The People Democratic Party [PDP] Presidential Candidate Atiku Abubakar
Proclaim his witnesses where ttacked On the way to tribunal.
According Atiku he said, that his witnesses where attacked while they are on the way going to Abuja, after petitioners call 36 witnesses in seven days.
The information, which was made public by their lawyers at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal [PEPT] forced the tribunal to adjourn proceedings to on Monday.
Lawyer to the PDP and Atiku, Chris Uche [SAN] made this information public while the tribunal was about to go on break after the petitioners had called eight witnesses.
Uche did not mention the number of people that where involved in the attack and where it occurred.
According to Uche he said, i am not sure if the next set of witnesses would be available, they got information that they were waylaid by some unknown armed men while on their way from Zamfara State to Abuja.
Another member of the petitioners legal team, Livy Uzoukwu [SAN] also give same explanation concerning the claim.
Uzoukwu said, I was the one that was called on the phone saying he kept having the repeated calls and had to go out to answer the phone call while he was told that, the witnesses where on their way from Zamfara State they where attacked by some unknown armed men.
Some of them ran into the bush and while some of them were seriously injured.
Up till now, they are still looking for some of them in the bush.
The petitioners, who by yesterday had spent seven out of the 10 days allocated to them to conduct their case, have called 36 witnesses so far.
Among the eight witnesses called yesterday by the petitioners was Peter Sabo, who said he acted as PDP local government collation agent in Borno State, where he claimed that APC supporters allegedly snatched ballot boxes.
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