The Presidential Election Petitions Court accepted metadata of polling unit results given by a cyber security expert of the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
According to news reports, Dr Chibuike Ugwuoke, a cyber security expert, also presented the URI of a letter titled “Alleged Plot To Abandon The Transmission Of Polling Unit Results To INEC Portal” dated November 16, 2022 by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
INEC’s lawyers, the All Progressives Congress (APC), President Bola Tinubu, and Vice President Kashim Shettima all protested to the documents’ admission.
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However, the documents were admitted as exhibits by the five-member panel of justices presided over by Justice Haruna Tsammani.
Following that, Peter Afuba (SAN), the Labour Party’s lawyer, submitted certified reports of the total number of registered voters and PVCs collected in 32 states, certificates of compliance for Edo State, and supplementary IREV reports for three local governments in Benue, 12 in Lagos, and one in Gombe states.
The Labour Party also called witnesses, including an NGO observer, Onoja Oloko Sunday of the Women and Child Rescue Initiative, and Kefas Iyah, an INEC ad hoc staff member, who testified that, while the National Assembly results were easily transferred, the presidential results were not.
The witnesses admitted under cross-examination that every other step in the election proceeded properly, and they also admitted that they were subpoenaed in their personal capacity.
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