HDP withdraws petition against Buhari, APC

A petition filed by Hope Democratic Party (HDP) and its presidential candidate in the last election, Ambrose Owuru against President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been withdrawn.

The petitioner, HDP, on Monday closed their case in the election petition filed before the election petition tribunal challenging the result of the February 23 presidential election.

They claimed to have won a referendum purportedly conducted after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) postponed the presidential election.

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On Monday, lawyer to the petitioners, Eze Nnalugo called Yusuf Ibrahim as the first witness, who testified before the tribunal in support of the petitioners’ claim.

Before Nnalugo announced the closure of the petitioners’ case, the court however rejected two other witnesses called by the petitioners, including a subpoenaed witness, on the grounds that they had no written depositions, as required by law.

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