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The People’s Democratic Party has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to disqualify All Progressives Congress presidential candidate Bola Tinubu and Labor Party backer Peter Obi from replacing their running mates with Kashim Shettima and Datti Baba Ahmed.
The PDP made the call in a lawsuit – FHC/ABJ/CS/1016/2022, which prevented INEC from replacing Tinubu and Obi’s running mates.
Tinubu and Obi replaced their previous running mates Kabiru Masari and Doyin Okupe, respectively, with Shettima and Baba-Ahmed.
PDP asked the court to determine whether Tinubu and Obi are bound by the combined interpretation of Article 142(1) of the Constitution, Article 29(1), 31 and 33 of the Elections Act 2022 and INEC’s timetable to submit masari. and Okupe as their running mates respectively.
The party also asked the court to determine whether “by the combined interpretation of Article 142(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Articles 29(1), 31, 33 of the 2022 Election Act, the first defendant (INEC ) can validly accept any change or replacement of the 4th (Masari) and 7th (Okupe) defendants as running mates of the 3rd (APC) and 6th (Labour) defendants.”
The PDP also says it wants to declare that due to the combined interpretation of Article 142(1) of the Constitution, Article 29(1), 31 and 33 of the Elections Act 2022 and INEC’s timetable, both Tinubu and Obi must be bound by their submission.
One of the reliefs reads: “A statement that by the combined interpretation of Section 142(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), Sections 29(1), 31, 33 of the Electoral Act 2022, the Election Schedule of the 1st defendant (INEC), the 3rd (Tinubu) and 6th (Obi) cannot validly contest the 2023 presidential election without the 4th (Masari) and 7th (Obi) respondents as their respective running mates.”
The opposition party also said: “The Elections Act does not contain any provision for temporary or temporary running mates. The actions of the 2nd (APC), 3rd (Tinubu), 5th (PvdA) and 6th (Obi) defendants in nominating and forwarding the names of the 4th (Masari) and 7th (Okupe) defendants as running mates for 2023 Presidential elections are valid and will continue,” the party added.
In a supporting affidavit, the PDP stated that some of the defendants had openly stated that they were just placeholders.
“I know that the 3rd (Tinubu) and 6th (Obi) defendants have stated in media interviews and publications that the 4th (Masari) and 7th (Okupe) defendants are not their real running mates, but merely take the place as placeholders for the real running mates,” it read.