Obi presents 51 grounds of appeal against Tinubu at Supreme Court

Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, has submitted a 51-point appeal to the Supreme Court in an attempt to challenge the election victory of President Bola Tinubu.

In his appeal, Obi argues that the Presidential Election Petition Court made legal errors and reached an incorrect decision when it dismissed his petition regarding irregularities in the February 25 presidential election.

Among his arguments, Obi claims that the Court of Appeal, led by Justice Haruna Tsammani, caused a significant miscarriage of justice by not acknowledging specific polling units with irregularities.

He also criticizes the PEPC for dismissing his case due to a lack of specific vote figures in favour of President Tinubu and the APC.

Obi further alleges that the panel misapplied certain sections of the Electoral Act 2022 and wrongly dismissed paragraphs of his petition.

He asserts that his right to a fair hearing was breached, with his witnesses’ evidence being unfairly dismissed as incompetent.

Additionally, Obi contends that the lower court disregarded his claim that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) uploaded 18,088 blurred results on its IReV portal.

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He also accuses the lower court of ignoring his allegation that certified true copies of INEC documents given to his legal team contained 8,123 blurred results, blank A4 papers, and images of unknown persons, falsely represented as polling unit results of the presidential election.

In summary, Obi argues that the lower court’s legal errors led to a miscarriage of justice, particularly in its handling of allegations of corrupt practices and over-voting.