The Supreme Court on Monday reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2023 election, Patrick Tonye-Cole, against the victory of Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
The five-member panel hearing the petition is headed by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun.
It reserved judgment on the appeal after all parties in the suit adopted their briefs of arguments.
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Tonye-Cole’s filed the suit following the Appeal Court’s decision of November 28, 2023 which dismissed his appeal for lacking sufficient and convincing evidence.
The APC governorship candidate’s contention is that of irregularities, non-compliance with the Electoral Act, and Fubara’s continued signing of documents as the Rivers State’s Accountant-General after his nomination as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Defendants in the suit are the Independent National Electoral Commission, the PDP and Fubara.