President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday tendered the membership register of the Labour Party to prove his claim that former presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi is not a member of the party.
The Electoral Act has specified that membership of a political party is one of the criteria to be eligible to contest for Nigeria’s presidency
Tinubu produced an alleged register of the party for Anambra state to justify his argument that the former candidate, Mr. Obi is not a member of the Labour Party.
Tinubu, through his lawyers, further claimed that Obi was not qualified to contest in the last presidential election on the platform of the Labour Party because he is not their member.
Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) tendered the register along with LP’s letter, dated April 25, 2022 forwarding the membership register to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Though Obi and Labour Party’s lawyer, Livy Uzoukwu (SAN) objected to the admission of the documents, the court admitted them and marked them as Exhibits RA17 and RA18.
