Nigeria’s opposition Labour Party, LP presidential candidate Peter Obi has filed a court petition challenging the outcome of last month’s disputed presidential election.
The election saw Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the flagbearer of the ruling party, All Progressives Congress, APC, declared winner.
“We are challenging the qualifications of the candidate that was declared the winner. We are also challenging the processes that led to his declaration as the winner, among others,” spokesperson for Labour Party, Yunusa Tanko told journalists.
The election, which saw Labour Party candidate Peter Obi come in third place behind the ruling party APC Bola Tinubu and the main opposition People’s Democratic Party’s, PDP Atiku Abubakar, was marred by problems such as failures in systems designed to prevent vote manipulation.
Despite the Supreme Court of Nigeria never having overturned a presidential election, legal challenges are common, and outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari had previously fought multiple election losses.
Tinubu is set to be sworn in on May 29 as Buhari’s successor, pending any court decisions to the contrary.
