As the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, prepare to challenge the dismissal of their petition before the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal, there have been speculations on the list of justices who may sit on the appeal. The Supreme Court presently has 17 justices, out of which seven must preside over the appeal. The seven most senior justices in that order are: Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad and Justices Bode Rhodes-Vivour, Mary Odili, Nwali Sylvester Ngwuta, Olukayode Ariwoola, Musa Datijo Muhammad and Kumai Bayang Akaahs. However, President Muhammadu Buhari earlier this year directed the National Judicial Council (NJC) to appoint additional six justices.

Some other justices of the apex court include: Justices Amina Augie, Amiru Sanusi, Adamu Galinje, Inyang Okoro, Cletus Nweze, and Uwani Abba-Aji among others. The Supreme Court, as the nation’s highest adjudicatory body, is built on the foundation of seniority, order and decorum. As such, election petitions, especially the presidential election petitions, are areas where experience and courage are most required on the judicial bench. The PDP and Atiku have been working on their appeal challenging the decision of the five-member tribunal presided by Justice Mohammed Garba.

The panel ruled that PDP and Atiku failed to prove, beyond reasonable doubt, allegations of corruption and non-compliance with the Electoral Act against Buhari and the APC. Lawyers to PDP and Atiku including Levy Uzoukwu (SAN) and Mike Ozekhome (SAN) had preparatory to filing the appeal claimed the judgment was full of errors and inventions of submissions not made by the parties. Mike Ozekhome (SAN) said several things were wrong with the judgement of the tribunal such as: poor evaluation of evidence, non-evaluation of evidence, misplacement of exactly what the case of the petitioners is, and the fact of provisions of the Electoral Act being misinterpreted and misapplied.

“At the Supreme Court there will be seven very, very good heads that will hear the appeal from here. There is no question about that; we will appeal the judgment,” he said. But one of the lawyers to Buhari, Sam Ologunorisa (SAN), said the appeal by the PDP and Atiku was expected but added that it would help to enrich the country’s law. “As lawyers, our opinions on issues of law and evaluation of facts arising therefrom are bound to differ.

The presidential election petition and the issues so distilled will generate this type of reaction as the stakes are high,” he said. “In all, our legal jurisprudence is bound to be richer and I hope the political class will learn one or two lessons and initiate appropriate reforms to deepen our democracy,” he said.

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/judges-who-may-hear-atikus-appeal-at-s-court.html

Do Atiku have any case?

A question you need to go over and over.....

To me....... No!

He don't have any case......... He got some dollars

Atimumu

Buhari with hindsight knew this day would come, hence the retirement of Onoghen.
Sharia court Judge Tanko was specifically picked to replace Onoghen for this very purpose.
I'm afraid Atiku won't get justice from the courts but heaven is watching.

They are all fighting for their Pocket.. I wish him luck

Lol

No be kuku my money Atiku dey waste on court cases even though Na part of our general Yam.

" No matter how stingy a man is, something must be collecting money from him "

Atiku is cuming .please do withdrawal

I wish him well

I dey go study law just to master the art of telling lies
Mike Ozokhome has become a billionaire in this demo- crazy
The lawyers want their own part of national cake from Atiku
Atiku is desperate to rule Nija while Lawyers are desperate to make cash from him by telling him lies
Afterall Atiku money na our money wey him thief. Let him spend it on these liars

Buhari knew the order of seniority and had to rope in Onnoghen, and Ngwuta who was harrased and detained by DSS for corruption, he succeeded in eliminating Onnoghen and elevating Tanko Mohammed.
Not satisfied he now wants the order of seniority to be discarded and new justices appointed to preside over the case.
Las Las Buhari is a man of 'integrity' according to SW Muslims.

This case is already compromised, Atiku should try but should not spend too much as it may be an exercise in futility

Dead on arrival

It is always good to learn from history, as those who learned from history will not commit the mistake of the past. History don't repeats itself, but human being repeats history. Same is about to happen... Hand akimbo...

Atiku is exercising his right as a Nigerian and I like that. He may look foolish doing that but it shows he is a democrat.

wetin lawyer dey do sef?Chop ur moni

Atiku is just trying to remain relevant in the political atmosphere......

He knows he can't win, we all know he cant win....

All this foolish man need was to be loyal to his party PDP, focus on his party, support his party, but he said buhari is better....

Gudluck would have easily handed over to him as the northerner, but their over ambitiousness kill them all

Wantedmiller:
Do Atiku have any case?

A question you need to go over and over.....

To me....... No!

He don't have any case......... He got some dollars

You had a very corrupt English teacher.

PapaBaby:
Buhari with hindsight knew this day would come, hence the retirement of Onoghen.
Sharia court Judge Tanko was specifically picked to replace Onoghen for this very purpose.
I'm afraid Atiku won't get justice from the courts but heaven is watching.

I don't think he was specifically picked . He was just the next in line after onnoghen as the most senior judge

Another time-waster, unfortunately.

BTW, it appears Mr. Atiku Abubakar has now totally abandoned some of the key legs of his original petition, such as alleged Rigging and number of electoral votes cast, Manipulations of ballot boxes, and Electoral Violence?

Meanwhile, those key issues — along with other potent election infractions such as over-voting and manipulations of voters' registers on a polling unit-by-polling-unit basis, have been the more readily provable issues and have been winning/losing election petition cases all over the place.

Go figure!

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Atiku has been maintaining relevance in the political scene for 2023 elections but people don't understand. This noise that you and I are making is what Atiku wants till the real time cones for him to recontest

I can feel Atiku's pain. He wants his right given to him but if not for greed,why would he continue to push further?

Okay

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Bolustical:
Just watch out as PDP start saying the judges are related to Buhari.

Like Justice AAA is a grand daughter to Buhari's grandfather's distant cousin.

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Atiku knows he's definitely losing this case, but how will he benefit from all this??, Baba don't want to stay lowkey till 2023, the highlights is highly needed, this will help him get pity votes from the North, they'll say he's spent a lot on election and petitions, its a way to blackmail them in the North.

Atiku is a big biz man , he can't waste money without getting value.

A Shariarist is the CJ of a secular dem-all-crazy ..Atiku is a cockroach appealing his case before a panel of Chickens..he has lost even before he speaks.

frankmoney:
I don't think he was specifically picked . He was just the next in line after onnoghen as the most senior judge

He was penciled down for a long time, remember Buhari refused to appoint Onoghen when Onoghen was next in line. It was not until Buhari was ill in London that Osinbajo appointed Onoghen.