The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has thrown out about 17 paragraphs from Peter Obi’s and the Labour Party’s petition, The PUNCH reports. The paragraphs were knocked down by the court because they contained “vague and generic allegations.”
Presidential Election Tribunal in session, Image Credit: The PUNCH
Justice Abba Mohammed, a member of the tribunal’s five-member panel, read the main judgement. Peter Obi and LP are complainants in the petition CA/PEPC/03/2023, which challenges Tinubu’s election victory on May 29.
Peter Obi, Labour Party’s Presidential Candidate
The petitioners made charges of anomalies and stated that throughout the trial, they would rely on spreadsheets, inspection reports, and forensic analysis presented with the petition. However, Mohammed held in his lead opinion that the petitioners failed to establish which polling units the alleged malpractices happened in, the amount of votes affected, and the polling unit agents who reported the alleged irregularities and malpractices, among other things.
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