Tobi Adebayo
Bashir Ahmad, a former aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to disqualify the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi from contesting in 2023.
Ahmad made the call via Twitter on Sunday.
This was as the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) asked the court to sack Obi and the All Progressives Congress (APC) flagbearer, Bola Tinubu, for using placeholders as running mates.
Ahmad cited the absence of Obi’s name on the membership list of the LP as the reason for his call.
Recall that Obi had defected from the PDP to LP on May 26th, 2022.
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He tweeted “In line with EA2022, the INEC should disqualify the LP presidential candidate from contesting the 2023 election.
“The candidate isn’t on the party’s membership list submitted to the electoral body. The list was submitted on April 25, while the candidate joined the party on May 26.”
