Dismissal of appeal by opposition leader Atiku Abubakar brings to an end months-long legal battle after February poll
Nigeria’s top court has dismissed an appeal by main opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar to overturn the result of February’s presidential vote in which President Muhammadu Buhari won re-election.
“We have examined all the briefs and the exhibits for over two weeks and we agree that there is no merit in this appeal,” Chief Justice Tanko Muhammad said on Wednesday following the Supreme Court’s judgement.
And at such attracted reactions from different civil society groups such as The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) and more