On Monday, the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) refused to furnish them with the papers they requested.
Obi and the LP are petitioners in the CA/PEPC/03/2023 petition contesting President Bola Tinubu’s election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are among those who have responded.
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The LP and Obi informed the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) that they would be unable to proceed with their petition due to INEC’s inability to submit the requested papers.
Jubrin Okutepa, LP’s counsel, told the court that INEC did not give all of the papers his client requested.
“We are bringing this to your notice for your intervention because we have done everything humanly possible.
“This afternoon, INEC released a few IreV reports from Lagos and Gombe.
“These documents were certified since May 29. We have severally written letters detailing the documents we needed in the proof of our petition.
“We have paid for most of these documents,” he said.
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Okutepa further informed the court that INEC appeared to be purposefully prolonging proceedings.
Abubakar Mahmoud, Council for INEC, informed the court that he got a letter from the petitioners on May 15 and has not received any more letters thereafter.
“All the documents that the subpoenaed witnesses are tendering were provided by INEC. We never denied the petitioners any document.
I am a senior counsel and know the importance of this matter. They should stop this lamentation,” he said.
Wole Olanipakun, Tinubu and Shettima’s counsel, also stated that a meeting of top counsels would be held to discuss the issues presented.
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The judge asked them to reach an agreement so that the proceedings could move smoothly.
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