The Labour Party and its Presidential candidate, Peter Obi have stressed before the Presidential Election Petition Court that the Independent National Electoral Commission’s alleged failure to transmit the results of the presidential election electronically from the polling unit to its results viewing portal amounts to non-compliance with Electoral Act and other related regulations.
The petitioners stated this in their final written addresses while still calling on the court to nullify the victory of President Bola Tinubu on grounds that Tinubu and the Vice President, Kashim Shettma were not qualified to have contested the election.
They also contend that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was wrong to have declared Tinubu the winner of the election despite not scoring 25 percent of votes in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
These amongst others who labor party and its candidate’s response to the joint final address by Tinubu and Shettima, seeking the dismissal of the petition.
The Labour Party and their Candidate, argued that they did substantially well to prove their case, having called 13 witnesses and tendered volumes of documents to prove their case.
They further argue that the forfeiture proceedings allegedly involving Tinubu in a United States District Court were sufficient to have him disqualified by INEC from standing for election.
