Presidential Election Court okays three weeks for Atiku to call 100 witnesses, prove his petition

Former Vice President and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 25 election, Atiku Abubakar has been given the nod by the Presidential Election Petition Court {PEPC} to present his100 witnesses and prove his petition against the victory of President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in three weeks.

It will be recalled that Atiku had requested for three weeks to prove his petition against Tinubu’s election.

The Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member panel, in its pre-hearing report, on Tuesday, noted that a total of 166 witnesses would be called to testify in the matter.

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According to the PEPC, star witnesses in the petition would only be allowed to adopt their written depositions, make oral submissions and identify documents where it is required.

The court also gave the Independent National Electoral Commission {INEC} two days to present its defence, while President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress {APC} were given five days each to defend the petition.

Justice Stephen Adah, who read the pre-hearing report, equally drew attention of the parties to the fact that Atiku’s petition had been merged with the one that was filed by candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi and the one that was filed by the Allied Peoples Movement, APM.