The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), today, Tuesday, August 1, 2023 said it will deliver judgment on the petition by Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP) on a date it will announce later.

Obi had petitioned the court to challenge the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of All Progressives Party (APC) as the winner of the January 25, 2023 Presidential Election in Nigeria.

Justice Haruna Tsammani, the Presiding Justice of the court, made the announcement after lawyers to petitioners and the respondents adopted their final written addresses and made their last submissions.

Lawyer to the petitioners, Livy Uzoukwu (SAN), argued that his clients proved their case beyond any reasonable doubt and prayed the court to grant the reliefs sought.

But lawyers to the respondents, Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN) for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Wole Olanipekun (SAN) for President Bola Tinubu and Vice President, Kashim Shettma, and Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) for the All Progressives Congress (APC), prayed the court to dismiss the petition for lacking in merit.

With the development, Nigerians and all other stakeholders are awaiting for the chosen date and the verdict.