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July 30, 2019
The Presidential Election PetitionsTribunal has resumed proceedings and the Independent National ElectoralCommission, INEC ought to open its case.
The Peoples Democratic Party and itspresidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, are challenging the victory ofPresident Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress  in the February 23 election.
Addressing the Tribunal on Monday,counsel to INEC Yinus Usman, however, said they would not call any witness inthe petition of the PDP and the former vice president.
According to him, the electoral bodyhas painstakingly studied the petitioners’ case and would rely on theirwitnesses’ evidence under cross-examination.The INEC counsel explained that the decision wastaken in order not to waste the Tribunal’s precious time to repeat what theirown witnesses admitted under cross-examination