The Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has formally filed a petition with the elections tribunal to challenge the outcome of the February 25 poll, according to a statement issued by Dr. Yunusa Tankan, Chief Spokesperson of the Obi‑Datti Presidential Campaign Council. The statement read: “It is official the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has filed his petition to the presidential elections tribunal in Abuja. The process of reclaiming the people’s mandate has started.”
Obi’s petition comes four weeks after the contentious presidential and National Assembly elections that produced President‑elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. While Tankan did not explain the delay in filing, a party source said the former Anambra governor wanted to gather sufficient evidence to support his allegations of massive rigging, voter intimidation and corruption by the electoral body. “You know Obi doesn’t like talking without getting facts. That’s why he took his time before he officially filed his case at the tribunal,” the source explained.
Earlier, Tankan told The Last Tuesday that Obi’s legal team was making progress in inspecting electoral data after being granted access to relevant materials. The statement followed a meeting between the legal delegation, led by Dr. Livy Uzoukwu, and the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. Yakubu promised that the commission would provide the team with the necessary documents. Dr. Uzoukwu, who led a group of 60 lawyers, urged the commission to expedite the release of poll materials, noting that the team was racing against the deadline to file its petition against the presidential election results.
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