It also asked to be allowed to bring in the spokesperson of the Atiku Abubakar Presidential campaign, Shegun Showunmi, as a star witness in the matter.Showunmi, whose name is listed as the third witness by the PDP was introduced as the parry’s star witness.
Citing paragraph 4: subsection of the first schedule of the evidence act, the APC argued that the PDP cannot present the evidence as they are not entitled to do so. the court may exclude evidence of facts which, though relevant or deemed to be relevant to the issue, appears to it to be too remote to be material in all the circumstances of the case; and
But the application was opposed by the APC and INEC lawyers who argued that the video, likely a product of a media publication may be fabricated.