Welcome back to the part 3 of today’s PEPT hearing…
Follow me at the back let’s enter the court room together…. 🍿
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The judges are back Olanipekun is up with the microphone Olanipekun: My lord We lost one of our most vibrant justices of this court. We never knew until we had our short break.
He was very sincere and humble and nearly all of us here knew him, met with him and appeared before him both at the lower court bench at the Enugu Court to his time rising to the number 2 of this court. My lords, accept our condolences and at the appropriate time we will do it at individual bases.
Justice Tsammani: Thank you very much and we appreciate.
We have not received any official communication from the President of the court and that’s why we have not said anything. We appreciate the condolences but we cannot do anything pending the time we get the official information.
Olanipekun: Okay my lord. We will now call out our witness. The witness is now out and walking to the box. He has now been sworn in.
Olanipekun is now presenting the witness to the court ‘The witness is on a navy blue suit with a big head. I wonder if he has face cap oh.
Because this head I’m seeing cannot contain face cap’
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O: What is your name
W: I am Senator Micheal Opeyemi Bamidele
O: What is your occupation and qualifications
W: I am a law maker
Justice Tsammani: So you’re a legislator
W: Yes and I have a Bachelors in Arts from University of Ife now Obafemi Awolowo and a Law Degree from University of Benin and I also went to Law School, so I am a Barrister I also have LLM in New Hampshire United State Law School and I am also licensed at Law at US and I am an attorney at the New York bar and a counsellor at law where I practised law since January 1999 I am also a Fellow of the Chartered Institutes of Arbitrators in Nigeria ‘Witness it’s okay oh, your education is opoorrr, e don do’
O: All these are contained in your resume
W: Yes
O: Where is it
W: It’s here
O: My lord I seek to tender this There was no objection to the tendering of his Resume.
Justice Tsammani has now admitted the Resume as evidence. This witness is the new Senate Majority Leader oh, hmmmm.
Olanipekun: You have a witness deposition and if you see it can you recognize it
W: Yes
O: Do you wish to adopt this statement
W: Yes
O: In paragraph 31, 32, 49, 51, 101, 114 and 119 of your witness deposition you have referred to several deponents
W: Yes Sir
O: Can you look at these exhibits RA8, RA9, RA10, RA11, RA12, RA13, RA14, RA15, RA16, RA17, RA18, RA19, RA20, RA21, RA22, RA23, RA24 and RA25 are those the documents you tendered
W: Yes Sir
O: In your witness deposition in paragraph 101 and 104 you stated Kano State and stated 10,929 votes shortfall for the 2nd respondent (Tinubu) in Kano State. Can you recognize the forms EC8D and EC8DA of it
W: Yes Sir, it’s in column 9
O: You also mentioned a Report of international observers of the presidential election of 25th Feb 2023
W: Yes
O: If you see one of the reports in specific ECOWAS, can you recognize it
W: Yes Sir ‘Hmmm ECOWAS.. Let me reserve my comments’.
O: Thank you. Can you tell us who signed that document ECOWAS Observation Report
W: Yes. It was signed by Head of ECOWAS jurisdiction to Nigeria. His Excellency Ernest Bai Koroma former President of Sierra Leone
O: We seek to tender it my lord.
Justice Tsammani: Any objections
INEC: No objections from here my lord APC: No objections my lord
LP: SAN Livy is up and smiling and starts by laughing My lord, we object to this slim document from ECOWAS and we state our reasons at final address
ECOWAS SAN Livy said your document is slim..😂
Justice Tsammani has now admitted the ECOWAS “slim” report as evidence before the court and has tagged it as exhibit RA27
O: Thank you my lord.
The last question Sir, let’s go back to your paragraph 19 and 114 where you referred to a letter from the 2nd petitioner forwarding letter dated 22nd Feb 2022 to INEC and the 2nd petitioner members of Anambra state registrar submitted to INEC, if you see them can you recognize it.
W: Yes Sir I recognize it ‘Wahaluuurr ’ I hope he can answer the questions on this “recognized documents” they gave him to come and present
O: May it please my lords, that would be all from our own side. May I appreciate your lordships.
INEC is now up
INEC: Distinguised Senator
W: Yes sir
INEC: I have no question for you
“The whole courtroom is laughing” APC is now up..
APC: My lord, please pause my time until I get the documents Justice Tsammani: Your time starts now
APC: Okay. Witness, you are a member of the judiciary and just yesterday the Senate Majority Leader
W: Yes Sir
APC: The member of registrar of Anambra State from INEC you submitted does not contain the name of Peter Obi as a member of Labour Party
W: Yes it does not ‘Wahalurrr’
APC: As a US Attorney, you know they cannot be a charge or indictment on certain cases
W: I do
APC: Very good. If you look at exhibit RA8 and RA9, you know that those documents and exhibits gives the 2nd respondent a clean bill of health on any criminal record
W: Yes
APC: Excellent, please give me exhibit PA5. It does not contain any conviction or sentence on it
W: No it does not Hmmmmmmm…
To be right back…