23/10/2023
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TINUBU: SUPREME COURT DISMISSES APM'S APPEAL, RESERVES JUDGEMENT IN LABOUR PARTY'S APPEAL
The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of the Allied People's Movement (APM), one of three parties challenging the outcome of Nigeria's Presidential Election which Bola Tinubu of the APC was declared winner by Electoral body INEC.
The apex court dismissed the appeal after it was withdrawn by the counsel of the party, a senior lawyer, Chukwuma Umeh, after getting a hint from the seven-member panel that the case of his client was unnecessary.
APM is seeking to disqualify Bola Tinubu from running for election on grounds of his then running mate, Kashim Shettima, was nominated twice.
It notes that the appeal amounts to seeking to have it overrule itself, having previously decided on the same case of double nomination brought by the People's Democratic Party PDP.
Justice Inyang Okoro, who's heading the justice panel said it was "agitating" that Mr Umeh, counsel of the APM was going ahead in a matter that has no basis, as it amounts to having it upturn its own previous decision if it does grant it.
The court further adds that even if the APM does have the appeal granted, it will be of no use as the party isn't seeking to have its candidate sworn in as president or to be the winner of the February 25 Presidential Election.
Chukwuma Umeh, subsequently withdrew the appeal, and was thereby dismissed.
