THE ongoing Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal has dismissed 10 out of the 13 witnesses presented by the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi.
The Tribunal held this judgment on Wednesday.
In its judgment, the Chairman of Tribunal, Justice Haruna Tsammani, held that only three witnesses, whose statements are on oath, were filed along with the petition.
The Tribunal observed that the other 10 witnesses who were subpoenaed and their witness statements taken on oath, were only filed after the hearing began.
Justice Tsammani held that every witness statement on oath must be filed along with the petition, in line with section 285 of the Nigerian constitution, section 137(7) of the Electoral Act 2022, and other provisions.
Tsammani pointed to the Supreme Court’s precedence that, once the 21-day window for filing an election petition expired, the petitioner can no longer amend its content.
The Petitioners, Justice Tsammani insisted, are well aware of these provisions.