Presidential Election Tribunal: Peter Obi lists states where voter suppression occurred

Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate, is challenging the results of the February 25 presidential election released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

In a petition brought before the presidential election tribunal on Wednesday, March 22, Obi argued that the poll which produced Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was marred by electoral malpractices, voter suppression, and non-compliance with the provision of the Electoral Act in various states, Premium Times reports.

States where Obi claims these happened are as follows:

Rivers

Lagos

Taraba

Benue

Adamawa

Imo

Bauchi

Borno

Kaduna

Plateau

Ekiti

Oyo

Ondo

Taraba

Osun

Kano

Katsina

Kwara

Gombe

Yobe

Niger.

Obi lists states where voter suppression took place. States where the former Anambra governor alleged that voter suppression specifically happened, are the ones listed below:

Borno

Taraba

Ekiti

Oyo

Ondo

Taraba

Osun

Kano

Katsina

Kwara

Gombe

Yobe

Niger

Business Day reported that Obi alleged that in the above-listed states, his findings showed that votes cast in the polling units “exceeded the number of voters accredited on the BVAS in those states.”

Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party in the last presidential election, had addressed Nigerians on the conduct and results of the poll.

After observing a minute silence for the victims of violence across the country during Saturday, February 25, presidential and National Assembly elections, Obi made it clear that this is the first time he will address the media either directly or indirectly after taking part in the voting exercise in Anambra.

Obi expressed gratitude to all Nigerians, especially Obidients who came out en masse to exercise their franchise by voting.

During a press briefing on Thursday, March 2, the former Anambra governor claimed that the 2023 presidential election was a clear deviation from what Nigerians were promised.

He added that the electorate has once again been robbed by supposed leaders.