In the ongoing Tribunal, President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima just tendered 18 exhibits at the Presidential Election Petition Court in defence against the petition filed by the Labour Party and its candidate, Peter Obi challenging his victory at the February 25 presidential elections polls.
The exhibits were tendered by Tinubu and Shetima to the court to disprove allegations of non-qualifications to stand for the 2023 presidential election. While, Shetima also tendered his letter of withdrawal from the Borno South Senatorial race.
Also among the documents tendered was a copy of the Labour Party membership register for Anambra State as proof that Peter Obi is not a registered member of the party.
Tinubu and Shettima who are 2nd and 3rd respondents in the case tendered the documents through their lead counsel, Wole Olanipekun, SAN.
The senior advocate tendered the document along with LP’s letter, dated April 25, 2022, forwarding the membership register to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission.
They had argued, in their response to the petition, that Obi was not qualified to have contested in the last presidential election as he was not a member of the party at the election.
Tinubu and Shettima, in response to the petition filed by Obi and the Labour Party, said that Obi, who allegedly was not a party member during the last presidential election, was ineligible to contest the election under the LP’s banner.
During the defence proceedings at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), their legal representative, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), presented the membership register along with a letter from the Labour Party, dated April 25, 2022, which was addressed to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as supporting documents.
