On Monday, the All Progressives Congress (APC) requested that the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, withdraw their case to the Presidential Election case Court (PEPC) in Abuja challenging Bola Tinubu’s election as the nation’s 45th president.
In a notice of preliminary objection signed CA/PEPC/03/2023 and submitted to the PEPC Secretariat on Monday night by Thomas Ojo, a member of the party’s legal team in Abuja under the direction of Lateef Fagbemi, the APC, the fourth respondent, urged the PEPC to reject the petition.
The petition was deemed frivolous and without merit, so the party requested that the tribunal reject it with significant costs.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mr. Obi, the first petitioner, and LP, the second petitioner, have filed lawsuits against INEC, Mr. Tinubu, Kashim Shettima, and the APC as the first through fourth respondents, respectively.
The petitioners want the election victories of Messrs. Tinubu and Shettima from the presidential vote on February 25 annulled.
Atiku Abubakar, a former vice president and member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), came in second place, according to NAN, with 6,984,520 votes. Mr. Obi received 6,101,533 votes, placing third.
The PDP and Atiku are both contesting the election’s results.