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The Social Democratic Party, on Thursday, presented one witness at the Kogi State Election Petitions Tribunal, who itted that the SDP had agents across the polling units in the state.

The witness, Benjamin Ikani Okolo, from Dekina Local Government Area (Kogi East), tendered an inspection report and also adopted his deposition on oath before the three-member of justices, led by Justice Ado Birnin-Kudu.

His confirmation that the SDP had agents across the polling units in the state, was of interest, considering the fact that only one polling agent, who said he couldn't produce an evidence of his role, had been presented by the SDP as witness in the ongoing hearing.

The Respondents' counsel had, in earlier sittings, asked why the polling agents were not complaining, while random voters were being produced as witnesses.

When he was being cross-examined, Respondents' Counsel, Kanu Agabi SAN, said the witness, a former Local Government Chairman of Dekina, should tell the Tribunal how many polling units were being challenged in the petition, but he said he did not know.

He was shown INEC manuals, regulation exhibits, BVAS screenshots and other Electoral documents as earlier tendered by the petitioners, and he identified them, but itted that he didn't "make" any of them.

He noted that he only saw the result sheets and other documents he identified in court during inspection, adding that he did not also make any input to the BVAS devices.

When asked where he was during the governorship election in the state, he said he was in Kogi East, that he was not in Okene, Okehi, Adavi or Lokoja, where the results were being challenged.

According to him, there was no signature of INEC staff on the inspection report that he tendered.

The Respondents' counsel pointed out one of the scores of the APC as indicated in the witness statement on oath, which was different from the one in the inspection report, in addition to other discrepancies found between the report and figures said to have been gotten from the BVAS.

While responding, the witness said he would not agree that a large portion of the report was not correct in view of the discrepancies found.

He agreed that some polling units were not stated in the inspection report even though they were stated in the petition but noted that this was because there was no over-voting in those polling units.

The Respondents' counsel also asked, "Are you aware that INEC staff had come to show the figures in the BVAS to the Tribunal, and that the figures in the BVAS contradict what is in your deposition?"

He responded that he could not confirm that the figures in the BVAS were contradictory to what was in the deposition on oath because he didn't see the figures in the BVAS.

It was also observed that the accreditation figures quoted in his witness deposition were at variance with what was contained in the BVAS as presented in earlier sittings.

The sitting was adjourned to April 5 2024 for continuation of hearing.

While Pius Akubo SAN represented the petitioners, Kanu Agabi SAN appeared for INEC.

A.M. Aliu SAN represented Gov. Usman Ododo and E.C. Ukala SAN represented APC.

The SDP is challenging the victory of Gov Ododo in the November 2023 governorship poll in the state.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/04/kogi-i-wasnt-in-disputed-areas-during-election-sdp-witness-tells-tribunal/amp/

The lies that one told oneself is self inflicting injury. Their is no discrepancy between the BVAs report and what was displayed in court.
I don't know why nairaland would allow you to come here and mislead the public

yussybenayu:
The lies that one told oneself is self inflicting injury. Their is no discrepancy between the BVAs report and what was displayed in court.
I don't know why nairaland would allow you to come here and mislead the public

no worry.... E go shock them... Muri Ajaka yaa waa

yussybenayu:
The lies that one told oneself is self inflicting injury. Their is no discrepancy between the BVAs report and what was displayed in court.
I don't know why nairaland would allow you to come here and mislead the public

Don't mind them. Any sane person knows that the election was rigged. I don't even need any court to prove it. But it is funny how those that keep crying that Nigei6 is not moving forward keep ing things like election rigging just because it favours them at that point.

Enskynelson:

Don't mind them. Any sane person knows that the election was rigged. I don't even need any court to prove it. But it is funny how those that keep crying that Nigei6 is not moving forward keep ing things like election rigging just because it favours them at that point.

so why don't you tender your compelling evidence to prove your spurious claims of rigging, Ododo overwhelming won that election by a mile, and trust me none of the contestants is free of electoral wrongdoings

Enskynelson:

Don't mind them. Any sane person knows that the election was rigged. I don't even need any court to prove it. But it is funny how those that keep crying that Nigei6 is not moving forward keep ing things like election rigging just because it favours them at that point.

I am not from Kogi state and I don't have any interest in that election but our last born served in kogi state and worked with INEC in Kogi East during the elections, my only interest was her safety. She called me that night of the elections telling me how the SDP guy's Igala people massively rigged the election in that area for him and she actually thought the guy would be decleared the winner not knownng there is a bigger rigger elsewhere.
We all know that everyone rigged in their stronghold but the bigger rigger was decleared the winner.

This one don lose case for SDP

We're watching

sagitariusbaby:
I am not from Kogi state and I don't have any interest in that election but our last born served in kogi state and worked with INEC in Kogi East during the elections, my only interest was her safety. She called me that night of the elections telling me how the SDP guy's Igala people massively rigged the election in that area for him and she actually thought the guy would be decleared the winner not knownng there is a bigger rigger elsewhere.
We all know that everyone rigged in their stronghold but the bigger rigger was decleared the winner.

Atleast rig with sense (Not in of election rigging). APC rigged without any iota of sense.

Satazaa:
so why don't you tender your compelling evidence to prove your spurious claims of rigging, Ododo overwhelming won that election by a mile, and trust me none of the contestants is free of electoral wrongdoings

Evidences on BIVAS are more than enough. Even a blind man knows the truth. We're just in a corrupt society where the law doesn't stand for the truth

yussybenayu:
The lies that one told oneself is self inflicting injury. Their is no discrepancy between the BVAs report and what was displayed in court.
I don't know why nairaland would allow you to come here and mislead the public

don't mind him. He is a sponsored agent on nairaland

Esude007:
no worry.... E go shock them... Muri Ajaka yaa waa

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyy

Ododo forge his age, all this one is just jamboree, he would soon be show exit door.

thegeniusmedia:
...

...The Respondents' counsel had, in earlier sittings, asked why the polling agents were not complaining, while random voters were being produced as witnesses....

....

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/04/kogi-i-wasnt-in-disputed-areas-during-election-sdp-witness-tells-tribunal/amp/

The VOTERS were part of the process.
TRUE OR FALSE??

The Electoral-Act-2022 didn't make it compulsory or mandatory for ALL the Parties to have their Party-Agents at all the Polling-units and Collation-Centers.. ...(Section:43(3))...

So, if the parties have their evidence gathered by a voter (or voters) who participated in the election, and not by their party-agents,, the evidence doesn't become null-and-void.
(TRUE OR FALSE.??)

Meanwhile,, documentary evidence (especially from the INEC’s database or INEC’s available devices or materials) can be extracted by anybody who knows how to extract such data from the database, devices, or materials..
(And that such a person presented good evidence that he is an “authority” in extracting such data, and as such, his data can be trusted.. And that he can extract such data again under supervision and arrive at similar results again)..

It must NOT be that the data must be extracted by ONLY the persons who played some SPECIFIC ROLES in the elections under the jurisdictions in question.

(Cc.. Fergie001, Garfield1, Racoon, Dalitigator)

thegeniusmedia:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/04/kogi-i-wasnt-in-disputed-areas-during-election-sdp-witness-tells-tribunal/amp/

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This KOGI TRIBUNAL will be one of the Cases that would further Punctuate the Functions of the BVAS-Reports and BVAS-Inspection-Reports.

There were BVAS-Reports and there were BVAS-Inspection-Reports this time around.

Let's see how things go again this time around.

sagitariusbaby:
I am not from Kogi state and I don't have any interest in that election but our last born served in kogi state and worked with INEC in Kogi East during the elections, my only interest was her safety. She called me that night of the elections telling me how the SDP guy's Igala people massively rigged the election in that area for him and she actually thought the guy would be decleared the winner not knownng there is a bigger rigger elsewhere.
We all know that everyone rigged in their stronghold but the bigger rigger was decleared the winner.

i can confirm this i was in kogi as at the time of the election, the biggest rigger won

sagitariusbaby:
I am not from Kogi state and I don't have any interest in that election but our last born served in kogi state and worked with INEC in Kogi East during the elections, my only interest was her safety. She called me that night of the elections telling me how the SDP guy's Igala people massively rigged the election in that area for him and she actually thought the guy would be decleared the winner not knownng there is a bigger rigger elsewhere.
We all know that everyone rigged in their stronghold but the bigger rigger was decleared the winner.

@ the highlighted:

Exactly what's going on everywhere in Nigeria.

Those complaining are the ones with LESS resources to rig,

ALL of them RIGGED. PERIOD !!!

Enskynelson:

Don't mind them. Any sane person knows that the election was rigged. I don't even need any court to prove it. But it is funny how those that keep crying that Nigei6 is not moving forward keep ing things like election rigging just because it favours them at that point.

You must prove rigging in court sir

sagitariusbaby:
I am not from Kogi state and I don't have any interest in that election but our last born served in kogi state and worked with INEC in Kogi East during the elections, my only interest was her safety. She called me that night of the elections telling me how the SDP guy's Igala people massively rigged the election in that area for him and she actually thought the guy would be decleared the winner not knownng there is a bigger rigger elsewhere.
We all know that everyone rigged in their stronghold but the bigger rigger was decleared the winner.

Gbam

Innobee99:
Atleast rig with sense (Not in of election rigging). APC rigged without any iota of sense.

No sense in rigging mr.rigging is rigging

Innobee99:
Evidences on BIVAS are more than enough. Even a blind man knows the truth. We're just in a corrupt society where the law doesn't stand for the truth

It must still be tendered

IamANigerianMan:
Ododo forge his age, all this one is just jamboree, he would soon be show exit door.

You must prove it beyond doubt and also that he isn't up to 35 years

BluntCrazeMan:



The VOTERS were part of the process.
TRUE OR FALSE??

The Electoral-Act-2022 didn't make it compulsory or mandatory for ALL the Parties to have their Party-Agents at all the Polling-units and Collation-Centers.. ...(Section:43(3))...

So, if the parties have their evidence gathered by a voter (or voters) who participated in the election, and not by their party-agents,, the evidence doesn't become null-and-void.
(TRUE OR FALSE.??)

Meanwhile,, documentary evidence (especially from the INEC’s database or INEC’s available devices or materials) can be extracted by anybody who knows how to extract such data from the database, devices, or materials..
(And that such a person presented good evidence that he is an “authority” in extracting such data, and as such, his data can be trusted.. And that he can extract such data again under supervision and arrive at similar results again)..

It must NOT be that the data must be extracted by ONLY the persons who played some SPECIFIC ROLES in the elections under the jurisdictions in question.

(Cc.. Fergie001, Garfield1, Racoon, Dalitigator)

A voter testifying must have been in that particular unit and must be included in that petition.only the maker of a data or document can tender or speak to it

BluntCrazeMan:



..

This KOGI TRIBUNAL will be one of the Cases that would further Punctuate the Functions of the BVAS-Reports and BVAS-Inspection-Reports.

There were BVAS-Reports and there were BVAS-Inspection-Reports this time around.

Let's see how things go again this time around.

There's nothing to see,sdp has bungled the case already

Why is INEC displaying the content of BIVAS at the court?

sagitariusbaby:
I am not from Kogi state and I don't have any interest in that election but our last born served in kogi state and worked with INEC in Kogi East during the elections, my only interest was her safety. She called me that night of the elections telling me how the SDP guy's Igala people massively rigged the election in that area for him and she actually thought the guy would be decleared the winner not knownng there is a bigger rigger elsewhere.
We all know that everyone rigged in their stronghold but the bigger rigger was decleared the winner.

you are a big liar mr man

garfield1:


You must prove rigging in court sir

That is why SDP is in court to prove. fraudulent agent like you will be disappointed pretty soon. Just imagine how you are ing bad things.Didnt we all saw how election results sheets were taken and result filled before election started in that kogi state?

BluntCrazeMan:
The VOTERS were part of the process.
TRUE OR FALSE??

True

The Electoral-Act-2022 didn't make it compulsory or mandatory for ALL the Parties to have their Party-Agents at all the Polling-units and Collation-Centers.. ...(Section:43(3))...

True

So, if the parties have their evidence gathered by a voter (or voters) who participated in the election, and not by their party-agents,, the evidence doesn't become null-and-void.
(TRUE OR FALSE.??)

True, but the voter must provide evidence only in that Polling Unit he participated in. He cannot be everywhere at the same time, hence he can only attest or stand witness to the Polling Unit he voted.

Again, was his/her witness statement on oath tendered within the allowable time frame for election petition cases?

Meanwhile,, documentary evidence (especially from the INEC’s database or INEC’s available devices or materials) can be extracted by anybody who knows how to extract such data from the database, devices, or materials..
(And that such a person presented good evidence that he is an “authority” in extracting such data, and as such, his data can be trusted.. And that he can extract such data again under supervision and arrive at similar results again)..

It must NOT be that the data must be extracted by ONLY the persons who played some SPECIFIC ROLES in the elections under the jurisdictions in question.

(Cc.. Garfield1, Racoon, Dalitigator)

This is not exactly true.
Our Court system is adversarial in nature hence a small procedural misstep might lose you the case.

Extracting data from the INEC server makes it a public document. The Supreme Court has been emphatic on it and all other Courts must bow to it.

In Emmanuel Udom v Umana Umana, ANPP v. INEC, PDP v INEC, Ucha v. Elechi, Ombugadu v Sule, Iniama v. Akpabio, Kabir Yusuf v APC, Okereke v Umahi, Buhari v INEC, Omisore v Aregbesola, etc, be it a private or public document, it becomes documentary hearsay if the maker is not called up.

The Court is not a Father Christmas, no matter how expertly the data is extracted from INEC Server, it is a public document and it is incumbent on the petitioner to link such documents and call the maker of that document to testify or speak to it.

The man who extracted the data is not the maker of that document, he cannot speak to it.

This one don lose case for SDP

It's good they went to court " in politics you must stay afloat for relevant sake