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PEPT Says Labour Party Failed To Prove Claims Of Electoral Irregularities

DailyDatesNG — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 13:03:35 +0000

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) has ruled that the Labour Party (LP)’s petition of irregularities in the 2023 presidential election was generic.

According to the Tribunal, the petitioners did not prove the particular polling units where the election did not take place nor did they specify particulars of polling units where there are alleged complainants of irregularities.

“Pleading must set out material facts and particulars. In the instant petition, there was no effort to prove specific allegations, particulars of complaints,” the Tribunal ruled on Wednesday in Abuja.

The law is clear that where someone alleges irregularities in a particular polling unit, such person must prove the particular irregularities in that polling unit before that petition can succeed, the Tribunal added.

It was only in one instance that figures were given of alleged suppressed votes and we all know that elections are about figures,” it maintained.

LP had alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) reduced their scores and added it to All Progressives Congress (APC)’s votes.

But the court said LP failed to supply particulars of what they actually scored before the said reductions, neither did they supply the polling units where it happened.

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PEPT Declares Petition Challenging Peter Obi’s Membership Incompetent

DailyDatesNG — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 12:23:04 +0000

Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) has declared All Progressives Congress (APC) cross-petition challenging Peter Obi’s membership of the Labour Party (LP) as incompetent.

Justice Abba Mohammed, while reading the judgement said membership in a political party is an internal affair.

More to come.

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Just In: Tribunal Strikes Out Suit Seeking Disqualification of Shettima

DailyDatesNG — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 11:51:03 +0000

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has thrown out a suit brought before it by the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) seeking the disqualification of Vice President Kashim Shettima.

PEPT ruled that it is a pre-election matter and it therefore lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the matter.

APM had argued that Tinubu was improperly sponsored by the All Progressives Congress, APC, for nominating Kashim Shettima as his vice-presidential candidate for the election.

The party claimed that Shettima was still the APC candidate for Borno Central Senatorial District on July 14 when he accepted the nomination for vice-presidential candidate.

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