SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS PRESIDENT'S POWER TO DECLARE EMERGENCY RULE. (PHOTO).

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 SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS PRESIDENT'S POWER TO DECLARE EMERGENCY RULE The  supreme court has affirmed the president's constitutional authority to declare a state of emergency in a state threatened by breakdown of law and order, including the power to temporarily suspend elected officials as an extraordinary measure to restore stability. The seven-man panel of justices of the apex court gave the order in a 6 to 1 split decision on a suit filed by Adamawa state and 10 others challenging president Bola Tinubu's march 18, 2025 declaration of emergency rule in Rivers state.  The declaration had led to the six-month suspension of the state's governor, deputy governor, and members of the house of assembly amid prolonged political crisis and security concerns. Although the court initially dismissed the suit on jurisdictional grounds, ruling that the plaintiffs failed to establish a sufficient cause of action invoking its original jurisdiction, it proceeded to address the substanti...

PETER OBI FILES 50 GROUNDS OF APPEAL AGAINST TRIBUNAL'S JUDGMENT. (PHOTO).




  𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗢𝗯𝗶 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝟱𝟬 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗢𝗳 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗹’𝘀 𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁


The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has appealed the judgment of the Tribunal which upheld the victory of President Bola Tinubu.


Obi in a 50 grounds notice of appeal by his lead counsel, Dr. Livy Uzoukwu, SAN, challenged the decision of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.


The notice of appeal partly read;


“Take notice that the Appellants being dissatisfied with the decisions in PETITION NO: CA/PEPC/03/2023 MR. PETER GREGORY OBI & ANOR. v. INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION & ORS. (consolidated with Election Petition Nos: CA/PEPC/04/2023 and CA/PEPC/05/2023), contained in pages 3-327 of the Judgment of the Court of Appeal sitting as the Presidential Election Petition Court, Holden at Abuja, Coram: H. S. Tsammani, Stephen Jonah Adah, Misitura Omodere Bolaji-Yusuff, Boloukuroma Moses Ugo and Abba Bello Mohammed, JJ.C.A. (“the Court below”) delivered on the 6th day of September 2023, and more particularly stated in paragraph 2 of this Notice of Appeal, do hereby appeal to the Supreme Court on the Grounds set out in Paragraph 3 and will at the hearing of the appeal seek the Reliefs sought in paragraph 4 herein.”

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