Alhaji Buba Galadima, a critic of
President Muhammadu Buhari was the first witness called by the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the last presidential election,
Atiku Abubakar, at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT).
Galadima, one of the spokesmen of
the PDP presidential campaign team was invited as the calling of witnesses
commenced at the hearing their petition.
Present at today’s hearing was
the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole.
This is the first time the APC
Chairman will be attending proceedings at the Presidential Election Petition
Tribunal (PEPT) which commenced sitting about two months ago.
Before now, the Chairman of the
PDP, Uche Secondus and the party’s Vice Presidential candidate, Peter Obi had
attended proceedings at different times.
Dressed in brown French suit,
Oshiomhole entered the court a little over 9 am, accompanied by former Chairman
of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu.
He went straight to the court’s
gallery, where he met and shook hand with those already seated, who are mostly
chieftains of the PDP.
Among them are former Senate
President, Adolphus Wabara, former Chairman of the defunct National Republican
Convention (NRC), Tom Ikimi and the spokesman of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan.
Oshiomhole, who sat next to
Ikimi, conversed briefly with him until the tribunal commenced sitting around
9.35am.
Oshiomhole announced appearance
as standing in for the party and President Muhammadu Buhari, who are listed as
the second and third respondents in the petition by the PDP and Atiku.
The petition is challenging the
outcome of the last presidential election won by Buhari, who was the candidate
of the APC.
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