The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Wednesday accepted as evidence a Certified True Copy (CTC) of Kashim Shettima’s voluntary resignation letter from his position as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Borno Central senatorial District.
The letter, dated July 6, 2022, was one of several papers presented by attorney Wole Olanipekun (SAN) to President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima at the start of their defence against the petition filed by Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP).
The petitioners contend that Shettima received two nominations, which calls into question the competency of Tinubu and Shettima’s combined ticket.
The letter aims to demonstrate that the vice president renounced his senatorial bid prior to being chosen as the APC’s vice presidential nominee.
Details later.
