The Labour Party (LP) has expressed disapproval and dismay over the dismissal of petitions by the five-man panel of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), chaired by Justice Haruna Tsammani.
The tribunal had made a ruling on the petition that the party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, had submitted.
The tribunal declared the petition filed against Vice President Kashim Shettima and President Bola Tinubu incompetent and dismissed it.
Obiora Ifoh, the LP’s national publicity secretary, reacted by claiming that justice had not been served and that the decision did not comply with the law or the will of the populace.
“Nigerians were witnesses to the electoral robbery that took place on February 25, 2023, which was globally condemned but the Tribunal in its wisdom refused to accept the obvious.
“What is at stake is democracy and we will not relent until the people will prevail.
We salute the doggedness of our team of lawyers who fearlessly exposed the wrath in our system. We can only weep for democracy in Nigeria but we refuse to give up on Nigeria,” Ifoh said.
He said that details of the party’s position would be disclosed after consultation with their lawyers and once the party had access to the Certified True Copy of the judgment.
Additionally, he urged all supporters of democracy to stay determined and upbeat because a new Nigeria is not impossible.
Ada Peter
