‘Why tribunal dismissed SDP’s petition in opposition to Okpebholo’

‘why tribunal dismissed sdp’s petition against okpebholo’

Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja dismissed the petition by the Social Democratic Get together (SDP) searching for to void Governor Monday Okpebholo’s election, following the celebration’s determination to desert its case.

At yesterday’s proceedings, SDP lawyer, Jackson Ehiavhie, knowledgeable the tribunal that his shopper was now not focused on pursuing the case.

He stated he was instructed by the nationwide secretariat of the SDP to withdraw the case.

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Attorneys to the respondents – Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC), Okpebholo and All Progressives Congress, (APC) – didn’t object to the place taken by the petitioner.

In a subsequent ruling, Justice Wilfred Kpochi, the chairman of the three-member tribunal, pronounced the dismissal of the petition in view of the petitioner’s determination to discontinue additional prosecution of its case.

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