{"id":92213,"date":"2023-07-14T17:16:16","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T16:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ogun-tribunal-throws-out-pdps-objection-as-cases-of-alleged-forgery-impersonation-persist"},"modified":"2023-07-14T19:34:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T18:34:30","slug":"ogun-tribunal-throws-out-pdps-objection-as-cases-of-alleged-forgery-impersonation-persist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ogun-tribunal-throws-out-pdps-objection-as-cases-of-alleged-forgery-impersonation-persist","title":{"rendered":"Ogun: Tribunal throws out PDP\u2019s objection as cases of alleged forgery, impersonation persist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>In continuation of proceedings at the Ogun State governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Abeokuta metropolis, the panel on Friday overruled an objection raised by counsel to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over inexplicably repetitive statements made by it\u2019s different witnesses in different polling units even as falsehoods by witnesses called by PDP continue to be uncovered.<\/p>\n

In overruling the PDP, the Tribunal reaffirmed its earlier ruling on same argument raised during one of the previous sittings.<\/p>\n

There were reports from the tribunal in the past days of plethora evidences establishing alleged impersonation and similarities in the witnesses\u2019 statements brought forward by different individuals called by the PDP to testify in its favour.<\/p>\n

Counsel to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had raised observations and asked questions on similarities in the PDP witnesses\u2019 statements and several cases of inconsistencies, in which the petitioner\u2019s counsel raised objection but was swiftly overruled by the panel.<\/p>\n

The development was unanimously endorsed by all the counsels to the respondents, as another witness called by the PDP, Isau Lawal, from Makun, Sagamu, allegedly lied to have applied to INEC for certified true copies of documents in respect of the case under review and in the same breath admitted that none of such documents was tendered before the tribunal.<\/p>\n

Also, an alleged case of impersonation was established against the PDP\u2019s witness, when counsel to All Progressives Congress, (APC) called out a different name, Yewande Babatunde, as the PDP\u2019s polling agent at PU002, Ward 12, where Lawal claimed to have worked as the party\u2019s agent, even as he has no means of identification to substantiate his claim that he was the party\u2019s agent. He, however, admitted knowing Yewande Babatunde, the rightful agent of the party.<\/p>\n

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