Tag: Peter Obi

Bankruptcy: “Disclose amount inherited from Buhari’s govt.”, Obi to Tinubu

Aminu Imam

Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate in the February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi, has lambasted President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration over its recent claims of inheriting a bankrupt treasury from his predecessor Muhammadu Buhari. Recall that the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, had on Monday claimed that the country was running on deficit due to the liabilities it inherited. Also, at a meeting with investors in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, Tinubu also said he inherited liabilities from his predecessors. However, Obi, while reacting on X (formerly Twitter) account, said the…

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Supplementary Budget: FG slams Obi over comment

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government yesterday, slammed the comment credited to the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 election, Peter Obi, on the recently signed supplementary budget, saying Obi’s comment was insensitive to the citizens, noting that it is a “bold and pragmatic response” to national pressing issues. Recall that the former Anambra State governor had on Wednesday, via a post on his X handle, lamented that the supplementary budget failed to capture “urgent items of national welfare,” despite being signed by President Bola Tinubu at a…

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Peter Obi breaks silence, finally accepts Supreme Court judgement affirming Tinubu as president

Aminu Imam

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has accepted the judgment of the Supreme Court which affirmed the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Obi broke his silence on the Supreme Court judgment at a news conference yesterday, in Abuja. Recall that the Supreme Court on September 26, 2023, upheld the September 6 judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal affirming the declaration of Tinubu as duly elected president. The seven-member panel, led by Justice John Inyang-Okoro, dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…

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“Accept Supreme Court’s verdict” – Ohanaeze to Obi, Atiku

Aminu Imam

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has admonished Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi to accept the apex court’s decision in the interest of the country’s unity. The organisation urged them to give their maximum support and encouragement to the current effort of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration to raise the bar of governance in the country through the implementation of impactful economic policies. The Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, made the group’s position known in a statement issued yesterday, following the Supreme Court verdict affirming the 2023 presidential candidate of…

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PEPT: Supreme Court Justice, Dattijo bows out ahead of Atiku, Obi appeal cases on Tinubu

Aminu Imam

The Supreme Court has seen a reduction in the number of its Justices slated to oversee the cases of Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi suit against the election victory of President Bola Tinubu to 10, following the retirement of Justice Musa Dattijo Muhammad. With this development, it means that only the remaining 10 Justices of the apex court will oversee the cases of the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi against the victory of President Bola Tinubu, of the ruling…

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Atiku, Obi desperate, as US surrogate seeks urgent release of FBI document on Tinubu

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Atiku Abubakar’s surrogate in the United States (U.S.), Aaron Greenspan, has filed an emergency Motion on Friday at the District Court for the District of Columbia in Washington DC, seeking the immediate release of documents on President Bola Tinubu by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, (FBI). Greenspan, who is working in league with David Hundeyin, another Atiku underling, is the founder of Plainsite.org, which tracks legal cases against big corporations in the U.S. Peter Obi, of the Labour Party, is also hoping to benefit from what he and Atiku believe…

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CSU: “Tell Nigerians your true identity, name, parentage, others” – Obi to Tinubu

Aminu Imam

Amidst the scandal generated by the Chicago State University (CSU) certificate saga of President Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has called on Tinubu to tell Nigerians his true identity. Obi, at a press conference in Abuja yesterday, asked Tinubu to personally, without recourse to agents or Spokespersons make the disclosure to save the Nigerian and international community embarrassment. The former Anambra State Governor said, “Bola Tinubu should owe Nigerians and the world a simple obligation only he can…

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“You are pushing Nigeria into lawlessness” – Peter Obi tackles Tinubu

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Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, has said the All-Progressives Congress (APC)-led administration headed by Bola Tinubu is steadily pushing the country into lawlessness. Speaking in a statement issued on the occasion of the International Democracy Day, yesterday, Obi said there’s a steady erosion of the civic space by the current government which he said if not checked could sink the country into lawlessness. The former Anambra State Governor stated: “On this year’s celebration of International Democracy Day, we must remind ourselves…

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‘Obi’s petition against Tinubu incompetent, defective beyond repair’ – Tribunal

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The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal yesterday in Abuja ruled that the petition of the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi was greatly incompetent and defective beyond repair. The Tribunal, in a ruling on several objections against the petition delivered by Justice Abba Mohammed, struck out several paragraphs of the petition for being vague, incompetent, inconsistent, nebulous and self-contradictory. In the ruling, Obi’s petition was said to have raised several general allegations of malpractices, irregularities and corruption without being specific as required by law. The Tribunal held that while Obi claimed to have scored…

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Presidential Poll Tribunal: Tinubu to open defence against Atiku, Obi, others July 3rd

Aminu Imam

The All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Bola Tinubu are scheduled to open their defence next week in the ongoing petition challenging the outcome of the presidential election. Tinubu emerged victorious in the election, securing 8,794,726 votes, surpassing Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with 6,984,520 votes, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) with 6,101,533 votes. Following the election, Obi, Atiku, and their respective political parties lodged petitions before the tribunal. The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) also filed a petition and concluded its case after presenting…

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