Obi challenges election results, provides evidence in six states
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi is challenging the result of the presidential election on February 25 in only 18 of the 36 states of the federation, his lawyers have informed the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC).
The legal team said Obi would not dissipate energy in states where he won convincingly and without dispute.
However, at the proceedings on Thursday, Obi and the LP tendered certified electoral documents obtained from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in only six states.
The documents, mainly Forms EC8A election results from polling units, were admitted as exhibits to establish alleged rigging and other malpractices in the ballot.
PEPC Chairman, Justice Haruna Tsammani, admitted the documents as exhibits after they were tendered by Emeka Okpoko, SAN who represented Obi and the LP.
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APC, INEC object to admissibility of documents
The INEC, represented by Kemi Pinhero, SAN, issued and certified the documents as genuine but announced its decision to object to their admissibility in evidence, via reporting by Daily Post.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (second respondent) and Vice President Kashim Shetima (third respondent), both of who were represented by Adebayo Adelodun, SAN, also opposed the admissibility of the documents.
They were joined in the objection by the All Progressives Congress (APC), represented by Afolabi Fashanu, SAN.
The documents tendered and admitted in evidence are Forms EC8A in
- 15 councils in Rivers
- 23 councils in Benu
- 18 in councils in Cross River
- 23 councils in Niger
- 20 councils in Osun
- 16 councils in Ekiti
The court adjourned the hearing until June 2.