Day: September 6, 2023

Mandy Park The Labour Party has rejected the judgement delivered today, Wednesday by the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). The court dismissed petitions by the party and its presidential candidate in the 2023 poll, Peter Obi, stating that they did not prove their cases against the election of President Bola Tinubu. National Publicity Secretary of the LP, Obiora Ifoh, stated the party’s position in a press release. He said, “The Labour Party watched with dismay and trepidation the dismissal of petitions by the five-man panel of the Presidential Election Petition…

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal ruled on Wednesday that the All Progressives Congress (APC) lacks the locus standi to challenge Peter Obi’s membership of the Labour Party (LP). The APC and President Bola Tinubu had in their petitions argued that Obi’s name was not contained in the list of LP members forwarded to INEC on April 25, 2022, and breached Section 77 of the Electoral Act, 2022. However, in the lead judgment on the objections by the APC against the petitions of Obi and the LP, Justice Abba Mohammed said…

Justices delivering judgments at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Wednesday shut down a counsel for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Charles Uwensuyi-Edosomwan for interruption. The tribunal consisting of five justices and led by Justice Haruna Tsammani resumed at 9 am. Eight hours later, around 5 pm, Uwensuyi-Edosomwan asked the court to be brief and either “dismiss or allow” the petitions of the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi; against the victory of President Bola Tinubu of the APC. “I have listened to your Lordship’s eloquent judgement,” Uwensuyi-Edosomwan…