The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Cross River State has dismissed a petition filed by Mr. Fidelis Ugbo of the Labour Party challenging the declaration of Senator Ben Ayade of the Peoples Democratic Party as the winner of the March 28 election.

Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Aliyu Maiyaki, gave the ruling on Friday in Calabar following the application by the counsel to the plaintiff, Mr. Bolutife Olusegun, to withdraw the petition.
In his argument, counsel to the plaintiff prayed the court to strike out the petition rather than dismissing it on grounds that the petition was still at preliminary stage.

But in a counter argument, counsel to the first respondent, Mr. Mba Ukweni, said the petition should be dismissed because witnesses had been called and documents relating to the elections tendered before the tribunal.

Also, counsel to the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mr. Roland Otaru, urged the tribunal to disregard the prayer of the plaintiff and dismiss the case rather than striking it out.

In his ruling, Justice Maiyaki dismissed the petition.
He said, “All the respondents have agreed that the application should be dismissed. We have carefully considered the submissions of the counsel. We have considered that the proper order is dismissal.

“Accordingly, the application is granted and the petition dismissed.”

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