The Presidential Election Petition Court sitting in Abuja Nigeria’s capital has admitted results from 1888 Polling Units as evidence in defence of the Petition by the Labour Party Presidential Candidate Mr Peter Obi.
Obi is challenging the outcome of the February 25 2023 Presidential election that brought President Bola Ahmed Tinubu into office.
At a resumed hearing on Thursday, counsel to Peter Obi Mr Onyechi Ikpazu SAN called a star witness Mr Eric Ofegbu who is a Professor of Mathematics from Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka Anambra state, Southeast Nigeria.
The witness tendered blurred results from 1888 Polling Units in evidence.
Also tendered are the results for the election in Benue State and Rivers State in central and southern Nigeria as well as data analysis and scores investigation.
Counsels to the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Abubakar Mahmoud SAN, that of President Tinubu, Wole Olanipekum, SAN and Counsel to the All Progressives Congress APC Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, objected to the admissibility of the documents.
However, Justice Haruna Simon Tsamani admitted them as evidence while the witness will be cross-examined on 16 June 2023.
The second subpoena witness who appeared was Mr Lummie Idivie from Arise Television who tendered a flash containing INEC Chairman Professor Mahmoud Yakubu affirming the use of Technology in the 2023 Presidential elections.
Chairman of the panel Justice Haruna Tsamani adjourned for further hearing on the petition to June 16.
Emmanuel Ukoh
