A gavel
On October 26, the supreme court dismissed the appeal filed by Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Congress (LP) and affirmed the election of President Bola Tinubu.
Among other issues, Obi had alleged that Vice-President Kashim Shettima was guilty of double nomination, and was not qualified to serve as running mate to Tinubu.
However, the supreme court said it cannot allow the matter of double nomination to be relitigated, having already issued a judgement on it.
In total, there were seven issues in Obi’s appeal against the decision of the presidential election petition tribunal to affirm Tinubu’s victory.
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But all seven members of the panel led by Inyang Okoro agreed that Obi’s petition was devoid of merit.
Click here to download a copy of the lead judgment by Okoro.
Click here to download a copy of the judgment by Uwani Abba Aji, one of the justices in the panel.
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