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By
Dickson Gupiya
May
03, 2019.
Hearing resumed on
Thursday at the Plateau State Local Government Election Petition Trial Tribunal
sitting at West of Mines Jos as respondents told the tribunal of their
intention to call 10 witnesses.
The 1st
witness, Timjul Sambo, during cross examination by Niri Darong counsel to Petitioners
told the tribunal that he had two voter’s cards and also utilized the cards at
two different polling units during the October 10, 2018 local government
election in Plateau state. According to witness, one voter card bears the name
Timjul Laven Sambo while the second bears the name Timjul Sambo. He said that
on the day of the election, he voted at Pyeche and Bapkwai polling units using
the two voter’s cards respectively while also serving as APC ward collation
agent.
When counsel asked him
of the code number of Bapkwai polling unit which also served as ward collation
centre, the witness said he didn’t know.
Witness further told
the court that indeed, APC won in the ward with a difference of 325 votes and
that the result was recorded in PLASIEC summary result sheet but also confirmed
that the result sheet lacks serial number.
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In another development,
an aide to Hon. Amos Kparnim, the Executive Chairman of Langtang North Local
Government, Lasing Binbal was seriously warned by the Chairman of the tribunal,
Hon. Jovita Binjin to desist from interrupting the activities of the tribunal
or risks being charged for contempt. It all started when the tribunal
discharged the 1st witness and asked that the next witness be
called. Binbal got to his feet but the chairman of the tribunal asked him to
re-take his seat. He told the chairman that he intended calling the next
witness but the chairman told him that all the witnesses were subpoenaed by the
tribunal and it had enough personnel to manage the situation. The bombshell was
dropped when the chairman told Binbal that he had already taken note of his
antecedent as he has kept a close watch on him and the outcome revealed that he
was in the habit of communicating proceedings of the tribunal to other
witnesses outside the court room and were
yet to mount the witness box.
Binbal who is said to
be the Chief of staff to the chairman of Langtang North was subsequently warned
by the tribunal to desist from that behavior or risk being charged for
contempt. Hearing continues tomorrow.
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