As Nigerians await fireworks from the ongoing presidential election petition Tribunal, it becomes necessary to know more about the judges tasked with the duty of hearing the grievances of the petitioners.
Recall that Politics Nigeria had reported that five judges have been tasked to decide the fate of Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi in the case brought against the declaration of Bola Tinubu as the president-elect.
Here are some facts about the judges.
1. There is only one female among them.
2. Two of them are presiding justices of divisions of the Court of Appeal.
3. Three of them are graduates of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, one from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, and the other of the University of Calabar, Calabar.
4. Four of them were born before the Independence, while only one of them was born post-Independence.
5. All five judges attended the Lagos campus of the Nigerian Law School.
6. Some of them have connections to high-profile cases involving the illegal removal of former Governor Rashidi Ladoja of Oyo State; former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen; IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu; outgoing Governor of Kano State, Ganduje, renaming of UNILAG, police women’s right, Okada ban in Lagos, former PDP spokesperson, Olisa Metuh, other corruption cases, VAT, etc
7. They are all participating in a presidential election petition court for the first time.
