Led in evidence by the lead counsel for the petitioner, Mr N.O.O Oke, SAN, and Mr Chris Uche, SAN, the witnesses were cross-examined by the legal teams of the first, second and third respondents, Aregbesola, APC and INEC respectively. Aregbesola, who closed his defence before the tribunal last Wednesday, had through his counsel, Mr Adegoke succeeded in calling only 18 witnesses, despite promising to line up about 600 witnesses. The tribunal had allocated 10 days each to all parties to the petitions for the cross- examination of their witnesses. Succinctly put, the cross-examination of witnesses so far had been characterised by mild drama and varied submissions about the conduct of the poll, in accordance with the side of the divide that witnesses belonged to. Among the witnesses called by the first respondent were Folorunsho Olojede, Akinropo Adeniji, Rauf Ajide and Mrs Rachael Babatunde, who testified that the election in their respective polling units was free and fair with no incident of multiple voting. Part of the ensuing drama came to the fore when some of the witnesses called by the first respondent were found to be either civil servants, government appointee or sympathisers of the APC. One of the witnesses, Mr Olojede, a retired ASP, was discovered under cross- examination to be an appointee of Aregbesola working with the Osun State Customary Court.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 19:35:28 +0000
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