The submission marked the first indication that the Nigerian opposition leader would seek to overturn Wednesday’s verdict by a panel of five appellate judges.
“I want to advise those who are jumping ship now to calm down because you can hear the chairman of the APC himself coming to say publicly that the leadership in the Senate of the APC that there
But at the resumption of the tribunal, INEC’s lawyer A.B. Mahmoud sought the adjournment because the commission’s witnesses were unavailable.
The witness alleged that ballot papers and result sheets were manipulated by compromised electoral officers in collusion with agents of other political parties.
The tribunal also ordered the consolidation of all the petitions in line with the provisions of paragraph 50 of the first schedule of the Electoral Act.
In a unanimous ruling, the court held that the application has no basis in any known law or judicial procedure.
“In the hands of the opposition, many of the laudable programmes of the Buhari administration would have been sabotaged or unimplemented.”
Polls are like mini-skirts. They are short enough to attract attention but long enough to hide the subject matter.
But speaking to journalists on Thursday, Mr Danmadami said the proponents of such agitation should immediately stop the idea.
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