The petition from the AA is one of five submitted to the Presidential Election Petition Court challenging Mr. Tinubu’s candidature.
President-elect of Nigeria Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja dismissed one of the five complaints opposing Bola Tinubu’s victory in the election on February 25 on Monday.
A five-member court panel led by Haruna Tsammani dismissed the case when the petitioner’s lawyer announced that it was being withdrawn.
The court had received five petitions, and this was the first one that was going to be heard.
Before that, the court had its initial session and informed all plaintiffs that it would treat all parties to the case fairly.
Attorneys responded by pledging their dedication to cooperating with the court.
The panellists dispersed for a little while following the official court opening before coming back together to begin hearing AA’s argument.
There needed to be a better understanding over the party’s legal counsel when the case for the party was called.
The initial declaration of the AA party’s appearance was made by the Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Oba Maduabuchi. Another lawyer, Malachi Umuebe, announced his attendance at the celebration.
Mr. Maduabuchi insisted that he was the party’s lawyer.
The court ignored Mr. Umuebe because he failed to present the petition.
Shortly after the lawyer declared the matter was being withdrawn, the court formally recognised Mr. Maduabuchi.
The counsel for Mr. Tinubu, Wole Olanipekun, SAN, and that of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Abubakar Mahmoud, SAN, who represented the respondents, said they had no issues with the petition’s withdrawal request.
The court subsequently dismissed the petition.
The Action Alliance has asked the court to declare the results invalid since the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) allegedly refused to list Solomon-David Okanigbuan, the Action Alliance’s legitimate presidential candidate, on its portal for the February poll.
The national head of the Action Alliance, Adekunle Omo-Aje, declared in January that Hamza Al-Mustapha, who INEC approved, was not the party’s official candidate for president.
He commented when his party was embroiled in a leadership feud that produced two potential presidential candidates.
