2023 Elections

BREAKING: Appeal Court Takes Decision On Suit Seeking To Disqualify Peter Obi

Appeal Court has taken the final decision on the suit seeking to disqualify Peter Obi as the Labour Party Presidential candidate for the 2023 election.

 

NewsOnline reports that the Appeal Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit by Allied Peoples Movement, APM, seeking to disqualify the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi.

 

The presiding judge, Justice Monica Dongban Mensan in her judgement dismissed the appeal on the grounds that it lacked merit and APM lacked the legal right to initiate the suit.

 

ALSO: Former President Obasanjo Reacts To Rumors Of 2023 Election Postponement

 

Also, the court, in favour of the LP and Peter Obi, who are the 2nd and 3rd respondents, awarded a sum of N200,000 against APM.

NewsOnline Nigeria reports that Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) is in the race alongside top contenders like Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

NewsOnline Nigeria

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