The National and State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square Lagos has dismissed the Peoples Democratic Party ’s petition seeking to nullify the victory ofA three-man panel of the Tribunal in a unanimous decision upheld Dr. Oluranti’s argument that the 1st and 2nd petitioners – Segun Adewale and the PDP – abandoned their petition.
“By issuing Form TF007 contemporaneously with the filing of the reply even before same could be served on the Applicant, the Form TFO07 issued was premature and liable to be struck out and a fortiori, the petition is deemed abandoned. Osasu Isibor with Adebisi Oridate, Karen Eguasa and Similoluwa Sebiomo were for the 2nd Respondent APC, while G.A Daniel represented the 3rd Respondent.
On the substantive issue, the Tribunal found that the petitioner did not counter germane paragraphs of the Respondents’ affidavit in support of the motion regarding the date of the filling of the application of the Petitioners for issuance of the notice for pre-hearing session.
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