Delivering a ruling, Justice Peter Kekemeke, held that the court does not have the jurisdiction to entertain the suit.
But in his response to Mr Abubakar’s petition, Mr Tinubu said his co-contestant couldn’t have won the poll because he was a serial election loser.
Ahmad Dokko Ibrahim, the returning officer, announced that Yusuf won the election with 1,019,602 votes, while Gawuna got 890,705 votes.
“When we told many of those we met that the Labour Party scored one-third of votes in only 15 of the 36 states, they were shocked.”
“We were at the screening yesterday when we learnt that some people constituted themselves in the party’s secretariat to screen some candidates for the elections.”
“The 2011 polls recorded 800 deaths, the 2015 polls recorded 100 deaths, and the 2019 polls recorded 150 deaths. However, the 2023 polls recorded no more than 28 deaths.”
Mr Diri, sole aspirant for the primary, polled 305 “yes” votes from the delegates to emerge as the party candidate.
He said the peaceful conduct of the primaries marked the beginning of the liberation of the state from “oppressive forces”.
“I hereby wish to inform this House that I am no more interested in being your leader but have resigned forthwith,” the letter read.
The party informed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of its decision in a letter dated April 6.
