Tribunal Dismisses Petition Against Jonathan

Guardian

28 May 2011

Tribunal Dismisses Petition Against Jonathan .

 .PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has won the first legal battle at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal.

Yesterday, the tribunal sitting in Abuja threw out the petition lodged by Hope Democratic Party (HDP), challenging Jonathan’s victory in the April 16, 2011 presidential polls and the interlocutory application seeking an order to stop his inauguration tomorrow.

Prior to the tribunal’s decision, a counsel, Mr. Tochukwu Alozor, whose name was on the HDP’s petition as the one who filed the petition, disowned it. He submitted that the signature on the petition was not his even though it was signed on top of his name.

Alozor said when he heard that a petition was written by him on behalf of the party, he proceeded to see the HDP Chairman, Chief Ambrose Owuru, who refused to discuss the issue with him.

The lawyer said he was left with no other option but to appear before the court as an interested party.