The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has admitted in evidence documents tendered by the candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, to defend his petition against President Bola Tinubu. Obi had filed a petition at the tribunal to challenge Tinubu’s victory in the election as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Tinubu was sworn in as President on Monday, May 29.
The judgment allegedly indicted Tinubu and ordered his forfeiture of $460,000 in a drug-related offence.Nwakaeti, who was led in evidence by Mr Jibrin Okutepa , told the court that he was a registered voter who voted at a polling unit in his hometown in Anambra on February 25, 2023, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.The counsel for the respondents raised objections to the admission of the document in evidence but reserved their arguments to their objections until the final address stage.
and also read the judgment in its entirety, adding that he would be surprised if no mention was made of the forfeiture of $460,000 by Tinubu.While also cross-examining the witness, the counsel for the All Progressives Congress , Mr Lateef Fagbemi , sought to know if the document had the certification of any police officer in the U.S.
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