16 June 2011
The peoples Democratic Party has asked the presidential election tribunal to dismiss the petition brought by the Congress for Progressive Change challenging the election of president Goodluck Jonathan.
In a notice of preliminary objection filed on behalf of the party by chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama, the party wants the petition dismissed or struck out on the ground that it was filed on a sunday which is not a working day.
Chief Gadzama said that the registry of the tribunal does not open on a Sunday and therefore ought not to have accepted the petition for filing on a Sunday which is a public holiday.
Alternatively, the party prayed the tribunal to strike out the names of the chief national electoral officer, professor Attahiru Jega and the resident electoral commissioners of Abia and Zamfara states on the ground that they are not necessary parties to the petition.
The party also wants the tribunal to strike out some paragraphs of the petition which contains complaints against the Nigeria police force, Nigeria security and civil defence corp and the Nigerian army who are not parties to the petition on the ground that the petitioner failed to join them as necessary parties despite complaints made against them.
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