The All Progressives Congress (APC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have agreed to present twenty witnesses to prove their case in the ongoing governorship elections petition tribunal.
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By Judex Okoro, Calabar | TheSun
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have agreed to present twenty witnesses to prove their case in the ongoing governorship elections petition tribunal.
This was agreed on at the pre-hearing session of the tribunal which commenced on Tuesday in Calabar.
According to the agreed position on the schedule to proceed by the parties, the petitioner and the 1st respondent will call 20 witnesses which comprise 17 regular and 3 subpoenas.
The second and third respondents will call 12 witnesses comprising 3 regular and 9 subpoenaed while the fourth respondent will call 8 witnesses comprising 7 regular and 1 subpoenaed.
In addition, the examination in chief will not be more than 30 minutes for the witnesses and a reexamination, if any will only last for ten minutes and each party has also agreed to state its case within six weeks.
Justice Oken Inneh, the head of the tribunal, who consented to the position of the parties urged counsels to comply with the practice direction and ordered that all processes must be filled by June 13 and the hearing continues for all parties on June 19.
Speaking at the end of the day’s proceedings, counsel to the PDP, Dr Joshua Musa, SAN, said: “Today is supposed to be a continuation of pre-hearing but the tribunal observed that so many applications have been filed with written addresses in excess of the permissible limit.
“So they requested that all applications be reduced so we also respond with a reduced reply within the given time frame,” he said.
On his part, counsel to Governor Otu, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, said: “The tribunal has noted the practice direction for this kind of petition, particularly in paragraph 5 to the effect that no new interlocutory injunction or written address shall exceed ten pages and the reply five pages.
“All counsels must abide by this practice direction. Tribunal has ruled that everything needed to be done and processes needed to be filed must all be done before the next adjournment date.”
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have agreed to present twenty witnesses to prove their case in the ongoing governorship elections petition tribunal.
This was agreed on at the pre-hearing session of the tribunal which commenced on Tuesday in Calabar.
According to the agreed position on the schedule to proceed by the parties, the petitioner and the 1st respondent will call 20 witnesses which comprise 17 regular and 3 subpoenas.
The second and third respondents will call 12 witnesses comprising 3 regular and 9 subpoenaed while the fourth respondent will call 8 witnesses comprising 7 regular and 1 subpoenaed.
In addition, the examination in chief will not be more than 30 minutes for the witnesses and a reexamination, if any will only last for ten minutes and each party has also agreed to state its case within six weeks.
Justice Oken Inneh, the head of the tribunal, who consented to the position of the parties urged counsels to comply with the practice direction and ordered that all processes must be filled by June 13 and the hearing continues for all parties on June 19.
Speaking at the end of the day’s proceedings, counsel to the PDP, Dr Joshua Musa, SAN, said: “Today is supposed to be a continuation of pre-hearing but the tribunal observed that so many applications have been filed with written addresses in excess of the permissible limit.
“So they requested that all applications be reduced so we also respond with a reduced reply within the given time frame,” he said.
On his part, counsel to Governor Otu, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, said: “The tribunal has noted the practice direction for this kind of petition, particularly in paragraph 5 to the effect that no new interlocutory injunction or written address shall exceed ten pages and the reply five pages.
“All counsels must abide by this practice direction. Tribunal has ruled that everything needed to be done and processes needed to be filed must all be done before the next adjournment date.”
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