The Supreme Court has struck out the appeal by the Allied Peoples Movement seeking to nullify the election of President Tinubu.
The party had claimed that the placeholder nominated by the president, Ibrahim Masari, was not replaced within the 14 days stipulated by Section 33 of the Electoral Act.
At the hearing of the appeal on Monday the lead counsel for the party, Chukwuma Machukwu Ume told the Supreme court that their appeal was not premised on double nomination. He averred that the Vice President, Kashim Shettima was illegally nominated.
Justice Inyang Okoro who is head of the panel of Justices asked the APM Counsel if the APM had anything to gain from the matter.
“What will you gain if you win this appeal? There are other appeals that are asking for something substantial. There is nothing to gain but to give us work to do. You are not asking us to put your candidate there as president,” Inyang Okoro noted.
The APM lawyer, however, applied to withdraw his appeal. The counsels to APC, INEC, Ibrahim Massari, and President Bola Tinubu did not object to the withdrawal notice. Consequently, the panel struck out the appeal.