Peter Obi Ignites Legal Battle, Files Petition At Abuja Elections Tribunal In Pursuit Of Lost Mandate

• Peter Obi has filed period at the election tribunal in Abuja.

• The LP candidate is hoping to reclaim the people’s mandate.

• Peter Obi believes he won the presidential election, and was unlawfully denied.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Labor Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has filed his petition at the presidential elections tribunal in Abuja.

This online media platform gathered that this was made known in a statement via Twitter in the early hours of Tuesday, March 21, by the Chief spokesman of the LP Presidential Campaign Council, Yunusa Tanko.

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He noted that the process of Peter Obi reclaiming the people’s mandate has commenced.

He wrote: “It is official the Labor Party Presidential candidate Peter OBI has filed his petition to the presidential elections tribunal in Abuja. The process of reclaiming the people’s mandate has started”

Recall that Peter Obi who came third in the election and Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who came second are separately challenging the outcome of the February 25 election in court.

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has said the ongoing governorship and state assembly elections recorded low turnout because of the outcome of the February 25 presidential election.

Obi said the results of the presidential election did not reflect the people’s wish, hence the voter apathy recorded in the ongoing elections.

He said in a chat with reporters at his Amatutu polling unit in Agulu, Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State on Saturday.

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He said, “The electorates were discouraged to come to vote because of what happened in the last poll that did not reflect the people’s wish.”

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