Atiku Vs Buhari: I’m Not Aware PDP Conceded Defeat In 8 States, Witness Tells Tribunal

A witness called by Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal as an expert witness, Joseph Gbenga has said he is not aware the petitioners conceded defeat in eight of eleven states.

He also admitted that he had not been certified.

According to Gbenga who is 60 and a graduate of Industrial Chemistry from the University of Ilorin, he is a Database Analyst and Designer who is engaged by the petitioners to analyse the results of the presidential poll in 11 out of the 36 states of the federation.

Atiku and the PDP are the petitioners challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory at the February 23 general election.

During cross-examination by the respondents’ lawyers, he said he carried out his analysis through the inspection of result sheets from 11 states.

He said could not get the certified true copies for Zamfara State, and had to rely on the pink duplicate copies.

He did not give the full list of the 11 states whose results he analysed.

Asked, he said he was not mindful of whether or not the petitioners won or lost in the 11 states.

He also said, “I am not aware that the petitioners conceded defeat in eight of the 11 states.

“If I applied my mind to whether or not the petitioners won or lost, I would not be able to come up with a professional and an unbiased report.”

During another cross-examination by the Independent National Electoral Commission’s lawyer, Yunus Usman (SAN), if he had been certified to carry out the type of job he did for the petitioners, the witness said, “I have undergone training but I have not been certified”.