Respondents in the petition filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) Abubakar Atiku, Wednesday, opposed the admissibility of documents tendered as evidence in the petition seeking to sack President Bola Tinubu from Office.
At the commencement of the proceeding before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), Atiku, through his counsel, Chris Uche SAN, said the team has prepared a second schedule of documents to be tendered on 30th of May and filed on 31st of May, adding that the documents were fully served on the parties involved.
Among the documents tendered in evidence by the Petitioners through Eyitayo Jegede, SAN were certified true copies of Form EC8A downloaded by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) from INEC Result Viewing Portal (IREV).
Form EC8As are sheets used for collection of results at the polling units level.
The documents numbered as No1- No1A are certification of compliance for 17 local governments of Abia State.
He also tendered form EC8A for eight LGA of Bayelsa state, EC8A for 23 LGA of Kaduna state, EC8A for 20 LGA of Ogun state. As well as that of 23 LGA of Kogi state.
Reacting, Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress and INEC, through their counsel, objected to the admissibility of all documents relating to five local governments in Kogi states except Olamuboro, Ofu, Omala, Okohi and Ajaokuta.
The Petitioners further tendered form EC40G for Kaduna state. This is the form where INEC inputs the number of all polling units that were cancelled or voters that couldn’t vote.
Finally, they tendered the print of Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) and accreditation data with details including time stamp for 33 states.
Respondents, INEC through its counsel, Abubakar Mahmoud SAN objected to all, except for Kogi, Sokoto and Rivers State.
The Petitioners counsel prayed the court to deem the documents as read pursuant to provisions of paragraph 46(A) of the first schedule of the electoral Act.
The Respondents, however, declined giving consent that the documents be deemed as read, having objected to their admissibility.
Having tendered the documents, the Chairman of the Court, Justice Haruna Tsammani, admitted them as evidence.
Justice Tsammani subsequently adjourned the case until Thursday for continuation of proceedings.
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