‘Obi not qualified to contest’ | ‘25% of FCT votes not needed’ — highlights of Wednesday’s tribunal session | TheCable
told the election petition court on Wednesday that 25 percent of the votes cast in the federal capital territory is not a criterion for winning the election.Tinubu and Shettima, through their lawyer Wole Olanipekun, told the court that Peter Obi was not a registered member of the Labour Party at the time he contested the presidential election.The president and his deputy tendered a copy of the LP membership register for Anambra state.
Under cross-examination in the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party , Bamidele, who was presented as the second and third witness of the respondents, admitted that Tinubu polled only 19 percent of votes cast in the FCT. Fagbemi said the evidence adduced by the second and third respondents was enough to support the case of the APC.
The five-member panel of the court, headed by Haruna Tsammani, directed all respondents in the suit to file their final brief of argument within 10 days while the petitioners have seven days to submit theirs.
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