Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), will serve on the Supreme Court bench that hears the appeal against the decision of the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC).
Remember that on September 6, 2023, PEPC issued a ruling supporting the election of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress on February 25, 2023.
Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, the respective presidential contenders for the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party, disagreed with the court’s ruling and vowed to appeal it to the Supreme Court.
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The apex court’s 14-day window, which is required by the constitution, expires on Wednesday.
The panel will reportedly be assembled by the CJN no later than Wednesday, when the deadline for filing appeals will expire.
According to numerous sources, the names of the Justices who might serve on the panel are still a mystery.
One of the sources at the court said, “There is no information about the panel or the justices that would make up the panel for now. What we know is that members of the panel may be named this week, latest by Wednesday.”
Additionally, it was heard that on Tuesday, the Peter Obi legal team might challenge the tribunal’s ruling.
The national legal adviser of LP, Kehinde Edun, and the spokeswoman for the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Yunusa Tanko, both revealed that the presidential candidate has no plans to alter the composition of his legal team.
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“I just confirmed that we have not filed the appeal. That will be done between now and Tuesday. We are also not seeking to engage or tweak our team of lawyers,” Tanko said.
Agreeing with Tanko, the party’s legal adviser said, “We have not filed the appeal yet because we are still within the time frame. It will be done any moment from now.
“To answer your other question, our legal team is still intact. They are some of our best hands. There is no reason to change them since we do not doubt their capabilities.”
A member of Atiku’s legal team, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), also said, “We are filing the appeal as soon as possible, within the constitutional and statutory period. All the lawyers are retained. Our team is intact and as solid as the Rock of Gibraltar.”
The Tinubu Presidential Legal Team coordinator, Babatunde Ogala, stated in an interview with The PUNCH that the President’s legal team would be maintained, just like in the cases of Obi and Atiku.
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“Why do we have to change our lawyers? We don’t need any fresh people. We have more than enough lawyers in our legal team,” Ogala said.
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