Obi, not LP member when nominated, Tinubu tells tribunal

Obi, not LP member when nominated, Tinubu tells tribunal

The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) yesterday heard that Labour Party  (LP) candidate in the February 25 poll Peter Obi was not a member when he was nominated.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu told the tribunal that Obi’s name is not on the party’s membership register submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Senate Majority Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, testified as the sole witness of President Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettma in their defence of the petition by Obi and LP.

Counsel for the All Progressives Congress (APC), Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), drew Bamidele’s attention to the LP’s membership register for Anambra State, which was already in evidence, and asked him to confirm whether Obi’s name was on it.

Bamidele looked at the document and told the court that Obi’s name was not on the register, which the LP submitted to INEC with an April 25, 2022 cover letter.

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Tinubu and Shettma had argued that not being a member of the party, Obi was not qualified to contest on the LP platform.