The Kaduna State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal will resume sitting on August 19, to begin adoption of written addresses by all parties in the petition instituted by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
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The Secretary to the tribunal, Hafsat Suleiman, disclosed this on Friday in Kaduna.
She said the State and National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal will resume to open fresh hearing on petition number two which was brought by a House of Representatives candidate in the February 16 elections.
While the governorship tribunal is resuming for the adoption of addresses by the petitioners and the three respondents.
it could be recalled that the governorship tribunal had on July 25, adjourned hearing after admitting witnesses of all the three respondents in the petition filed by the PDP and its candidate, Isah Ashiru, after the March 9 governorship election in Kaduna state.
PDP and Ashiru instituted the petition seeking to upturn the declaration of Nasir El-Rufai as winner of the Kaduna state governorship election.
The petitioners had called 135 witnesses out of the 685 they said they had assembled to provide evidence of alleged massive rigging, ballot stuffing and other irregularities, they alleged characterised the poll.
