Tinubu floors Obi on 25% FCT votes as Tribunal dismisses claim   … says, FCT has no special status

Tinubu floors Obi on 25% FCT votes as Tribunal dismisses claim

 … says, FCT has no special status

Zainab Tanimu

Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has dismissed

the petition alleging that the requirement for presidential candidates to be declared winners of the 2023 election is that they must secure 25% of the votes cast in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

This has been a petition filed by the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, who challenged the election of President Bola Tinubu. Obi had argued that Tinubu should be disqualified as president on the ground of not winning 25% of the votes cast in the FCT.

The tribunal Chairman, Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani, in a ruling on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, has said there is no special status attached to the FCT and that it is equal to every other state in Nigeria.