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By Emmanuel Adeleke
The Supreme Court has fixed Monday, October 23 to hear the appeal filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, challenging the judgement which affirmed the election of President Bola Tinubu.
Recall the PDP candidate on September 19 filed 35 grounds appeal, challenging the verdict of the presidential election petitions which upheld Tinubu’s victory in the February 25 election.
The five-member panel headed by Justice Hassan Tsammani on September 6 dismissed the petitions filed by Atiku and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, for lack of merit.
The former Vice President had also applied to the Supreme Court to file fresh evidence obtained from the Chicago State University against the president.
Atiku has continued to insist that Tinubu’s academic records are fraught with discrepancies and forgery and asked the apex court to kick him out of office.
The court on Thursday sent out hearing notices to the counsels for the respective parties.