Supreme Court: Fire incident did not affect Election Petition documents

The Supreme Court says today’s fire incident did not affect any document relating to the presidential election petition tribunal.

The Director of Press and Information of the Supreme Court, Dr Festus Akande, made the clarification in a statement.

The statement reads partly: “What was destroyed in that chamber were books, stationery, and other computer gadgets. The books are replaceable because we have an e-library.

“We have the soft copy of the books and also the hard copy which can be procured and supplied to the chamber. So it has nothing to do with the Presidential Election Petition, as people are saying outside. Such issues as presidential election matters are not discussed in the chamber, inside the court”.