PRESIDENTIAL TRIBUNAL: PETER OBI TENDERS RESULTS OF 6 STATES, 115 LGAs IN EVIDENCE
Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, has on Thursday, presented certified copies of results of the election results from six states as proof that he had won the February 25 presidential election despite coming third.
The results, which came from 115 Local Government Areas (LGAs), were tendered before the Abuja-based Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC).
Though Obi’s legal team was led by Prof. Awa Kalu, SAN, however, the election results, which were contained in Forms EC8A, were tendered from the Bar by one of his lawyers, Chief Emeka Opoko, SAN.
The first batch of election results presented to the court by the LP candidate came from 15 of Rivers State’s 22 LGAs.
The five-member panel headed by Justice Haruna Tsammani accepted the Rivers state results and marked them as Exhibits PD 1 to PD 15 despite opposition from all respondents in the case.
Results from 18 LGAs in Cross River State were submitted to the evidence as Exhibits PD1 – PD 18, while results from 23 LGAs in Benue State were equally tendered by Obi and the LP and marked as Exhibits PC 1 to PC 23.
Obi submitted Forms EC8A from 23 LGAs in Niger state, which were accepted as Exhibits PE-1 through PE23, together with those from 20 LGAs in Osun state, which were marked as Exhibits PF 1 – PF 20.
The petitioners also submitted 16 LGAs in Ekiti as exhibits, which were designated Exhibits PG 1 – PG 16.
The Justice Tsammani-led panel subsequently adjourned further proceedings in the matter till Friday.
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