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POLITICSAtiku vs Buhari: Supreme Court sends strong message to opposition political parties

The Supreme Court has told the Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, that it had yet to constitute the panel that would hear the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar Atiku. Atiku and the PDP are challenging the earlier ruling by the Presidential Election Tribunal, which went in favour of the All Progressives Congress, APC and its presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari. The apex court said the public would be notified when the panel was constituted The court stated in a statement on Monday by its Director, Press and Information, Dr. Festus Akande. The statement was in reaction to the media claim by the Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP. The CUPP, through its Media and Publicity Director, Imo Ugochinyere, had alleged that the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, had handpicked judges of the apex court for the panel in violation of the “tradition” of selecting the most senior Justi...