The supreme court, on Monday, reserved judgment in the appeal filed by Atiku Abubakar challenging the election of President Bola Tinubu.
A seven-member panel of the apex court reserved judgment after parties in the appeal adopted their respective briefs of arguments on Monday.
Abubakar and the PDP had filed a petition challenging the outcome of the February 25 presidential election.
However, the presidential election petition tribunal in its judgment on September 6, held that Abubakar failed to prove all the averments in his petition.
Aggrieved, the PDP candidate filed an appeal before the apex court on September 18.
In the 35 grounds notice of appeal, the appellants submitted that the tribunal’s findings were laden with “grave errors and gross misrepresentation” which resulted in a miscarriage of justice.
In a separate application, Abubakar is appealing the court to grant him leave to file fresh evidence against Tinubu.
The former vice-president had alleged that Tinubu’s academic records were fraught with discrepancies and forgeries.
At the court session on Monday, Chris Uche, counsel to Abubakar and the PDP, submitted that the issue involving Tinubu’s certificate is a “weighty, grave and constitutional” one, which the supreme court should admit as fresh evidence against President Tinubu.
