Seven Nigerian states led by the Peoples Democratic Party have withdrawn their lawsuit challenging the victory of Bola Tinubu in Saturday’s presidential election.
The States had filed the suit against the Federal Government and the Independent National Electoral Commission at the Supreme Court.
In the suit, which had the Attorneys-General of the seven states as plaintiffs and the Attorney-General of the Federation as defendant, the seven states sought for the apex court to intervene.
They claimed that the declaration of All Progressives Congress’ candidate did not follow the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022 and INEC’s guidelines for the polls.
The suit was challenging the failure of INEC to upload the election results to the IReV through the BVAS. They also expressed fear of a potential breakdown of public order and civil disobedience.
The seven states include Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Taraba and Sokoto states.
The Notice of Discontinuance, which was signed by the their lawyer, Mr. Mike Ozekhome, on Friday, said, “Take notice that the plaintiffs doth hereby wholly discontinue this suit against the defendant herein.”
