PEPC: Obi heads to Supreme Court
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the contentious February 25th election, Peter Obi has instructed his lawyers to immediately challenge the ruling of the five-member Presidential Election Petitions Court led by Justice Simon Haruna Tsamani.
Obi disclosed this at a press conference in the commercial town of Onitsha, Anambra state on Thursday in reaction to the PEPC ruling Yesterday, where he copiously acknowledged the Court’s contributions to due process and the seeming attempt to strengthen our democracy.
Obi said “As petitioners in this case, we respect the views and rulings of the Court, but we disagree with the Court’s reasoning and conclusions in the judgment it delivered. It is my intention as a presidential candidate and the intention of the Labour Party to challenge this judgment by way of appeal immediately, as allowed by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria”
The War Is Not Over- Atiku
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Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the “war” over the 2023 Presidential election is still on.
Speaking at a press conference organised by the party on Thursday, Atiku said he has asked his lawyers to proceed to the Supreme Court.
Atiku had challenged the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in court, but the presidential election tribunal threw out his petition and upheld Tinubu’s election.
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Bongo Critic Named Interim PM In Post-Coup Gabon
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Gabon’s military rulers on Thursday appointed Raymond Ndong Sima, a prominent opponent to ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba, as interim prime minister following the country’s coup on August 30, state TV announced.
Ndong Sima, a 68-year-old economist, served as prime minister under Bongo from 2012 to 2014 before becoming a critic and eventually challenging him in elections in 2016 and 2023.
His appointment was made in a decree by the new strongman, General Brice Oligui Nguema, who was sworn in as interim president on Monday after the coup.
Court upholds House of Reps election in Enugu
The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Enugu on Thursday upheld the election of Hon. Dennis Agbo as the duly elected member representing Igbo-eze North/Udenu Federal Constituency in the National Assembly.
Ruling in a petition brought before it by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the February 25 House of Representatives contest, Obiageli Ajih, the panel led by Justice Nusirat I. Umar dismissed the petition for being incompetent and lacking in merit.
Hon. Ajih had asked tribunal to nullify the election of Agbo on the grounds of Irregularities and corruption, non compliance with the electoral law (omission of her party in form EC8a) and the respondent not being a member of the Labour Party at the time of the election.
But in a ruling read by Justice Legor T. Senewo, the tribunal held that the petitioner failed to prove case of irregularities and even their witness supported the respondent in their account.
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