The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) concluded on Wednesday that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), cannot file an objection over the purported non-compliance of the 2023 election with the terms of the 2022 Electoral Act.
One of the grounds for the petition filed by Peter Obi and his party against the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) declaration of President Bola Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 polls was the alleged non-compliance of the 2023 presidential election with the Electoral Act.
Obi highlighted INEC’s failure to electronically transmit election results.
However, responding to the petition during Wednesday’s judgment, the lead Judge of the five-man Tribunal panel, Justice Haruna Tsammani ruled that Mr Obi is “estopped” (prohibited) from raising the issue again after it was resolved by the Federal High Court.
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