Delta State Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Asaba, the state capital has struck out the petition by the Labour Party (LP) against the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The three-man tribunal led by Justice Nasir Gunmi also asked the LP to pay the sum of 50,000 naira each to the respondents in the case.
The first respondent in the case is the Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa while the second and third respondents are the PDP and the electoral commission (INEC) respectively.
The lead judge has now proceeded in the case brought by the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the PDP's candidate, Ifeanyi Okowa.