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BREAKING: Labour Party Causes Commotion At Collation Center Over Tinubu’s Win At Governor Nyesom Wike’s LGA
A chieftain of the Labour Party (LP) in Rivers State on Tuesday caused a commotion at the collation center over the presidential election results presented from Obio-Akpor local government area.
Naija News reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu won Governor Nyesom Wike’s LGA with 80,239 votes. CONTINUE READING…
In the results collated by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), Tinubu won with a total of 231, 593 to beat his closet rival, Peter Obi of the Labour Party.
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The former governor of Anambra State was in a slight lead until Obio-Akpor local government results were announced, giving Tinubu a drastic lift which led to his victory.
Peter Obi scored 3829 votes while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar pulled 368 votes.
However, the LP chieftain present at the collation center contested the results which caused a rowdy session before sanity was restored.
Tinubu Files Suit To Stop LP, PDP From Halting Results’ Collation.
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Meanwhile, Bola Tinubu, has filed a suit to restrain the Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from halting the collation and announcement of the results of the February 25 presidential election.
In the suit filed before the Federal High Court in Kano and marked FHC/KN/CS/43/2023, the Action Alliance and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were joined as defendants while the Vice Presidential candidate of the APC, Kashim Shettima, was also listed as a plaintiff.
The plaintiffs in a motion on notice filed alongside the originating summons asked the court to make the order restraining the defendants from stopping the collation and announcement of the results because “damages will not adequately compensate for the injury that may be occasioned on the Plaintiffs if by the Defendants stop the collation of the result.”
