A former presidential aide and spokesman of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, campaign council in Cross River State, Chief Okoi
Obono-Obla has claimed that the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr
Peter Obi is not eligible for next month’s presidential election.
Obono-Obla in an interview in Calabar said that at the time
Peter Obi contested and won the LP ticket, he was not a member of a political
party.
But the chairman and governorship candidate of the LP in
Cross River State, Ogar Osim said in their party, they have waivers.
In response, Osim simply sent an SMS: “There’s a provision
for waiver in Labour Party.”
However, the APC campaign council spokesman quoted section
77 of the Electoral Act 2022, saying “each party is required to maintain a
membership register in hard and soft copy and to make such register available
to the Independent National Electoral Commission not later than 30 days before
the date fixed for primaries, congresses, and conventions. ”
According to Obono-Obla, “On April 30, 2022, INEC demanded
all political parties to submit registers of its members. The Labour Party held
its presidential primaries on 31 May 2022. Peter Obi joined the Labour Party on
27 May 2022. It follows that as of 31 May 2022 when Peter Obi purportedly won
the ticket of the Labour Party, his name was not on the register of the Labour
Party which had been submitted to INEC in compliance with the requirement of
Section 77 of the Electoral Act, 2022.”
Obono-Obla, a lawyer, explained that one of the
constitutional requirements to become a President is that the candidate must
belong to a political party, which he said Peter Obi was not.
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