The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the
February 25 presidential election, Mr Peter Gregory Obi and his party confirmed
to the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Thursday in Abuja that
they would challenge the election results in 18 states only.
They held that they would not dissipate energies in the
states where they won convincingly and without any dispute.
However, at the end of proceedings, Obi and his party
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 be used to establish their alleged
riggings and other malpractices during the election.
Presiding Justice of the Court, Haruna Simon Tsammani
admitted the documents as exhibits after they were tendered by Chief Emeka
Okpoko SAN who represented Obi and the Labour Party.
Meanwhile, INEC, represented by Kemi Pinhero SAN, issued the
documents and certified them as genuine but dramatically announced its decision
to object to the admission of the documents.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his Vice, Kashim Shetima,
who are 2nd and 3rd respondents and represented by Adebayo Adelodun SAN in the
petition challenging their declaration as winners of the election, also hinted
to oppose the admissibility of the electoral documents.
Similarly, the All Progressives Congress, APC, represented
by Chief Afolabi Fashanu, SAN, argued that it would raise objections against
the documents.
Breakdown of the tendered and admitted documents showed that
Forms EC8A were tendered in 15 Local Government Areas of Rivers State, 23 in
Benue, 18 in Cross River, 23 in Niger State, 20 in Osun and 16 in Ekiti Local
Government Areas.
A further hearing in the petition has been shifted to June 2
by the Court at the instance of the two petitioners.
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