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Bayelsa election: Tribunal strikes out AAP petition (2 days ago) - The Bayelsa National and State House of Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by the Advance Allied Party ( AAP), for filing its.

Speaking to journalists on the petition, Adeyanju said the petition followed challenge thrown to Nigerians by EFCC to bring a petition to the agency if they had any complaint against Tinubu.

The opponents also allege that thousands of other petition signers did not include their full name, signed the petition more than once, or signed a non-notarized petition.

Although the group’s petition garnered 200 votes — enough to force a town vote — it has agreed to work with the selectboard instead of filing the petition with the town clerk and forcing a vote.

Apart from the presidential election petition court, there are election petition tribunals set up across the country to hear disputes arising from this year's governorship, National Assembly, and state assembly elections.

A petition for an administrative hearing is deemed filed upon receipt of the complete petition by the District Clerk at the District Headquarters in Palatka, Florida during the District’s regular business hours.

APM also argued that the striking out of Masari's name from its petition and its consequent dismissal on September 6 was in error, as Masari was a necessary party in the petition.

Earlier in his opening address, acting National Chairman of the party, Umar Damagum, said Nigerians are resolute in seeing justice done to the petition filed by the PDP at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.

Emudainohwo described the petition as frivolous, adding that it was scandalous for the petition to be filed 46 days after the party was aware their candidate was not interested in it.

For the third time, the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, was forced to step down hearing in the petition filed by Mr Peter Gregory Obi and the Labour Party, LP, against the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

In May, SaharaReporters reported that the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal had merged the petitions submitted by the various political parties while giving the pre-hearing report on the petition and presenting the trial schedule.

On account of the petition, the court goes further to prove that the grounds of the objection are which “that some paragraphs of the petition are vague, nebulous, indiscernible, and imprecise.

Sani and the APC – second respondents, had prayed to the court to dismiss the petition of Ashiru and the PDP, in an argument that the petitioners abandoned their petition.

The court also mentioned that no proposal of the Gaon Sabha to file the petition on behalf of the Gaon Sabha is attached to the petition.

The Minister must acknowledge receipt of the signed copies of the petition within three (3) months from the date of receipt of the petition.

The petition organizers plan to formally send their petition to the RDNO in March.

The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has reserved judgment in the petition of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) seeking disqualification of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from the February 25 presidential election on ground of unlawful nomination.

The presidential election petition tribunal Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by the Allied People’s Movement (APM) against the election of President Bola Tinubu.

The Tribunal, in dismissing the petition, held that the petitioners did not prove any of the grounds of the petition.

COMMENTARY: As this petition, and the 1971 petition demonstrates, the Latin Mass has a curiously inclusive appeal.