The Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC), has overruled the allegations by the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate in the February 25 election, Peter Obi, that the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu was arrested or had criminal records in the United States of America.
By Emma Ogbuehi
The Presidential Election Petitions Court, has overruled the allegations by the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate in the February 25 election, Peter Obi, that the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu was arrested or had criminal records in the United States of America.
The five-man panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani ruled that no record of criminal arrest or conviction was established against Tinubu by the petitioners – Obi and the LP.
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The Court ruled that both the LP and Obi, failed to prove that Tinubu was convicted for money laundering in the United States.
The Court also stated that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), was not statutorily required to use electronic devices to transmit election results.
It equally dismisses LP/Obi’s Petition on 25 per cent needed to win the presidential election in 24 states of the federation including the FCT.
According to the court, FCT residents have no special privileges as the petitioners claimed.
The court also rejected the reports of forensic analyses tendered by LP’s three witnesses. According to the court, they are either made during the pendency of the case or by an interested party.
This is as it rejected the European Union, EU report on the polls, arguing that it was not tendered by an official of the body.