Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, fixed March 2, for hearing an application, seeking it to review its judgement which nullified the victory of the candidates of the All Progressive Congress(APC) at the 2019 general elections held in Zamfara State.

A five-member panel of the apex court led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria(CJN), Tanko Muhammad, fixed the date after it discovered that the 141st to the 178th respondents in the matter were not represented in court and were not served with the hearing notice.

A senior lawyer, Tanimu Inuwa, announced appearance for the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC).

The fresh application before the apex court was brought by a faction of the APC led by a former governor of the...