Tribunal Verdict: Atiku makes fresh claims against PEPC

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has lamented over the non-availability of the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court three days after it was delivered.

As reported by Vanguard, Atiku made this complaint through his legal counsel, who confirmed that they are yet to receive the certified copy of the tribunal's judgment as of Friday, September 8.

With time not on the side of Atiku and the PDP, the law has only given 14 days for an appeal to be filed before the Supreme Court.

Phrank Shaibu slams tribunal

Reacting to this development, the special assistant to Atiku on Public Communications, Phrank Shaibu, accused the tribunal of "undermining Atiku’s and Nigerian's quest for justice” by not releasing the certified copies of the judgement.

He said: “We wish to remind the PEPC that it struck out the testimonies of some of the witnesses of Atiku during the litigation at the court of first instance because their statements on oath were filed out of time.

“And now, from all intents and purposes, the same court wants to have Atiku and PDP’s appeal to the Supreme Court disqualified by the reason of time deadline."

Shaibu further queried: "Does the PEPC not understand that the lawyers representing Atiku/PDP need to digest the judgment as contained in the CTC, which represents the authentic pronouncements made in court on Wednesday, in order to formulate its case for filing?”