The Supreme Court had scheduled hearings on 21 appeals concerning the last governorship election for this week.
Cases pertaining to the states of Ebonyi, Plateau, Delta, Adamawa Abia, Ogun, Cross River, and Akwa Ibom will be heard between Monday and Thursday.
The Nation has reported that the court may rule on Friday in the already-heard post-election governorship appeals in Kano, Lagos, and other states.
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According to the court’s schedule, which was sighted late on Sunday, January 7, the apex court plans to hear one appeal by the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate, two by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Chukwuma Odii Ifeanyi, and two appeals by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate in Benue state on Monday.
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The Supreme Court will hear six appeals on Tuesday, three in Plateau State, filed by the PDP, its candidate, Nentawe Goshwe, and INEC, and three in Delta State, filed by Kenneth Gbagi of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Omo-Agege Ovie Augustine of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Peta Kennedy of the Labour Party (LP).
On Wednesday, the court will hear four appeals, two in Adamawa State filed by the SDP candidate and a counter appeal filed by Ahmadu Fintiri of the PDP (the incumbent).
The other two were filed in relation to Abia State by Okechukwu Ahiwe of the PDP and Ikechi Emenike of the APC.
On Thursday, the court plans to hear six appeals – two in relation to Ogun State filed by Oladipo Adebutu of the PDO and a counter appeal by Abiodun Adedapo of the APC (the incumbent governor); on in relation to Cross River, filed by Prof. Sandy Onor of the PDP; and two in respect of Akwa Ibom State, filed by Akpan Udofia of the Yound Peoples Party (YPP) and John Akpan Udoedehe of the NNPC.
It has been learned that the court intends to issue judgments on Friday on the post-election governorship appeals that have already been heard, including those involving Lagos, Kano, and other states.
The Nation