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The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Benin City, has once again paused the case filed by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Asue Ighodalo, instructing them to provide a list of witnesses to the respondents before proceedings can continue.
In the on-going case, numbered EPT/ED/GOV/02/2024, counsel for the respondents – the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its representatives – informed the tribunal that they had made efforts to discuss witness schedules with the petitioners in advance of the hearing. However, the petitioners’ legal team stated that their witness list was not yet finalised.
As a result, the tribunal ruled that the case could not proceed further until the PDP and Ighodalo adhered to the necessary court procedures, including submitting their witness list. The respondents argued that the delay in providing this list made it impossible to continue the proceedings as scheduled.
They requested an adjournment, citing the petitioners’ failure to submit the list at least 24 hours before the hearing, as required by the tribunal’s guidelines.
After considering the submissions from both sides, the tribunal sided with the respondents and adjourned the case to Tuesday, January 21, 2025, to give the petitioners time to comply with the court’s order.
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