Supreme Court Strikes Out Appeal Against Buhari’s Victory - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
October 3, 2019
The SupremeCourt has struck out the appeal by the Hope Democratic Party, HDP challengingthe election of President Muhammadu Buhari in the February 23rdpresidentialelection.
Afive-member panel of justices led by Justice Mary Odili, today, unanimouslyheld that the HDP had no valid appeal before the apex court and therefore,struck out the two appeals.
HDP’spresidential candidate, Ambroae Owuru, had brought the appeal following thedismissal of his petition by the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal onAugust 22nd.
Owutu andHDP claimed they won a referendum conducted on February 16th following thepostponement of the main election to February 23rd.
But defencelawyers, Wole Olanipekun SAN, representing Buhari; Yunus Ustaz Usman SAN forINEC and Lateef Fagbemi SAN for the APC, all asked the tribunal to dismiss theappeal for being incompetent since both HDP and Owuru filed two notices ofappeal with related grounds rather than one notice of appeal with additionalgrounds of appeal.