Alex Enumah in Abuja
Two witnesses of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday maintained that the birth place of Atiku in 1946 was part and parcel of Northern Nigeria and not Cameroon as claimed by respondents in the petition.
Also on Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari presented a video clip wherein the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Chairman, Prof Mahmoud Yakubu, was shown speaking on the challenges hindering the adoption of electronic voting for the 2019 general election.
Meanwhile, in an aside with journalists, one of the counsel to Atiku and PDP, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) said there is no cause for alarm as the period for the petitioners to call in witnesses draw to a close this week.
The petitioners in line with agreement reached with parties was allotted 10 days to call their 400 witnesses. So far, only 49 witnesses have been called in the last eight days with just…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
