Ogun election: Tribunal dismisses NNPP, APP petitions against Abiodun, others

By Adejoke Adeleye/Abeokuta

The Ogun Impart Election Petitions Tribunal has disregarded the petitions of Fresh Nigeria Folks’s Social gathering (NNPP) and Circulation Folks’s Social gathering (APP) in opposition to Governor Dapo Abiodun, his political party, the All Progressive Congress, APC and Honest Nationwide Electoral Charge, INEC over the end result of the mutter’s 18 March governorship election.

The tribunal, chaired by Justice Hamidu N. Kunaza disregarded the petitions for lacking merit in its entirety following application for withdrawal from the attorneys to each and every events.

In a same system, the tribunal also disregarded application by the national leadership of the NNPP thru its lawful adviser for a switch of counsel representing the party at the governorship election petition tribunal

The tribunal posited that no story has been filled before it by the Nationwide Working Committee of the party informing it of the concept to interchange the counsel for the party at the tribunal.

NNPP had in its petition alleged that its name became once neglected on the ballotpaper.

Talking with journalist, licensed professional to NNPP Peter Ogah Esq hinted that the withdrawal turns into predominant since the party won in some states at some stage in the presidential election and the identical ballotpaper became once mature to behavior governorship election.

“NNPP has formally withdrawn their petition. On the Twentieth of April the tribunal ruled that I remain the substantive lawful counsel of the petition and the tribunal has definite it that Comrade Sunday Oginni stays the owner of the petition since he filed it and he’s the handiest one who can withdraw the petition.

After resolving that, the tribunal went on to listen to our application for dismissal which became once granted by the court”

“Furthermore, in the fervour of the party and the classy of us of Ogun Impart, the NNPP possess made up our minds to withdraw our petition and we don’t possess any pending petition,” he acknowledged.

Ogah, on the other hand, refuted advise that he quiet cash to withdraw the petition.

He added that the Impart Chairman of the party has the true has the true to file any petition in his mutter and no longer the national chairman.

He acknowledged the national and mutter chairman resolved to withdraw the petition for the fervour of the party and the mutter.

Furthermore talking to journalists, The mutter chairman of NNPP, Com Sunday Oginni acknowledged he’s satisfied to withdraw the petition.

“What took location nowadays is to show the total world that the due job has been followed, and in account for to transfer Ogun mutter forward, the handiest thing is to withdraw the swimsuit since the identical ballotpaper we complained of became once the identical ballotpaper our presidential candidate exhaust to secure in some Northern mutter,so occurring with the petition is meaningless.

The counsel to the 2nd and 3rd respondents, Ganiyu Ogunsanwo prayed the tribunal to place aside the story straight on the withdrawal of the petitions.