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Atiku/PDP To Call 100 Witnesses Against INEC, APC

Last updated: 2023/05/20 at 3:57 PM
3 weeks ago BY UTIBE UMOREN
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The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar are to call 100 witnesses to testify against the conduct of the 2023 Presidential Election, and the issue of whether the declared winner, APC’s Bola Tinubu was qualified to contest the election.

Lead counsel to the petitioners, Chris Uche, told the court during Saturday’s hearing, that the witnesses will include experts and subpoenaed witnesses.

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Meanwhile, INEC says it will call only two witnesses, while Bola Tinubu plans to call 39 witnesses.

The APC, on the other hand, says it will call 22 witnesses.

There were, however, disagreements among the parties on time for examination-in-chief, cross-examination and re-examination of star witnesses of the petitioners and the respondents, as well as the regular witnesses.

While INEC seemed to have agreed with the petitioners on the allotted time, Tinubu and the APC disagreed as to what should be the ideal time for witnesses on both sides.

The court has also proposed a consolidation of the three remaining petitions. Referring to paragraph 50 of the 1st Schedule to the Electoral Act 2022.

Presiding Justice Haruna Tsamani directed the parties to meet and consult on the feasibility of consolidation.

While INEC agreed to it, the PDP, Tinubu and APC prayed the court to grant them until Monday 22nd May, to report back.

(Editor: Ifeanyi Mark)

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