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August 16, 2019
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, HafsatSuleiman, disclosed this on Friday in Kaduna.
She said the State and NationalAssembly Election Petition Tribunal will resume to open fresh hearing onpetition number two which was brought by a House of Representatives candidatein the February 16 elections.
While the governorship tribunal isresuming for the adoption of addresses by the petitioners and the threerespondents.
it could be recalled that thegovernorship tribunal had on July 25, adjourned hearing after admittingwitnesses of all the three respondents in the petition filed by the PDP and itscandidate, Isah Ashiru, after the March 9 governorship election in Kadunastate.
PDP and Ashiru instituted thepetition seeking to upturn the declaration of Nasir El-Rufai as winner of theKaduna state governorship election.
The petitioners had called 135witnesses out of the 685 they said they had assembled to provide evidence ofalleged massive rigging, ballot stuffing and other irregularities, they allegedcharacterised the poll.