The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) ruling on September 6, 2023, that affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February 25 presidential election, has been challenged by the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, at the Supreme Court.
The Labour Party’s legal team, led by Livy Uzokwu (SAN), filed an appeal on 51 grounds, which they described as “an error in law” to show that President Tinubu did not win the election and that it was wrong for both INEC and the PEPC to declare him the winner of the election when there were many undeniable evidence to the contrary.
The National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Obiora Ifoh, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday, September 19.
The statement reads:
"Obi and the Labour Party are seeking four main reliefs from the apex court: To allow the appeal, to set aside the erroneous judgment of the PEPC, and to grant the reliefs sought in the petition, either in the main or in the alternative.
"On the issue of the 25% requirement for Abuja, Obi and the Labour Party listed the particulars of error by the PEPC as follows: That the PEPC failed to understand that for the President to assume the office or position of the Governor of Abuja, he must also secure 25% of the votes cast in the FCT.
"They also accused the PEPC of ignoring the full meaning of section 299, which will be more evident on a careful examination of section 301 of the constitution.
“The hearing date for the case has not been fixed yet.”
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