The presidential election petitions tribunal has reserved
judgment in the suit filed by Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour
Party (LP).
Obi who came third in the election and his party had filed a
joint petition in March challenging the outcome of the February 25 poll.
They are asking the court to nullify the victory of Bola
Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
In their final written address dated July 20, the
petitioners insisted that Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima were not
qualified to contest the poll.
The petitioners had said Tinubu was not eligible to run for
the office of president due to the forfeiture of $460,000 in the US and his
failure to secure 25 percent of votes cast in the federal capital territory
(FCT).
The petitioners closed their case on June 23 after calling
13 witnesses.
At the court session on Tuesday, the petitioners as well as
the respondents adopted their final written addresses
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) legal
team led by Abubakar Mahmoud prayed the court to dismiss the petition.
“We humbly submit that this petition is lacking in merit and
should be dismissed,” Mahmoud said.
Wole Olanipekun, counsel to Tinubu and Shettima, as well as
Lateef Fagbemi, representative of the APC, also prayed the court to dismiss the
petitioners’ case.
The five-member panel of justices led my Harunna Tsammani
reserved judgment adding that a date would be communicated to parties.
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