APC, INEC, Ododo ask tribunal to dismiss SDP’s petition as court reserves judgment

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APC, INEC, Ododo ask tribunal to dismiss SDP’s petition as court reserves judgment
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Governor Usman Ododo and the All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday, prayed the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal

Governor Usman Ododo and the All Progressives Congress , yesterday, prayed the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja to dismiss a petition filed by the Social Democratic Party and its candidate, Murtala AjakaGovernor Usman Ododo and the All Progressives Congress , yesterday, prayed the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja to dismiss a petition filed by the Social Democratic Party and its candidate, Murtala Ajaka, against Ododo’s...

However, Ajaka’s counsel, Pius Akubo, also a Senior Advocate of Nigeria , urged the tribunal to disregard the respondents’ submissions and uphold the petition. While adopting the processes, the senior lawyer submitted that the petition was incompetent and lacked merit, urging the court to strike it out. Agabi argued that the Court of Appeal had decided that if the grounds of a petition were inconsistent with another and the reliefs, it should be struck out.

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