No fewer than seven states under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who filed a suit against the Federal Government at the Supreme Court, challenging the declaration of All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu as president-elect, have discontinued the suit.
The states had earlier dragged the Federal Government to the Supreme Court over the conduct, collation and announcement of the February 25, 2023, Presidential and National Assembly elections.
The states are Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Taraba, and Sokoto.
They wanted the Supreme Court to declare that the pronouncement of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, as the winner of the February 25 presidential election, was null and void.
According to the states, the entire results of the Presidential Election announced by the Chairman of INEC at the National Collation Centre, Abuja, is in flagrant violation of the provisions of the Electoral Act.
The states wanted a declaration that the non-uploading of the results of each of the 176,974 Polling Units nationwide, in respect of the presidential election and National Assembly Elections, were not in accordance with the provisions of the electoral act.
They also expressed fear of a probable breakdown of public order and civil disobedience.
However, the states discontinued the suit in a notice signed by their lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, saying: “Take notice that the plaintiffs doth hereby wholly discontinue this suit against the defendant herein.”