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By Emmanuel Adeleke
The Action Alliance (AA) has withdrawn its petition challenging the victory of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in the February 25 presidential election.
The party announced its withdrawal at the pre-hearing session of the presidential election tribunal on Monday.
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Oba Maduabuchi, who is leading the legal team of the party, declared AA’s the intention to withdraw the petition. None of the representatives of the other parties opposed the move.
Prior to the announcement of the withdrawal, another lawyer had announced himself as the representative of the AA. He said the party wants the petition struck out because it did not consent to the action.
But Maduabuchi insisted that he filed the petition on behalf of the petitioners– AA and its presidential candidate, Solomon David Okanigbuan.
Maduabuchi susbsequently formally applied to withdraw the petition of the party.