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Thursday, 15 June 2023 03:55

Obi, INEC’s lawyers clash at PEPC over Yakubu’s alleged evasion of subpoena

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Wednesday, informed the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja that INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, has been evading service of a subpoena on him. Obi wants Yakubu to testify before the five-member panel of the court concerning his petition challenging President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the 25 February election. His claim that Yakubu was evading service of a subpoena came barely 24 hours after the lawyers to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, also signaled that they would be bringing the INEC chair to testify in…

Wednesday, 14 June 2023 04:03

PEPC: Obi tenders IReV reports in 5 states as further ‘proof’ election rigged for Tinubu

Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Tuesday, tendered reports of INEC Results Viewing Portal (IReV) at the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja. The INEC IReV portal warehouses photographic copies of polling unit result sheets of the 2023 general elections. It is an innovative component of the electoral umpire’s management of the recent polls. INEC had promised that the polling unit result sheets would be immediately uploaded to the IReV portal after the election was concluded at the various polling centres. INEC’s failure to keep to the promise triggered uproar from many Nigerians. The failure formed one of the…

Monday, 12 June 2023 02:07

Democracy Day: ‘Nigeria’s democratic system has in-built mechanism to self-correct’ - Obi

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), says he won’t relent in his fight to bring about the leadership that Nigerians deserve. In a Democracy Day message, Obi said Nigerians should be inspired to correct the errors of the 2023 elections. According to the LP candidate, Nigerians on June 12, 1993, stated their unreserved preference for true democracy and chose a transparent voting system despite being under military rule. “Our votes reflected our true choice as a people. Our choice on that day defied divisions of ethnicity, religion, and region,” Obi said. “It is these qualities that added…

Sunday, 11 June 2023 04:04

Video clips of INEC chair, Tinubu in Peter Obi’s petition were played at PEPC. This is what they contain

Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja on Saturday played three video clips as evidence in Labour Party’s presidential candidate Peter Obi’s suit challenging President Bola Tinubu’s victory. Mr Tinubu, who won Nigeria’s presidency on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the February presidential election, is battling to sustain his victory in court. In a bid to prove his allegation of Nigeria’s electoral commission, INEC’s, non-compliance with its guidelines in the conduct of the 25 February presidential election, Obi’s legal team tendered two flash drives containing INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, and another top official’s press interviews. Another video…

Sunday, 11 June 2023 04:03

PEPC rejects Obi’s request to interrogate INEC’s IT staff

Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, on Saturday, struck out an application the candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, filed for permission to interrogate the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on the technology it deployed for the conduct of the general elections. Specifically, Obi, who is challenging the outcome of the presidential election that was held on February 25, had in the application, prayed the court to compel the electoral body to answer 12 key questions he listed on an interrogatory he filed on May 22. He wanted INEC to among other things, tell the court…

Saturday, 10 June 2023 04:28

More INEC ad hoc officers testify for Atiku at PEPC

Two ad hoc officers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday told the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja that they were instructed not to give election results sheets to political party agents who refused to sign the documents. The subpoenaed witnesses – Abidemi Joseph and Grace Ajagbonna – appeared before the five-member panel of the court chaired by Haruna Tsammani to testify in the petition filed by Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging President Bola Tinubu’s victory. Atiku and Mr Obi are urging the court to overturn Tinubu’s victory. They are alleging electoral malpractices…

Friday, 09 June 2023 04:19

Obi applies to interrogate INEC’s IT experts before PEPC; Tinubu, INEC say NO

Labour Party and its presidential candidate in the February 25 election, Peter Obi, on Thursday evening, sought an order of the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja to interrogate the Independent National Electoral Commission. LP and Obi, among other things, are seeking details relating to the information and communication technology experts used by INEC in the conduct of the election. LP and Obi are challenging the declaration by INEC that Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress won the election. In two separate motions argued by their lawyer, Patrick Ikweto, Obi posed 12 questions to be forwarded to INEC as…

Thursday, 08 June 2023 04:33

Atiku slates INEC ad hoc staff to testify against ex-employer, Tinubu

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, indicated on Wednesday to call three electoral officers to testify for him at the ongoing hearing of the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja. The three witnesses, who will appear on subpoena, were part of the ad-hoc staff engaged by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct the 25 presidential election. Atiku, who alleged widespread irregularities and manipulations of results during the election, filed his petition at the court in March to challenge President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the disputed poll. He asked the five-member panel of the court…

Thursday, 08 June 2023 04:32

How ‘magic happened to Atiku’s votes in Anambra’, witness testifies against Obi at PEPC

A witness of Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate in the February 25th presidential elections, Ndubuisi Nwobu has revealed how his candidate was rigged out by Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi in Anambra state. Nwobu told the presidential election tribunal, Wednesday that “magic happened to the votes of the PDP candidate at different collation centres. In the results announced by the Independent Electoral Commission, Peter Obi scored 584,621 votes in Anambra; Atiku polled 9,036 votes in the state and Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress scored 5,111 votes. During proceedings, Nwobu who is Anambra PDP chairman…

Thursday, 08 June 2023 04:31

Obi tenders final election results before PEPC, set to call witnesses against Tinubu

Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, admitted the final presidential election results as exhibits in Peter Obi’s suit seeking to overturn President Bola Tinubu’s victory. Obi, who was the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, is praying to the court to nullify the victory of Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as Nigeria’s president. Obi alleges electoral fraud and breach of the constitution and electoral laws against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Tinubu during the polls. At the resumed hearing of Obi’s petition on Wednesday, the five-member panel of the court led by Haruna Tsammani,…

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Wednesday, 07 June 2023 02:24

Obi presents ward results from 17 states to PEPC as proof election rigged for Tinubu

Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, admitted in evidence results sheets from 17 states in Peter Obi’s petition seeking to upturn President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the 25 February poll. Nigeria’s electoral commission, INEC, declared Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the February presidential election. But Obi alleges electoral malpractices against INEC and Tinubu. He said there were gross violations of the constitution and the electoral law during the election. To prove his case, Obi has been tendering tons of documentary evidence before the five-member panel of the court headed by Haruna Tsammani. At the…

Wednesday, 07 June 2023 02:23

Atiku accuses INEC of withholding documents needed to prove case at PEPC

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar has accused Independent National Electoral Commission of denying him access to election documents despite paying N6 million. Atiku is challenging the declaration of President of Bola Tinubu by INEC at the February 25 presidential polls. Atiku through his lead counsel, Eyitayo Jegede told the presidential election tribunal on Tuesday that INEC’s refusal to provide the documents is frustrating the PDP candidate’s case. Jegede said the team had to subpoena INEC officials to provide the required documents before the tribunal. The documents requested to prove his case against Tinubu are results from…

Wednesday, 07 June 2023 02:22

Nasarawa House of Assembly members break into two factions, elect two Speakers

Two different Speakers emerged in the seventh Nasarawa State House of Assembly on Tuesday. They are the immediate past Speaker, Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi, who is seeking a third term as Speaker and Daniel Ogazi, a member representing Kokona East constituency in the Assembly. While Balarabe-Abdullahi was elected at a sitting which took place at the Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Ogazi emerged as Speaker from the proceedings at the State Assembly complex. Before the elections which produced both Speakers, a press statement was earlier issued by the acting Clerk of the House, Ibrahim Musa, indicating that the inauguration of…

Tuesday, 06 June 2023 03:49

PEPC: Atiku’s witnesses allege poll fraud

Rivers State presidential election coordinator for the Peoples Democratic Party, Abiye Sekibo, on Monday alleged infringement on the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022 on the use of electronic transmission of results. Sekibo appeared at the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja as a witness in aid of the PDP’s petition challenging the victory of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of the February 25 presidential election. The witness told the court during cross-examination by counsel for Tinubu, Akin Olujimi, that results from polling units across Rivers State were not captured on the Bimodal Voters Accreditation…

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