Atiku Abubakar from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi representing the Labour Party (LP), and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) have contested President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the 2023 presidential election.
On Wednesday, the Presidential Election Petitions Court delivered a ruling stating that Peter Obi and the LP couldn’t provide evidence to support their claim that President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had been convicted of money laundering in the United States.
The five-member panel, led by Justice Haruna Tsammani, determined that there was no credible record of criminal arrest or conviction against Tinubu as presented by the petitioners, Obi and the LP.
In accordance with Sections 52 and 65 of the Electoral Act 2022, the panel affirmed that INEC had the discretion to specify the method for transmitting election results during the election.
As a result, the Tribunal dismissed the LP and Obi’s petition, which argued for the annulment of Tinubu’s victory due to perceived shortcomings in the commission’s Results Viewing Portal (IReV) for not uploading election results electronically in real-time.
