BREAKING: Tribunal dismisses Obi's claim over 25% in FCT, favours Tinubu

The court decided that winning a presidential election does not necessitate receiving 25% of the votes cast in the FCT.The case submitted by the Labour Party and its presidential candidate for the 2023 election, Peter Obi, attempting to overturn President Bola Tinubu's victory because he did not receive 25% of the votes cast in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has been dismissed by the Presidential Election case Court (PEPC).In the suit filed against Tinubu, Obi and his party claimed that the Independent National Electoral Commission's (INEC) announcement that the President had won the election on February 25 was invalid because it failed to account for up to 25% of the votes cast in the FCT. However, in the judgement read by Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani, chairman of the tribunal chairman, on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, the court held that FCT doesn't enjoy special status and, therefore, is equal to every other state in Nigeria.