But Governor Nwifuru and the APC disagreed with the petitioners, urging the tribunal to dismiss the petition in its entirety.
Upon resuming pre-hearing on Friday, Mr. Gordy Uche, who appeared for the petitioners, informed the panel that, based on its directive, a schedule for trial had been prepared.
“On the order of calling witnesses, for petitioners, we intend to call not more than 60 witnesses in proving our case,” Uche revealed. The senior lawyer said that the petitioners would require not more than three weeks to prove their case against the APC and its candidate’s victory in the election.In response, INEC’s lawyer, Mr. Oladipo Tolani, informed the tribunal that the commission had only one witness to call.
Tolani, in reaction to the petitioners’ proposal to call 60 witnesses, prayed the panel to direct them to streamline the number of witnesses in order to guide against acts of repetition. Nwifuru’s lawyer, Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN, said if the petitioners were calling 60 witnesses, they too would be inclined to call the same number of witnesses.Ikpeazu said that they would require 10 days to call their witnesses.
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