The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck out an appeal filed by the
Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji
Atiku Abubakar.
A five-man panel led by Justice Dattijo Muhammad said the appeal
was statute-barred.
The appeal was filed by the PDP and Atiku to challenge a ruling
of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal which held that they
failed to file a response to an application by the All Progressives
Congress.
The APC’s application had prayed for among others the dismissal
of the appellants’ petition at the tribunal.
This came barely 24 hours to the closing of arguments by parties
to the petition scheduled to come up on Wednesday.
Atiku and the PDP are by their petition before the tribunal
challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari at the
February 23, 2019 election.