The Social Democratic Party, on Thursday, presented one witness at the Kogi State Election Petitions Tribunal, who admitted that the SDP had agents across the polling units in the state.
The witness, Benjamin Ikani Okolo, from Dekina Local Government Area (Kogi East), tendered an inspection report and also adopted his deposition on oath before the three-member panel of justices, led by Justice Ado Birnin-Kudu.
His confirmation that the SDP had agents across the polling units in the state, was of interest, considering the fact that only one polling agent, who said he couldn’t produce an evidence of his role, had been presented by the SDP as witness in the ongoing hearing.
The Respondents’ counsel had, in earlier sittings, asked why the polling agents were not complaining, while random voters were being produced as witnesses.
When he was being cross-examined, Respondents’ Counsel, Kanu…
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