The Action Alliance (AA) has withdrawn its petition against Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the 2023 Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal.
According to reports Action Alliance announced the withdrawal of its petition against Tinubu at the pre-hearing session of the presidential election petitions tribunal on Monday.
Oba Maduabuchi, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), is leading the legal team of the party.
After declaring the intention of the Action Alliance to withdraw the petition, none of the representatives of the other parties expressed opposition.
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.
After listening to their submissions, the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal struck out the petition by the Action Alliance (AA).
The five-member panel led by Justices Haruna Simon Tsammani with Stephen Adah, Bolaji Yusuf, Moses Ugo and Abba Mohammed as members, held that the dismissal was in line with the provisions of the Electoral Act.
Kukuruku News gathered that there are now four petitions left out in the proceedings
