The petition by the Action Alliance (AA) was dismissed by a five-member panel of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) led by Justice Haruna Tsammani.
The court’s judgment followed a motion filed by the petitioner’s lawyer, Oba Maduabuchi (SAN), on Monday, in which the petitioner requested to withdraw the case.
Lawyers to the respondents did not object to the withdrawal, following which Justice Tsammani, in a ruling, dismissed the petition, marked: CA/PEPC/01/2023.
The petition had, as respondents, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu and Hamza Al-Mustapha.
The court has moved to the petition by the Action Peoples Party (APP), marked: CA/PEPC/02/2023.