The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed Friday, November 15 to explain to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar as well as the All Progressives Congress, APC why the appeal by the PDP/Atiku, challenging the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari as winner of the February 23, presidential election was dismissed.
The decision was contained in a notification letter to lawyers to parties in the appeal. The notice to lawyers in the matter, a soft copy which was made available to newsmen in Abuja dated November 13. It was signed by Ibrahim Gold, a Registrar at the Supreme Court.
It reads, “IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA HOLDEN AT ABUJA.
SC 1211/2019: Atiku Abubakar & anor V. INEC & 2 Ors.
“TAKE NOTICE that the REASONS FOR THE JUDGEMENT delivered on Wednesday the 30th day of October 2019 in the above named Appeal will be listed before the Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday the 15th day of November, 2019 at 9.00am.
“AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with the Supreme Court Rules, this Notice is deemed sufficiently served on you if it is delivered on your telephone”.
Vigil360 recalls that the apex court had in a unanimous summary judgment delivered on October 30, dismissed the appeal filed by Atiku and the People’s Democratic Party.
Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad while delivering the summary judgment announced that the court would later offer its reasons to the general public on why it dismissed the appeal the way it did.
Atiku and PDP had in their joint appeal filed in September, challenged the entire judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal which had affirmed the election of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The expected reasons to be offered will likely put to rest various speculations by lawyers and insinuations by politicians about the action of the apex court or even raise fresh ones.
