The Presidential Elections Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has set September 16 2023 as the Judgement date for the Peter Obi and Labour Party’s case against President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Senator Kashim Shettima Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, All Progressive Congress, APC.
The PEPT who chose the last day of the 180 days stipulated by law to set the judgement will also rule on Atiku Abubakar’s case against INEC, APC, and Mr Tinubu.
The petitioners called 13 witnesses before closing their case on June 23, 2023, while arguing that Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima were not qualified to contest the poll.
It also argued that Tinubu forfeited $460,000 to the United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, in case No:93C 44833 between the United States of America and Tinubu while his running mate, Shettima, was the APC’s candidate for Borno Central senatorial district and vice-presidential candidate for the whole of Nigeria in the same election year.
The petitioners also revealed that Tinubu failed to win the majority of the lawful votes cast and failed to clinch 25% of votes in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja as required by law.
