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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
Vice President Kashim Shettima; National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed; Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule; Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni; Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji and the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje are among tth bigwigs in court as the Presidential Election Petition Court sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, commenced judgement in the petitions challenging the victory of President Bola Tinubu at the poll.
Others present are the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila; Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodima; his Kogi State counterpart, Yahaya Bello, Labour Party chairman, Julius Abure and acting chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iliya Damagum among others.
The tribunal is expected to deliver judgement on the election petitions of the presidential candidates the Peoples Democratic Party and Labor Party, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, as well as that of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM).