BRIEF SUMMARY OF PEPT PROCEEDINGS FOR TODAY (Wednesday June 14th 2023)
—Proceedings Began at About 9:14am —LP Brought a Massive Collection of Evidence to Court
—HE Peter Obi Was Absent & LP Was Represented by LP Women Leader, Mrs Dudu Manuga
—LP’s Counsel Appearance was Led By Dr Livy Uzoukwu SAN
—LP’s Evidence Presentation was Led by Audu Anuga SAN
—All Documents Presented Today Are Contained in the 8th & 9th Schedule
—The Following IREV Reports by LGA Were Presented: >>Benue(21), Niger ( 25), Edo ( 17), Bauchi(20) , Bauchi (All the Blurred for the State), Bayelsa(8) , Bayelsa(All the Blurred for the State), Bayelsa( Plain Sheets with ‘Cancelled’ written on them) , Gombe(8) , Gombe(All the Blurred for the state), Kaduna(21) —
The Following Were Also Presented: >>Supplementary Certified IREV for Kaduna(2 LGAs) >>Blurred IREV Download not Linked to Any LGA in Kaduna >> Raw IREV Forms not Linked to Any LGA in Kaduna (5 Rolls) >>IREV Certificate of Compliance for 7 States, (6 Tendered, Akwa Ibom Excluded); Name of the other States not Mentioned >>BVAS & Certificate of Compliance for 28 States & FCT
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—All Evidence Presented Were Opposed by Respondents but Admitted by Court and Tagged With Exhibit Numbers —Arguments Ensued on Why INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, Has Not Responded to LP’s Subpoena
—Court Was Adjourned by 12:38pm Till Tomorrow, Thursday 15th June 2023 by 9am
—Courtesy : @PearlssTV/@MissPearls
Why it is important that INEC chairman testifies ============
1. Yes evidences abound and are admitted. What remains what probate value the court is gonna accord all these evidences.
2. INEC is the maker of all these document and it’s only logical for INEC head to testify but not form opinions on these documents
3. INEC chairman testifying is the umbrella for everything that happened in the Election nationally.
4. Despite section 137 of the electoral act that precludes oral testimony if and only if the tendered document is either original or certified, it would have been near impossible to call oral witnesses for each polling unit.
5. All these evidences will be analysed forensically by an expert witness to form opinion on these documents.
6. Remember there must be appropriate testimony before forensic analysis so it is very important that INEC chair testifies.
– Teddy Ezeike