We are back again for the day 3 of the Edo State governorship election petition tribunal.

Earlier INEC had closed their defense without calling any witness.

Obaseki is currently defending his case.

Today mark day 3 of the Obaseki defense.

Stayed tuned for more update

After the usual introduction of counsel to all parties to the panel of judges, the 2nd respondent continued their defence.

The 1st witness (2RW41) Hon. Eddy Igbinogun, he resides at 7, asowata street ,Egor LGA, a businessman and he will be cross examined with exhibit PO 4(13) PO 18(1-9) and PO 209(6 & .

While leading the witness into evidence, Ken Mozia (SAN) pleaded to change Oredo LGA to Egor LGA in the witness desposition, this was vehemently objected by Kemi Penheiro (SAN) counsel to the petitioner (PDP),

But in a short ruling the judge granted the amendment in favour of the 2nd respondent.


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EDO GOVERNORSHIP PETITION TRIBUNAL UPDATE 28/02/2017.

DAY 5.

After the usual introduction of counsel to all parties to the panel of judges, the 2nd respondent continued their defence.

The 1st witness (2RW41) Hon. Eddy Igbinogun, he resides at 7, asowata street ,Egor LGA, a businessman and he will be cross examined with exhibit PO 4(13) PO 18(1-9) and PO 209(6 & .

While leading the witness into evidence, Ken Mozia (SAN) pleaded to change Oredo LGA to Egor LGA in the witness desposition, this was vehemently objected by Kemi Penheiro (SAN) counsel to the petitioner (PDP), but in a short ruling the judge granted the amendment in favour of the 2nd respondent.

The witness during cross examination by Kemi Penheiro (SAN) claimed that he wasn't trained by INEC but by his party, when asked if his party trained him on how tickings on the voters register are carried out, he said No!

The 2nd witness for today (2RW42) Mr. Amegor Osariemen, resides at the Enogie's Palace Uwelu, Egor LGA, a businessman and he will be cross examined with exhibit PO 19(1-12) PO 210(1) and PO 4(14).


Again ,during cross examination of the witness by Kemi Penheiro (SAN), the witness was asked if he was in custody of the voters register before ,during and after the election, he answered Yes!

Thereafter, he was asked by Kemi Penheiro (SAN), do you still stand by your deposition, could you assist the court to explain the meaning of "Figment of his imagination", do you know the meaning? , responding the witness told the court that it was one of the lawyer who used that grammar not him.

The 3rd witness (2RW43) Mr. Monday Ofure from Orihonmwon LGA, a businessman and he will be cross examined with exhibit PO 417(4) PO 185(1- 12) and PO 350(2-5).

During cross examination by counsel to the 1st and 3rd respondent, the witness told the court that accreditation was adequately carried out in his polling unit.

But when it was time for counsel to the petitioner Kemi Penheiro (SAN) ,he asked the witness that the procedure in paragraph 11 of your desposition was derived from your training by INEC?,

Witness answered, No!

He asked again, I suggest to you that the procedure stated here in your desposition is not complete going by the guidelines of INEC, Yes or No?

Witness- I wasn't trained by INEC, so I don't know.

Counsel to PDP- Give the witness exhibit PO 350(2) which was the voters register used in your polling unit, I suggest to you that there wasn't any accreditation in your polling unit at all!

Witness- There was.

Counsel to PDP asked the witness to look at page 3, 20, 38 and 45 of the voters register, are there any tickings to the left?

Witness- No ticking sir ,not at all.

The 4th witness (2RW44) Mrs. Felicia Amadin , a businesswoman from Orihonmwon LGA, she is to be cross examined with exhibit PO 185(10) PO 356(10).

Kemi Penheiro (SAN) counsel to the petitioner commenced his cross examination by asking the witness if she assisted INEC tick the voters register,

she answered, No.

The counsel to the petitioner asked the registrar to show exhibit 356(10) to the witness ,he added you voted as item 105 in the voters register, are there two tickings there? Her response was that she left her eye glasses at home so she can't see.

Kemi Penheiro (SAN) again asked the witness to look at items 357 and 535, are there tickings on the left and right?

Responding the witness shouted is it, because am a woman that's why you are pressing me? This threw the court into great laughter!

At the resumption from break.

The 6th witness (2RW46) ,Mr. Austin Omoriagho , just mounted the witness box for the 2nd respondent. He is a businessman from Esan West LGA, to be cross examined with exhibit PO 174(1), PO 345(1).

During cross examination by Kemi Pinheiro (SAN) counsel to the petitioner, it was discovered that on exhibit PO 345(1), page 36, item 548 which is the vote register, that on the right there was tickings inside the box called "GHA" while the tickings on the left was done on the photographs.

When told to look at exhibit 391(INEC manual for the 2016 election) he was asked if he saw this document during training, his response was No.

Finally, the witness wrote in his desposition that he is a businessman but on his particulars in the voters register it was stated there that he is a civil servant, when confronted with his contradicting statement ,he said he left service 2 years ago.

The 7th witness (2RW47), Mr. Ebhos Michael from Ogwa in Esan west L is a farmer and was crossexamined with exhibit PO 174(.

Under cross examination of this witness, it was also discovered that in exhibit PO 174, there were tickings on the right on a box tagged "GHA" Also confirm that there are no tickings to the left, No tickings.

The counsel referred him to look at the right side of pages 16 & 36 same thing on pages 8 & 36, are there tickings to the right ? The witness replied Yes.

Kemi Penheiro (SAN) suggested to the witness that the entire PO 173 (Voters register), there are no tickings to the left of that document, after he was allowed to go through the document for close to 20 minutes he said ,there are no tickings at all.

Clearly, there was no accreditation in that unit.

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