Presidential Poll: Tinubu closes defence in Obi’s petition with one witness
Written by Olarotimi Oshin on July 5, 2023
President Bola Tinubu, today, closed his defense to the petition that candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi, filed to nullify his election victory.
Tinubu, through his team of lawyers led by Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, wrapped up his defense to the petition, after he presented one witness that testified before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja.
The witness, Senator Micheal Opeyemi Bamidele, in his evidence, maintained that votes President Tinubu got in Kano state at the end of the presidential election, was not properly recorded, insisting that there was a shortfall of about 10, 929 votes.
Senator Bamidele told the court that many international bodies that sent observers to the country, including the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, filed a report after the election.
He told the court that the ECOWAS report on the presidential election dated February 27, was signed by a former President of Republic of Sierra Leone, Mr. Ernest Koroma.
