Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s nominee for president in the election on February 25, has pleaded with the Supreme Court to grant him permission to present new evidence to support his claim that President Bola Tinubu falsified the paperwork he gave to the Independent National Electoral Commission…CONTINUE READING>>>.....READ THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
He asserted that any candidate submitting false documents is a serious constitutional violation that ought to be discouraged.
This was said in Atiku’s response to Tinubu’s legal argument against the leave in response to his objection. He wanted to provide the top court with new proof.
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“Presenting forged documents by any candidate, especially by a candidate for the highest office in the land, is a very grave constitutional issue that must not be encouraged,” he said.
Tinubu had urged the Supreme Court to dismiss the application, describing it as a crass abuse of court processes.
But in his response on the point of law, Atiku urged the court to jettison technicality and grant his application…CONTINUE READING>>>