The presidential election tribunal says it will deliver judgement in petitions challenging the outcome of the 2023 presidential election on Wednesday.
The chief registrar of the Court of Appeal, Umar Bangari, confirmed the date to journalists on Monday, the News Agency of Nigeria reported.
The Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party and their candidates are challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu as winner of the Feb. 25 election by the electoral body, INEC. There is also a petition from the Allied Peoples Movement.
The commission said Mr Tinubu, who was sworn into office on May 29, won 37% of the votes, ahead of PDP’s Atiku Abubakar’s 29% and Peter Obi’s 25%.
The opposition candidates challenged the outcome separately, seeking the annulment of the results and Mr Tinubu’s disqualification.
The ruling All Progressives Congress wants the petition dismissed.
Mr Abubakar closed his case on June 23 after calling 27 witnesses. Mr Obi called 13 witnesses.
Mr Tinubu closed defence after calling one witness.
The legal team of Tinubu had proposed to call 39 witnesses, but closed its defence after its witness in chief, the Senate Majority Leader, Michael Bamidele, testified.
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Presidential elections petitions are first heard by the court of appeal, and any further challenge goes to the supreme court.
The appeals court registrar said everything has been put in place to ensure that the rulings
in the petitions pending before the court is delivered hitch free.
He said adequate security had been put in place and that only invited members of political parties and the general public would be allowed inside the court room.
He said media organizations that wish to televise the judgment live would be allowed to do so but at no cost to the court.
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