BREAKING: Okpebholo abruptly closes case after first witness crumbles under cross examination at Edo Tribunal
•Admits to multiple over voting in Deputy Gov Idahosa’s Ovia South West LGA •APC lawyers refuse to field remaining listed witnesses, beg for adjournment
It was drama galore at the resumed sitting of the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal this Monday morning, February 10, 2025, as the witness called by Governor Monday Okpebholo crumbled under the weight of cross examination by lawyers of the petitioners. Okpegholo’s victory in the September 21, 2024 election is being challenged by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Dr. Asue Ighodalo.
The witness, who identified himself as Usman Majek from the Deputy Governor Dennis Idahosa’s Ovia South West LGA, admitted that there was over voting, reports News Express.
Shocked by the admission, the lawyer to Okpebholo hurriedly closed his case just after the single witness.
Unable to figure out what’s next, the lawyer to the All Progressives Congress (APC) whose turn it was to take the floor at the Tribunal, pleaded for adjournment till Wednesday, February 12.
The tribunal acceded to the request and adjourned till Wednesday.
