Peace And Quiet At Supreme Court Premises Ahead Of Ruling 

The premises of the Supreme Court and its environs were reportedly calm on Thursday morning ahead of the judgement of the presidential election petitions filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and his counterpart in the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi.

GWG.ng earlier reported that the Supreme Court will today, Thursday, determine the political battle between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi.

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) are challenging the declaration of President Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the February 25 presidential election.

In September, the Presidential Election Petitions Court dismissed their petitions against Tinubu.

Dissatisfied with the ruling, the two major opposition parties and their candidates, Atiku (PDP) and Obi (LP), approached the Supreme Court seeking to overturn Tinubu’s victory.

The apex court, on Monday, heard the cases and on Wednesday announced that judgment would be delivered on Thursday (today).

Confirming the Supreme Court’s decision to deliver judgment on the case today, the apex court’s Director of Information, Dr Festus Akande, told The PUNCH on the telephone on Wednesday that, “Tomorrow, Thursday has been fixed for judgment on the appeals brought by Atiku and Peter Obi.”

It was business as usual around the Federal Secretariat axis to the Supreme Court complex on Thursday.

There was no heavy presence of armed or unarmed security operatives or Armoured Personnel carriers (APC). No area was cordoned off neither was any lane on the Shehu Shagari Way blocked to pedestrians or motorists.

The security checkpoint to the Aso Rock Villa and National Assembly gate, where the court is also situated (Three arms zone), was also calm, and business was normal.

At the Supreme Court gate, there was the presence of an armed anti-riot police squad, but no one was stopped from accessing the complex.

The security operatives, however, had a list of journalists expected to cover the session.

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