{"id":100848,"date":"2022-10-31T18:38:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T17:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=100848"},"modified":"2022-10-31T18:38:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T17:38:08","slug":"inec-pdp-ask-tribunal-to-dismiss-oyetolas-petition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/inec-pdp-ask-tribunal-to-dismiss-oyetolas-petition\/","title":{"rendered":"INEC, PDP ask tribunal to dismiss Oyetola\u2019s petition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Osun state governorship election petition tribunal was, on Monday, asked to dismiss the petition of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Oyetola had approached the tribunal, challenging the declaration of Senator Adeleke as duly elected governor on the ground of non-compliance with the Electoral Act (Amended).<\/p>\n<p>At the resumed hearing on Monday, counsel to the petitioners, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), had applied to tender documentary evidence to prove the alleged non-compliance with the Electoral Act by INEC.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nCounsel to the PDP, Alex Izinyon(SAN) objected to the tendering of the documents on the ground that it ran foul of Paragraph 3 of the pre-hearing report, which indicated that the list of witnesses should be filed 24 hours to the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that since the petitioners have allegedly disobeyed the tribunal order, the petition should be dismissed as the consequences of the action.<\/p>\n<p>Counsel to INEC, Professor Paul Ananaba (SAN) also argued along the same line and said that the attempt to tender the documents violates the tribunal order and the petition should be dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>Counsel to Adeleke, Onyeachi Ikpeazu (SAN) however toed a different line, arguing that since the petitioners were ready to tender the documents, they ought to have allowed the respondents have access to it earlier and cross-checked, so that the tendering would be seamless.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioners\u2019 counsel, Fagbemi, while responding, argued that the paragraph 3 of the pre-hearing report being relied on by the PDP counsel was not in any way referring to documentary evidence, but calling of witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cMy Lord, there can only be consequences if we have violated the order of the court, but in this case, we have not breached any order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Paragraph 3 refers only to calling of witnesses, not documentary evidence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is when we start calling witnesses without following your Lordship\u2019s order that they can raise issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I\u2019m sure we are not going to breach the court order. Therefore, my Lord, we want to start by tendering of documents,\u201d Fagbemi stressed.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, tribunal Chairman Justice Tertsea Kume, asked the parties to discuss and agree on how the documents would be tendered that will make it seamless, to which the parties agreed.<\/p>\n<p>Reporting back to the tribunal after a discussion among counsels for both parties, Fagbemi said they had agreed that the tribunal should rise and return on Tuesday to receive the documents from the bar after all parties must have looked at it.<\/p>\n<p>Tribunal subsequently adjourned till Tuesday for the continuation of hearing.<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Osun state governorship election petition tribunal was, on Monday, asked to dismiss the petition of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola. 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