David Mark’s witnesses ‘fail to turn up at election tribunal’

David Mark

It seems things are not going in favor of the former Senate President, David Mark at the tribunal challenging his victory at the last election.

Premium Times reports that three of Mark’s witnesses did not show up for the latest sitting.

The Counsel to David Mark, Kenneth Ikonne, on Monday told the tribunal that he had eight witnesses to call to strengthen his defence against the petition.

The five witnesses that testified, all Ward Collation Agents for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said the conduct of the Benue South Senatorial election was free and fair.

But under cross-examination by the petitioner’s counsel, Tunji Oso, one of the witnesses, who had earlier claimed that all accredited voters had their names ticked on the voters register, admitted that no name was ticked on the register.

The Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice Mosumola Dipeolu, adjourned the matter to August 13 for continuation of defence.

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