Peter Obi In Trouble As President Tinubu, Shettima Open Strong Exhibit

Peter Obi In Trouble As President Tinubu, Shettima Open Strong Exhibit

  • President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim have presented an exhibit against Peter Obi of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election
  • Tinubu and Shettima tendered evidence before the presidential election petition court that Peter Obi was not a member of the Labour Party as at the time he contested the election under the party
  • This happened as the duo opened their defence against the petition filed by Peter Obi and the Labour Party against the outcome of the 2023 presidential election

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FCT, Abuja - President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima have presented strong evidence that Peter Obi, the flagbearer of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, was not a registered member of the LP.

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This is as Tinubu and Shettima tendered a copy of the Labour Party's membership copies from the Anambra chapter of the party to justify their claim, The Nation reported.

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President Tinubu presents exhibits against Peter Obi Photo Credit: Bola Ahmed Tinubu
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In their response to Peter Obi and the Labour Party's petition, Tinubu and Shettima argued that Obi was not a member of the LP as of the time of the 2023 Presidential election and needed to be qualified to contest the election on the LP platform.

What Tinubu, Shettima presented against Peter Obi, Labour Party

Through their lawyer, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) tendered the document with the LP's letter, dated April 25, 2022, sent to the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

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Olanipekun presented another document at the beginning of the defence of Tinubu and Shettima in Obi and LP's petition before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC).

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Livy Uzoukwu (SAN), the lawyer to Peter Obi and the Labour Party, objected to the admission of the document, but the court admitted and marked the documents as Exhibits RA17 and RA18.

Peter Obi has petitioned to court to challenge the outcome of the February 25 presidential election that produced Tinubu and Shettima as President and Vice President.

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Legit.ng earlier reported that APC major stakeholders in Rivers State have called on President Bola Tinubu to compensate Nyesom Wike, the ex-governor of the state, with a ministerial position.

Chief Tony Okocha, a chieftain of the APC and former SSG in Rivers State, led the stakeholders under the Amalgamated Bola Tinubu Campaign Council to make the call.

Okocha faulted Magnus Abe's move to take the front seat in Tinubu's political veranda in Rivers state after he left the party for the SDP.

Source: Legit.ng

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Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with 7 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Google's Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop. He previously worked as an Editor with OperaNews. Legit’s Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023). Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng