July 16, 2023 1:28 PMWole Olanipekun, counsel to President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima, has asked the Presidential Election Petition Court to dismiss Peter Obi and Labour Party’s petition.
On March 1, the Independent National Electoral Commission declared Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress winner of the 2023 presidential election.Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party had the second-highest figure with 6,984,520 votes, while Peter Obi of the Labour Party was next with 6,101,533 votes.
Olanipekun in his final written address dated July 14 asked the tribunal to bar Obi from contesting in another election if the court voids the February 25 poll.He said Obi’s name was not in the Labour Party membership register when he contested the election, noting that Obi was still part of the PDP.
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