LALONG OPEN DEFENSE TENDERS 54 DOCUMENTS

By Peter Akpah

Petition EPT/PL/GOV/01/2019, filed by Sen. Jeremiah Useni and the PDP, challenging INEC, Simon Bako Lalong and the APC over their victory at the governorship elections in the state, the court witnessed a drama at the hearing as inec told the tribunal that they have no witness to call but only rely on Pw71 the head of operation and logistics plateau state INEC, Mr YAGBA KUNDU, who was the last witness called by the petitioners and closes it’s case,

The second respondent, Governor Simon Ball Lalong through his cancil Lateef Fagbemi SAN on its part applied to open it case and ask for a stand down, as the didn’t aspect that the 1st respondent won’t call any witness so the urge your lordship to stand down to 2pm to enable open their defense,

While opening their defense the 2nd respondent apply to tendered from the bar documents, Certified True Copies(CTCs) of Forms EC8As of barkin ladi of three words and also of Lantang North and Electronic Voters Barikin Ladi and Lantang North Local Government Areas respectively including the receipts for processing the CTCs. documents.

Benson Igbanoi who led the 9 petitioners object to it but reserve their objections till the final address as earlier agreed during the prehearing, the 1st and 3rd respondence did not object to it, the exhibits are marked as exhibit R2 TO R54,

The second respondent Lateef Fagbemi SAN ask for an adjournment to enable him call their wetnesses he explained that getting wetness to testify this days are not easy, Benson Igbanoi who lead the petitioners on his side said the table has turn melord as this same situation happened when their witeness when threaten

and scared away, but the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd respondence refuse and frawn at it, and now the table has turn but him haven’t gone through such experience won’t object to the adjournment, the chairman of the tribunal Hon justice HA sulemann reminded the respondent that time is against them, they ask for 4 hours to enable them open and assemble their witness only to come back with excuses, she how ever granted their application for an adjournment to Friday 26 July 2019 for continuation of hearing of witnesses.