Live from the Court of Appeal, Abuja, Venue of the 2019 Presidential Election Petition Tribunal…..
The Presidential Tribunal opened this morning as the PDP and Atiku/Obi’s counsel tendered the remaining evidence from Kano State.
*APC Factional National Chairman*
The factional National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole made his first appearance today at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.
Comrade Oshiomhole who has been absent in previous sessions appeared on behalf of his Party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).
*Star Witness*
Another factional National Chairman of the APC, Alhaji Buba Galadima testified today in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party and it’s Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
Alhaji Galadima during his testimony said
*That he has been a close associate of the Presidential Candidate of the APC, Muhammadu Buhari In 2003,2007, 2011 up till 2015, That he fell out with him before he was not giving the Nation good Governance .That the APC failed in most of the promises they made to Nigerians before the 2015 General Elections, That he has been involved in promoting good governance in Nigeria since 1966. That the President Buhari led APC Government also failed to provide security and other infrastructures promised by the Party before the general elections.*
INEC STAFF TESTIFY ON TRANSMISSION OF RESULT
Updates from the Court of Appeal.
The PDP and Atiku/Obi also presented evidence from Zamfara state in addition to other evidences from other states.
Currently on witness box is an INEC Registration Technical Officer, Obi Peter Ijeoma. He testified to the court that he was involved in transmitting results to the server as instructed by INEC.
He had signed an affidavit in support of PDP and Atiku/Obi in court.
He was the supervisor of the Ward collation center during the February 23, 2019 Presidential Election and he was supervised by the LGA collation Officer.
He was asked by the Buhari lead counsel, Wole Olanipekun, if he has seen the INEC guidelines but he replied that he is aware of the guidelines given to them by INEC concerning their duty as Technical Officer.
He was asked by the APC counsel if he was employed by INEC for such job and he answered and provided a letter from INEC certifying his employment as INEC Tech Officer for the Presidential election.
*Justice Bala Aboki*
However, Justice Bala Aboki seems uncomfortable and making gestures that suggest he is trying to intimidate witnesses during cross examination.
2) Updates from the Court of Appeal …
ANOTHER INEC STAFF ON TRANSMISSION.
Dr. Livy Uzoukwu called witness number two on his star witness list:
Ebenezer Olanikan, another INEC tech officer who transmitted results to INEC server.
He was asked by INEC counsel what the name and number of INEC server in which he transmitted results to, but he answered that the server is attached to the Card reader and that they were trained to only transmit results to the server.
First of all, the INEC counsel tried to confused the witness by asking him if this is the first time he is entering the premises of the court of appeal and he said no.
Buhari counsel Olanipekun asked if he has seen the INEC guidelines and he said yes.
He was again asked by Olanipekun if the guidelines says that if the card reader does not work that INEC requested that they should allow voters to vote manually and he said no.
Wole Olanipekun tried to confused him again by changing the question on Manuel voting and the witness said Manual voting was not allowed during the Presidential election.
He was asked if he transmitted the results to server himself of someone did it for him but he answered that he did it himself. That he transmitted the results of the Presidential Election to the INEC server via a code provided to them by INEC.
He was asked by Olanipekun on the particulars of the INEC server and he said the server is connected is connected to the smart card reader and that he transmitted the results to the server as ordered by INEC
Turn of the APC counsel. He asked the witness to look at paragraph 8 of his signed affidavit and asked him to read it out.
The witness read the statement saying that the results were collated by him and transmitted to the server via a code provided to them by the INEC.
APC counsel asked if the results can be transmitted without the code he said yes. And the APC counsel asked him if the code is attached to his witness statement and he said no but that he has the code in his mobile phone.
He was asked if the voting went well in his polling unit and he said yes
He was asked again if the voters were properly accredited and verified and he said yes
And the witness was asked to step aside
3) Updates from the Court of Appeal ..
The PDP and Atiku/Obi lead counsel continued with tendering of documents.
He tendered form CF 001 of the second Respondent, Muhammadu Bubari.
INEC Form CF 001 is the form filled by President Muhammadu Bubari, Candidate of the APC before the February 23, 2019 Presidential Election.
*The form contained evidence of the information and credentials presented by President Buhari to INEC certifying his Eligibility in the election. *
Recall that PDP and Atiku/Obi’s Petition on Ground 4 and 5, shows a clear case of perjury.
President Buhari had deposed to an affidavit, lying on oath on schools he attended and investigation has shown that those schools were not in existence as of the time of President Buhari’s claim
4) Updates from the court of Appeal…
Dr. Livy presented a receipt of payment certification for the documents tendered (Form CF001) dated 18th of March 2019 and a latter from INEC Officer also in respect of the same exhibit.
The receipt and letter were both admitted by the court in evidence by rejected by all the respondents including INEC that provided the documents.
5) Updates from the court of Appeal…
Dr. Livy presented a receipt of payment certification for the documents tendered (Form CF001) dated 18th of March 2019 and a latter from INEC Officer also in respect of the same exhibit.
The receipt and letter were both admitted by the court in evidence but rejected by all the respondents including INEC that provided the documents.
More updates later
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