Joseph Gbenga, a database analyst
engaged by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has admitted that he has not
been certified.
Gbenga, number 441 on the
petitioners list, said this while testifying at the presidential election
petitions tribunal in Abuja on Friday.
The database analyst said he is
still undergoing certification.
“I have not been certified,” the
witness said when he was being cross-examined by Yunus Usman, counsel to the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
“I have done work for WHO, UNFPA
but this is my first on election work.”
Asked by Wole Olanipekun, counsel
to President Muhammadu Buhari, when he was engaged for the job, Gbenga said:
“About two months ago.”
“I got the pink copies about a
month ago,” he said when asked if Zamfara’s result was part of his analysis.
Pressed further, he said,
“Zamfara is not part of the 11 states.” He added that “I did not make use of
voters register [for my analysis].”
When asked if he knows that the
margin of victory he gave the petitioners in 11 states is greater than what
they got in 36 states, he said: “That was not under my purview.”
Before he testified, Lateef
Fagebemi, counsel of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had objected to him
taking the witness stand.
David Njoga, an Information and
Communications Technology (ICT) expert, had earlier told the tribunal that the
information gotten from the INEC server that he analysed was obtained from a
whistleblower.
“The INEC official is anonymous,”
he said.
“If the INEC chairman provides
access to the server, I will prove that it is the same information on the
whistleblowing sites.”
He added that he was not paid but
his logistics were taken care of.
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