Good morning my people and welcome to today’s presidential election petition tribunal,PEPT.
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You know when the court is about to seat, someone runs around with one staff that looks like coat of arms. That’s a mace The way this man always run around with it, I hope he doesn’t fall in the court one day. He’s always so cheerful but serious. It’s really amazing. I have applied for the job, because I want to be running around with that mace both in the courtroom and in my house. Why wipe someone with oraimo cord, when you can wipe them with a thick aluminium mace .
The judges are coming and our friend is currently running around with the mace The judges are now seated. Justice Adah: Good Morning everyone, I hope we will get your full cooperation today.
The clerk has now called the case. Peter Obi is up on his feet with the microphone Peter Obi with a huge smile on his face: Respectfully my lord, I am Mr. Peter Gregory Obi and I am representing the petitioners. Saturday Monsigne Esq: Deputy Director Legal Services APC INEC is absent today, wow I wonder why.
Lead Counsel:
Labour Party – SAN LIVY UZOUKWU
INEC – SAN AB MAHMOUD
Tinubu and Shetimma – SAN AKIN OLUJIMI
APC: SAN LO FAGBEMI.
SAN Livy is now up to kickstart the proceeding SAN Livy: My lord we are now ready to start and my learned brother SAN Ikpeazu will kickstart the proceeding.
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SAN Ikpeazu has now collected the mic
SAN Ikpeazu: Quickly my lord, so we would now call the subpoenaed witness Professor Eric Wow Labour Party came with a witness today Amazing.
The Secretary has now sworn in the witness. I will omit the information of his full name and address SAN Ikpeazu: Tell the court what you do Witness: I am a professor of mathematics at Anambra University Wahala INEC’s lead counsel AB Mahmoud just cuts in SAN Mahmoud: My lord I have just been served this morning in court just a few minutes with the sworn written statement of the witness now on the stand and I can see from the witness statement which I have now even been able to read through that there are 6 or about 7 appendices and this obviously is a star witness To be honest I and my team are handicapped on how to proceed this morning with this witness. I would have thought that the counsel in the spirit of cooperation that this should have been given to us in good time because it’s not about ambush or taking us by surprise so if the counsel wants to continue with this witness, they should step him down and give us all the documents to allow us proceed properly This is my humble prayer to the court. Thank you my lord. ‘Wow, whaluurrrr’ Tinubu and Shettima’s lawyer is now up.
SAN Olanipekun: My lord, I will agree with my colleague to step down this witness so that we can study this document. He should be stepped down for a few minutes like my colleague states. INEC lawyer cuts in
INEC: I didn’t say minutes, I don’t know where Olanipekun got that, I am not a genius like you. The rules are clear, we need 48 hours.
Justice Tsammani: You say the rule says 48 hours, which rule says that INEC: The schedule my lord, it states 48 hours for expert witness also the federal high court rules states the same ‘The whole court is now murmuring’ Hmm wahala.
Tinubu and Shettima’s: My lord, I just spoke with my colleague, the witness can go on but we will not cross examine him today but much later because we would not be ambushed APC lawyer is now up
SAN Fagbemi: My lord, we were also served this witness disposition a few minutes before the court sat. That as it may, we align ourselves with e submission of Chief Olanipekun that subject to your lords submission, the witness can continue but we will cross examine him later and not today.
SAN Ikpeazu: We can go on with the witness adoption today. I am waiting for Mahmoud to confirm that we can go on with the adoption.
SAN Mahmoud: My lord the witness can fo on with the adoption but the cross examination like my colleagues have said would not happen today. SAN Ikpeazu: My lord, we can go on with the adoption while we take the cross examination in 1 to 2 hours.
This witness just responded yesterday and we came in immediately with him. All the respondents have the best SANS at hand So I believe 1 to 2 hours would be okay for their best minds to cross examine this witness. ‘Wahala, see whyning’
Hmm The judges are now discussing heavily with each other with stern faces.
Justice Tsammani: In the interest of everyone, we have agreed to have the witness statement today while cross examination would be tomorrow.
All the APC lawyers are heavily nodding their heads in confirmation INEC lawyers can be seen still murmuring with each other.
SAN Ikpeazu is now up to continue with the witness.
SAN Ikpeazu: Where do you work Witness: I am a Mathematician at Nnamdi Azikiwe University LP: Do you recognise your statement Witness: Yes I do, with my signature and what I wrote. LP: So do you adopt this document with you as your statement Immediately Tinubu’s lawyer stands up and cuts in Olanipekun: My lord we object. We object to this adoption of the witness statement. I was waiting for Mahmoud to rise but we’ll, we object to this adoption. ‘Wow, SAN Objection’ INEC’s lawyer is now up SAN Mahmoud: My lord we also object to the adoption of this witness and would state our reasons at the stage of address. Wahala APC: My lord we also object to this adoption of the witness. ‘Some lawyers are paid to be shouting objection objection objection
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