President Bola Tinubu has asked the Supreme Court to revoke the appeal filed by the former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar and his political party, the Peoples Democratic Party–PDP, challenging his victory in the 2023 presidential election.
The President had tagged the appeal as abusive in nature and had prayed for its dismissal.
Tinubu had also insisted that Atiku, the PDP presidential candidate and his party had failed to prove all their allegations and submissions at the Tribunal.
Tinubu had opined that the tribunal was correct in arriving at its verdict and affirming his election.
He had also urged the apex court to approve the decision of the lower court and to dismiss the appeal entirely.
Atiku and his political party (the PDP) had filed a petition to fight the outcome of the presidential election which was held on February 25, 2023.
The petitioners had alleged that the election was marred with irregularities and substantial non-compliance with the Electoral Act amidst other issues that were raised.
Atiku and his political party had also alleged that both Tinubu and his vice, Kashim Shettima, were not qualified to contest and had not won the election by the majority vote.
However, the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, in its judgment on September 6, had held that Atiku had failed to prove all the allegations in his petition.
