The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Enugu State, Mr Chijioke Edeoga, told the election petition tribunal sitting in Enugu on Friday that he will call 36 witnesses to testify against Governor Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party to prove his certificate forgery.
Mbah, who was declared the winner of the March 18 governorship election in Enugu State by the Independent National Electoral Commission, is facing a mounting challenge from the Labour Party candidate, Edeoga, over his alleged forgery of the National Youth Service Corps discharge certificate presented to the electoral umpire.During the resumed sitting of the tribunal on Friday, the petitioners, through their counsel, Mr M. J.
Numa further told the tribunal led by Justice K. M Akano that they would require a period of five weeks to call the witnesses and had agreed that the witnesses within their control would need 15 minutes for cross-examination.
Numa said that there was no record of any appeal on such subject matter, adding that the court could not speculate on the existence of an appeal. He said that the tribunal had competent jurisdiction for the matter and pleaded the court’s indulgence to strike out the objection.
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