The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its governorship candidate in the March 18 election in Ogun State, Ladi Adebutu, Friday, closed their case before the Ogun State Election Petition Tribunal, after calling 94 witnesses.
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The petitioner, who is challenging the victory of Governor Dapo Abiodun and the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the election, also tendered over 200,000 documents, including a forensic expert report.
In the last two weeks they opened their case, the petitioners called voters and party agents from Sagamu, Ikenne, Odogbolu, Remo North, Ogun Waterside, Ijebu-Ode, Abeokuta South, Abeokuta North, Ado-Odo/Ota and other local governments as witnesses to prove alleged disruptions in different polling units across the State.
The petitioner also subpoened two INEC adhoc staff, an official of the West African Examination Council (WAEC), a statistician and a forensic expert to testify before the tribunal.
Adebutu also tendered in evidence, certified true copies of INEC electoral materials, result sheets, voters registers, printouts from the Bimodal Voters Accreditation (BVAS) machines, incident forms, video evidence, and others.
Adebutu and PDP had alleged, in the petition, that elections were disrupted by thugs in over 99 polling units, disenfranchising over 40, 000 voters from participating in the polls.
With this, Adebutu and the PDP said they have closed their cases, waiting for the petitioners â INEC, Abiodun and the APC to open their defence.
Addressing newsmen after the sitting, counsel to the petitioners, Chris Uche, disclosed that, âWe have called 94 witnesses on behalf of the petitioners and we have tendered over 200,000 INEC documents before the court as well as our own documents.â
Uche explained that, having done all these, âwe formerly ended the calling of witnesses on behalf of the petitioners. It is the turn of the respondents to start their response. They have asked for an adjournment to Wednesday, which has been granted to them.
âWhen we come on Wednesday, weâll find out what their defence to all these various allegations in respect of which weâve brought overwhelming evidence before the court is. And we are going to confront them with all these documents we have tendered if they call their witnesses.
Meanwhile, INEC is expected to open its defence on Wednesday, being the first respondent in the petition.
INECâs Counsel, Abiodun Owonikoko, SAN, during the pre-hearing session told the tribunal that the electoral umpire would be calling just one witness.
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