BREAKING: Senior lawyers arrive Supreme Court for presidential poll dispute

Senior lawyers like the immediate past Chairman of the Body of Benchers, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) have arrived the Supreme Court ahead of the commencement of proceedings in the three appeals relating to the dispute over the last presidential election.

Olanipekun, who walked into the courtroom around 8am, is leading the legal team of President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima.

Also in court are Mike Ozekhome (SAN), a member of the Atiku Abubakar/Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) legal team; Charles Uwensuyi-Edosomwan, SAN (member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) legal team; Sir Steve Adehi, SAN, of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, legal team) and Chukwuma Majukwu Umeh, SAN, of the legal team of the Allied Peoples Movement, APM).

Also in court are Prof Taiwo Osinpitan, SAN; Yusuf Alli, SAN; Babatunde Ogala, SAN (of the APC, Tinubu and Shettima team); Chris Uche, SAN; Gordy Uche, SAN; Emeka Etiaba, SAN (all of the Atiku/PDP legal team).

Others are still walking in.

The appeals are those filed by Atiku/PDP, Peter Obi/Labour Party and the APM are, by their three appeals, seeking to upturn the September 6 consolidated judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) which dismissed their petitions and affirmed Tinubu’s election.

Atiku and his party equally filed a motion for the court’s permission to introduce fresh evidence in the form of documents relating to Tinubu’s academic records, which they sourced from the Chicago State University (CSU) and the deposition of the school’s Registrar, Caleb Westberg.

Details shortly…