The Enugu State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the March 18 election, Frank Nweke Jr, has withdrawn his petition against Governor Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
While addressing the tribunal, the petitioners’ counsel, Prof. Race Achara, said his client wished to make an oral application to withdraw the petition, which had its suit number EPTEN/GOV/07/2023, from the court.
“My lords, as has been instructed by my client, I wish to make an oral application before the honourable tribunal to withdraw the petition filed against the first, second and third respondents in this matter so that we will no longer be wasting the time of the court, as we were not able to gather the evidence that will help in prosecuting the matter, ” counsel to the petitioners said.
Achara said it became imperative to withdraw the petition filed on April 11 to reduce the tribunal’s workload.
The tribunal consequently granted the wish and dismissed the petition accordingly.
Meanwhile, addressing the press later, counsel to the first respondent, PMB Onyia (Esq.), maintained that the petitioners withdrew their petition because they didn’t see it succeeding.
”I would like to say that they withdrew their petition because it had no chance of succeeding,” Onyia said.
