“We are not appealing to stop the next election,” Mutharika said during an address to the nation from the capital Lilongwe.
Author: Sumner Shagari Sambo
Moi’s body will lie in state for public viewing from Saturday until Monday, before a memorial service on Tuesday in the Nyayo national stadium in the capital Nairobi, officials said.
Presidential spokesman Mgeme Kalirani said the presidency had assembled papers for the appeal against the ruling.
Officials from both countries are meeting in Washington as part of the Nigeria-US Binational Commission talks meant to strengthen ties.
Maesaiah Thabane, 42, will spend the night in custody after she came out of hiding and turned herself in to the police earlier on Tuesday.
Jersey, Nigeria and US governments entered into an greement to repatriate the US$308 million of forfeited assets to Nigeria after about 20 years of negotiations and court cases.
The country’s constitutional court on Monday ordered a fresh vote within 150 days after it annulled the May election result over widespread irregularities.
Zuma’s lawyers had told the court that he was ill and receiving treatment abroad.
The late Moi ruled Kenya with an iron fist between 1978 and 2002. His death was announced by President Kenyatta early Tuesday.
“We hold that the first respondent (Mutharika) was not duly elected as president of Malawi on May 21, 2019,” ruled judge president Healey Potani.