A witness in the ongoing hearing
of the presidential election petition, Muhammed Tata, has alleged that
elections were not conducted in his polling unit.
The witness who described himself
as a Peoples Democratic Party agent in one of the polling units where election
results are being contested, created a drama with his responses intended to
prove his statement.
In a rather dramatic session of
question and answers, Mr Tata who said he was deployed to cover elections in a
polling unit within Jigawa State, forced a senior advocate, Lateef Fagbemi, to
“request assistance” from the court on Monday.
Mr Tata had begun his testimony
by responding to a question from INEC’s lawyer, Yunus Usman, on whether he was
forced to sign some documents during the elections.
After reading through his
statement, the witness said he was forced to sign, despite complaints that
elections did not hold.
Responding to a second question
from Mr Usman on whether the ruling APC polled 700 votes at the unit, Mr Tata
said, “they wrote 700 votes because there was no election.”
Mr Tata explained that he was
neither concerned about winning or losing the elections. He added that his only
contention is that justice prevails.
After responding in the negative
to a question on the electoral officers he had worked with, Mr Tata appeared
miffed over the repetition of the same question by another APC lawyer, Mr
Fagbemi.
“Did I write that there was an
election that I will know who I worked with?”
his question prompted Mr Fagbemi
to request assistance as the crowd reacted with laughter.
The tribunal chairman, Mohammed
Garba, then noted that the court would check his statement to know what he had
written and what is not contained in it.
Mr Tata then added that there was
no peace on the election day in his area.
He also said he reported the
problem to his party and the local government electoral officer.
Six witnesses appeared at the
hearing on Monday, including Buba Galadima, a former ally of President
Muhammadu Buhari
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