The Nation Newspaper Kogi governorship dispute: SDP's witnesses make conflicting claims
Four witnesses called by the petitioners in the ongoing hearing in the dispute over the November 11 governorship election in Kogi State made conflicting claims in their testimonies before the tribunal on Monday. and its candidate in the election, Muritala Ajaka are challenging the declaration of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress , Ahmed Ododo as the winner of the election.
In the statements, they claimed, among others, that the election was marred by irregularities and that no valid accreditation and voting took place.As against the claim in his written statement that no valid accreditation of voters took place in his polling units, Muhammed, under cross-examination, said he was validly accredited to vote and that he voted. Abdulazeez claimed, in his statement, that he stood in a particular place during the voting exercise and noticed that there was over-voting.
When asked how many votes each political party actually scored at his polling unit, the witness said he did not know.
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