Peter Obi Tenders Results Of 6 States, 115 LGAs In Evidence Before Court

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Thursday, submitted certified copies of results of the election from six states of the federation to support his petition before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja.

It was learnt that Obi tendered the results, which were obtained from 115 Local Government Areas, LGAs, in evidence to the court.

His legal team which was led by Prof. Awa Kalu, SAN, however, tendered 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 set of results of the election that was tendered before the court by the LP candidate was from 15 out of 22 LGAs of Rivers State.

Despite opposition by all the respondents in the matter, Justice Haruna Tsammani-led’s five-member panel admitted the Rivers state results and marked them as Exhibits PD 1 to PD 15.

Obi and the LP equally tendered results from 23 LGAs in Benue state, which were also admitted in evidence and marked as Exhibits PC 1 to PC 23, while results from 18 LGAs in Cross River State were added in evidence as Exhibits PD1 – PD 18.

On Niger state, Obi tendered Forms EC8A from 23 LGAs and they were admitted in evidence as Exhibits PE-1 to PE 23, as well as that of 20 LGAs in Osun state which were marked as Exhibits PF 1 – PF 20.

The last set of results the petitioners adduced and tendered in evidence before the court were from 16 LGAs in Ekiti and they were marked as Exhibits PG 1 to PG 16.

The Justice Tsammani-led panel subsequently adjourned further proceedings in the matter till Friday.

All the respondents said they would give reasons why they challenged the admissibility of the presidential election results that Obi and the LP tendered in evidence, in their final written address.

It would be recalled that Obi and the LP had indicated their decision to call a total of 50 witnesses in the matter.