A former presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to disqualify the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi.
Ahmad pointed out that Obi is not supposed to run for the presidency under the party he joined in May 2022.
This is coming after the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday made a similar call, citing alleged illegal substitution of running mate.
The PDP asked the court to sack Obi and the All Progressives Congress candidate, Bola Tinubu, for using place-holders and later announcing fresh running mates.
Ahmad claimed that Obi’s name is not in the LP’s membership list submitted to INEC by the party.
“In line with EA2022, the INEC should disqualify the LP presidential candidate from contesting the 2023 election.
“The candidate isn’t on the party’s membership list submitted to the electoral body. The list was submitted on April 25, while the candidate joined the party on May 26” he tweeted on Saturday.
