Labour Party’s candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, has requested seven weeks to produce witnesses in a bid to establish his case at the Presidential Election Petition Court.
Also, he stated that he would present 50 witnesses that would testify and give evidence to establish that the 2023 presidential election was rigged against him.
Obi made this known during today’s proceedings on the petition he filed to challenge the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
While addressing the court through his legal team led by Prof. Awa Kalu, SAN, he said in addition to a few hiccups he encountered at the Independent National Electoral Commission, he was constrained, hence, the request for seven weeks.
Kalu said: “My lords, we still have a few hiccups at INEC because of the order that was made by this court on March 8, directing them to allow us to carry out a forensic examination of the BVAS. They have not allowed us.
“We are also waiting for some documents we requested from them,” Prof. Kalu added.
Also, his counsel agreed that major witnesses would be given 30 minutes to tender their evidence-in-chief, excluding the time for possible demonstration of any electronic evidence.
Reports have it that Obi’s legal team also disclosed that parties agreed to use 20 minutes each to cross-examine the witnesses while another five minutes would be used for their re-examination.
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