The Action Alliance (AA) has withdrawn its petition against the President-Elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The party announced its withdrawal during the presidential election tribunal’s pre-hearing session on Monday.
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).
The party’s legal team is led by Oba Maduabuchi, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN). Following the announcement of the Action Alliance’s intentions, none of the other parties’ representatives expressed opposition to the move.
The panel consequently ruled that “in the absence of any objection from the respondents, the application is hereby granted. Consequently, the petition is hereby dismissed.”
The presidential election petitions tribunal is chaired by Justice Haruna Tsamani (Abuja Division ) and has Stephen Adah (Abuja Division), Misitura Bolaji-Yusuf( Asaba Division), Boloukuromo Ugo (Kano Division), and Abba Mohammed (Ibadan Division).
