LATEST NIGERIA ELECTION TRIBUNAL: Peter Obi Tenders Blurred IReV Evidence Before Court

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More drama has continued to unfold at the tribunal in the case of the Labour Party versus the APC and its candidate, Bola Tinubu After INEC declared Bola Tinubu winner of the February 25 presidential election, on March 1st, Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar of the PDP vowed to challenge the outcome of the poll At the ongoing court proceedings on Wednesday, Obi and the LP presented to the presidential election petition tribunal a blurred IReV documents as evidence against INEC .

The election results of 7 states tendered as evidence by Obi and LP were blurred At the resumed hearing of the PEPC, the petitioners tendered, IREV reports downloaded and certified by INEC in 21 LGAs in Benue state, 25 LGAs in Niger state and 17 LGAs in Edo state, The Nation reported.

Obi also tendered the IREV reports from 20 LGA of Bauchi and a bundle of the blurred reports, eight LGA of Bayelsa IreV reports were tendered also. IreV reports from Bayelsa marked blurred, no results or cancelled were tendered, Gombe eight LGA and a bundle of blurred reports not linked to any LGA and IreV report for Kaduna, 21 LGA and two bundles of blurred reports not linked to any government area were tendered also,

All the documents tendered were objected to by all the respondents but admitted and marked as exhibits by the court. Meanwhile, the five-man panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani adjourned until Thursday, June 15, for further hearing of the petition.

Obi’s lawyer, Peter Afoba (SAN), on Tuesday, June 13, tendered forms EC40GPU and EC40G1, which are the summary of registered voters of polling units and local governments where elections were cancelled or did not occur during the February, 25 presidential elections. /

The chairman of the PEPC, Justice Haruna Tsammani admitted the 45 EC40GPU forms in 10 local government areas of Niger State, 23 in seven local government areas of Osun, 17 in three local government areas of Edo State, and 52 EC40GPU forms in five local government areas of Sokoto. ssion (INEC) has accused Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, of always blaming the electoral body for failing to prosecute their case. INEC’s lawyer, Kemi Pinheiro (SAN), said it has become a pattern for Peter Obi and his party to always blame someone whenever they want an adjournment. Pinheiro stated this while reacting to the claim made by Obi’s lawyer, Livy Uzoukwu (SAN) that INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, declined to accept a subpoena served to him to produce some documents.

PDP Vs APC: Tension erupts As INEC chairman will testify in court in Atiku's case against Tinubu Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has been scheduled to testify before the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja on Thursday, June 15. The chairman of the electoral umpire will testify in the petition by Atiku Abubakar filed to challenge the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election.

A subpoenaed senior reporter with WORLD TV,, adopted his statement on oath and the flash drive. PAY ATTENTION: Join Legit.ng Telegram channel! Never miss important updates! However, counsel to INEC, Kemi Pinheiro (SAN); President Bola Tinubu and VP Kashim Shettima, Akin Olujinmi (SAN); and the APC, Afolabi Fashanu (SAN) all objected to the admissibility of the video evidence.

They contended that the content of the videos and the station that made them were not front-loaded to enable them to prepare for the cross-examination. But counsel to LP, Jibrin Okutepa (SAN) maintained that subpoenaed witnesses can testify on the orders of the court l, adding that denying him would be against a fair hearing.

Three ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) attested that the BVAS failed to upload results. They revealed the results of the Senate and House of Representatives elections were successfully uploaded, but it was the opposite for the presidential polls. 10/