PEPC Judgment: Why Peter Obi may lose at Supreme Court

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has expressed his desire to head to the Supreme Court to challenge the verdict of the Presidential tribunal for affirming President Bola Tinubu's victory at the 2023 polls.

The Supreme Court is Obi's last shot at unseating President Tinubu following his persistent claims that he won the 2023 polls despite coming third in the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Before the appellate court's verdict, Obi had asked the tribunal to cancel the election of Tinubu due to allegations of electoral fraud, breach of electoral laws, ineligibility claims and others.

However, the tribunal held that all the claims and allegations of the former Anambra State governor lacked merit.

Meanwhile, there are assertions that Obi's decision to seek redress at the Supreme Court would be futile due to the lack of factual evidence to back up his claims.

Speaking to Legit.ng on the chances of the Labour Party bannerman, Barrister Oladotun Hassan said Obi's petition lacked the explicit requirement to negate an election.

"The entire process put up by Peter Obi's lawyer was just dead on arrival because none was really talking about the entire vote of 8 million. That is the winning vote as regards the APC candidate (President Bola Tinubu)."

Barr Hassan described Obi's petition as fictitious claims filled with social media substances without substantial evidence.