Ndoma-Egba had taken Onor, PDP and INEC to the tribunal over the February 23 Cross River Central senatorial election. INEC had earlier removed his name from the list of candidates despite an order on February 20 from the court of Appeal directing “all parties to maintain status quo”. Ndoma-Egba went on to tell the tribunal that his name was absent from the list of candidates up to February 22 and was restored on March 8 through a letter by INEC. After an exhaustive session that lasted about four hours, lead counsel to Ndoma-Egba asked for adjournment till next week, so that he could present other witnesses subpoenaed. Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Vincent Agbata, after consulting counsel to the defendants, adjourned the matter till June 19 for further hearing.

Source: The Guardian June 14, 2019 03:22 UTC