The Action Alliance, AA, has withdrawn the petition it filed against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
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The party, on Monday, through its team of lawyers led by Mr. Oba Maduabuchi, SAN, applied to discontinue further proceedings in the matter, shortly after the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, kick-started its pre-hearing session.
Oba, SAN, told the court that the petitioners filed a withdrawal notice on May 3.
Following a no-objection stance by all the respondents in the matter, the Justice Haruna Tsammani led five-member panel dismissed the petition.
Prior to the announcement of the withdrawal, another lawyer had announced himself as the representative of the AA.
He said the party wants the petition struck out because it did not consent to the action.
But Maduabuchi insisted that he filed the petition on behalf of the 1st and 2nd petitioners.
Subsequently, Maduabuchi formally applied to withdraw the petition of the party.
The main ground of AA’s petition was the claim of wrongful exclusion of David Okanigbuan, the party’s candidate, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
SPEAKERS
OBA MADUABUCHI, COUNSEL TO AA
ADEKUNLE OMO-AJE, AA, FACTIONAL CHAIRMAN
MALACHI UKPE, COUNSEL TO AA
KENNETH UDEZE, AA, FACTIONAL CHAIRMAN
