Akwa Ibom Elections: INEC Ad-hoc Staff Testifies against the PDP at tribunal with video evidence

The hearing of the petition challenging the victory of the incumbent governor of Akwa Ibom State, Governor Emmanuel Udom, by the APC gubernatorial candidate, Obong Nsima Ekere, took a dramatic turn on Wednesday, 24th July, as one of the Adhoc staff employed by the Independent National Electoral Commission in the 9th March 2019 elections was called to the stands.

The election petition tribunal sitting in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital on Wednesday, began receiving witnesses and testimonies, as part of its ongoing efforts to interrogate the events that led to the announcement of the incumbent governor as the winner in the race to the Hilltop Mansion location of the Governorment House, Uyo, following a petition brought before it by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Obong Nsima Ekere.

He was called to the stands by the Lead Counsel to the petitioner, J. S. Okutepa (SAN) and in his testimony, the INEC Ad-hoc Staff (names witheld), who was posted to a polling unit in Obot Akara LGA as Assistant Presiding Officer (APO2), described that on the day, electoral activities had commenced normally, until suddenly, a gang of hoodlums brandishing all kinds of dangerous weapons arrived in a 14-seater bus, and promptly chased away innocent citizens who had queued up to carry out their civil duties by exercising rights to vote.

He further explained that, in the ensuing melee, all the officers at the polling unit, including polling materials that had been delivered to them for the elections, were rounded up, led into the bus, and driven to a house.

Upon arrival, he continued, the officials were led into a large room where they met a number of other Adhoc INEC officials, including his immediate boss (who was captured in the video) and others who had likely been abducted from other polling units, and made to forcefully thumbprint on provided ballot papers. The witness provided a recording which he had secretly made on his phone of these events as evidence, and the video was played at the hearing.

After cross-examination by counsels to the defendants - Dr. Onyeachi Ikpeazu OON (SAN) lead counsel to the 1st respondent, and Tayo Oyetibo (SAN), counsel to the second respondent, the tribunal led by justice A. M. Yakubu directed that the phone on which the recording was made be admitted into evidence as exhibit PTH81A while the CD on which the video was written was admitted as exhibit PTH81B.

The hearing continued on Thursday as the 1st petitioner and APC gubernatorial candidate in the Akwa Ibom elections, Nsima Udo Ekere and his deputy, Amadu Attai, took to the stands to give their testimonies.

The hearing was subsequently adjourned till Monday, 29th July 2019, on which day the 1st defendant is expected to open their case.
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Just “like” for no reason

Jokes of the week

Am a presiding officer

Na we know

Good

Lol..this country

Lol, the man even had a video evidence, but my thought is, why record yourself manipulating something as sensitive as an election?

Something smells fishy


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L11D4VViIjo

hmmm

they rigged more than the north

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but who is sponsoring these guys to make Nairaland unbearable?

akpabio is cumming

I said it, the amount of rigging that do go on in the SS and SE states is legendary, especially SS, this 2019 election humble them, the writing of result reduced

Penaldo I am disappointed in you

Aye PDP..they can rigged out their life ..nice recording..

While PDP/Atiku's lawyers and witnesses are messing up at the presidential level, PDP and the witnesses are messing up in Akwa Ibom.

TonyeBarcanista:
Penaldo I am disappointed in you

But why?
Is he telling lies Mr Tonye?

That is the only way Pdp can win elections in my state(AKS).

Officialgarri:
but who is sponsoring these guys to make Nairaland unbearable?

Just report the dude.

Hmmm
I'm sensing Akpabio might win on two front.

Akpabio at work, we know

OKorowanta:
Hmmm
I'm sensing Akpabio might win on two front.

It is governorship election not akpabio's

Anijay1212:

But why?
Is he telling lies Mr Tonye?

It is well my brother

Sunnick:
they rigged more than the north

Those who know how rigging works wont argue

TonyeBarcanista:

It is well my brother

It is not,it is a damaging evidence

TonyeBarcanista:
It is well my brother

If you believe so obongowo no wahala.

tuniski:

It is governorship election not akpabio's

This is what we call watertight evidence,the type atiku should have had.the worse is that its coming from inec itself.

It can never be well with PDP. Bloody criminals.

Dansuqi:

It is not,it is a damaging evidence

Na dia lawyer job