Mohammed Tata, a witness for the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the Presidential Election Tribunal has
alleged that he was forced to sign a copy of the result of the February 2019
presidential election.
He also told the court that he
was threatened with sack from the N-Power scheme where he is a beneficiary if
he does not sign the result.
Tata told the tribunal that he
reported the threat but nothing was done to those who forced him to sign the
results.
The court heard that Tata served
as an agent of the PDP in Jigawa State during the presidential election.
The Presidential Election
Tribunal is looking into the applications filed by the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, challenging the victory of
President Muhammadu Buhari.
While being cross examined by the
lawyer to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Yunus Usman, the
PDP Tata said, “I was harassed and intimidated to sign the result sheet under
duress.
“I was told that if I refuse to
sign, my name will be removed from the N-Power programme.”
According to him, the 700 votes
claimed to have been won by Buhari and the APC in his unit could not be proven
as “there was no score because there was no election.”
He pointed out that he was a
Muslim and believes in destiny, adding that he does not care whether the PDP or
APC won the election in his unit.
Tata added, “All I want is that I
need justice in my country. I don’t care whether my party won or lost, but I am
not happy about what happened.”
When asked by the lawyer to the
APC, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, why he did not mention the names of those that harassed
him in his statement on oath, Tata replied that he decided not to mention names
for security reasons and for the fact that he still benefits from the Federal
Government’s scheme – N-Power.
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