“Peter Obi Will Soon Be Declared President”: LP Chairman Reveals Date Tribunal Will Deliver Judgement

• The presidential tribunal will soon deliver its final judgement regarding the petitions challenging President Bola Tinubu's election victory
• Peter Obi and the Labour Party rejected the outcome of the February 25 presidential election and are challenging the process; the court has heard their arguments
• However, the embattled LP chairman, Julius Abure, has told Nigerians based in the United States that Obi will soon be declared president

Julius Abure, the embattled national chairman of the Labour Party (LP), has made a strong prediction regarding the fate of Peter Obi ahead of the presidential election petition tribunal's verdict.

Abure disclosed that Obi, the party's presidential candidate in the February 25 election, will be declared president of Nigeria by the tribunal.

Abure made this known while addressing some Nigerians in the United States during a tour of the country, The Cable reported.

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Abure, who is on a tour to the United Kingdom and the US, said the judgment by the presidential election petition tribunal is expected to come on or before Saturday, September 16, Daily Independent reported.

“We are expecting judgment between now and the 16th of September. And I am very sure Peter Obi will become President.

"Surely, Peter Obi will be president of Nigeria. We have put our hands on the plough and we never look back. We are determined to continue the struggle until Nigeria is repositioned. We will not give up," Abure said.

Reno Omokri predicts possible winner at tribunal

Reno Omokri, ex-aide of former President Goodluck Jonathan, strongly criticised the Labour Party presidential candidate, Obi.

While Nigerians await the final judgement of the election petition tribunal, Omokri said Obi does not have the national spread.

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He argued that Obi's case is hopeless but claimed the case of the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, brings optimism.

Abure rejects appeal court judgement

In other news, the crisis rocking the Labour Party over its unending leadership tussle took a new dimension.

This followed the judgement of the Court of Appeal in Owerri, Imo state capital, on Thursday, August 24, which invalidated all the off-season governorship primary elections conducted by the national chairman of the party, Julius Abure.

Abure rejected the court judgement that sacked him and affirmed Apapa as the authentic LP national chairman.

Source: Legit.ng