* As governor opens defence Monday
Alex Enumah in Abuja
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday closed its case defending the September 21 governorship election in Edo State without calling a single witness.
The electoral umpire had on Wednesday tendered documents relating to the election with a promise to call five of its witnesses in defence of its declaration of the All Progressives Congress’ (APC’s) candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, as winner of the September 21 governorship election in Edo State.
However, when the matter was called on Thursday, INEC through its lead counsel, Chief Kanu Agabi (SAN), informed the court that it has reviewed the case and think it would be sensible to close its defence.
“After we left you yesterday, we gave more thoughts to the matter and came to the conclusion that the sensible thing to do is to close the case of the first respondent, which we hereby do,” the senior lawyer said.
Agabi…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
