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Human rights lawyer and former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Prof Chidi Odinkalu, revealed that, four weeks after delivering its judgment on Peter Obi's election appeal, the Supreme Court has not released the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the judgment since October 26. Odinkalu shared this information on his X (formerly Twitter) account on Sunday night.

The apex court released the CTC of its judgment on Atiku Abubakar's appeal on November 22, almost a month after the judgment. Odinkalu questioned the delay, emphasizing the constitutional window of seven to 14 working days for CTC release.

Despite the court constitutionally having a seven-working-day window or a maximum of 14 working days to release the CTC of its judgment, the apex court released its CTC of judgment on Atiku almost a month after delivering its judgment, while the court is yet to release the CTC on Obi’s judgment.

Atiku and Obi, who came second and third respectively in the 2023 presidential election, had legal battles against President Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

 Following the dismissal of their petitions for lacking merit by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, the duo appealed the judgment at the Supreme Court, which on October 26 upheld the Tribunal’s verdict, affirmed Tinubu’s election, and dismissed Atiku and Obi’s appeals for lacking merit.

Odinkalu also commented on the significant amount the Nigerian government spends on conducting elections, the outcomes of every election, and how the courts have become the deciders of election winners and choice makers for the people of the country. The law professor suggested that since the judiciary has become the utmost decider of the outcome of elections in Nigeria instead of the INEC, the Nigerian government should scrap the electoral body and add its budget to the judiciary.

He said, “I keep wondering why we waste so much money preparing and conducting elections when, in the end, it's the judiciary that makes the final choices for us. Would it not be wise to add the INEC budget to that of the judiciary and scrap INEC?”