Presidential poll: Obi accuses INEC of bias for seeking dismissal of petition against Tinubu’s victory

Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of bias.

The LP candidate was responding to a preliminary objection filed by INEC at the Tribunal that appeared to endorse the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, now President-Elect Bola Tinubu.

Obi chastised the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal for siding with Tinubu in the matter before it therefore being bias.

He noted that both the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal had in the past, cautioned INEC to place itself in a place of neutrality, remain fair and focused.

The Labour Party’s presidential candidate also stated that it is not only an embarrassment but a repudiation of the duty of INEC, when it adorned the garb of a contestant in an election it conducted as an umpire to raise preliminary objection against an election petition

Obi added that he expected the electoral body to maintain a neutral stand in all litigations where participants in elections are challenging the outcome of the elections and not indulge in filling objections to the petition.

He also described as misconceived INEC’s preliminary objection against the petition he lodged against the declaration of Tinubu as winner of the presidential election.