Six (6) States of the PDP have asked the Supreme Court to declare INEC’s pronouncement of Tinubu as President null and void.
In a court writ shared online, the six states of PDP which includes the Attorney General of Adamawa State, the Attorney General of Akwa Ibom State, the Attorney General of Bayelsa State, the Attorney General of Delta State, the Attorney General of Edo State and Attorney General of Sokoto State have called on the annulment of the results from INEC. In the midst of the Supremem court brouhaha and rejection of the results from INEC by Nigerians, Tinubu has already been given a certificate which was presented to the sitting president, President Buhari. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been called out by many Nigerians after the commissioner called the elections in favour of the APC, while announcing that Bola Tinubu is the President elect of Nigeria. See the writ below… pic.twitter.com/RzMYNdCJM0 — oseni rufai (@ruffydfire) March 3, 2023
The Zenith court adjourned the case today, Wednesday to March 3 for judgment. At least 17 states have joined a consolidated suit demanding the prohibition of President Muhammadu Buhari from suddenly implementing the redesign of the national currency. The Supreme Court, after hearing from dozens of lawyers on both governor’s and federal government’s sides, said a judgment would be delivered on the matter next month. The judgment date will be after the presidential election on February 25. The court had previously issued an order saying the old notes should remain in circulation. Arguments during today’s hearing focused on a contempt decision against Attorney-General Abubakar Malami, who had failed to implement the court’s decision for old notes to keep circulating until a substantive ruling on the matter. The states, including Kaduna and Lagos, sued the Buhari regime earlier this month, arguing that implementing a change of banknotes at this time would harm citizens. Recall that Banks have not been able to make available new notes to Nigerians, which has caused economic hardships. The Central Bank of Nigeria, which introduced the new notes on Mr. Buhari’s directive, said it would try to make available the much-sought N500 and N1,000 notes. 
According to reports, the apex court delivered the ruling in a suit filed by Governors Nasir El-Rufai, Yahaya Bello, and Bello Matawalle of Kaduna, Kogi, and Zamfara respectively. The three Governors; Nasir El-Rufai, Yahaya Bello, and Bello Matawalle sort a temporal court order to stop the ruling government and the Central Bank of Nigeria from continuing the implementation of the Naira redesign policy. The Governors argued to the court that the demonetization policy of the regime is in violation of the extant provisions of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007, the Nigerian Constitution. The Governors also requested the bank to declare sufficient notice for the use of the older versions of the naira notes, adding that it is a violation of Section 20(3) of the CBN Act 2007 to make denominations lose their legal tender status. The Governors also requested the court using Section 20(3) of the CBN Act 2007 to point out that the federal government, acting through the CBN, lacks the authority to set a deadline for accepting and redeeming banknotes issued by the Bank.