The Judgement is around the corner. In the week ahead Nigerians the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC) will deliver its verdict on the controversial 2023 presidential election.
What will the decision of the court portend for Nigeria’s political growth and democracy consolidation?
Whether President Tinubu triumphs over his adversaries or the other way round, given the presence of social media, there is no doubt that this is one of the most followed in Nigeria’s presidential election petitions history.
All the parties in the case have played their roles the rest is now in the hands of the court led by Justice Haruna Tsammani
“The judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court is one that will make history or make misery,’’ says Mr Emmanuel Ogebe, a United States-based human rights lawyer.
Alhaji Abubakar Atiku and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) as well as Mr Peter Obi and the Labour PArty are challenging the outcome of the Feb. 25 presidential election at the PEPC.
On Aug.1, parties in the petition were summoned by the Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member panel of justices to adopt their final addresses which would give room for the final judgment.
This battle before judgment is delivered is also referred to as closing or final arguments whereby parties bring together all the arguments they had canvassed in one single document.
In this case, as directed by the five-member panel of justices, it was a forty-page document.
