The lead counsel for third respondent in the ongoing Presidential Election Petition, Tsatsu Tsikata is expected to continue his cross examination of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, witness for the petitioners, later Thursday. Tsikata will be entering his third day of cross examining the witness, having already had two grueling encounters in previous days. If he is able to complete his cross-examination on Thursday, Counsel for the petitioners, Philip Addison can exercise the option of re-examining his witness or will close his case after which the first respondent, represented by Tony Lithur will be asked to open his case, with Johnson Asiedu Nketia, General Secretary of the governing NDC sitting-in for President John Mahama. It will be day ten of the substantive hearing of the Supreme Court case in which the 2012 flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party Nana Akufo-Addo and two others are challenging the results of the 2012 elections which was declared in favour of the incumbent president John Mahama.