The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has ruled that the Labour Party (LP) has failed to prove claims of irregularities during the 2023 Presidential Election.
 |
| Emblem of the Labour Party (LP) |
On Wednesday 6 September, 2023, the Tribunal ruled, “Pleading must set out material facts and particulars. In the instant petition, there was no effort to prove specific allegations, particulars of complaints.”
The Petitioners were unable to prove the polling units where the election did not take place nor did they specify polling units particulars where there are alleged complainants of irregularities, according to the Tribunal.
The Labour Party (LP) has alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) reduced their scores and added it to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
However, the court said the ‘Papa, Mama and Pikin’ Party failed to make available what they scored exactly prior to the said reductions, neither did they provide the polling units where it happened.
The Tribunal further ruled, “It was only in one instance that figures were given of alleged suppressed votes and we all know that elections are about figures.”
