Presidential Election: CJN Unveils Supreme Court 7-man Appeal Panel
BY AMOS DUNIA, ABUJA – The Supreme Court on Wednesday unveiled the names of members of the Presidential Election Appeal Panel to sit on the appeal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its Presidential candidate in the February 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar and his running mate Peter Obi.
The seven man panel include, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Mohammed, Justices Bode Rhodes-Vivour , Amiru Sanusi, Uwani Abaji, Ejembi Eko,
John Inyang Okoro and Olukayode Ariwoola.
At the reume hearing, the PDP and Atiku/Obi lead counsel, Dr. Livy Uzochukwu applied to tender some new applications before the court.
But the Justice Mohammed and other Justices of the apex Court argued that parts of the pleadings in the new application are already in the appeal submitted to the court and therefore asked the PDP and Atiku/Obi to adopt or consolidate on the appeal.
But Dr. Uzochukwu argued that the new applications are different and serve a different purposes and should be admitted.
The Court rose to retune in 15 minutes in order to allow the PDP and Atiku/Obi to take decision on consolidating on the new applications and the main appeal.
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