President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima have tendered a copy of the Labour Party, LP, membership register for Anambra State as proof of their claim that Peter Obi is not a registered member of the party.
Tinubu and Shettima had argued, in their response to the petition by Obi and the LP, that, not being a member of the party at the time of the last presidential election, Obi was not qualified to have contested the last election on the platform of the LP.
Their lawyer, Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, tendered the document along with LP’s letter, dated April 25, 2022, forwarding the membership register to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Olanipekun also tendered 18 sets of documents, which Bamidele confirmed did not contain Obi’s name, indicating that he was not a member of the party when he contested the last presidential election.
Although the lawyer to the petitioners, Livy Uzoukwu, SAN, objected to the admission of the documents, the court admitted them and marked them as Exhibits RA17 and RA18.
Subsequently, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) announced the closure of his client’s case after their sole witness, Senate Majority Leader, Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele concluded his testimony.
Lawyer to the APC, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) said, upon assessing the state of the case, his client is satisfied that it has sufficiently made its case and need not call any witness.
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