The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed has unveiled the identities of a 7-man panel that will hear the appeals filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari at the February 23 poll.
The CJN is billed to preside over the panel. Other members of the panel are Bode Rhodes-Vivour, Olukayode Ariwoola, John Inyang Okoro, Amiru Sanusi, Ejembi Eko and Uwani Aba-aji.
This is the order of the panel members:
The CJN, Justice Tanko Mohammed – Presiding Judge
Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour
Justice Olukayode Ariwoola
Justice John Inyang Okoro
Justice Amiru Sanusi
Justice Ejembi Eko
Justice Uwani Aba-aji
Atiku and his party are challenging the September 11 judgment of the Justice Mohammed Garba-led Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal which affirmed President Buhari’s victory at the polls. The appeals hearing has generated some controversies especially due to the silence of the Supreme Court on the justices that would constitute the panel, with the Coalition of United Progressives Party (CUPP) demanding the use of seniority in selecting them.
