Just In: Peter Obi Not Labour Party Member - Tinubu

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima have presented evidence in the form of the Labour Party (LP) membership register for Anambra State.

This move comes in response to Peter Obi and the Labour Party challenging the victory of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress in the February 25th presidential election.

Tinubu and Shettima, through their lawyer Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), argued that Peter Obi was not a registered member of the party at the time of the last presidential election. Therefore, they contended that he was not qualified to contest the election on the LP platform.

During the defence of Tinubu and Shettima before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), the documents, including the LP's letter dated April 25, 2022, forwarding the membership register to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), were tendered. These documents were submitted as Exhibits RA17 and RA18.

The admission of the documents was not without objection from the petitioners' lawyer, Livy Uzoukwu (SAN). Nonetheless, the court accepted and marked them as evidence in the ongoing proceedings.