Politics
Sen. Mark denies report on tribunal sitting
Immediate past Senate President, Senator David Mark has refuted reports by a national newspaper that he refused to enter the witness box during his appearance at the Benue State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Makurdi, the Benue State capital.
A statement by Kola Ologbondiyan, Media Advisor to Senator Mark noted, that Mark was not invited to the witness box throughout the proceedings of that day, and that as such the issue of refusal to enter the witness box never arose.
According to him, the report was “unfounded and the figment of the writer’s imagination and an embarrassment to the publishers of the newspapers”.
Ologbondiyan lamented, that the publication allowed itself to be “reduced to a newsletter of hate driven politicians who would rather ventilate lies and fabrications instead of the sacred facts to an unassuming public”.
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The statement also reads in part, “If Senator Mark appeared in the Tribunal, why would he refuse to enter the witness box if the panel so desires to invite him.
“For the record, when Senator Mark appeared at the tribunal, his counsel Ken Ikonne merely announced his presence and he (Ikonne) proceeded to address the panel. At no point did he or the panel invite Senator Mark to the witness box.
“We urged the media practitioners to abide by the sacred tenets of journalism which among other things upholds the sanctity of the truth at all times no matter the level of interest because it takes good conscience to practice journalism.”
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