Several high-profile dignitaries have arrived at the Supreme Court in anticipation of the day’s proceedings as the court is set to hear the appeals of the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), seeking to nullify the victory of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February 25, 2023 presidential election.
Bellnews reports that those present include the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila; the National Chairman of the APC, Abdullahi Ganduje; the National Security Adviser of Nigeria, Nuhu Ribadu; and the acting National Chairman of the PDP, Umar Damagum.
The seven-member panel of the apex court is led by Justice John Okoro.
Other members of the panel are Justices Uwani Abba-Aji, Mohammed Lawal Garba, Adamu Jauro, Ibrahim Saulawa, Tijani Abubakar and Emmanuel Agim.