Presidential court sets timeframe for Atiku to present 100 witnesses against Tinubu's victory

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The court shortened the request by Atiku's lawyer for the statutory seven weeks to present his 100 witnesses.

The Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja has ordered the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to prove his case against Bola Tinubu’s victory within three weeks., is fighting to keep his mandate at the court.

Presenting its pre-hearing session report on Atiku’s joint petition with the PDP against Mr Tinubu, a five-member panel of the court headed by Haruna Tsammani, on Tuesday, said “there shall be no oral examination of witnesses.” Stephen Adah, a member of the five-man panel who reeled out the trial schedule, said cross-examination of star witnesses would take 20 minutes each, while re-examination is limited to five minutes.

 

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