Yunusa Tanko, debunked the speculations, saying that Obi travelled out of the country long before the Supreme Court notice arrived.
By Jeffrey Agbo
The Presidential Campaign Organisation of the Labour Party has debunked claims that its candidate, Peter Obi, went into hiding after the Supreme Court delivered its judgement.
Last Thursday, the apex court ended the legal tussle over the February 25 poll which saw Bola Tinubu elected. The court dismissed appeals filed by Obi and the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar.
In the lead judgment delivered by the Chairman of the seven-man panel, Justice Inyang Okoro, the apex court refused to consider the academic records of the president obtained from the Chicago State University, which Atiku sought to tender as fresh evidence to prove his allegation of certificate forgery against the ex-governor of Lagos.
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The other justices on the panel – Uwani Aji, Mohammed Garba, Ibrahim Saulawa, Adamu Jauro, Abubakar Tijjani, and Emmanuel Agim, – agreed with the lead judgment which dismissed Atiku and Obi’s appeals.
Since then, Obi has not been seen in public not has he made a public statement.
His critics claimed he went into hiding over his loss at the Supreme Court.
Spokesman of Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Yunusa Tanko, debunked the speculations, adding that Obi travelled out of the country long before the Supreme Court notice arrived.