Nigeria, May 1 -- The headquarters of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has overruled the decision of its Ogun State chapter to withdraw the party's petition against the reelection of Governor Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The petition seeks the cancellation of the 18 March election over the omission of the name of the party from the ballot paper.

PREMIUM TIMES reported the announcement of the withdrawal by the state chairman of the party, Olaposi Oginni.

Mr Oginni had said going ahead with the petition could be counterproductive, given that similar ballot papers were used to conduct elections in Kano where the party won.

The party chairman also claimed that some unnamed people within the party at the nationa...