‘He was PDP member when he picked LP ticket’ — APC asks tribunal to dismiss Obi’s petition | TheCable NigeriaDecides2023
The All Progressives Congress has filed its response against a petition by Peter Obi of the Labour Party , on the outcome of the February 25 presidential election.
In his petition, Obi submitted that Tinubu “at the time of the election was not qualified to contest the election” owing to the payment of “a fine of $460,000 for an offence involving dishonesty, namely narcotics trafficking imposed by the United States District Court” on him in 1993. “1st petitioner participated and was cleared to contest the presidential election while being a member of the People’s Democratic Party :
“Whereas, by the mandatory provisions of Section 77 and of the Electoral Act 2022, a political party shall maintain a register and shall make such register available to the Independent National Electoral Commission not later than 30 days before the date fixed for the party primaries, congresses and convention.
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