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JUST IN: Obi, LP fail to prove allegations of non-compliance, over-voting, others – PEPC

The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has declared Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP) failed to provide credible evidence to prove their allegations that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) did not substantially comply with the Electoral Act in the conduct of the election and the poll was marred by corrupt practices, including over-voting.

In a judgment on the petition by Obi and the LP, the court held that the petitioners merely bandied around allegations without providing evidence to support the same

The court, in the lead judgment still being read by Justice Haruna Tsammani, has so far resolved three issues out of the four, identified for determination, against the petitioners