The gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress , Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto, and the party had dragged the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party , Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the PDP and INEC, to the tribunal, challenging the declaration of Tambuwal as winner of the 2019 general and supplementary elections by the commission.
He said, “We have reviewed the petition and the witnesses called by the petitioners. We will rely on the evidence we have extracted from the cross-examination of the witnesses of the petitioners. We are within the law and the law allows that. So, we will not be calling any witnesses.” “This is mainly because we did not factor that into our planning. This is also bearing in mind that, they were given ten days within which to defend themselves.
He added “we are here today hoping that we will spend the next two to three days getting through the witnesses of the 1st respondent. The chairman averred: “When we adjourned to today, it is not only for the 1st respondent to commence its defence, but, for the 2nd and 3rd respondents. The chairman later adjourned the case to Tuesday, July 30, 2019, for continuous defence by both the 2nd and 3rd respondents.
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