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The Labour Party and its presidential candidate in the February 25 election, Peter Obi, on Thursday evening, sought an order of the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja to interrogate the Independent National Electoral Commission.

The LP and Obi, among other things, are seeking details relating to the information and communication technology experts used by INEC in the conduct of the election.

The LP and Obi are challenging the declaration by INEC that Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress won the election.

In two separate motions argued by their lawyer, Patrick Ikweto (SAN), Obi posed 12 questions to be forwarded to INEC as part of efforts to their petition which questioned the integrity of the election.

The petitioners averred that the interrogatory application if acceded to, would assist them in solidifying their claims that the conduct of the election was flawed.

However, counsel for INEC, Kemi Pinhero (SAN), objected to the move, on the grounds that the application was brought outside the time specified and allowed by law.

He contended that moving the application outside the pre-hearing session had robbed the court of jurisdiction to hear it.

Also, both the counsel for Tinubu, Akin Olujimi (SAN) and counsel for the APC, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), opposed the request.

The presiding Justice, Haruna Tsammani, reserved the ruling on the interrogatory applications by Obi and his party.

He also adjourned further hearing in the petition till Friday (today).

Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, called their first subpoenaed witness at the Presidential Election Petition Court despite vehement objection by the respondents.

The witness, Friday Egwuma, who was an INEC ad hoc staff, told the court that he served as Presiding Officer at Polling Unit 17, Aba North in Abia State.

Egwuma told the court that he experienced technical glitches at the point of ing the captured presidential results to the INEC Results Viewing Portal.

He alleged that the results could not be electronically transmitted in real-time after capturing it on the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System.

Egwuama gave the testimony during his cross-examination by the counsel for INEC, A.B. Mahmoud (SAN).

He pointed out that the difficulty he encountered was only in relation to the presidential results as other results pertaining to the senatorial and House of Representatives elections were electronically transmitted to the portal seamlessly.

He, however, noted that there was an option to use an offline mode in such a situation.

Earlier on, before the witness testified the respondents had opposed the issibility of his deposition.

The court reserved ruling on the objection until final judgment.

https://punchng.com/inec-apc-oppose-lps-request-to-quiz-it-experts/?amp

Devilish party and Evil Electoral commission...


They opposed live broadcast..... They r opposing request to scrutinize INEC experts....

The truth is that am not seeing any positive outcome from this case because with all these happenings the judges should have made their conclusion by now.... Everything is just clear even to a blind person......


God help this nation.....

🤦‍♀️

ok

Abeg I dey find car to drive on bolt/uber platform abuja.
I deliver without stories.
N.B- I am experienced

Is INEC a branch of APC?

As an impartial umpire, is the best thing not to allow your books to be checked and scrutinised to prove that you ate not biased?

Or is there something INEC is not telling us?

He who has a free conscience fears no accusations.
INEC and APC are theives and will be proven in court.


WE will reclaim our stolen mandate. 😎

Trust22:
Devilish party

I don't blame the party rather inec

Ashwaju Jagaban Presido

APC is evil!

I am enjoying this

Is INEC a political party?

Objections to answering simple questions as a referee makes you compromised.

We should just stop this time wasting. APC, INEC, DSS and the Buhari Presidency merged and rigged the elections.

Trying to take back the cup from the Baboon after a drink is somewhat very hard but not impossible.

Imagine inec opposing such request. If inec has nothing to hide they should even encourage obi to proceed not to object.

Aapc, eyeneck and their ers always taking defensive positions against any move seeking ability of the presidential electoral process.

Why is INEC & APC opposing the IT Experts Witness, they told Mr Obi to go to Court.
he is in court & these are the Evidences & Procedures he want prove that the Election was thoroughly rigged by the INEC and powers that be.

This is a great sign that Peter Obi is coming

Why quiz the IT specialist as if going to court was part of their job specification, well God bless President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Jagaban the Eze-Chukwu of Igbo land, no man born out of woman can unseat Asiwaju

Them dey fear.. Criminals

Obi clearly won hands down!

Things

APC is a party of crazy cocaine sniffing animals

Who knows nothing but to gaslight and use tribal cards when scared

Why the opposition ?
If it were to be APC wouldn't they probe in ? To ask questions ? See these people o

It's the prerogative of the defense counsels to reject every move of the LP na...

No be the reason they call the place "Court" "Tribunal" be that

Yours is to make request, theirs is to reject your request..


Then, both of Una go argue before the Judges and the Judges go decide.

So, what's the news in APC and INEC rejecting the request Na normal thing na

ok

Something tells me that even Buhari didn't actually win the 2015 election. Nigerians were deceived, but many kept quiet because Jonathan conceded.

Reinaldo:
This is a great sign that Peter Obi is coming

Coming to Onitsha I guess

The court should not allow Peter Obi and LP to mess up the court they know that they actually came 3rd position but they just want to mess up everything.

Ok

INEC

What was once the body charged with organising Elections in Nigeria..

..Has become a wing of the APC.

What Tinubu's money cannot Do for corrupt Nigerians does not exist

LadyExcellency:
Is INEC a political party?

Objections to answering simple questions as a referee makes you compromised.

We should just stop this time wasting. APC, INEC, DSS and the Buhari Presidency merged and rigged the elections.

Trying to take back the cup from the Baboon after a drink is somewhat very hard but not impossible.

Why are you dull like this?

Was INEC sued? Or who are the respondents to the legal suit?

INEC is APC's goal keeper

Were they ( INEC) not Independent, is APC their client?

Hian, why is INEC against every single move in these cases? To prove they conducted good elections?

If e sure them, they should allow agitating parties to explore their options or "waste their time".
They should get better lawyers for defensive measures, not just oppose.

I pray their Lordships judge these cases in truth & fairness!

Yacup manhood is finished