Supreme Court to issue final decision in petitions from Atiku and Obi on October 26

The Supreme Court has finally scheduled Thursday, October 26, for the delivery of final rulings in the two surviving cases contesting the validity of President Bola Tinubu’s declaration as the victor of the most recent presidential election.

These are the petitions that Peter Gregory Obi of the Labour Party, LP, and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, filed to run for president.

Dr. Awemeri Festus Akande, the Supreme Court’s Director of Press and Information, verified the news on Wednesday.

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According to him, sufficient security measures have been put in place to guard against security lapses both inside and outside the courthouse.

On Monday, attorneys for the parties to the petitions presented their closing arguments to a seven-member panel of Justices of the Court chaired by Justice John Inyang Okoro.

After that, the Justices decided not to provide a decision.