The presidential election
petitions tribunal on Monday granted the application of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) to tender 48 video clips.
Chris Uche, counsel to the
petitioners, made the application to tender the video clips in support of the
petition challenging the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari as winner of
February presidential election.
But the respondents – Independent
National Electoral Commission, Buhari, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) – objected to the application.
Alex Izinyon, Buhari’s lawyer,
described the move as an “ambush”.
“Your lordship they are not part
of the documents listed,” he said.
Uztaz Usman, INEC counsel, argued
that the presentation of the witness and evidence was not part of what the
lawyers agreed on.
“What the media will be reporting
will be another thing. We were taken by surprise. This does not comply with
first schedule of evidence act,” Usman had said.
Thereafter, the tribunal stood
down for 1 hour 30 minutes to decide on the ruling.
Upon, resumption, the five-man
panel of judges led by Mohammed Garba granted the request of the petitioners.
The panel held that “no specific
evidence is excluded from being tendered as an evidence.”
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