BREAKING: I'm Challenging INEC's Declaration of Tinubu as President-Elect, Peter Obi Gives Fresh Clarification

• Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has issued a clarification regarding his petition at the Presidential Elections Tribunal (PET)
• The former governor of Anambra state had earlier been reported as saying that he was only challenging the process of the election, not the outcome
• Obi, however, clarified in a Twitter thread that is challenging the INEC electoral process that led to the declaration of Tinubu as president-elect and the declaration itself

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 elections, has clarified that he is also challenging the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)'s declaration of Bola Tinubu as the president-elect.

Obi had earlier been quoted to have said in an Arise TV interview that he was challenging the electoral process, not the outcome.

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I'm also challenging INEC's declaration of Tinubu as president-elect - Peter Obi

The former governor of Anambra state, however, clarified in a tweet sighted by Legit.ng that he is challenging the process that led to the declaration of Tinubu as president-elect and the declaration itself.

The tweet reads:

"Following my response to a question while appearing on Arise TV earlier today, I want to state categorically that at the Presidential Elections Tribunal(PET), I am challenging the INEC electoral process that led to the declaration of Tinubu as president-elect as well as the Declaration itself. -PO"

2023 presidential election: INEC chairman meets Peter Obi's legal team

In another report, the Labour Party's legal team met with the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmoud Yakubu, at the commission's headquarters in Abuja on Monday, March 13.

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According to INEC on its Facebook page, the meeting was centred around the inspection of the electoral materials deployed by the commission on the February 25 presidential election.

Livy Uzoukwu, the head of Obi's legal team, led 60 lawyers into the meeting with the electoral body. The group of lawyers said they were at the commission's headquarters to find out about the modalities required to have access to the sensitive electoral materials.

Source: Legit.ng