Senatorial candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) for Bauchi north in the 2019 election Wednesday identified and adopted a total of 745 exhibits he earlier tendered against Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa of the All Progressive Congress (APC) at Bauchi National and State Assembly Elections tribunal.
Mustapha’s counsel, Joe Dappa stated this at the end of the court’s sitting while speaking with newsmen. He stated that the exhibits contained in two big “Ghana Must Go” bags to support the claim that the last Bauchi north senatorial election was allegedly rigged in favour of Bulkachuwa.
Faruk Mustapha and NNPP had on March 15, filed a petition before the tribunal challenging the election of Adamu Bulkachuwa of the APC as Senator for Bauchi Northern Senatorial District.
The exhibits comprised mainly result sheets from polling units and wards in the seven local governments under the Bauchi Northern Senatorial District.
Others were the card reader receipt, print outs, list of senatorial candidates and voters registers.
While counsel to Bulkachuwa and those of other respondents crossed examined the documents tendered by the petitioners and asked some of the witnesses presented by the petitioners to identify the tendered exhibits, Adakole told newsmen that they were fully prepared to defend the mandate of their client at the tribunal.
The chairperson of the tribunal, Justice Hafsat Abdulrahman, adjourned sitting to July 29th July, 2019 for continuation of hearing.
