Presidential Tribunal: INEC’s Witness Fails to Show up for Defence Against Obi’s Petition
- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has failed to open its defence against Peter Obi and Labour Party scheduled for Monday, June 3
- It was gathered that INEC failed to produce its witness due to the absence of the fellow in court
- Consequently, the presiding judge, Justice Haruna Tsammani, adjourned proceedings till Tuesday, July 4
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)'s witness at the resumption of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in the defence against Peter Obi and the Labour Party has failed to show up.
As reported by The Nation, the proceedings for INEC's defence scheduled for Monday, June 3, stalled instantly after it was confirmed that the witness was absent in court.
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When the court called out the case at about 9:30 am, the legal counsel for INEC, Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN), disclosed that the witness scheduled to be docked for questioning and testimony was absent due to family-related issues.
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The development prompted Mahmoud to appeal to the court for an adjournment to afford the time to produce the witness.
Lawyers to other parties in the case – Livy Uzoukwu (SAN) for Obi/LP, Wole Olanipekun (SAN) for President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettma, and Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) for the All Progressives Congress (APC), did not object to the request by Mahmoud.
The presiding judge, Justice Haruna Tsammani, adjourned proceedings till Tuesday, July 4, by 9 am for a hearing.
The court has risen but with a promise to return at 2 pm for the petition by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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Meanwhile, Barrister Adewole Adebayo, the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), is now a subject of criticism.
He was critiqued by netizens shortly after giving his prediction about the ongoing presidential election petition tribunal.
The SDP presidential candidate, in his prediction, doubted the chances of Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar emerging victorious.
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Similarly, Senator Surajudeen Bashiru has said that President Bola Tinubu and the APC will become victors at the end of the ongoing Presidential Tribunal.
Bashiru said the forfeiture case presented against Tinubu by the Labour Party happened in 1999, and the constitution stated that any convicted person could contest an election ten years after the conviction.
The senator maintained that the PDP, Labour Party, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi did not prove to the court how they won the election.
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