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#PEPTJudgement: Court strikes out Peter Obi's Petition

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It was an unexpected shocked for the Labour Party/Peter Obi legal team as the Presidential Election Tribunal Petition today in Abuja strikes out one of Peter Obi's Petition against the election of President Tinubu.



Peter Obi has argued that Tinubu's running mate, Kasim Shetimma was not qualified to contest as at the point of his nomination, because he was the Borno central senatorial candidate, and therefore, he flawed the double nomination rule.

However the court rule “The suit on disqualification of Shettima based on eligibility duly struck out. We don’t have jurisdiction over that because it’s a Pre-Election matter”

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