Witnesses at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Tuesday revealed a litany of electoral malpractices that included the destruction of electoral materials, falsification, alteration and massive thumb printing of ballot papers at the February 23 presidential election in Nasarawa State.
At the resumption from break, one of the witnesses Sunday John in his evidence told the tribunal that armed men later identified as APC agents struck at a polling unit in Karu Local Government Area and scattered the election materials and damaged the Smart Card Reader deployed for the election, adding that as a result of the violent attack, the election could not hold at the polling unit.
Another witness Harry Gunde also said that in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, there were falsification and alteration of election results at the council, which according to him was carried out at the collation center, adding that it was reported to security personnel but no action was taken.
Others who also testified for Atiku and PDP are Mohammed Opaluwa, who said massive thumb printing of ballot papers for APC and Jonathan Nasara, a former councilor, who also said that election figures were allotted by APC agents and security personnel to parties in the election.
