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Peter Obi still PDP member at time of election, not qualified to contest under LP – Tinubu

Peter Obi still PDP member at time of election, not qualified to contest under LP – Tinubu

Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu and vice president-elect Kashim Shettima have jointly contended Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate in Nigeria’s 2023 presidential, Peter Obi, was legally a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the time of the election.

They made this submission in their joint petition at the 2023 presidential election petition tribunal where both are respondents.

The duo argued that Obi who was not qualified to contest the election, having not been a registered member of the LP at the time of the election on February 25.

They argued that Obi was not qualified to contest the election on the grounds of his not being a registered member of the LP at the time of the election.

They noted that by the provision of Section 77 of the Electoral Act 2022, a political party is mandated to maintain a register of its members both in soft and hard copies and make such register available to INEC not later than 30 days before the date fixed for the party primaries, congress or convention.

They said in their response to Obi’s petition that “The 2nd petitioner submitted or ought to have submitted its register of members to the 1st respondent not later than 30 days before its primary election for the selection of a presidential candidate held on 30th May, 2022.

“As of 30th April, 2022, the 1st petitioner’s (Obi’s) name was not on the list of members of the 2nd petitioner (LP) that was submitted or ought to have been submitted to the 1st respondent.

“As of 30th April, 2022, the 1st petitioner’s name was on the list of members of the Peoples Democratic Party. At the said time, he had been screened and cleared to participate in the presidential primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party.

“It was only after the presidential primary election process of the Peoples Democratic Party had commenced and the 1st petitioner willingly put himself up for nomination as the said party’s presidential candidate that he subsequently willingly allowed himself to be nominated as the 2nd petitioner’s presidential candidate on or about 27” May, 2023.

“Up until the presidential election of 25th February, 2023, the 1st petitioner still remained on the register of members of the Peoples Democratic Party submitted by the party to the 1st respondent,” they added.

 

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