Tribunal dismisses 15 witnesses in Atiku versus Tinubu case

In order to support its argument against President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the presidential election on February 25, the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Wednesday rejected 15 of the 27 witnesses that candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, had offered.

Justice Stephen Adah, a member of the five-person panel, delivered the decision on behalf of the Tribunal.

Due to the petitioner’s failure to include their sworn statements with the petition, the Tribunal disregarded the testimony of the 15 witnesses.

It further revealed that the petitioner would not have a window of 21 days starting from the day the election results were announced to file the statements under oath.