Supreme Court Confirms Buhari’s Election, Dismisses Atiku’s Case

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the appeal filed by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate for the 2029 Elections challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari on the February 23, 2019.
Justice Tanko Muhammad, the Chief Justice of Nigeria led six other members of the apex court’s panel, delivered a three-sentence judgement which put paid to the legal dispute over the poll.
The CJN, who said the reasons for the decision of the court would be made known on a date to be announced, disclosed that he and members of the panel had read all the documents and exhibits filed in the case for two weeks and found the appeal to be lacking in merit.
The judgement which was unanimously consented to by the other six members of the panel came less than an hour after the court took arguments on the appeal