Hearing of the main petition filed by the All Progressives Congress and its candidate in the April 11, 2015 governorship election in Rivers State, Dakuku Peterside, to challenge the victory of Governor Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party, will begin Thursday (today).
The report of the pre-hearing session of the state Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja obtained by our correspondent on Wednesday indicates that Peterside has proposed to call 200 witnesses to prove his case while Wike’s witnesses were pegged to 300.


The report showed that Wike, through his counsel, Mr. Emmanuel Ukala (SAN), had sought to be allowed to call “as many witnesses as possible” within the 10 days that would be allocated to prove his own case.

But the tribunal decided to peg the number of witnesses.

Wike would be allowed to call to 300 while it approved the number of witnesses requested by the other parties through their respective lawyers.
With the order of the tribunal, the Independent National Electoral Commission, which is the first respondent to the petition, would be allowed to call as many as 400 witnesses while, the PDP would have the opportunity to call 200.
The tribunal also directed that parties would be given 30 minutes to lead their star witnesses in evidence, 40 minutes for the cross-examination of such witnesses and 15 minutes for re-examination.

It also allotted five minutes for leading ordinary witnesses in evidence, 10 minutes to cross-examine them and five minutes for re-examination.

The directives of the tribunal also read in part, “Counsel are directed to agree on documents which are not being opposed to, such that documents shall be tendered as a bundle from the bar.

“To this end, lawyers are advised to come to court early before the sitting of the tribunal so as to sort this out.

“The sitting of the tribunal shall be 10am prompt and from day to day including weekends if necessary.”
The hearing of the main petition scheduled to begin on Thursday is coming about three months after it was filed due to various interlocutory applications separately filed by the three respondents.


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With our slow Judicial system, hearing a total of 600 witnesses give evidence, get examined, cross-examined and re-examined will take eon till wike has served his tenure.
Well, let's sit back and enjoy this. This will make a good part two of the film ''300 spartans''. Let the war begin!

Peterside forget all this things. Wait for your time to be governor, you can never unseat Wike.

If INEC has 400 and Wike 200, that is 600 as against 200 of Dakuku. Do the maths. Game over

Business idea.. Be a witness and get paid per lie.

This wike na rugged guy ooooo :p

300 per day?? Meaning 30per 10days.... Won't the be bored to keep hearing WIKE won with the following points of mine

joncom:
If INEC has 400 and Wike 200, that is 600 as against 200 of Dakuku. Do the maths. Game over

sorry ur maths no correct Na 400+300=700...... Therefore if 700 stands for one man, then how can the opposition win....

This kin battle Na die ooo I see Wike winning the battle though

*Game of Numbers*