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Presidency: Peter Obi, LP present 3 more witnesses against Tinubu

Peter Obi and the Labour Party, on Wednesday, presented three more witnesses at the tribunal in continuation of the petition challenging the declaration of President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), bringing the number of their witnesses to 10.

Counsel to the petitioner, Livy Uzoukwu, SAN, ushered in Mr. Chibuike Ugwuoke, a cyber security expert; Onoja Sunday, an election observer and Kefas Iya, an ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as its witnesses.

However, lead counsel to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Alhaji Abubakar Mahmoud, pleaded with the court that Mr Ugwuoke, an expert witness, be cross-examined Thursday, June 22. 

He said the petitioners had just served the witness statement few minutes to his appearance. The court accepted and adjourned until June 22.

Meanwhile, after the cross-examination of the other witnesses, the petitioners also tendered the total registered voters, PVCs collected in 32 states and IREV reports of Benue, Cross River, Lagos and Gombe states in evidence.

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