The Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its candidate, Murtala Ajaka, filed the petition against the election of Governor Usman Ododo
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The trio, through their lawyers – Kanu Agabi, Joseph Daudu and Emmanuel Ukala – stated this position while adopting their final written addresses and presenting their arguments against the SDP and Mr Ajaka’s petition. Would you consider supporting us with a modest contribution on a monthly basis to help maintain our commitment to free, accessible news?
“It is our humble submission that your work in the determination of this petition is simplified in recent judgements by the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court,” he said. “In this case, the depositions adopted represent just about 3.6 per cent of their witness depositions,” he said.Mr Agabi said that in a mathematical calculation of evidence, 3.6 per cent of Mr Ajaka’s witness deposition adopted in the petition amounted to a failure and, therefore, ought to be dismissed.He said the petitioners equally failed to file the witness deposition beforehand in contravention of the Supreme Court’s decision in Obungado’s case.
“You cannot shut me out from making my comment. You cannot because you don’t have the power to do so,” he said. Also backing Mr Daudu’s submission, Mr Ukala, who represented APC, urged the court to dismiss the petition for lacking in merit.
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