Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has approached the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) to contest the declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as President-elect.
Atiku and PDP’s petition was marked CA/PEPC/05/2023, with INEC, Tinubu and APC listed as Respondents.
This comes hours after the Labour Party (LP) and its candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, had similarly filed a petition at the election petitions Tribunal, in Abuja, challenging Tinubu’s status as the winner of the February 25, 2023, presidential election.
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The petition marked: CA/PEPC/03/2023, has INEC; Tinubu; his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, and the APC as the 1st to 4th Respondents.
The Petitioners are praying for the tribunal to declare that Tinubu was not duly elected by a majority of the lawful votes cast at the election. They want an order mandating INEC to retrieve the certificate of return issued to the APC candidate and issue a fresh one to Obi.
See the court document below:
