Tribunal grants PDP, Atiku’s request to play video evidence – TheNigerialawyer

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has overruled the
objection by the Independent National Electoral Commission,
President Muhammadu Buhari, and the All Progressives Congress, to
the request by the Peoples Democratic Party and Alhaji Atiku
Abubakar to play some video clips at the Monday’s hearing of their
petition challenging the outcome of the February 23, 2019 poll.

The Justice Mohammed Garba-led five-man tribunal held that the
objection by the respondents was baseless as the 48 video compact
discs sought to be tendered by the petitioners were covered by the
agreement reached at the pre-hearing session in respect of the
case.

The tribunal unanimously held that as it had been done in
respect of other exhibits tendered by the petitioners in line with
the pre-hearing agreement, the respondents could only raise their
objection to the admissibility of video exhibits and give reasons
for it at the final address stage.

The tribunal went on to admit the VCDs as Exhibits P36 to
P83.

The certificate of compliance with the provision of the Evidence
Act accompanying the exhibits was admitted as Exhibit 84.

The petitioners’ lawyer, Chris Uche SAN, had earlier on Monday
presented three witnesses, and he introduced the media adviser and
spokesperson for Atiku, Mr. Segun Showunmi, as the petitioners’
next witness to be presented.

He also indicated that there would be the need to play a video
clip to the tribunal in the course of Showunmi’s testimony.

With the admission of the VCDs as exhibits, Showunmi had been
reminded of his earlier oath and an arrangement was being made for
the videos to be played as of the time of filing this report.

The PDP and its presidential candidate, Atiku, are by their
petition, challenging the victory of Buhari and the APC at the
poll.

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