A lawyer, Johnmary Jideobi, had filed the case, asking the court to bar Mr Jonathan from contesting in the 2027 poll.
The EFCC on April 7, 2025 arraigned Jaja, Abubakar and his company, Jasfad Resources Enterprise, as 1st, 2nd and 3rd defendants respectively.
Ope Muritala, who appeared for Mr Nnaji, applied for an adjournment to allow parties to explore the peaceful resolution of the case.
The supreme court directed the nine respondents to file their replies within five days each and fixed April 22, 2026, for the hearing of the appeal.
The Abuja High Court on Wednesday vacated a bench warrant it issued on March 26 for the arrest of the factional national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Kabiru Turaki.
The court ruled, “INEC must act to ensure strict compliance with the law.”
The defence lawyer argued that the fraud charge arose from the federal government’s determination to intimidate Governor Bala Mohammed to drop his political ambition for 2027.
The respondents argued that the motion by the APC and Sylva was an attempt to blackmail the tribunal members.
The appellants have now lost three days from the two-week period they have to file briefs before the nation’s highest court.
