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Presidential poll: Obi files petition at tribunal

Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has formally filed his petition to the elections tribunal to protest the outcome of the February 25 poll.

This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Chief Spokesperson of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Dr Yunusa Tanko on Tuesday.

The statement read, “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.”

Obi’s petition is coming four weeks after the contentious presidential and National Assembly elections that produced the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

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Although Tanko did not reveal why it took his principal this long to file the petition, a source within the party disclosed that the former governor of Anambra State wanted to properly collate materials to back up his claim of massive rigging, voters intimidation and corruption allegation against the electoral umpire.

“You know Obi doesn’t like talking without getting facts. That’s why he took his time before he officially filed his case at the tribunal,” he said.

At the parley, the head of the legal delegation, Dr Livy Uzoukwu, who led 60 lawyers to the meeting had urged the commission to urgently make the polls materials available as the team was running against the deadline to file its petition against the outcome of the presidential poll.

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