Kogi Tribunal: INEC Given 48 Hours to Release Election Materials<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nWhile some of the witnesses denied averments in their depositions, some claimed they made mistakes when it was found during cross-examination that what they said in court was different from what they submitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some of the witnesses said they dictated the statement to their lawyers and later crammed it before coming to the tribunal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even though their petitions showed the names of the petitioners, petition numbers and lawyers\u2019 names, some of them interestingly claimed that they did not know the petitioners and their lawyers. The testimonies of the six witnesses were similar but contradictory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After the 6th witness concluded his evidence, the petitioners\u2019 lawyer, Pius Akubo, SAN, sought an adjournment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The tribunal consequently adjourned until April 1 for the continuation of the hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While Kanu Agabi, SAN, represented the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Alex Iziyon, SAN, represented Governor Usman Ododo, Abdulwahab Muhammed, SAN, appeared for the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The witnesses from Okene Local Government Area, who testified, were: Isa Abdulganiyu, Aliyu Musari Abdul, Ohieku Rebeka, Abdulsalam Baki, Yakubu Dahiru and Ibrahim Majeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Kogi State Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Abuja on Saturday, adjourned until April 1 for the continuation of the hearing. The three-member panel of justices, led by Justice Ado Birnin-Kudu, fixed the date after six witnesses of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) gave their evidence and were cross-examined by the defence counsel. News Agency […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3603,"featured_media":79432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,19886],"tags":[21073],"yoast_head":"\n
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