The Supreme Court on Monday punctured the prayer of the Allied Peoples Movement seeking to nullify the election of the President....For More CONTINUE THE FULL READING▶▶
It wondered why the party wanted this to happen without asking the court to replace Tinubu with its own candidate.
The party had claimed that the placeholder nominated by the president, Ibrahim Masari, was not replaced within 14 days as stipulated by section 33 of the Electoral Act.
The lead counsel for the party, Chukwuma -Machukwu Ume argued that their appeal was not premised on double nomination which the lower court ruled on, insisting that Vice President Kashim Shettima was illegally nominated.
But the Chairman of the Supreme Court panel hearing the appeals against the election of President Bola Tinubu, Justice John OkoroOkoro asked him if the APM had anything to gain from the matter.
The APM lawyer applied to withdraw his appeal.
The APC, INEC, Ibrahim Massari, and Tinubu’s counsels did not object.
“Having been withdrawn, the appeal is hereby struck out,” Okoro said..…CONTINUE.FULL.READING>>>
