 Now, the federal court of appeal seating in a credit-undosted capital will on June 16 decide the case filed by the candidate of the People's Democratic Party, E. E. Taiyo Jagede, against the victory of the all-progressive Congress flag-bearer, Rotimiakiridulu, in the October 10, 2020, governorship election. The court will decide whether the case was a pre-election matter or not. A three-month panel of judges, led by Justice Theresa Ungolika, Oji Abadwa, fixed the date for the seat. The lead counsel to the PDP candidate, Onyachi Basu-san, had earlier approached the appeal court claiming that the APC candidate's nomination was not constitutional. The election petition tribunal, led by Justice Umar Abubaka, that sat on the case, had, via a virtual platform, ruled on April 20, 2021, that the qualification of the APC candidate and his deputy were not a pre-election matter, but a constitutional matter which is not within its jurisdiction.