THE Labour Party and its presidential candidate in the 25th February presidential election, Mr Peter Obi has filed an appeal against the 6th September 2023 judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) at the Supreme Court.
Obi and LP’s team of lawyers, led by Livy Uzokwu (SAN) approached the apex court on 51 grounds which they termed an error in law to prove that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who was the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), did not win the election and that it was wrong for both INEC and the PEPC to declare him winner of the election when many incontrovertible points were proving otherwise.
The National Publicity Secretary of the Julius Abure-led faction of the party, Obiora Ifoh said this in a statement earlier today.
The statement reads: “In their reliefs, Obi and the Labour Party sought from the apex court four key points; allow the appeal, set aside the perverse judgment of the PEPC, and grant the reliefs sought in the petition, either in the main or in the alternative.
“On the issue of the 25% requirement for Abuja, Obi and the Labour Party listed the particulars of error by the PEPC as follows. That the PEPC failed to appreciate that for the President to assume the office or position of the Governor of Abuja, is also under a mandate to secure 25% of the votes cast in the FCT.
“They also accused the PEPC of overlooking the fuller purport of Section 299 which will be more glaring on a calm examination of Section 301 of the Constitution.
“No date yet has been fixed for the hearing of the case.”
Eighteen-Eleven Media also reports that the presidential candidate of the rival Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has equally filed an appeal at the Supreme Court.
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