The Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, during Thursday’s proceedings at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, presented Eric Ofuegbu, a professor of Mathematics at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, as their 4th witness. The petitioners challenging the election of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25 presidential election, also presented the ARISE News Director of Operations, Lummie Edevbie, as a subpoenaed witness and 5th overall witness for the petitioners so far, according to ARISE News.
Labour Party, Obi Present Mathematics Professor, Arise News Director As Witnesses At Presidential Election Petition TribunalThe lead counsel for INEC argued that bringing the witness on short notice leaves the legal team of the electoral commission at a disadvantage.
But Wole Olanipekun , the lead counsel for President Tinubu, said that he had no problem allowing the witness to give his testimony.Olanipekun however stated that standing down the witness for a few minutes would not be out of place.But the INEC lawyer interjected and said that the legal team of the electoral body would need about 48 hours, based on the pre-hearing report, to study the statement of a star/expert witness.
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