25th August, 2013
Nnamdi Felix/ Abuja
Nigeria’s Supreme Court has rescheduled the hearing of appeals filed against the judgment of the Court of Appeal that declared Governor Olusegun Mimiko as validly elected in Ondo state governorship election to August 27.
The court which is currently on vacation deviated from its tradition to hear the appeal during its vacation.
The court had earlier fixed 24 September to commence hearing in the four appeals filed by the Action Congress of Nigeria, Peoples Democratic Party, the Independent National Electoral Commission and Governor Olusegun Mimiko and his Labour Party.
But the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mariam Aloma Mukhtar, re-scheduled the hearing following protests from some quarters that 24 September will be outside the mandatory 60 days required to determine the election petition appeals.
The new date was communicated to newsmen in Abuja in a press statement issued and signed by Mr. Ahuraka Isah, Media Aide to the CJN.