Tinubu’s victory: Seven states withdraw case to overview presidential, NASS outcomes

Seven state governments managed by the Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP) on Friday withdrew the swimsuit they filed towards the federal authorities of Nigeria over the conduct, collation and announcement of final Saturday’s Presidential and Nationwide Meeting elections.

The Discover of Discontinuance, which was signed by their lawyer, Mr. Mike Ozekhome, SAN, stated, “Take discover that the plaintiffs doth hereby wholly discontinue this swimsuit towards the defendant herein”.

The seven states had dragged the Federal Authorities of Nigeria earlier than the Supreme Court docket over the conduct, collation and announcement of the end result of the February 25 Presidential and Nationwide Meeting elections.

The plaintiffs within the originating summons marked: SC/CV/354/2023 are particularly asking for an order of the apex courtroom “directing a wholistic overview of all outcomes to date introduced by the Federal Authorities of Nigeria by the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC).”

The swimsuit was filed by the Attorneys Common of Bayelsa, Adamawa, Akwa-Ibom, Delta, Edo and Sokoto State.

In line with the swimsuit, the brokers and officers of the federal authorities and INEC did not transmit the collated results of the ballot as prescribed by the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022 and the INEC Rules and Tips for the Conduct of Elections, 2022.

Recall that APC’s Bola Tinubu received Saturday’s Presidential election after beating PDP’s Atiku Abubakar and LP’s Peter Obi.

On Wednesday morning, INEC introduced Tinubu because the winner of the Presidential election.

The previous Lagos State Governor has since obtained his Certificates of Return.

He’s anticipated to be sworn in as Nigeria’s subsequent President subsequent month.