Good morning and Welcome to today’s presidential election petition tribunal as we bring to you prompt updates….
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Counsel Apperances For LP
Dr Livy Uzokwu S
PIN Ikweto SAN
Prof Paul C Ananaba SA
Dr Valeria Janet Azinge SA
Emeka Opoko SA
Alex Echesieme SA
Peter Afuba SAN
Audu Anuga SAN
For INEC
AB Mahmoud SA
Kemi Pinheiro SA
Mianaya Essien SA
Steve Adehi SA
TM Inua SA
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For BAT/Shet
Wole Olanipekun S
Dr Hassan Liman SAN
Ogbu Onoja SA
Olatunde Busari SA
AA Malik SA
Babatunde Ogala SA
MA Adebayo SA
For APC:
LO Fagbemi SAN
Charles Edosonwan SAN
Afolabi Fashanu SAN
Suraj Saida SAN
Olushola Oke SAN
Boyega Oyewole SAN
Kunle Adegoke SAN
Tajudeen Oladoja SAN
Saidi Sanusi SAN
Et al
INEC: Before witness comes out, my lord I have a couple of documents that I want to tender
SAN Livy is now up with a very angry face: My lord, I believe this is the stage that we, in fact I would hand over to Ikwueto
SAN Ikwueto is now up
This tag team is giving me ginger
SAN Ikwueto: My lord we have subpoenas on this that we want to tender for a seemless case today with this witness
Justice Tsammani:What is seemless, you have closed your case,you want to reopen your case again
Ikwueto: No my lord, we have subpoena and documents for this witness
Justice Tsammani and the other judges are looking like 😟
Justice Tsammani: You have closed your case and you want to tender
Ikwueto: It’s for this person and we want to have a seemless case with these witnesses. They are subpoenas
If my lords would allow
Justice Tsammani: You cannot, you have closed your case please, what seemless case.
Ikwueto: No problem my lord. I just wanted us to have documents that shows that we requested for what they are bringing out now.
Justice Tsammani: No please, your case is closed.
Ikwueto is now up again: My lord, we do not object to their documents apart from 3
Justice Tsammani: Ikwueto they have not even rendered
The whole court is laughing 😅
Tsammani: Are you sure this rain allowed you sleep well
Ikwueto: I thought they rendered
INEC has now tendered the document
All the respondents did not object
Ikwueto: We do not object to all apart from 3 of the documents my lord. The ones listed as 3,4 & 7
Justice Tsammani has now admitted the documents as evidence before the court
INEC has now called d witness
INEC: We want to call the witness Dr. Lawrence Bayode
Secretary: Dr Lawrence Kayode
INEC: No, B as a boy, Bayode
Secretary: Okay, Bayode, please step out to the box
The witness is now out, walking to the box
This one witness is cleaning glasses, I hope he can see road oh….
The Secretary has now sworn in the witness
INEC: You are Dr. Lawrence Bayode
W: Yes
INEC: Where do you live
W: Abuja
INEC: You are a staff of INEC
W: Yes
INEC: What is your position and how long have you been working
W: I’m a Deputy Director of the ICT in INEC
Hmmm…
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Be right back….!!!
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