The Presidential Election Petition Court has dismissed the petition by the Action People’s Party which challenged the victory of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, at the February 25 presidential elections.
On resumption of pre-hearing of the petition by the party on Wednesday, APP through its counsel Obed Agu, informed the court of its intention to withdraw the petition “brought under paragraph 29 (1,2,3,4) of schedule of election petition…seeking leave to withdraw the petition marked CA/PEPC/02/2023.”
Counsels for the respondents, Wole Olanipekun representing Tinubu, M.O Fagbemi for APC and A.B. Mahmoud, representing the electoral commission, did not object to the withdrawal.
Following the withdrawal of the petition and the no-objection by the respondents, the court dismissed it.
In the brief ruling, Justice Haruna Tsammani who is the presiding judge at the PEPC declared, “Having carefully considered the application, we are satisfied that there is no collision on the part of the respondents, the petition numbered CA/PEPC/02/2023 is hereby dismissed having been withdrawn.”
On Monday, the Action Alliance also withdrew its petition challenging the victory of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu
