Obi, LP’s petition a jamboree, Tinubu, Shettima tell Supreme Court

and Vice President Kashim Shettima have said the petition filed against the outcome of the last presidential election by the Labour Party and its candidate, Peter Obi was a jamboree intended mainly for media entertainment.

“Be it noted that unlike previous election petitions over which this honourable court has presided and made far-reaching pronouncements on diverse issues, including but not limited to ballot box snatching, vote buying, voters’ intimidation, interference by the military, thuggery, ballot stuffing, violence, disenfranchisement, non-recording of votes in form EC8A, which is the building block or the base of the pyramid, and such other electoral vices; this appeal arising from a dismissed petition,...

Tinubu and Shettima, who are listed as the 2nd and 3rd respondents in the appeal before the Supreme Court, argued that the PEPC was right to have struck some paragraphs of the petition and the petitioners’ replies to the respondents’ replies with which they had attempted to amend their case in violation of the provisional of Section 16 of the First Schedule to the Electoral Act 2022.

“In all fairness to them, they have not argued that the concurring judgments are not a part of the judgment or that the facts in PDP v. INEC are any different from the facts of this case. On the argument by Obi and the LP that INEC failed to comply with relevant laws by not transmitting results electronically, they urged the court to also affirm the well-considered position of the PEPC on this issue.

“Declaratory reliefs were subsequently sought in line with the main question for determination.

“These compelled the counsel for the respondents to lead a line of objections, challenging the competence of the subpoenaed witnesses. “Surprisingly, they challenged the results of the election in the states where they won, as well as, 12 other states won by the presidential candidate of the PDP. As stated earlier, it was the presidential candidate of the PIP that came second in the election.

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