The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of bias, insisting that it ought to maintain neutrality in the electoral contest between candidates.
Obi, in a reply he filed before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, faulted the electoral body for filing a preliminary objection in support of the President-elect and candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Bola Tinubu.
He noted that both the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal had in the past, cautioned INEC not to place itself “in a position where imputation of partiality in favour of one party against another will be levelled against it.
Obi alleged that INEC’s contention that the reliefs sought in the petition are not grantable is false and made in manifest disregard of the specific and concise pleadings in the petition.
Obi further contended that the president-elect Bola Tinubu was not elected by a majority of lawful votes cast at the election, adding that the Appeal Court, which will sit as the tribunal for the presidential election dispute, has the requisite jurisdiction to entertain and determine the real issues in the petition