The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) has awarded Peter Obi his first victory as the judges dismissed a petition filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) challenging his membership of the Labour Party (LP).
APC had argued that Obi was not a valid member of the LP at the time of the election, as he had not been a member of the party for at least 30 days before the party’s presidential primary.
However, the PEPT ruled that the APC’s petition was incompetent.
One of the five-member panel of Justices, Abba Mohammed while reading the objection of the APC said the ruling party cannot ask Obi to join his petition with the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar.
Mohammed said a petitioner is not under any obligation to join a candidate who lost the election like himself in his petition.
Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar are challenging the Tinubu’s victory as the 2023 election.
More to come…