JUST-IN: Tribunal Judgment: Ex-Pres’l Candidate, Fasua Predicts Obi’s Chances as LP Heads to Supreme Court

FCT, Abuja – Tope Fasua, the presidential candidate of the Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP) in 2019, has said it would be difficult for third-placed presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to prove in court that he won the 2023 election….CONTINUE READING

Fasua, in an interview, said Atiku Abubakar, who scored 6,984,520 to emerge second in the 2023 presidential election cannot be discounted in Obi’s stead.

reports that the dust is yet to settle on the presidential election that was held in Nigeria on February 25, 2023. Last week, the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu at the poll. However, Messrs Atiku and Obi are heading to the apex court, with some of the latter’s notable supporters encouraging him to proceed. They also hold on to the belief that the Labour Party (LP) candidate will soon be declared Nigeria’s president.

Many have asked if the appellants will be able to break a 24-year legal deadlock, Fasua doesn’t think so.

He told in an interview:

In a piece of related news, reported that Tope Balogun, the governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) in the 2023 election in Lagos state backed the opposition parties to challenge the verdict of the tribunal at the supreme court.

Balogun said if the LP and the PDP are not satisfied with the tribunal’s judgement which dismissed Messrs Obi and Atiku’s cases against President Tinubu, “they should continue with the process by going to the supreme court….CONTINUE READING