Atiku Hopeful, As Supreme Court Begins Hearing On Presidential Election Petition

The Supreme Court, has fixed October 30, 2019, for the commencement of the hearing of the appeal suit filed by the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2019 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, challenging the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, which affirmed the election of President Muhammadu Buhari, of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

This was made known on PDP’s official Twitter page, on Sunday.

The tweet read: “Breaking News! The Supreme Court of Nigeria has scheduled to hear the appeal of the @OfficialPDPNig and @atiku/@PeterObi, arising from the judgment of the Appeal Court, on Wednesday, October 30, 2019. It is time to #RescueNigeria.”

Recall, that Atiku and the PDP, had last month, formally filed an appeal against the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, at the Supreme Court.