Obi seeks court’s order to interrogate INEC on ICT experts used for 2023 presidential election
SAN Peter also submitted form EC8A sheets of Bida LGA in Niger State.
Justice Tsammani has now adopted the documents in evidence, and the form EC8A sheets have now been received and filed by the court….
For Rivers state. We tagged them as supplementary documents.
In respect to Rivers, we have INEC CTC of form EC8s of 6 LGAs. These are:
1. Bonni LGA
2. Eleme
3. Abua Odua
4. Okirika
5. Ahorda East
6. Oyigbo
Court: The Form EC8As of the LGAs are hereby ADMITTED & tagged Exh PD16- PD21, respectively
So both Rivers remaining LGAs and Niger remaining LGA are both admitted.maybe
SAN Emeka: My lord, may we now move to Adamawa State. We seek to render for 21 LGA Certified True Copies for Adamawa State.
Justice Ugo: Oga Emeka, it is Adamawa, not Ahhhdaaamamawan
SAN Emeka: My lord, there is a little typographical error on page 4. I am sorry, my lord, you will see number 22, but it is 21.
Justice Tsammani: That is no problem.
SAN Emeka: And my lord, I must sincerely apologize for the wrong pronunciations.
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Justice Tsammani: No problem, it would even make us lighter and not keep us in squeezed faces.
SAN Emeka is now calling the 21 LGA presented for Adamawa State.
SAN Emeka is now done calling the 21 LGA for Adamawa.
INEC: We object and will give a response in a written address stating our reasons.
Tinubu and Shettima: We object to these presentations and will give a written address at the address stage.
APC: My lord, we object to the admission of these documents and would state our reasons in a written address.
LEGAL UPDATE:*
The ongoing cases of Peter Obi and Labour Party vs INEC, APC, Tinubu, and Shettima are to be continued today.
Venue : Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, Court of Appeal, Abuja
Date : Today, 2nd June 2023
Time : 8 am
“We have overwhelming evidence that we won, we are not retreating, surrendering, until our mandate is retrieved.”
Commencing with APM case.
REPRESENTATION:
Chris Magida – APC Director legal services.
APPEARANCE:
Yakubu Makasua – APM lead counsel
SAN Pinhero – INEC lead counsel
SAN Fagbemi – APC lead counsel
SAN Onipekun- Tinubu and Shettima lead counsel
MO Adebayo – Kabir Masari lead counsel
Here comes the judges, as they are now seated.
Justice Tsammani: We have 3 petitions for today.
For Petition number 3 we would allocate 3 hours which would be from 9am-12pm
Petition 4 would be 1 hour 12-1pm and the last petition would be 3-6pm
APC SAN Onipekun: I beg for your indulgence that number 4 is not likely to go on.
Justice Tsammani: Are you the petitioner in number 4
Onipekun: The basis of adjournment is to receive the document of judgement but as at yesterday we still don’t have it.
Justice Tsammani: I think we would hear from the counsel, you’re not the counsel
Onipekun: He is here, he will say so and he will confirm this.
APM: Respectfully my lord
Justice Tsammani: Okay let’s start with petition number 4.
APM: My lord, this case was adjourned last week, but we have not been able to get the stated judgement, and we are doing all we can.
We respectfully request an adjournment to enable us to take a position.
INEC: We are not objecting to the adjournment, and I hope we can make a decision on this case as soon as possible.
APC: On the part of the second respondent, we do not have an objection to a further adjournment of this case to make the petitioner take the right stand on this petition as the supreme court has dealt with this petition. Thank you, my lord.
Tinubu and Shettima: On behalf of the 3rd and 4th respondents I confirm that the new counsel of the petitioner spoke with us and we agree with him to have this matter adjourn till Friday, to enable him and us bet a copy of the judgement in question.
Kabir Masari: We have no objection to the petitioner, Sir.
Justice Tsammani: The petition is now adjourned to Friday Ith June 2023.
Let us move on with the next petition.
So APM’s lawyer requested an adjournment and are not withdrawing their case against Shettima.
The next case is Peter Obi and Labour Party.
SAN Peter also submitted form EC8A sheets of Bida LGA in Niger State.
Justice Tsammani has now adopted the documents in evidence, and the form EC8A sheets have now been received and filed by the court.
SAN Livy: With due respect, my lord, we are ready.
Justice Tsammani: So start using your 3 hours.
SAN Livy: SAN Peter would be leading the evidence for today.
SAN Peter: Thank you, my lord.
Before we commence for today, can we have your indulgence to complete the states that we listed as supplementary list yesterday today.
In respect to Rivers State, the supplementary list are for 6 LGA, and we have the forms EC8A sheets for them.
INEC: My lord, we would be objecting to the presentation of these documents, and all these LGA are strange to the petitioners.
Justice Tsammani: Mr. Pinhero respects the rule of the court. Don’t state such.
SAN Pinhero: I will make my address, but I just wanted to state it.
Justice Tsammani: No, no, no, no, please.
Tinubu/Shettima: We object to the presentation of these documents.
APC: We object to the admissibility of the documents, and we will assimilate the reasons in the address stage.
Peter Obi and Labour Party vs. INEC, Tinubu, Shettima, and APC
REPRESENTATIONS:
LP – Peter Obi for himself and Labour Party
APC – Chris Magida, Director Legal Services APC
Justice Tsammani: Where is Saturday? He only comes on Saturday.
Magida: He’s here today, Sir.
Saturday: My lord I’m here, Sir.
COUNSELS:
LP: SAN Livy
INEC: SAN Pinhero
Tinubu and Shettima: SAN Olujimi
APC: SAN Fagbemi
SAN Livy: With due respect, my lord, we are ready.
Justice Tsammani: So start using your 3 hours.
SAN Livy: SAN Peter would be leading the evidence for today.
SAN Peter: Thank you, my lord.
Before we commence for today, can we have your indulgence to complete the states that we listed as supplementary list yesterday today.
In respect to Rivers State, the supplementary list are for 6 LGA, and we have the forms EC8A sheets for them.
INEC: My lord, we would be objecting to the presentation of these documents, and all these LGA are strange to the petitioners.
Justice Tsammani: Mr. Pinhero respects the rule of the court. Don’t state such.
SAN Pinhero: I will make my address, but I just wanted to state it.
Justice Tsammani: No, no, no, no, please.
Tinubu/Shettima: We object to the presentation of these documents.
APC: We object to the admissibility of the documents, and we will assimilate the reasons in the address stage
SAN Livy: With due respect, my lord, we are ready.
Justice Tsammani: So start using your 3 hours.
SAN Livy: SAN Peter would be leading the evidence for today.
SAN Peter: Thank you, my lord.
Before we commence for today, can we have your indulgence to complete the states that we listed as supplementary list yesterday today.
In respect to Rivers State, the supplementary list are for 6 LGA, and we have the forms EC8A sheets for them.
INEC: My lord, we would be objecting to the presentation of these documents, and all these LGA are strange to the petitioners.
Justice Tsammani: Mr. Pinhero respects the rule of the court. Don’t state such.
SAN Pinhero: I will make my address, but I just wanted to state it.
Justice Tsammani: No, no, no, no, please.
Tinubu/Shettima: We object to the presentation of these documents.
APC: We object to the admissibility of the documents, and we will assimilate the reasons in the address stage.
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