Ogun NNPP Withdraws Petition Against Abiodun, INEC
THE Ogun State chapter of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has withdrawn its petition against the victory of Governor Dapo Abiodun in the Saturday, 18 March election.
The Chairman of the party in the state, Comrade Sunday Oginni made the announcement on Sunday at a press conference held at the party secretariat in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital.
it would be recalled that the party had filed a petition against Abiodun and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before the Election Petition Tribunal.
NNPP filed the petition over the alleged omission of the party’s name on the ballot papers for the governorship election by INEC.
This, according to the party, was a violation of the Electoral Act.
But, the Chairman of the party, while addressing journalists on Sunday declared, “The New Nigeria Peoples Party, Ogun State chapter under the leadership of Comrade Olaposi Oginni Sunday hereby step out of court and withdraw the suit with petition number:EPT/OG/GOV/01/2023.”
“Despite having a strong case, the party under the leadership of Comrade Sunday Olaposi Oginni, wishes to announce its intention to withdraw the petition from the Tribunal. We are doing this not because we don’t believe we will get justice from the judicial system, but because of the following reasons;
“We came to realise that on that same date (18 March), even though the INEC did not comply with an Electoral Act that stipulated that the name and logo must be on the ballot, the electorate still manage to vote for some of NNPP’s candidates and some of our candidates won in some places. For example, in Kano State, the governorship candidate of our party and candidates of NNPP for the House of Assembly and House of Representatives were declared winners.”
Oginni however called on INEC to pay attention to details and ensure that things are properly done for all political parties.
“INEC as an unbiased umpire and supervisor of our election must make sure that political parties are there to do the right thing at all times while they also make sure they pay attention to details,” Oginni said.
He, therefore, said with the withdrawal of the petition, the NNPP Ogun State chapter is ready to go back to the drawing board and plan on how to win the 2027 election.
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