PEPC: Tinubu, Shettima tender Anambra LP membership register in evidence…

In their joint efforts to prove their claim that the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi is not a registered member of the party, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his Vice, Senator Kashim Shettima on Wednesday tendered a copy of the Labour Party (LP) membership register for Anambra State.

Tinubu and Shettima, listed as second and third respondents in Obi, LP’s petition numbered, CA/PEPC/03/2023 challenging the outcome of the presidential election, had argued, in their response to the petition that, not being a member of the party as at the time of the last presidential election, Obi was not qualified to have contested the last election on the platform of the LP.

Lead Counsel to Tinubu and Shetimma, Wole Olanipekun (SAN), tendered the document along with LP’s letter, dated April 25, 2022, forwarding the membership register to the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.

The documents were tendered along with other documents on Wednesday when Tinubu and Shettma opened their defense in Obi, LP’s petition against their victory at the presidential poll.

The court admitted the documents and marked them as exhibits, despite an objection to their admissibility by the lead Counsel to the petitioners, counsel, Dr. Livy Uzoukwu (SAN).

The Labour Party and its Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi are challenging Tinubu’s declaration as the winner of the presidential election.

Meanwhile, Tinubu and Shetimma have called their first witness, Senator Michael Okpeyemi Bamidele to give evidence in the defense of their victory at the February 25 presidential election.