Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, filed a petition against Bola Tinubu’s emergence as the winner of the February 25 presidential election which was dismissed by the Supreme Court.
The apex court, in its ruling delivered on October 26, stated that Obi’s seven-point petition lacked merit. It emphasized that it cannot allow the matter of double nomination to be relitigated, having issued a judgement on it.
Obi alleged in his petition that Vice-President Kashim Shettima was guilty of double nomination, hence not qualified to serve as running mate to President Bola Tinubu.
The court ruled, “This matter ought not to have come here. When the matter was pending at the trial court, this court delivered judgement on it. This appeal lacks merit and is hereby dismissed.”
Justice Okoro ruled that issues 1,2,3,5,6,7 have already been dealt with in the decisions just delivered during Atiku’s appeal.
“It is our decision that this appeal shall abide with the decision in that of Atiku,” the court held
All seven members of the panel of judges agreed that Peter Obi’s petition was devoid of merit, and thereafter dismissed it. The court then upheld the election of Bola Tinubu as the duly elected President of Nigeria.
