Governor Godwin Obaseki hold on Edo State appears shaky as no fewer than 400 witnesses are expected to testify for the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Pastor Ize-Iyamu in the ongoing hearing of the petition before the state election tribunal.
The Nation reports that some witnesses who testify before a 3-man panel insisted with all the emphasis at their command that there was no accreditation before voting started at polling stations.
According to the witnesses, incidence forms were used after the failure INEC card reader and over voting, they said, ensued during the elections.
Those that testified are James Mayaki, Charles Osagbemeh, Richard Olori and Ayeni Sunday.
During cross examination by Prosecution Counsels, James said he voted even though he was not accredited.
He said there were no accreditation in Unit 2, 9, 11, 12 and 14 in Ward 2, Akoko-Edo local government.
Richard told the tribunal that all party agents in Ward 5 signed the unit results and that he examined the pink copies of form EC8A before he handed them over to the party chairman.
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