Withdraw your petition against Tinubu, Apapa LP faction tells Obi

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate for the Labour Party (LP), has been urged by the Lamidi Apapa faction of the LP to withdraw his case before the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal because the case lacks merit.

Following the incident that took place at the tribunal on Thursday, the faction believes that the advice has become necessary as a result of the occurrence.

It was brought to everyone’s attention that the court had postponed the hearing of the petition that Obi and the LP had submitted in opposition to President Bola Tinubu’s election.

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These concerns were voiced during a press conference held in Abuja by Abayomi Arabambi, who serves as the national publicity secretary for the faction.

Since the beginning of the tribunal’s proceedings, he told the journalists that Obi has failed to provide any tangible evidence to back the claims he is making.

His words were as follows: “We have followed with keen interest the shameful developments and approach by the so-called legal team assembled by Peter Obi challenging the outcome of the February 25 presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission and we have, like many Nigerians, come to the conclusion that Obi is not only taking Nigerians for a ride but would continue to waste the hard earned resources donated by Nigerians for this purpose to even enrich himself th.” (We have followed with keen interest the shameful developments and approaches

“Every one of you here who has been following this case can remember that on the day that we had an altercation in court with (Julius) Abure’s group, INEC announced that Peter Obi could not pay for CTC form EC08 and other documents,” she continued. “All of you here who have been following this case can recall that.” Because of this, they were forced to only present thirty percent of the materials that the Election Petition Tribunal would require for the hearing on their petition.

“How could any person with a clear head go before an election tribunal with only 30 percent of documents, knowing that none of those documents would be accepted or agreed to be tendered by any of the other political parties?”

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“They reported that two of their counsels were absent due to illness three days ago, and on Thursday (this past week), they were unable to even file a single process with the multitude of SANs at Obi. This is exactly what we have been saying all along, that they are just trying to con the general public, fool the Obidients, and give them a false sense of hope that they have something to present at the tribunal.