The Proceedings are underway.
The court will agree on the schedule of the main petition, the number of witnesses that will testify, the time to be allocated, and be cross-examined.
For the President-Elect, the report of any star witness should be made available 48 hours before the hearing.
The schedule of documents to be filed must be given to other parties before the hearing and calling of witnesses.
For the star witnesses of the respondents (INEC, Tinubu, and the APC), 30 minutes was proposed.
INEC says it has two witnesses that will testify, while the Counsel to the President-Elect says it has 39 witnesses ready.
Counsel for Atiku Abubakar and the PDP, Chris Uche, says all the parties have met, considered, and agreed on the number of witnesses, duration, and examination of witnesses. The PDP intends to call at most 100 witnesses.
The counsel for Atiku Abubakar and the PDP adds that though the new time given to them to call these witnesses, is 7 weeks, they will need 3 weeks since the issues are getting narrower.
All the parties agreed to streamline the number of witnesses as well as the duration of each party’s right to call witnesses.
They also proposed 15 minutes for each respondent for cross-examination and 5 Minutes for re-examination (For the lead witness of the petitioners).
10 minutes was proposed for other witnesses for the petitioners.
10 minutes for cross-examination of these witnesses by the respondents.
For the star witnesses of the respondents (INEC, Tinubu, and the APC), 30 minutes was proposed.
INEC says it has two witnesses that will testify, while the Counsel to the President-Elect says it has 39 witnesses ready.
