The Presidency has reacted to the announcement of the date for the final verdict of the presidential election petitions by the Supreme Court.
Atiku Abubakar (PDP) and Peter Obi (Labour Party) had dragged Tinubu (APC) had approached the Supreme Court after the September 6th PEPT verdict that didn’t go in their Favour.
The Supreme Court had initially reserved verdict on the case, they have now pinned October 26th as a new date for final judgment.
Special Adviser to President, Bayo Ananuga has expressed optimism on the outcome tomorrow.
In post via his official X handle, Bayo had this to say:
“The Supreme Court will give its verdict tomorrow in the appeals filed by the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi; the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
“They are challenging the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, President Bola Tinubu in the 25 February election.
We in the APC are hopeful for victory. We are hopeful that the apex court will affirm the sanctity of the 8.9m votes of Nigerians that gave President Tinubu victory last February”