Peter Obi Loses; PEPT Says No Evidence Of Mass Rigging

By Adesina Soyooye

Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, has been knocked out by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal Court.

Obi had petitioned against the declaration of Bola Tinubu, then candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as winner of the February 25, 2023 General Elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, Commission. Among other things, Obi and INEC had alleged mass rigging.

But  on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, the Honourable Justice Abba Mohammed who read the lead judgement dismissed the allegations of mass rigging.

He said the petitioners  made “generic accusations of irregularities”   but failed to specify the anomaly, the places where it occurred and those affected.

He said: “They failed to state the number of votes affected and the number of people disenfranchise.”

PEPT said that Peter Obi and LP claimed to have scored the majority of lawful votes cast, but failed to state the number of lawful votes they scored.

“The determination of election is about figures,” the court held.

…Details, later.