Tribunal Verdict: Ex-Presidential Candidate Fasua Predicts Obi’s Chances At Supreme Court

• Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, rejected the judgement of the Presidential Elections Petition Court
• The judgement validated the victory of President Bola Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 election
• In an interview with Legit.ng, Tope Fasua said Obi's third position would make it difficult for him to prove he was the rightful winner of the disputed poll

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

Obi came third in the controversial presidential election won by Bola Tinubu.

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

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"Obi can't replace Tinubu": Fasua

Recently, the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) affirmed Tinubu's victory at the poll.

But Atiku and Obi vowed to challenge the verdict at the apex court, with some of the latter’s notable supporters encouraging him to do so.

Some still hold on to the belief that the Labour Party (LP) candidate would soon be declared Nigeria’s president.

Many have asked if the appellants would be able to break a 24-year legal deadlock in the country's political history. Fasua does not think so.

He told Legit.ng in an interview:

“If Obi said he won the election, where do we throw Atiku? Somebody who came third in an election said he is the one that won. Can he prove it? What should Atiku say? Should we discount Atiku’s votes as well? So, it’s part of the asinine claim they (Labour Party and its supporters) are making (about winning the election).

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“I don’t think Obi will make history in replacing Tinubu. He doesn’t have the spread.”

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In a piece of related news, Legit.ng 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 were not satisfied with the tribunal's judgement, "they should continue with the process by going to the supreme court".

Source: Legit.ng