INEC CALLS FIRST WITNESS IN PETITION BY ATIKU, PDP

The independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called its first witness at the commencement of its defence in the petition by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the outcome of the last presidential election.

INEC’s lawyer, Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN), who called Dr. Lawrence Bayode, who described himself as an Information Technology (IT) Practitioner at INEC.

Led in evidence by Mahmoud, Bayode, who said he has worked in INEC for 24 years, adopted his written deposition which he made on April 11, which he said the court should accept as his testimony in the case.

Mahmoud also tendered through the witness, a copy of a cloud trail log and an accompanying certificate, in relation to the glitches that occurred in INEC’s system during the election.