 was filed with Atiku
and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the Appellants while the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the All
Progressives Congress (APC) are the Respondents.
The Appellants in the Notice of Appeal said they were
“dissatisfied with the decision more particularly stated in paragraph 2 herein,
contained in the consolidated judgment of the Court of Appeal (sitting as the
Presidential Election Petition Court), coram:- Haruna Simon Tsammani, JCA,
Stephen Jonah Adah, JCA, Misitura Omodere Bolaji-Yusuff, JCA, Boloukuroma Moses
Ugo, JCA, and Abba Bello Mohammed, JCA delivered 6th September 2023 in Petition
No. CA/PEPC/05/2023 between Abubakar Atiku & Anor vs Independent National
Electoral Commission & others.
“Particularly contained from pages 487 to 752 of the
consolidated judgment (as well as the concurring contributions and rulings
thereto) doth hereby appeal to the Supreme Court upon the grounds set out in
paragraph 3 and will at the hearing of the appeal seek the reliefs set out in
paragraph 4.”
The Presidential Election Petition Court had dismissed the
petition filed by the PDP and Atiku challenging the election of President Bola
Tinubu.
The tribunal also dismissed the petition of Peter Obi of the
Labour Party, challenging Tinubu’s election, describing it as “unmeritorious”.
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