ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Bayo Onanuga, spokesperson for the Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s presidential campaign, says that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), is trying to treat his principal just as retired military Head of State, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB) treated MKO Abiola, whose presidential election victory got annulled 30 years ago.
Onanuga, who made this claim in a tweet on Tuesday, likened Obi’s move to challenge the 2023 presidential election results to how the 1993 election of MKO Abiola was invalidated by IBB.
According to Onanuga: “Peter Obi of Labour Party seeks the annulment of the election of President-elect Bola Tinubu just like the military annulled MKO Abiola’s election of 12 June 1993.”
Onanuga however stated that the president-elect and his supporters are ready to defend his election victory.“Team Tinubu will certainly meet you (Obi) in court,” he said.
Voiceofnaija.ng reports that earlier on Tuesday, Obi filed a petition at the tribunal in Abuja.
Obi and the Labour Party (LP), are challenging Tinubu’s status as the winner of the 25 February, 2023, presidential election.
The former Anambra State Governor, Obi and the LP are praying for the tribunal to enforce that Tinubu was not duly elected by a majority of votes cast during the election.
They are seeking an order demanding that INEC retrieves the certificate of return issued to Tinubu and issue a fresh one to Obi.