PEPT Judgment: Obi Failed to Specify Number of Lawful Votes Suppressed – Justice Mohammed
Still, at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal judgment in Abuja, Justice Abba Mohammed, who read the judgment on Wednesday, had ruled that the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi
made a generic accusation of election malpractice.
Justice Mohammed noted that even though Obi and LP claimed to have scored the majority of lawful votes cast, they failed to specify the number of lawful votes that were suppressed to prove the irregularity in the 2023 general election.
Part of the submission of the Judge also states that Obi did not identify some polling units that recorded irregularities during the February presidential election.
“The petitioners failed to state the number of votes affected and the number of people disenfranchised. They also failed to prove that their votes were suppressed by failing to specify the number of votes suppressed.
“The determination of the election is about figures,” the judge said.
The Labour Party candidate, Obi is challenging the victory of President Bola Tinubu during the last election.
He claimed that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was involved in electoral malpractice to favor Tinubu.
Similarly, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar also petitioned the tribunal to declare him the winner.
The former Anambra State governor had prayed the tribunal to declare him the winner of the February 14 election.
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