Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Gregory Obi, has filed a suit at the presidential election tribunal, Abuja, challenging the declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the recently concluded presidential election.
The petition marked CA/PEC/02m/2023 has Peter Obi, Labour Party, as the Plaintiff while the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) as Defendants.
Recall that INEC, the electoral umpire had declared Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as the winner on Wednesday.
In the suit, Obi claimed that he won the 2023 presidential election with a land slide wide margin.
According to him, he was robbed of his mandate, which he believes he can only reclaim through the court.
Meanwhile, Obi had during a press conference on Thursday, vowed to reclaim his mandate by exploring all legal options available.
“We’ll explore all legal options to retrieve our mandate. We won the election. I’m fully committed to a better future for the country, and nothing can stop that,” he said.
