The Supreme Court has fixed October 23 for the hearing of the appeal filed by the Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, challenging President Tinubu’s victory in the February 25 election.

The notice has been sent by the apex court to all the parties.

In the notice, the court will hear Atiku’s bid to bring fresh evidence to prove that President Tinubu tendered a forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before the election on that day.

Lawyers from the two parties will address the Supreme Court’s panel of seven Justices on whether it has the power to grant the request during the session.

Lawyers from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and INEC will also be at the hearing.

Atiku filed 35 grounds appeal challenging the verdict of the presidential election petitions which upheld Tinubu’s victory in the election on September 19.

The five-member panel headed by Justice Hassan Tsammani dismissed the petitions filed by Atiku and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, for lack of merit on September 6.

Atiku had also applied to the Supreme Court to file fresh evidence obtained from the Chicago State University against the president.

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