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ANY RERUN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SHOULD BE BETWEEN ME AND ATIKU- TINUBU

In the recent final written address by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, his lawyers have ruled out Peter Obi from participating in the run off incase such is declared by the court.

According to ThisDay Newspaper, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu final written address to the petition by Obi and Labour Party, which was filed by his lawyer, Wole Olanipekun, submitted that Mr Obi failed to proof their case.ThisDay Newspaper quoted Olanipekun as asking the court to consider only Tinubu and Atiku for a rerun if the election is upturned.

Tinubu’s final written address reads: “In the very unlikely event that the election of February 25, 2023 is voided, the only candidates constitutionally prescribed to contest any subsequent election shall be the 2nd respondent and the candidate of the PDP who came second, by scoring the next majority of votes in the highest number of states (19 states), to the 1st petitioner’s 16 states, and also coming second by plurality of votes, having scored 6,984,520, far and above 1st petitioner’s 6,101,533 votes.

Source: ThisDay Newspaper

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