The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), on Thursday, admitted in evidence statistics reports of inspectors of the 25th of February presidential election tendered by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and their candidate, Atiku Abubakar, against the declaration of APC candidate, Bola Tinubu, as the winner of the poll.
The three-volume bound reports were tendered by Atiku’s forensic examiner and statistician, Samuel Oduntan.
The court, however, adjourned till today (Thursday) to enable the respondents to cross-examine the witness.
The witness, Samuel Oduntan, who is the petitioners’s 21st witness (PW21) is a statistician and a subpoenaed witness.
He was led in evidence by counsel to the petitioners, Eyitayo Jegede (SAN), who adopted his statement on oath, even though it was objected by all the respondents.
Abubakar Mahmoud, (SAN) represented INEC, Wole Olanipakun (SAN) represented Tinubu, and Lateef Fagbemi, (SAN) represented APC.
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The respondents’ counsels, however, objected to the tendering of the statistician ‘s report from the inspection of the election, alongside the three appendages.
Specifically, Olujimi and Fagbemi declined giving their consent to the admissibility of the documents.
They argued that the petitioners never mentioned that the documents would be demonstrated.
Jegede told the court that the evidence in chief of the witness be taken today while the cross-examination would be tomorrow.
All the respondents ‘counsel confirmed that they all met and agreed on that.
Meanwhile, the five-member panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani adjourned until today for cross-examination of the witness and further hearing of the petition.
Africa Today News, New York reports that INEC Chairman, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood, may on Thursday (today) be summoned to appear before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PREPEC) to give evidence.
Mahmood will be required to appear in court in response to a summons issued by the PDP and Atiku.
Africa Today News, New York reports that the former vice president had sued President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, INEC, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in an effort to challenge the conduct of the election that led to Tinubu’s election as president.