Tribunal: Akpabio To Line Up 9 Witnesses Today

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By UbongAbasi Ise

As the legal battle for the seat of Akwa Ibom Northwest (Ikot Ekpene) Senatorial District in the Red Chambers thickens, Senator Godswill Akpabio is expected to bring his nine remaining witnesses before the National Assembly Election Tribunal sitting in Uyo today.
Senator Akpabio, who is the first petitioner in the case, had requested during the prehearing conference held on Monday 13th May, 2019 to bring 16 witnesses and to subpoena five others before the three-man panel.
The tribunal has already obtained evidences from seven out of 16 witnesses brought before it by the former senate minority leader. The seven witnesses were serving as collation agents for the All Progressives Congress, APC, in various wards during February 23 polls in Essien Udim local government area.
At the last plenary on Friday 14th June, 2019, Akpabio’s counsel, S.I. Ameh, SAN, had appealed to the tribunal to give him two days for the cross-examination of the remaining nine witnesses, and today Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th June, 2019 were scheduled for the hearing.
Meanwhile some witnesses that testified so far has alleged that voter registers of Akwa Ibom Northwest Senatorial election tendered as evidence by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, were different from those used at their respective polling units.
All of the seven witnesses maintained that there was no cancellation of results in any of the polling units despite INEC’s claim that results were nullified in some areas.

©The Sensor Newspaper

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