Breaking :The Supreme Court has denied Atiku’s request to provide new evidence against Tinubu.

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party, had asked the Supreme Court for permission to submit new evidence in support of his appeal, but the court denied his request.

According to The PUNCH, Atiku had asked for permission from the highest court to provide Tinubu’s credentials from the Chicago State University as evidence that the president had faked the documents he presented to INEC.

However, a seven-member panel led by Justice John Okoro previously heard the cases.

The hearing was dominated by arguments for and against admitting Atiku’s new evidence.

Atiku’s lead attorney Chris Uche, SAN, argued that the charge of forgery against the president was a serious constitutional problem that the top court should investigate, and he urged the court to allow the documents.

Wole Olanipekun, SAN, Tinubu’s attorney, argued that the court should not consider the new evidence because INEC was not a party to the case.

On Thursday, Okoro read the lead judgement and stated that the application was submitted more than 180 days beyond the deadline.

He argued that Rule 22 of the Supreme Court Act cannot be invoked in order to admit new evidence.

‘The leave cannot be granted,’ he added. We just lack the authority to make that decision. No section of the petition gives any indication that it was forged. If the appeal were to let it, it would float.

Petitioners were unreliable and unprepared. This is irrelevant to the outcome of the appeal at hand. This motion is being denied and dismissed.