There was drama on Wednesday at
the Delta State National Assembly
Election Petition Tribunal, when a
witness presumed to be dead
showed up in court.
Christopher Anirah was subpoenaed
by the tribunal to give evidence an
election petition matter between Hon.
Gibson Ighofose Akporehe of the All
Progressive Congress (APC) and
Hon. Evelyn Omavowan Oboro of the
People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
Counsel to the APC candidate, Mr.
Charles Umweni, had told the tribunal
that the witness it intends to call,
(Anirah) cannot come to the tribunal
to testify because he was dead.
He told the tribunal that Anirah died
of cardiac attack and cannot be
subpoenaed to give evidence in the
ongoing case.
But at the resumed hearing of the
matter, a middle aged man who
claimed to be Anirah stormed the
tribunal and stepped into the witness
box to give evidence when the
chairman of the three-man panel,
Justice Adebukole Banjoko called out
the name.
Anirah’s appearance caused a stir in
the audience, prompting Justice
Banjoko to call for calm.
Akporehe of APC is challenging the
election victory of Oboro in the
National Assembly election held in
the state.
Joined in the suit are – the
Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC), Resident
Electoral Commission (REC), PDP and
eight others.
Anirah is Oboro’s star witness in the
matter.
Anirah , during a cross- examination,
by respondents counsel , Mr. Onome
Egbon, told the tribunal that he was
the rightful candidate of APC for the
Okpe, Sapele and Uvwie Federal
Constituency in Delta State in the
2015 National Assembly election until
his name was ‘fraudulently
substituted” with that of Akporehe on
account that he (Anirah) was dead.
He told the tribunal that Akporehe
allegedly forged a death certificate
from a General Hospital that he
(Anirah) died of cardiac failure and
hypertension, with which he deceived
INEC to remove his name from the
list of contestants for the election.
He also told the tribunal that
somebody who posed as his family
member was made to testify before
INEC that the death rumour was true.

Source: http://www.lailasblog.com/2015/08/pandemonium-in-delta-as-dead-man-gives.html?m=1

So the PDP person can take a bottle of tombo while the APC fight it out.