Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08ABUJA2124
2008-10-29 06:40:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Abuja
Cable title:
NIGERIAN SUPREME COURT FOCUSES ON ELECTIONS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ABUJA 002124
SIPDIS
STATE FOR AF/W, INR/AA
DOE FOR GEORGE PERSON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/28/2018
TAGS: KDEM PGOV NI
SUBJECT: NIGERIAN SUPREME COURT FOCUSES ON ELECTIONS
APPEAL, SUSPENDS OTHER DELIBERATIONS
REF: A. ABUJA 2119
B. ABUJA 2103
C. ABUJA 1933
Classified By: Political Counselor Walter Pflaumer for reasons 1.4. (b
& d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABUJA 002124
SIPDIS
STATE FOR AF/W, INR/AA
DOE FOR GEORGE PERSON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/28/2018
TAGS: KDEM PGOV NI
SUBJECT: NIGERIAN SUPREME COURT FOCUSES ON ELECTIONS
APPEAL, SUSPENDS OTHER DELIBERATIONS
REF: A. ABUJA 2119
B. ABUJA 2103
C. ABUJA 1933
Classified By: Political Counselor Walter Pflaumer for reasons 1.4. (b
& d).
1. (C) On October 28 Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, a lead counsel on
Yar'Adua's legal team, called PolAssistant. Turaki said that
according to reports his office has received, the Supreme
Court Justices are suspending deliberations on all other
cases to focus on completing their judgment on the appeal
case of presidential candidates Mohammadu Buhari (ANPP) and
Atiku Abubakar (AC) against the ruling of the Electoral
Tribunal (a panel of Appeal Court Judges) upholding the April
2007 election of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua. Turaki
opined that as a result the Justices may announce their
decision sooner than previously expected.
2. (C) Comment: Turaki, who is a long-standing contact of
this Mission, did not share with PolAssistant from whom he
heard this news, although we believe he would not have passed
it on had it not come from a credible source connected with
the Supreme Court. "Sooner than previously expected" still
does not give us a date, and would not be inconsistent with
the late November-early December timeframe put forward by
FonMin Maduekwe to the Ambassador on October 27(ref A),ANPP
National Campaign Secretary for Buhari, Buba Galadima (ref
C),and confidante of Atiku, Alhaji Zango (ref C). End
Comment.
3. (U) This cable coordinated with Consulate Lagos.
Sanders
SIPDIS
STATE FOR AF/W, INR/AA
DOE FOR GEORGE PERSON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/28/2018
TAGS: KDEM PGOV NI
SUBJECT: NIGERIAN SUPREME COURT FOCUSES ON ELECTIONS
APPEAL, SUSPENDS OTHER DELIBERATIONS
REF: A. ABUJA 2119
B. ABUJA 2103
C. ABUJA 1933
Classified By: Political Counselor Walter Pflaumer for reasons 1.4. (b
& d).
1. (C) On October 28 Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, a lead counsel on
Yar'Adua's legal team, called PolAssistant. Turaki said that
according to reports his office has received, the Supreme
Court Justices are suspending deliberations on all other
cases to focus on completing their judgment on the appeal
case of presidential candidates Mohammadu Buhari (ANPP) and
Atiku Abubakar (AC) against the ruling of the Electoral
Tribunal (a panel of Appeal Court Judges) upholding the April
2007 election of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua. Turaki
opined that as a result the Justices may announce their
decision sooner than previously expected.
2. (C) Comment: Turaki, who is a long-standing contact of
this Mission, did not share with PolAssistant from whom he
heard this news, although we believe he would not have passed
it on had it not come from a credible source connected with
the Supreme Court. "Sooner than previously expected" still
does not give us a date, and would not be inconsistent with
the late November-early December timeframe put forward by
FonMin Maduekwe to the Ambassador on October 27(ref A),ANPP
National Campaign Secretary for Buhari, Buba Galadima (ref
C),and confidante of Atiku, Alhaji Zango (ref C). End
Comment.
3. (U) This cable coordinated with Consulate Lagos.
Sanders