An unexpected development occurred on Monday when the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) abruptly withdrew their petition contesting President Bola Tinubu’s nomination for the most recent presidential election from the Supreme Court.
This was a stunning turn of events.
The party had stated that Kashim Shettima, who later became a vice presidential contender to Tinubu, reportedly engaged in duplicate nominations, which made Tinubu’s candidature invalid and unconstitutional.

Shettima eventually became a vice presidential candidate to Tinubu.
The party said that there was no law in the country that addressed the circumstances surrounding Kabiru Masari’s withdrawal from consideration as an original vice presidential candidate and placeholder.
However, during the proceedings that took place on Monday, the attorney for APM, Chukwuma Machukwu Ume SAN, was questioned about the matter.
Justice John Inyang Okoro, who asked Ume a number of questions, reminded him that the Supreme Court had already issued a judgement to the effect that matters regarding the nomination of candidates for elections are the responsibility of political parties and should be handled by them internally.
Even in the event that a ruling in favour of the APM is rendered, the Presiding Justice drew his attention to the fact that the APM would be no better off as a result of the decision.
Ume, who was attentive to the court’s signals, submitted a motion to drop the appeal in an effort to lessen the workload of the court.
Justice John Okoro dismissed the appeal after receiving no objections from Chief Wole Olanipekun SAN, who stood for Tinubu; the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, represented by Abubakar Mahmoud SAN; and Akin Olujinmi SAN for the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The dismissal was accomplished without any costs being incurred against the APM or its main attorney.
In the meantime, the hearing for the appeal that was lodged by Peter Obi, the candidate for the Labour Party, has begun.
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