The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) has said although the Labour Party and it’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi claimed to have scored the majority of lawful votes cast, they failed to state the number of lawful votes they scored.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Justice Abba Mohammed made this disclosure while reading judgement on the petition filed by the Labour Party and PeterObi petition, challenging the outcome of the 2023 presidential election.
The tribunal said the petitioners only made “generic accusations of irregularities in the election but failed to specify the anomaly, the places where it occurred and those affected.
“They 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 election is about figures,” Justice Mohammed said while reading the judgement.
The lead jurist said: “LP’s prayer thatb Peter Obi be declared winner is incompetent and hereby struck out.
“LP filed a petition on election malpractices in most polling units but couldn’t prove malpractices to any polling unit. The petition is vague.
“Peter Obi and LP claimed to have scored the majority votes cast but they failed to state the number of lawful votes they scored. The determination of an election is about figure.”
Judgement is still being read at the time of filing this report.
