Seven States withdraw suit against FG challenging declaration of Tinubu as President-elect
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) states of Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Taraba, and Sokoto have dropped their suit against the Federal Government in the Supreme Court, which challenged the declaration of All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu as president-elect.
The Notice of Discontinuance which was signed by their lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, says “Take notice that the plaintiffs doth hereby wholly discontinue this suit against the defendant herein”.
In the earlier suit which had the Attorneys-General of the states as plaintiffs and the Attorney General of the Federation as a defendant, the seven states had asked the Supreme Court to intervene in the just concluded general elections as they claimed that the declaration of Tinubu did not follow the Electoral Act and INEC’s own laid down guidelines, particularly the uploading of results to the iREV through the Bimodal Accreditation System (BVAS).
They also expressed fear of a probable breakdown of public order and civil disobedience.
Below is the Notice to discontinue the suit:
