Peter Gregory Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) candidate for president in the February 25 presidential election, and his party declared on Thursday in Abuja that they would only contest the election results in 18 states to the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC).
In the states where they decisively and uncontestedly won, they maintained that they would not let their efforts wane.
At the conclusion of the hearings, only six states’ worth of verified election paperwork from the Independent National election Commission (INEC) were submitted by Obi and his party.
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Election results from polling units, mostly Forms EC8A, were permitted as exhibits to be used to prove their alleged election riggings and other irregularities.
Chief Emeka Okpoko SAN, who represented Obi and the Labour Party, submitted the documents, and presiding justice of the court Haruna Simon Tsammani accepted them as exhibits.
In the meantime, Kemi Pinhero SAN, speaking on behalf of INEC, issued the documents and attested to their validity before dramatically announcing its objection to their acceptance.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his Vice, Kashim Shetima, who are the petition’s second and third respondents and are represented by Adebayo Adelodun SAN, have also made suggestions that they challenge the electoral records’ acceptance.
The All Progressives Congress, APC, asserted that it would object to the documents in a similar manner, and was represented by Chief Afolabi Fashanu, SAN.
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Forms EC8A were submitted 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, according to a breakdown of the tendered and admitted documents.
At the request of the two petitioners, the Court has scheduled a new hearing for the petition for June 2.
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