Ahead of the much-anticipated presidential election petition tribunal, the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) has asked that the petition filed by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, be thrown away.

As reported by Channels TV online, the petition filed by the LP bannerman was faulted on many premises.
Some of the premises at which the APC is countering Obi’s petition include that he was not a bonafide member of LP during the election.
APC opened an argument that the former Anambra State governor was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) until May 24, 2022, when he was screened as the party’s presidential aspirant in April 2023.
Further argument from the APC holds that Obi partook in the screening exercise of the PDP that qualified him to automatically become a presidential aspirant under the flagship of the PDP.
The APC also submitted that Peter Obi resigned from his membership of the PDP on Thursday, May 26, 2022, and joined the Labour Party the following day, May 27 2022.
As reported by The Nigerian Tribune, APC argued that: “The 2nd petitioner herein conducted its presidential primary on 30th May 2022, which produced the 1st petitioner as the candidate it intended to sponsor in the general election.”
As of April 30 2022, Peter Obi was still a member of the PDP, and his name was not and could not have been in the register of members submitted by the Labour Party to INEC.
Labour Party and Peter Obi are challenging the victory of President-elect Bola Tinubu of APC, winner of the February 25 election, on the grounds of alleged non-qualification and non-compliance, among others.