UPDATED: Supreme Court to rule on Atiku, Obi’s appeals against Tinubu Thursday

The Supreme Court has finally set Thursday, October 26, as the day to deliver final judgments in the appeals lodged by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi and his PDP counterpart, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar against the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the last election which was affirmed by the Appeal Court.

Dr Awemeri Festus Akande, the Supreme Court’s Director of Press and Information, confirmed the new date on Wednesday.

He stated that suitable security measures have been put in place to prevent security breaches both inside and outside the courthouse.

Recall that apart from faulting the verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Court( PEPC), which affirmed Tinubu’s election, Atiku Abubakar 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 CSU 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.

While the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Obi is seeking the quashing of judgment of the lower court.

The lead counsel to Obi and his party, Dr. Livy Uzoukwu (SAN) had prayed the Apex Court to allow the appeal and set aside the judgment of the lower court, Abubakar Mahmoud, Olanipekun and Olujimi, representing INEC, Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima and the APC, urged the court to dismiss the appeal for lacking in merit.