Supreme Court to Give Reason for Dismissal of Atiku’s Appeal Friday

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By Alex Enumah in Abuja

The Supreme Court has fixed Friday November 15 to furnish Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), lawyers, politicians, Nigerians and the entire international community its reason for the dismissal of Atiku and PDP’s appeal against the return of President Muhammadu Buhari.

The apex court in a unanimous judgment delivered on October 30, dismissed the appellants suit for lacking merit.

Atiku and PDP had in their joint appeal filed in September, challenged the entire judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal which affirmed the election of President Muhammadu Buhari.

The apex court which dismissed the appeal less than two hours after it was heard by its seven member panel of Justices, however said that reason for the dismissal of the appeal will be given at a date that would be communicated to parties in the matter.

“Having gone through the briefs for over two weeks we have come to the…



Source: Thisday Newspaper