Tribunal rejects APC’s petition regarding Obi’s eligibility to run in 2023 elections

On Wednesday afternoon, the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal denied the ruling All Progressives Congress’ petition challenging Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi’s eligibility to run in the general election of 2023.

The APC had contested Obi’s membership in the LP and declared it ineligible.

A political party’s membership is an internal matter, according to Justice Abba Mohammed of the five-member panel that read the lead judgment.

Due to the fact that Obi only joined the LP a few days prior to the election, as opposed to the required 30 days, President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima claimed they had the locus standi to file the petition.

The court, however, ruled that it was not within Tinubu and Shettima’s purview to contest Obi’s candidacy.

“The matter of a political party’s membership is an internal party affair,” declared Mohammed.