Peter Obi finally files petition challenging result of 2023 Presidential Election

The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25, 2023, election, Mr. Peter Obi has officially filed his petition challenging the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s declaration of Ahmed Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the Presidential polls.

Mr. Obi’s legal team had been having a running battle with INEC over the release of electoral materials used for the election for the inspection of the team as ordered by the Court to enable the lawyers file their case.

At some point, it was reported that INEC had allowed access to only the electoral materials from two out of the 36 states of the federation, but a tweet by Dr Yunusa Tanko, Chief Spokesperson LP- PCC, said the team has been able to file Obi’s petition at the Tribunal to kickstart what many Nigerians see as the battle to retrieve the Obi/Datti mandate.

Dr Yunusa Tanko said:

“It is official the Labor Party Presidential candidate Peter OBI has filed his petition to the presidential elections tribunal in Abuja. The process of reclaiming the people’s mandate has started. Dr Yunusa Tanko Chief Spokesperson LP- PCC.”