Ishaya Ibrahim
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has tendered the membership register of the Labour Party to prove his claim that Peter Obi is not a member of the party.
Being a member of a political party
is among the criteria set out by the Electoral Act to be eligible to contest for Nigeria’s presidency
Tinubu backed his argument of Peter Obi not being a member of the Labour Party by producing an alleged register of the party for Anambra state.
Tinubu, through his lawyers, further claimed that Obi was not qualified to contest in the last presidential election on the platform of the Labour Party because he is not their member.
Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) tendered the register along with LP’s letter, dated April 25, 2022 forwarding the membership register to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Though Obi and Labour Party’s lawyer, Livy Uzoukwu (SAN) objected to the admission of the documents, the court admitted them and marked them as Exhibits RA17 and RA18.
