The Supreme Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed the appeal of the People Democratic Party, PDP, and it’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar seeking to invalidate the president-elect Bola Tinubu and his vice Kashim Shettima presidential tickets
The apex court’s ruled over the alleged double nomination of Kashim Shettima, the vice-president elect during the 2023 general election.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and its candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar had approached the court to seek the disqualification of Tinubu and Shettima over the contending issue of double nominations, claiming that same violated Electoral Act.
The appellant based its appeal on the grounds that the appellate court erred in law when it dismissed its appeal and upheld a trial court’s decision that the litigation was incompetent and without merit.
