Tinubu, APC conclude defence in Obi, LP petition at tribunal

President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the resumed sitting of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja on Wednesday concluded their defence in the petition filed by the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the February presidential election, Peter Obi and the LP.

Counsels to President Tinubu and the APC, inviting Senator Opeyemi Bamidele as star witness, notified the court that they have established their case through the witness and do not need to call another witness in the matter.
Bamidele, Senate Majority Leader in the 10th National Assembly, testifying before the tribunal, said that there is no record of criminal proceedings or conviction of Senator Bola Tinubu in the United States of America.
The Senator in his witness deposition, also said before the court that there is a shortfall of ten thousand, nine hundred and twenty-nine votes in the votes recorded for Senator Bola Tinubu in Kano State.
On that testifying, counsels to Tinubu closed their defence.