Atiku, Tinubu List Witnesses As Presidential Election Court Hearing Reaches Critical Stage PremiumTimesng: Nigeria
Atiku Abubakar says he intends to call 100 witnesses to prove his case against Bola Tinubu's victory as Nigeria's president-elect.
The proceedings of the court are set to enter critical stage of trial, after about two weeks of pre-hearing sessions. Atiku, a former Nigerian Vice President, accused the electoral umpire and Mr Tinubu of violating statutory provisions that guided the conduct of the recent election. "We intend to call not more than one hundred witnesses. For the time, we want to take three weeks instead of the statutory seven weeks," Mr Uche said."We have also agreed to streamline the number of witnesses as well as the duration for each party to call witnesses, subject to ratification by the court."Mr Uche said lawyers to parties in the petition agreed the star witnesses for both the petitioners and respondents would have 30 minutes each to testify.
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