The Supreme Court Monday reserved judgment on Peter Obi and Labour party’s appeal seeking to invalidate President Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s election.
A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court headed by Justice John Okoro made the statement after hearing arguments from leading counsels to the parties.
“This appeal is reserved for judgment until a date to be communicated to parties,” Justice Okoro declared.
During the hearing, Obi’s lead counsel, Dr. Livy Uzoukwu (SAN), urged the court to allow his client’s appeal and declare him winner of the February 25th presidential election.
He prayed the court to set aside the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in Abuja which affirmed Tinubu’s election on 6th September.
In another development, Allied Peoples Movement (APM) withdrew its appeal during the proceedings at the apex court.
The appellant’s lawyer, Chukwuma Machukwu Umeh (SAN), applied to withdraw the suit.
Following the withdrawal, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal for lacking in merit.
In dismissing the appeal, members of the Court’s panel observed that it was a frivolous case because the apex court, in an earlier case of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) v. INEC and others, resolved the issue that Shettima was properly nominated as running mater to President Tinubu.
