The counsel to President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima, Wole Olanipekun, SAN, has asked the Presidential Election Petition Court to dismiss the petition of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and his party. Olanipekun, in his final written address against the petition of Obi and LP, described the arguments and […]
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has reserved judgment in the petition by the Allied Peoples Movement (APM). APM is seeking the nullification of Tinubu’s election on the grounds that his running mate, Kashim Shettma, was not qualified to contest having allegedly engaged in double nomination. After parties adopted their final written addresses, the […]
Director General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Akin Osuntokun, has called for the immediate dismissal and prosecution of the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, over the role he played in the 2023 presidential elections. Osuntokun also demanded that a forensic financial investigation be conducted on all […]
President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima on Wednesday tendered 18 exhibits at the Presidential Election Petition Court in defence against the petition filed by the Labour Party and its candidate, Peter Obi challenging his victory at the polls. The exhibits were tendered by Tinubu and Shetima to the court to disprove allegations […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has closed its defence in the petition filed by the Labour Party after calling one witness at the Presidential Election Petitions Court. At the resumed hearing of the petition filed by the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi on Tuesday, the electoral umpire called one […]
The Presidential Petition Election Court has adjourned to Tuesday, July 4, the hearing of the defence filed by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The court on June 23 fixed Monday, July 3 for respondents to open their case in defence of the petition filed by aggrieved parties challenging the outcome of the February 25 […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar as well as Peter Obi, candidate of the Labour Party (LP), have closed their respective cases before the presidential election petition court. Here are the major highlights of Friday’s proceedings. PDP, ATIKU CLOSE CASE The PDP and Atiku closed their case on Friday […]
A witness of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) told the presidential election petition court on Thursday that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deliberately deleted presidential election results from the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines. Testifying as the petitioners’ 26th witness, Hitler Nwala, a digital forensic analyst, said he inspected 110 BVAS devices […]
Two ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission acting as subpoenaed witnesses of the Peoples Democratic Party have admitted that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System failed to transmit the results of the presidential election after the collation. The witnesses, Friday Egwuma and Grace Timothy told the Presidential Election Petition Court on Thursday that […]
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), says he and the party will challenge the results of the February 25 election in only 18 states. Emeka Okpoko, counsel to Obi and LP, spoke while tendering documents at the resumed hearing of the joint petition filed by the party before the presidential election […]
