The petitioners were nowhere at the hearing when Honourable Busayo Oluwole Oke, Chairman of the Committee called them up during the sitting to defend their petitions. Honourable Oluwole Oke, while expressing that the National Assembly believes in giving fair hearing to all sides of any divide, averred that his committee will provide room for cross-examination of the petitioners. He added that writers of such petitions cannot just dump petitions on his committee without coming forward to defend what they wrote“Are the petitioners here? They can’t just dump petitions on us and not come to defend their petitions and face the Rector. MAN: Reps Committee postpones hearing as petitioners fail to attend

Source: Nigerian Tribune July 14, 2021 12:22 UTC