The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) on Wednesday, failed to produce any witnesses to give oral testimony in defence of their declaration of Senator Monday Okpebholo as winner of the 21 September Governorship Election in Edo State. At the resumed sitting of the state Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, INEC was billed to open its defence. Unable to present witnesses rather …

THE rising issue of insecurity and purported fears of plots to burn down the building housing the tribunal may have been responsible for the relocation of the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal from Benin City to Abuja where it would resume sitting on Tuesday. Though this reason was not adduced in the terse statement by the Secretary of the …