Dr. Godwin Maduka, the Candidate of the Accord Occasion in Anambra State within the simply concluded Anambra governorship election, has withdrawn a petition he filed towards the victory of Professor Chukwuma Soludo, the governorship elect.
The three-member tribunal consisting of Justice B. Mohammed, Justice Edem Akpan and Justice O.H. Oyajimi accordingly struck out the petition.
Maduka's lawyer, Mr. N.D. Agu had filed an software, praying the tribunal to strike out the matter on the grounds that his shopper was not within the petition.
Agu submitted that although he duly filed the petition, not one of the respondents was served, arguing that consequently and in pursuant to order 56, rule 2 subparagraph 1 of the Federal Excessive Court docket Civil Process guidelines of 2019, which he supported with an software, the petition ought to be struck out as a result of the petitioner was not within the petition.
In the meantime, the tribunal has ordered the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee, INEC, to permit each Soludo and Uba to examine the election supplies within the firm of the police and the Division of State Providers (DSS).
Counsel to Soludo and INEC, Mr. S.I Ezeokenwa had earlier prayed the tribunal to permit joint inspection of the election supplies which the tribunal granted.
Although DAILY POST had earlier reported that 11 political events had filed petitions difficult the victory of Prof Soludo, there are indications that 4 of the events could be withdrawing their petitions earlier than the tip of this month following points the candidates had been mentioned to be having with their occasion management.
There had been strain by some stakeholders to cease candidates of the All Progressives Congress within the election, Senator Andy Uba to not problem Soludo's victory in courtroom.
