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Pdp’s, Omisore’s Witness: I Didn’t Observe Rigging by heykims(m): 8:25am On Nov 19, 2014 |
Bola Ajao, the first witness of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the August 9 governorship election in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, yesterday gave evidence before the Election Petition Tribunal. Ajao, who is the PDP Secretary, told the tribunal that voters were allowed to be accredited and voted freely in the election. He was cross-examined by counsel to Governor Rauf Aregbesola, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Charles Edosonwan, Yomi Aliu, and Ayotunde Ogunleye. Ajao said his claim on the alleged rigging of the election was not witnessed by him, adding, “I was told by my party agents”. Responding to questions from Edonsonwan, he said: “I got to my Ward 8, Unit 9 of Ifelodun Local Government at 6:30 am on the election day, accreditation started by 8am and voting started at 12:30 pm. “I passed through the same process and I voted on that day. I did not leave my unit until after the election. My party lost in my polling unit. My testimonies on other units that our party is challenging are based on what I was told by my agents. I was not there. “Omisore contested for a senatorial slot in 2011, but lost along with other party candidates. We did not challenge the election in court. I don’t know the number of polling units we are challenging.” While being cross-examined by INEC’s counsel, Ajao said he followed all the processes required from accreditation to voting, adding that after accreditations, people were allowed to vote. In his answer to the question from APC counsel, the witness confirmed to the tribunal that the result sheets for each of the local governments in contention were signed by PDP supervisors on the election day. The second and third witnesses, Kolapo Sikiru and Gbadebo Adeyemo, who claimed to be PDP ward supervisors in Ward 1 and Ward 2 of Osogbo Local Government, confirmed that their polling agents signed the result forms for each of the units, except for a few. Contrary to his claim that the result sheets of unit 2,3,4 and 5 of Ward 2 were not signed by his party agent, as deposed to in his witness statement, Gbadebo was confronted with the duplicate result for the units that were tendered by the petitioners’ counsel which bore the signature of the agents and the witness was dumbfounded. At this point, there were altercations between counsel to the petitioners and the first respondents, as the former accused the latter of interjecting the cross-examination of the witnesses at the detriment of the 20 minutes permitted to cross-examine the witness. The intervention of the judges brought the altercations under control. Edosonwan and Ogunleye said the testimonies of the petitioners’ witnesses had vindicated the respondents that the petition had no merit. They were optimistic that more of such vindication would unfold in the course of cross-examining other witnesses. thenationonlineng.net/new/pdps-omisores-witness-i-didnt-observe-rigging/ |
Re: Pdp’s, Omisore’s Witness: I Didn’t Observe Rigging by spillyboy14: 8:33am On Nov 19, 2014 |
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Re: Pdp’s, Omisore’s Witness: I Didn’t Observe Rigging by heykims(m): 10:01am On Nov 19, 2014 |
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Re: Pdp’s, Omisore’s Witness: I Didn’t Observe Rigging by skyprofm(m): 10:06am On Nov 19, 2014 |
Kilon leje. Ejelege. Igbin leje. Iro nla. Pdp o rig. Iro nla. I smell lies |
Re: Pdp’s, Omisore’s Witness: I Didn’t Observe Rigging by omenka(m): 10:08am On Nov 19, 2014 |
They were expecting him to lie like them. |
Re: Pdp’s, Omisore’s Witness: I Didn’t Observe Rigging by heykims(m): 10:44am On Nov 19, 2014 |
omenka:maybe na SU abi alfa najimu dem go call to stand as witness.. |
Re: Pdp’s, Omisore’s Witness: I Didn’t Observe Rigging by fesofesong: 11:07am On Nov 19, 2014 |
They are just wasting their time... |
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