The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has struck out a copy of the report of the European Union (EU) Election Observers Mission on the 2023 presidential election tendered by the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
Justice Abba Mohammed struck out the evidence during one of the rulings on Wednesday in the Labour Party’s suit challenging the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25 presidential election.
The judge held that the document was obtained by the petitioners from its registry, which was certified by its staff, who is not a person with original custody of the document.
Justice Mohammed stated that the document was not tendered by an official of the European Union Election Observers Mission which authored it.
Recall that the actual copy of the report was earlier tendered by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) while prosecuting their petition before the court.
