Court Of Appeal Reserves Judgement In Application To Stop Tinubu’s Inauguration
The appellate court in Abuja has indefinitely postponed judgment in the suit seeking to stop the inauguration and swearing in of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Nigeria’s President.
Premium times reports that the appellate court made this decision on Friday, May 19.
Mr Tinubu was declared the winner of the February 25th presidential polls by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and was dragged to court by a former presidential candidate Ambrose Owuru of the defunct Hope Democratic Party (HDP).
It was gathered that the suit was filed by Ambrose Owuru, a former presidential candidate in the 2019 presidential poll.
Owuru, the candidate of the defunct Hope Democratic Party (HDP) in 2019, prayed to the court of appeal to give a verdict that would swear him in as President instead of Tinubu.
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Owuru, who contested in the 2019 presidential polls, claims he was deprived of victory as he prayed to the court for him to be sworn in as President instead of Tinubu.
The aggrieved Owuru was reported to have lost the suit at the High Court before proceeding to the appellate court to seek redress.
Shortly after Owuru’s counsel had presented his argument to the court, Justice Jamil Tukur-led three-man panel adjourned judgement indefinitely.
According to Justice Tukur, the date for the verdict would be communicated to the parties involved in the suit.
Tinubu on the other hand is expected to be sworn-in as President of Nigeria in less than ten days.
In another development, the legal team of Atiku Abubakar has slammed INEC for moving a motion seeking the dismissal of 32 petitions it filed against Bola Tinubu.
The lead counsel to Atiku stated that INEC had no legal right to snoop into a petition that does not concern them.
INEC was described as ‘busybodies” for moving the motion before the three-man panel.
