ABUJA (HRNW) – Nigeria’s opposition Labour Party candidate Peter Obi has filed a petition seeking to cancel results from last month’s disputed presidential election, court papers showed, kicking off what could be a long legal campaign lasting several months.
There have been numerous legal challenges to the outcome of previous Nigerian presidential elections but none has succeeded.
Obi asked the Appeals Court to invalidate the election won by Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party,
accusing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of breaching the law by failing to use electronic machines to upload polling station results.
Obi said in an affidavit that the election was invalid because of “corrupt practices and non-compliance with the provision of the Electoral Act.”
He sought an order “cancelling the presidential election … and mandating the (first) respondent (INEC) to conduct a fresh election.”