A Lesson for Peter Obi's: Atiku in a Meeting with Tinubu
Unsatisfied with the declaration of Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the March presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Atiku, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), together with Peter Obi, his Labour Party (LP) counterpart, challenged Tinubu’s victory at the presidential election petition tribunal (PEPT).
Part of the issues raised by the opposition parties include Tinubu’s failure to secure 25 per cent of votes cast in the federal capital territory (FCT), his alleged forfeiture of $460,000 in the US, his academic records alleged to have been forged and his “non-qualification due to the double nomination” of his running mate, Kashim Shettima.
The petitioners also challenged the failure of INEC to transmit election results electronically.
The PEPT gave its judgement on the matter on September 6, ruling in favour of Tinubu. The five-member panel tribunal dismissed three different petitions challenging the outcome of the presidential poll and summarily ruled that the petitions were devoid of merit.
Then, the petitioners proceeded to appealthe judgment of the tribunal at the supreme court.
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