In 1973, Lagos High Courts Signed Documents on Saturdays: Atiku’s Aides.

Paul Ibe, at the helm of a team representing the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was asked why Atiku’s affidavit bore a signature from a Saturday in 1973. He asserted that their inquiry had unveiled that, in 1973, it was a standard practice for the courts to authorize various official documents on Saturdays.

Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Sunday, he said the Atiku team had to carry out research to determine the veracity of the allegation raised by aides of President Bola Tinubu, only to make the discovery that it was not unusual for the registry to sign documents on Saturday.

Using slides to display some of the court papers he said were signed on Saturday by the Lagos registry, Shaibu, who was joined by his colleague, Paul Ibe, said the Atiku team had to do the research knowing the character of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election.

“We conducted research into the registry of the Lagos State high courts in the same year, 1973, to see if it was really an absurdity to have court papers signed on a Saturday.

“The outcome of our findings showed clearly that there are court papers that were signed on Saturdays in the year 1973! Atiku Abubakar’s affidavit was not the only one signed on Saturday as the corn-men would want you to believe.