The Labour
Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi has tendered eighteen
thousand and eighty-eight (18,088) blurred polling unit result sheets among
other documents in continuation of the prosecution of their case before the
Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) in Abuja.
Counsel to
the Petitioners, Onyechi Ikpeazu tendered the documents through the
petitioners’ fourth witness (PW4), Eric Ofoedu, who is a Professor of
Mathematics at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
The
petitioners also tendered report of the witness’ analysis of some election
materials, a copy of a letter, written to him by the LP, dated February 20,
2023, engaging Professor Ofoedu to help the party analyse data in respect of
the February 25 presidential election and the subpoena issued on him to attend
court and produce the said documents.
Counsel to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Abubakar Mahmoud, Wole Olanipekun representing President Bola Tinubu and Vice President
Kashim Shettma, and Lateef Fagbemi for the All Progressives Congress (APC) objected to the tendering of majority of the documents with a promise to adduce reasons for their objection at the final stage of their written addresses
Lawyers to
the respondents expressed displeasure that the petitioners only served them the
written statement of Professor Ofoedu a few minutes before the court arguing
that they ought to be served earlier to enable them study the statement for the
purpose of cross examination.
The
petitioners also called its fifth witness (PW5), Lumnie Edevbie, another
subpoenaed witness from a private television channel station who tendered a
flash drive, containing a video recording of a presentation by INEC Chairman,
Prof Mahmood Yakubu at the Chatham House, London
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