APC and Bola Tinubu’s Petitions Regarding Peter Obi’s LP Membership Dismissed by Court

The All Progressives Congress (APC) and Bola Tinubu had filed petitions asserting that Peter Obi’s name was absent from the list of LP members sent to INEC on April 25, 2022, alleging a breach of Section 77 of the Electoral Act, 2022.

However, in the primary judgment addressing APC’s objections to Obi and the LP’s petitions, Justice Abba Bello Mohammed declared the matter as exclusively an internal affair of the political party…. CONTINUE READING

He emphasized, “It is only the second respondent (LP) that has the sole prerogative of determining those who are its members.”

Furthermore, Justice Mohammed dismissed the APC’s objection regarding the non-joinder of PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, stating that he was not a necessary party in the petition challenging the election results.