The Governorship election petition tribunal resumed sitting
today, Friday, June 21, 2019.
Nsima Ekere, at the last adjourned date, had, through his
counsel prayed for Extension of Time to obtain Documents and file
Responses to the Respondents Applications
Counsel to the Petitioner, Okutepa, SAN had prayed the court for
an extension of the pre-trial period to enable them prepare their
responses to the applications as filed by the Respondents.
The counsel to the Respondents, Chief Assam Assam, SAN for the
1st Respondent, Uko Udom, SAN for the 2nd Respondent and Offiong
Offiong, SAN for the 3rd Responent were uanimous in their position
that they would not oppose the application of the Petitioner except
that he cannot predicate his prayers on unsubstantiated allegations
against Respondents.
The court had yielded to the prayers of the Petitioner and
extended the pre-trial period to June 21, 2019 for completion of
pre-trial. The court had however frowned seriously at the
application of the Petitioner. The court had emphasized that time
is of the essence in an election petition case and therefore
charged all parties to ensure to abide by the timelines as
indicated by the Electoral Act or as directed by the Tribunal.
But at the resumed sitting of the tribunal, Nsima Ekere through
his counsel is canvassing again to substitute the error-fraught
copy of his petition with a clean copy.
Should the court grant Nsima Ekere the leave to effect this
replacement, this would be the second time petitioner would be
effecting corrections to errors in his petition
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