The All Progressive Congress ,APC, witness has challenged the senator Tunde Ogbeiha led care taker committee for inability to conduct credible Exco in Plateau State leading to Sen. Jeremiah Timbut Useni to assembled team of legal luminaries to defense the Congresses held in the state.
Mahadi Mohammed Lamis entered docked to condemned told the court that all the factional group led by Useni came to him and he presented his legal team to prosecute the matter so they're documents are still in custody of the lawyers.
The PW1 stated that Sen. Jeremiah Useni brought them a counsel as aggrieved members to challenged and we handed over all our protest letters to the lawyers at his resident.
The Counsel to the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the Shendam ,Quaan Pan and Mikang Federal Constituency seat Hon.John Dafa'an has said that they have six (6) witnesses for the Wednesday sitting but they have constrained on the subpoena issued to INEC,,Commissioner of Police ,Plateau State that INEC is dodging and yet to get the documents required and is going to affect the three of his witnesses.
He ,however ,presented one Mahadi Mohammed Lamis as the first witness marked as PW1 as the witness statement was front loaded at page 32 of the petitioners replied.
Beside , lead counsel for the APC S.S.Obende told the court that Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, had consistently avoided being served with a subpoena for the production of documents even whence they served them at the headquarters and Plateau State respectively.
The PW1 told the court that he preferred to used Hausa Language instance of the English which he is not too fluent as the witness confirmed that he is a resident of Kwalla were he voted on the 25th February ,2023 general elections.
According to PW1 ,INEC conducted a peaceful elections as described the exercise to be credible ,While responding of witness docked ,Mahadi Mohammed Lamis told the Senior Advocate of Nigeria ,Pius A.Akubo that he carefully read the petition very well and the 2nd respondent replied in the petitioners replied.
The INEC lawyer N.A .Idoko couldn't debunked the accusations labelled on the 1st respondent said he was not in possession of the subpoena but would provide a copy .
Uzoukwu urged the INEC lawyer to ensure that the needful is done so as to continue with the proceedings the next day.
“This habit is showing that INEC a’are only stalling the case. Obende explains that he would have only called six witnesses out of the numbers of witnesses he promised that he intended calling them to close his case within three days of the tribunal started.
“I just want to make it clear that it is not correct that the INEC chairman and REC ,Commissioner of Police have refused to respond to the subpoena. The chairman of INEC has no interest whatsoever. So it’s very unfair and uncharitable ,he stated."
Certified true copies (CTC) of IReV reports downloaded and certified by INEC, according to Obende , were he tendered in respect of three LGAs of Plateau State ,and High Court Judgment between Bitrus Kaze ,Appeal Court and the supreme Court judgment .
IReV reports of Shendam ,Mikang and Quanpan LGAs in Palate state.
The senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Pius Akubo said some CTCs of blurred IReV reports linked to unidentifiable polling units in Plateau were part of the evidence.
The three witnessed in court confirmed to court they didn't see the letter of the care taker committee of Sen. Tunde Ogbeiha but they only heard on news ,however ,whether the national working committee decided to extent their tenure they told the Court that they're not in the knowledge of knowing what transpire.
Also PW2 Nobert D.La'angkwap who also leave in Kwande disclosed that he is a card carrying member of PDP and vote at Angwa nMagaji Gari polling unit stresses that after casting his vote he left the venue because there was small breakdown of law an order at the collection center.
He also confirmed that the reports of Tunde was not made public to them so they were left in the dark by accusing the care taker committee of being bias and he wrote a letter of protest to the LGA ,State and national to challenged and condemned the unholy practice in a democratic setting.
F.O shaibu while cross examining the witness he confirmed that as a card carrying member of PDP the party couldn't have structure and that was challenged in the recent judgments.
The PW3 ,Mohammed Abdullahi ,a resident of Shendam LGA told the court that he is a members of the PDP in Shendam LGA were disposed to a witness statement on oaths dated 2nd February ,2023 that he couldn't vote because PDP deprived him by keeping his voter card in their custody .
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