The proceedings of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja were cut short on Friday after the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate in the February 23, 2019 poll, Atiku
Abubakar, said their other witnesses scheduled to testify had been attacked.
The petitioners had called eight witnesses on Friday, making 36 witnesses presented so far by the petitioners, and the tribunal was to go on its routine one-hour break at about 1pm, when one of the petitioners’ senior lawyers, Chris Uche , broke the news. The lead counsel for the petitioners, Dr. Livy Uzoukwu , who walked into the courtroom while Uche was addressing the bench, also corroborated the claim.
“I was told that while the witnesses were on their way from Zamfara State, they were attacked by armed men.“Up till now, they are still looking for some of them in the bush.”
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