Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, on Friday closed their petition before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) challenging the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Obi and LP are complainants in the petition marked CA/PEPC/03/2023, challenging the 2023 general election which brought Tinubu to power as Nigeria president on May 29. Respondents in the petition are the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima and All Progressives Congress (APC).
Peter Obi, Labour Party Close Petition Against Tinubu At Presidential Tribunal After Presenting 13 WitnessesThe petitioners were given three weeks to prove their case against the respondents before the court.Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, on Friday closed their petition before the Presidential Election Petition Court challenging the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Earlier, Counsel to the petitioners, Livy Uzoukwu, SAN, told the court that their twelfth witness, Yunusa Tanko, was in court to be cross-examined by the respondents. Being cross-examined by INEC, the witness informed the court that the results given to them were mutilated and not readable. He said that he was challenging the entire results of the election because, after four months of the election, the results are still being downloaded from the IreV.
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