Seven state governments controlled by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday withdrew their lawsuit against the Federal Government of Nigeria over the conduct, classification and announcement of last Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections.
“Note that Plaintiffs are completely discontinuing this action against Defendant under this Agreement,” said the cease notice, which was signed by their attorney, Mr. Mike Ozikhomi, SAN.
The seven states have dragged the Federal Government of Nigeria before the Supreme Court over the conduct, comparison and announcement of the results of the presidential and National Assembly elections on February 25.
The plaintiffs in the original summons marked: SC/CV/354/2023 are specifically requesting a Supreme Court order “directing a comprehensive review of all results announced to date by the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).”
The lawsuit was filed by the state prosecutors of Bayelsa, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Edo and Sokoto states.
According to the suit, agents and officials of the federal government and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) failed to transmit the aggregated result of the poll as provided by the provisions of the Election Act, 2022 and the Independent Electoral Commission Regulations and Guidelines for Conducting Elections, 2022.
Remember, Bola Tinubu, a member of the General People’s Congress, won the presidential elections on Saturday, defeating Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party, and Peter Obi, a member of the People’s Democratic Party.
On Wednesday morning, the Independent Electoral Commission announced that Tinubu had won the presidential election.
Since then, the former Lagos state governor has received his certificate of return.
He is expected to be sworn in as Nigeria’s next president next month.
Tinubu victory: Seven states withdraw case to review presidential results, NASS
