JUDICIARY BRIEFS: PLATEAU GOVERNORSHIP APPEAL: NOTICE OF APPEAL SERVED, RECORDS TRANSFERRED TO SUPREME COURT, AWAITING EXCHANGE OF BRIEFS

By: Valentine Adese (JP),

The Notice of Appeal of the Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang (Esq), with his party, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has been filed at the Supreme Court of Nigeria and served on Respondents. REALITY can authoritatively state.

REALITY can also state that the record of the matter has also been transferred to the Supreme Court.

However, no date has been fixed for its hearing because the Appeal is not yet ripe, as the Briefs of the parties in the matter have not been filed and issues joined.

It is expected that the Appellants’ Brief would first be filed, then the Respondents would reply to the Brief and the Appellants would follow up with a reply on points of Law.

It must be noted that the Court of Appeal delivered its Judgment on the Appeal of Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda and the APC, who challenged the Judgment of the Lower Tribunal on the 19^th of November, 2023, therefore, the outcome of the Appeal of Governor Caleb to the Supreme Court is expected within 60 days after.