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| Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by garfield1: 10:42am On Jan 20, 2023 |
The case of apc is hinged on two prayers,over voting and presentation of forged documents... 1) evidences before the courts showed that there were discrepancies in the accreditation data.inec gave two different bvas report to apc and pdp and both contained over voting.pdp even denied inec bvas reports at a point and agreed that there was over voting.even inec agreed there was over voting.but the question to what extent? Terms like synchronization of data are clearly illegal and alien to the electoral act. 2) on forgery,adeleke presented a testimonial which he claimed was issued in 1988 bearing osun state when osun was created in 1991.how come? Section 178 clearly states that a candidate will be disq once he presents a forged certificate.again,the apex court said it must not be any kind of forgery but must have been done in aid of his qulaification. That is without it,he wouldn't be qualified and it must be tied to the qualification criteria.it is clear that adeleke forged documents and lied on oath see seleiletimibi vs dide per galadima supra.. In summary,the first prayer is 50 50 but he will lose based on forgery. Cc mynd44 Lalasticlala Muykem Adioolayi Adexxi Nplfmod Aiel123 Ejimatic Zoedew 6 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by Penguin2: 10:43am On Jan 20, 2023 |
garfield1: Wishful thinking 5 Likes |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by Adexxi(m): 10:44am On Jan 20, 2023 |
Is that all  You guys will cry more when the court rules  garfield1: 3 Likes |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by ejimatic: 11:16am On Jan 20, 2023 |
garfield1:. 1 Your analysis is appreciated.I have great interest in the judgement and as I have said before on this platform BVAS is on trial in Osun Tribunal. APC has certified results from INEC .PDP has another. The PDP statisticstian has another. One election different results! What a rape on our democracy! However APC claimed 744 poling units are affected ,PDP said it was 6 poling units INEC agreed there were overvoting cases even Anaba ,INEC lawyer, said in his written address that over voting was in 1576 polling units. The question is how can a person have cases of overvoting with BVAS? It is possible by having a result on EC8 forms very different from what is sent into the INEC portal. No wonder there discrepancies in most EC8 forms and the results sent online. In a case where BVAS reports are different from INEC online results what do we expect from the Tribunal? If INEC conducted election without syncronization of BVAS ,that means the Body was not ready for the election then. In fact the process of synchnisation is alien to our electioral laws. APC proved the case beyond any reasonable doubt as agreed by INEC. In my opinion it 80 for APC 20 for PDP. 2 . Forgery. : The onus lies on the PDP to prove the genuiness of the Adeleke's result by 1 Calling on WAEC to present the CTC of Adeleke results, and bringing the University he claimed he went to to study for confirmation of his result. Neither of this was done by PDP. The question is : Where did he get the certificate he attached to his form when he had F9 in all his subjects and accumulated years of study is alien to both Nigerian and foreign education.?In my opinion ,the ruling here will be 100% for APC and 0% for PDP. 11 Likes 4 Shares |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by Sikay19(m): 11:39am On Jan 20, 2023 |
ejimatic:Your contribution is valid sir. However, my question is on the certificate issue. does the tribunal has the capacity to adjudge on matter known to be a pre-election matter ? 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by ejimatic: 11:50am On Jan 20, 2023 |
Sikay19:. Results and forgery can be presented before the Tribunal only if it is instituted by those that took part in the election ! See. Buhari APC vrs ATIKU and PDP 2018 PEPT and SC 2 Likes |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by oluwole1211(m): 12:15pm On Jan 20, 2023 |
Why not wait for the judgment and stop all this media propaganda. 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by onatisi(m): 12:18pm On Jan 20, 2023 |
when are they even going to pass he ruling or judgement ? and can the court or tribunal order another election or will it just remove the governor if he loses ? |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by adioolayi(m): 12:22pm On Jan 20, 2023 |
garfield1: Many thanks chief...It's going to be a very interesting case.. hopefully, the Osun indigens will accept the court verdicts with open heart. Emotional sentiments cannot prevent justice...it will be a big lesson fro everyone to tidy their loosed ends very well 8 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by 9jahotblog: 12:23pm On Jan 20, 2023 |
garfield1:Oyetola’a case will be dismissed for lacking merit in the tribunal court of justice. Oyetola tun ma lule piii Lekan siii ni ile ejo ni ipinle Osun 2 Likes |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by Obaofaba: 12:30pm On Jan 20, 2023 |
If forgery case could be accepted by the tribunal, Adeleke is gone. Remember it's what happened in Bayelsa. Overvoting is another good ground as well. 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by adioolayi(m): 12:30pm On Jan 20, 2023 |
ejimatic: Just like you have said, politicians will have to be extremely careful and warn their agents and loyalists not to be too overzealous. I remember there was a voting unit in Ede reported to vote late into the night...if they stick to just the numbers of accredited voters..this wouldn't have happened. It's clear unit officers were forced to allow those that were not accredited by BVAS to vote. Many lessons to be learnt really. 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by Obaofaba: 12:33pm On Jan 20, 2023 |
9jahotblog: Can you please tell us how you arrived at this conclusion, if not for anything atleast for academics. Though, I understand you are one of the paid online campaigner for adeleke but I will still appreciate your response. 4 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by iwaeda: 12:34pm On Jan 20, 2023 |
garfield1: Are you not tired of APC wickedness and hafu salary. How much is fuel in your APC coven? 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by 9jahotblog: 12:49pm On Jan 20, 2023 |
Obaofaba: OSUN TRIBUNAL: So Far So “Bad” for APC - as Tribunal prepares for final written address. By Olalekan Badmus Phoenix and Comrade B-urself As the election petition tribunal hearing the petition of former Governor Gboyega Oyetola and Osun APC challenging the declaration of Governor Ademola Adeleke by INEC as the authentic winner of the July 16th, 2022 gubernatorial election in osun state is set to resume hearing on Friday 13th January, 2023 for interested parties in the matter to adopt their final written addresses, it is important to refresh our memory on how far the petitioners have been able to prove their petition on the two angles as presented before the tribunal; claim of overvoting in about 749 polling units across 10 LGs in the state during the election that produced Governor Ademola Adeleke as the eventual winner and the eligibility of Governor Ademola Adeleke to contest the election on the ground that he presented a ‘forged’ academic certificate(s). OVER-VOTING CLAIM. To defend the credibility of the election it conducted which produced Senator Ademola Adeleke as the winner, INEC presented the Deputy Director (ICT), Mrs Abimbola Oladunjoye as a witness to the tribunal and she was duly cross-examined by both the petitioner and the defense counsel. The media was however awash with stories with headline that reads “INEC admits to over-voting in Osun election”. To have a proper understanding of that conclusion, I quickly reached for my dictionary to confirm again, what to admit mean in real sense. According to the dictionary, admit means "To concede as true, to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which is impossible to deny." In essence, to admit is to agree to a fact, which is irrefutable. Now, what exactly transpired at the Tribunal? Coming under cross-examination by the petitioner's counsel, Chief Akin Olujinmi (SAN), Mrs. Oladunjoye said "Based on BVR12179 and my witness statement, there is seemingly over-voting of 75." By 'seemingly', which literally means 'as it appears', it is clear to the discerning that her comment was based on two different documents. So, what is BVR12179 that Mrs. Oladunjoye compared its data to those in her witness statement that informed the 'seeming' over-voting observation? The BVR12179 is the BVAS report held by the APC and Oyetola, but has been disputed by INEC because it contained 'incomplete' data. Simply put, the basis of the petitioner's counsel comparison was an incomplete accreditation data, hence, the noticeable difference observed by Mrs. Oladunjoye at the Tribunal. With that pointedly clear, it is totally misleading, and worse, manipulative, to make over-voting claim based on an incomplete accreditation data. By law and logic, over-voting can only arise when the complete accreditation data is compared with the results collated on the form EC8A. This much was pointed out by Mrs. Oladunjoye during cross-examination that "Why I used the word seemingly over-voting is because any comparison that should take place should be between the EC8A and the physical BVAS machine." The clear inference from the above is that over-voting can only be established when accreditation on the BVAS machines and the form EC8A had been compared together. But this simple truth was cleverly avoided and instead, a different meaning was imported into the testimony of Mrs. Oladunjoye. Aside this, it will interest you to note that the PDP and the INEC had furnished the Tribunal with the complete accreditation data for the election. Even more, the respondents submitted a forensic analysis report, and went even further to produce every BVAS machines used for the election in the 749 polling units that is being contested to the Tribunal. Since over-voting occurs only when the number of votes in a polling unit exceed accreditation data, the right thing is to look at the complete data, not the incomplete one that the APC is pushing around. At the Tribunal, the INEC maintained that the BVAS report with the petitioner is inaccurate by explaining that "The report was issued on 27th of July when synchronisation was ongoing. According to guidelines, the total accreditation figure is taken from the physical BVAS machine and written on the EC8A." Now, you may like to ask why INEC supplied the petitioner, a document with ‘incomplete’ data? Mrs. Oladunjoye maintained that the commission is under obligation to supply such information within a given timeframe in compliance with the freedom of information (FOI) act, it is also interesting that section 74 of the electoral act Mandate INEC to supply same within a given timeframe, and as confirmed by her, the documents were signed off as data available as at the date of its release. To prove over-voting, you have to compare data in the voters register, form EC8As (result sheet) and the BVAS machine itself which the petitioner have failed to do. From the events so far in the Tribunal, the APC and Oyetola have shown more interest in pushing false narratives than actually proving its claim of over-voting and that is unfortunate. ACADEMIC CERTIFICATE ‘FORGERY’ CLAIM. The certificate “forgery” claim did not start now but was intensively debated in courtrooms in the 2018 elections. And on all occasions, the question was resolved in favour of Sen. Ademola Adeleke, with all the courts rejecting the claim that he forged the documents he filed with the INEC and as such, eminently qualified for the position of Osun state Governor. Particularly striking is the Appeal Court decision in ADELEKE VS RAHEEM, NO. CA/A/2004/2019, which cleared Adeleke of the allegation of forgery. Justice Emmanuel Agim who read the unanimous judgement of the three-man panel of the Appealate Court held that Adeleke did not supply false information in his form C.F.001 and other particulars he filed with the INEC for the 2018 governorship election in Osun state. Justice Agim frowned at the judgement of the Bwari High Court that contested the eligibility of Adeleke as "a substantial miscarriage of justice because if the trial Court had not ignored that evidence, it would not have come to the conclusion that the information in the statement of result and school testimonial presented by the 3rd respondent (Adeleke) to the 4th respondent (INEC) that the appellant sat for the West African School Certificate Examinations in May/June 1981, at Muslim High School is true and not false." The clear inference from this judgement is that Adeleke did not forge any of the documents he supplied to the INEC in the 2018 governorship election. Every documents he filed with the electoral umpire were not his making, and this much was established in the courtrooms when the authorities that issued them appeared to assert their validities. Not done, the appellate court held that "WAEC confirming affidavit and Ledger clearly resolved the issue of whether the statement of result and testimonial from Ede High School Ede submitted by the 3rd respondent to the 4th respondent along with his Form C.F.001 contain false information that he completed secondary school at Ede Muslim High School Ede and sat for the WASCE there in May/June, 1981." The simple fact from the above decision of the appellate court was that Adeleke filings with the INEC in 2018 was in order and not forged as being alleged. To show otherwise, the court ruled, goes beyond "pointing out errors or mistakes or discrepancies in the document." Haven failed to establish certificate forgery by getting the maker of the document to admit same and also failed to prove beyond “reasonable doubts” the over-voting claim in 749 polling units as presented by the petitioner, it is not far fetched to conclude that the proceedings at the tribunal so far has been at best an academic exercise. Let those who think they can manipulate their way to power know that they have failed in their bid to manufacture irregularities where there is none, Osun people have decided and Adeleke is their choice, a choice that is academically qualified to contest the election even beyond the basic requirements as demanded by INEC, and a choice that was overwhelmingly voted for by the majority of the osun populace. 4 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by 9jahotblog: 12:51pm On Jan 20, 2023 |
OYETOLA'S DUMMIES AND A DATE WITH FATE AT THE TRIBUNAL. By: Abioye Hashim Esq. The word "dummy" can pass for a noun or a verb. In whichever context it is used, it is pointing to something not real or realistic. As a noun, it means an object created to resemble or serve as a substitute for the real or usual one. It could mean a model or replica of a thing or a human being. It could mean a fake object or a feigned thing, a simulation. It could be used to describe a person who is ignorant of the real situation, someone who has been deceived and who has bought seriously into the deceit. As a verb, a person is said to be "dummied" if that person has been deceived about the real situation. The election petition filed by former Osun Governor Oyetola and his APC at the Osun Governorship Election Tribunal after their defeat at the July 16th Osun 2022 governorship election, can unarguably pass for a dummy. The petition is majorly based on two planks viz: (i) forgery (ii) over-voting/non-compliance. The two (2) planks form the two (2) wings with which Oyetola and his party's petition want to fly at the Tribunal. Sadly for the petitioners, the two (2) wings are dummies which cannot fly or be used to fly at all. The first wing being the dummy of forgery was sold to Oyetola by some saboteurs within Osun PDP (who have now decamped to another Party), while Oyetola himself procured another one by himself for himself from somewhere else. That is what desperation, lust for power and arrogance can bring about. The dummy of forgery was on the basis of the academic credentials of Senator Ademola Adeleke. He was alleged to have forged the degree certificate of Atlanta Metropolitan College, USA, and the High School Diploma Certificate of Penn Foster College, also in USA. They also alleged that he forged the documents he presented as evidence of attendance at Ede Muslim High School, Ede (Formerly Ede Muslim Grammar School). The dummy in the said allegation of forgery is the reasoning of the petitioners that Adeleke got a degree 24 days after his high school diploma which is an O' level equivalent with the insinuation that the diploma was the basis for the degree. That is, the diploma was the qualification he used to gain admission for rye degree. The insistence of the APC's counsel at the Tribunal for INEC to bring the original form cf001 submitted by Adeleke to INEC in 2018 was to achieve one thing.. to show to the Tribunal that from the 2018 documents, Adeleke had nothing to qualify him for any admission abroad for a degree. The other aim, which would seem like eating one's vomit, is an attempt to re-open the issue of Adeleke's attainment and education up to school certificate level, in respect of which the courts have pronounced in the past, and Adeleke vindicated. The dummy was finely packaged for Oyetola and he himself so much bought into it that he could not discern the obvious reality that Adeleke's degree and the high school diploma are not related at all. They are independent of each other. Adeleke's academic journey abroad started in 1981 when he got admission into Jacksonville University, USA, using his cumulative school grades plus ACT/TOEFL. He later transferred his course to Atalanta Metropolitan College, USA in 1986, and he was in and out for school for business until he completed his degree in 2021. His academic transcripts have now become public documents and certified true copies of same can be obtained from the Tribunal. This was the dummy of forgery propounded to high heavens by the APC and Oyetola loyalists. They have polluted the media space with their terrible lies and propaganda against Adeleke. They even circulated a fake NECO result which they recklessly ascribed to Adeleke, however, such was never established to be part of Adeleke's documents at the Tribunal. I read many newspaper headlines and also in the social media that "Adeleke's witness admitted he (Adeleke)got a degree within 24 days. That's pretty sensational! Everyone will want to pay an attention to the headlines, and by which a reader who is not at home with the facts and evidence at the Tribunal will come to a conclusion that Adeleke forged. With that, they would have satisfied themselves by way of propaganda, to curry undue sympathy from the public, on the basis of a non-existent forgery. That is Oyetola's first dummy at the Tribunal. The second dummy is the alleged over-voting. The APC has another dummy in their unsynchronised BVAS report. Their case is erected not on the actual BVAS machine figures and the result sheets, but on a report from the INEC server. By the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022, section 62 thereof, any ctc of a document used for an election whether manual or electronic is a post-election procedure. This pre-supposes that it is not part of the election at all, as there is a procedure for step-by-step recording of votes during the election as provided for in the Electoral Act, 2022. To establish over-voting, it has to be on the basis of the physical materials deployed to the polling units during the election, in this case, the ballot papers, the electoral forms, the voters register and the BVAS machine itself. The Petitioners are not relying on any of these to establish over-voting but an external document, a total stranger to the polling unit during the polls. A certified true copy of a public document not in agreement with the original public document is like an illegitimate child. I laughed and laughed when a snippet of the cross-examination of a Deputy-Director became a subject of APC propaganda where she mentioned "seemingly over-voting", but the portion where she explained that away was deliberately and wickedly kept away by the media propagandists. You cannot establish over-voting on the basis of any document aside the four I mentioned earlier. The witness explained this, but the media propagandists shouted to radio and TV stations (including TVC) where the issue of the purported admission of over-voting was discussed while the propagandist seemingly buried the explanation given by the witness under re-examination. A trip to the registry of the Tribunal for certified true copies of the proceedings and documents received in evidence whether with or without objection would have helped in the media analyses if the media would play their role of responsibility to the public. These are the two giant dummies of Oyetola and his APC which are now having a date with fate at the Tribunal as dates for adoption of final addresses and judgement draw nearer. The APC are propaganda personified. Save for very few among them, they are generally wicked, terrible and arrogant in power. They carry their business with reckless abandon and unparalleled impunity. In Osun, they converted and conferred by themselves, on themselves, many public assets and still roll out propaganda against the present administration for asking questions in that regard, for calling on them honourably to return state assets. Such is the set of immediate past political office holders in Osun that Osun people have been grappling with. They want to retain power at all cost, they never dreamt of living the corridors of power for a second. The "Aagbeelemo" crooners are now singing another song " A ma gba pada". They are planning based on their dummies at the Tribunal which have no wings to fly. Their dummies, like all dummies, have no life and they now face a date with fate at the Tribunal. |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by 9jahotblog: 1:08pm On Jan 20, 2023 |
30 Grounds Why Tribunal Should Dismiss Oyetola's Petition- INEC, PDP & Adeleke Respondents in the peition filed by former Governor Gboyega Oyetola against the election of Governor Ademola Adeleke have canvassed 30 grounds why the election Tribunal should dismiss the petition with cost awarded against the petitioners. In a separate final addresses, counsels to the respondents took turn to demolish the petition, positing that the petitioners have failed to substantiate its allegations of over-voting and certificate forgery. Counsel to the 1st respondent, the electoral commission, Prof Paul Ananaba SAN who filed reply on point of law raised objection to the documents tendered by the petitioners on 30th of December 2022 and filed on the same day. He said the petitioner failed grossly in proving the allegations raised against the return of Governor Ademola Adeleke in the July 16 governorship election, urging the court to dismiss the petition in its entirety. He submitted that the law empowers the INEC to accept the nomination of a candidate once it is satisfied that it met requirements, citing the case of Atiku vs INEC where court pronounced that President Buhari is eminently qualified to contest elections. "By section 318 of the Constitution, our duty is very clear. All INEC is expected to do is to be satisfy that the applicant is qualify. And Section 318 talked about what is allowed and from the form submitted by the 2nd respondent, INEC was satisfied and that was what the Constitution requires. We took notice that the Second respondent was a former Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria," he noted. On the issue of synchronization of result as being challenged by APC and Mr Oyetola, he submitted to the Tribunal that the petitioner based its petition on an inaccurate data, and so, can not establish the case of over-voting. He quoted Section 62 (1-3) of the Electoral Act that empowers the Commission to continuously update the result of elections housed in its database, explaining this as the basis for the synchronization of the data in its custody. "Much more my Lord, the petitioner made a heavy weather on Exhibit BVR. My Exhibit BVR date January 27 was a report of accreditation for the entire units in Osun state, which is 3763 units. And in the Tribunal, the BVR has been presented by the petitioner by what it is not," he explained Anababa, SAN, said the APC hurriedly went to the INEC to demand for the result of the election while synchronization was still ongoing, adding that the APC filled their case prematurely. He submitted to the Tribunal that the law is clear that over-voting can only be established when the number of votes in a unit is compared with the complete accreditation data, urging the court to accept Exhibit RVBR as the complete accreditation data. "By Section 62 (3) and 74(1) gave birth to Exhibit RBVR. The petitioners came to the Tribunal prematurely," he submitted. "Since the law as at 2022 was that this record of election is updated on a continuous basis, a petitioner will file petition when he is sure of the basis. "I submit that the petitioners were not diligent because the petition was in disregard of Section 62 (3) therefore, I submit that there is no basis for this petition. "RWC was a certified true copy of a physical examination of the BVAS machines used for the election, which is more reliable. And we brought the BVAS machines. BVAS machines are the raw primary evidence. "Even when there is a conflict at the polling unit on whether accreditation, Section 64 (6a&b) specifies what needs to be done. We have presented the original data, the petitioner supposed to bring form EC8A, which are the basis for the declaration of results, not a report. Results were not declared based on BVAS report but based on collated results." Anababa however urged the court to dismiss the case for lack of merit, maintaining that the election was conducted in full compliance of the law. In his own submission, the counsel to Governor Ademola Adeleke, Dr. Onyebuchi Ikpeazu, SAN, prayed the court to dismiss the petition for lacking merit, noting that the 2nd respondents election as Osun State Governor was in order. He argued that the petitioners failed to call any evidence to support its weighty allegation as required by the law, maintaining that the respondents did not forge any document as alleged. "The petitioners did not call any documentary evidence that he didn't satisfy the requirements of Section 177(d) of the Constitution. The document and requisite evidence that they are obligated to call witnesses from the institutions to disown documents that were allegedly forged by the 2nd respondent. "That burden and standard of proof must be beyond reasonable doubt has not been discharged by the petitioner. EW2 owned up that he didn't know anything about the institution or worked with the makers of the document presented by the 2nd respondent." He cited a judgement of the Appeal Court on similar issue which affirmed the eligibility of the 2nd respondent, stressing that by law the judgement is still in effect as no appeal was filed to challenge it "Also, there is a court judgement of the Appeal Court, which means judgement in rem." On the issue of over-voting, he said the petitioners based it claims on erroneous grounds and so should not be entertained by the Tribunal. "My Lord, the petitioner star witness, he did not tender any BVAS report as the basis of his witness statement. In paragraph 5 of his witness statement, he wrote categorically that he obtained the BVAS report on July 17 2022. The strength of it is that not having tendered his BVAS report, which founded the purported evaluation he adduced, there is no basis whatsoever for his report. If there is no BVAS report of July 17 in his witness statement, there is no case." "The petitioner tendered Exhibit BVR, which was purportedly certified true copy, not on the 17 but on the July 27. This mean BVR was dumped on the Tribunal. The receipt of the purportedly tendered in support has a date of July 28. The document tendered did not correspond with the date on the receipt of the documents tendered. Section 104 of Evidence Act." He urged the Tribunal to base its judgement on the BVAS machines, which according to him is the primary source of entries for accreditation in the election. "The question now is, what is the certified true copy of that original. The certified of the original is Exhibit RWC tendered through RW1 and forming the basis for the report of RW2. BVR is flawed by the evidence of PW1 and PW2. Extraction from the INEC database is not the same as extraction from the BVAS machines. "None of the agents of the petitioners in the contested 749 polling units contested the results in those units. They signed the results. Those results they signed as authentic with no over-voting can only mean Section 165 of the Electoral Act. The entries in form EC8A tally with figures in RWC. Section 47(2) of the Electoral Act, mandated that accreditation should produce with a technological device and a voters register." Counsel of the PDP, Dr. Alex Iziyon, SAN, also submitted that the Tribunal dismiss the petition of the petitioners for lacking merit, asking the panel to uphold the election of the 2nd respondent. "The language of the law is simple on the issue of qualification for the office of the governor which is the case at hand and that is a prove that a person attended UP TO school certificate level. "Case of allegation of qualifications according to the constitution, section 134(3) must relate to the current election in dispute on which the petitioners failed in the written addresses. "The issue of testimonial forgery has been previously raised and decided by the court of appeal. It is a judgement that can no longer be tampered with. "Again, on the university and Diploma certificates as raised by the petitioners, the petitioners failed to 11 call any witness to lead evidence neither from the institution where the Diploma was issued nor the university. Such failure on the part of the petitioners was fatal and irreparable. Petitioners urging the court now to go back to the 2018 is lazy and fatally lackadaisical on the part of the petitioners. "The report of BIVAS of July 27, 2022, while the date on the receipt for issuance of the report as required by law was dated 28 July, 2022. Such discrepancy is also too fatal to be pardoned. "The documents dumped on the court are speaking different language in dates of certification and dates of issuance. The law does not permit such error of speaking in tongues before the law court. "Such error has rendered those documents legally inadmissible and in a situation where a document is legally inadmissible in court ab nitio, then the court is forbidden to even look at it at all. "If the petitioners had wanted to dump their petition before the court and ask the court to give them judgement, it would have been a different case. But having elected to call witnesses, submissions of such witnesses must convincingly relate or bolster the documents before the court. In this case, the Petitioners had called a star witness who instead of acting as a star witness, instead deemed whatever star that was in the petition and slaughtered the petition without mercy. "The PW1 called by the petitioners was to put it mildly, a display of voyage of Christopher Columbus. On one hand, the PW1 claimed to be an expert while on the other, he claimed not to be an expert, a statistician the petitioners relied upon to buttress their figures as claimed in their petition, that to us, is a professional summersault, especially when considered under section 128 of evidence act." On the BVAS report, Dr Alex Iziyon urged the court to rely on the examination, results and reports extracted from the primary source of evidence, which is the BVAS machines, used for the conduct of the election. He also reminded the court that the report of the BVAS have not been challenged by all parties.
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| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by Faber(m): 1:28pm On Jan 20, 2023 |
garfield1,ejimatic, Obaofaba etc make una come clear us base on 9jahotblog punches on una thread...are you guys running or what...wahala be like mallam...if you like spell it backwards na still mallam. 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by garfield1: 1:29pm On Jan 20, 2023 |
Faber: What did the small boy say 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by adesola89: 1:51pm On Jan 20, 2023 |
Can't you read again...or you think your lies will not be challenged? garfield1: 4 Likes |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by adesola89: 1:56pm On Jan 20, 2023 |
Do you know Appeal court already cleared Adeleke of forgery and the judgement declared as judgment in rem which binds the whole world? Do you aware that WAEC brought a ledger to court showing that Adeleke sat for the WAEC in 1981? Do you know that no institution was called to defend Ekiti deputy governor of APC in Ekiti, yet she was cleared of forgery? Please don't mislead the public with your bias report. garfield1: 2 Likes |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by vicdom(m): 2:11pm On Jan 20, 2023 |
ejimatic:Haba nah! How can PDP and Adeleke prove when it was APC that alleged forged result?? The onus lies on APC, not Adeleke to subpoena WAEC, but they didn't... Remember the case of Obaseki VS APC, it was APC that subpoenaed OAU. On the case of over-voting, it's just 50 - 50. On INEC guidelines, it says that when there are contestation of results from the viewing portals, the EC9 sheets would be checked for discrepancies. |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by Faber(m): 2:13pm On Jan 20, 2023 |
adesola89:Abeg pity garfield1, the next thing now he will start insulting people...you know ridicle is always the last argument of a fool...he don dey call 9jahotblog a small boy already. My own is that court should fine Oyetola heavily for wasting the court's time, thereafter EFCC should go after him, he must vomit Osun people's yams him chop woto woto. Aregbesola warned him he no hear. 2 Likes |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by garfield1: 2:14pm On Jan 20, 2023 |
adesola89: We are talking of the testimonial he got.why is it reading osun state |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by ejimatic: 2:25pm On Jan 20, 2023 |
vicdom:Yiur views are respected and treasured always. In the case of Obaseki and APC ,Obaseki called the UI registrar to prove that his certificate was issued by the school and the school admiited error in the year of graduation indicated. on the certificate .Section 245 of the constitution says the defendant must prove his innocence on the allegation like that of forgery. 1 Like |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by ejimatic: 2:27pm On Jan 20, 2023 |
vicdom:What will now happn sir when BVAS says 125 accredited but. 2001 is posted on the server? |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by seunmsg(m): 2:40pm On Jan 20, 2023 |
garfield1: When will the judgement be delivered? 15 Likes |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by vicdom(m): 2:42pm On Jan 20, 2023 |
ejimatic:Obaseki didn't call UI registrar, APC did. I followed all the process involved in that case. How can you allege and want me to prove it?? The burden and standard of proof lies on the petitioner and not the defendant. The famous dictum which says "He who alleges must prove" 1 Like |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by vicdom(m): 2:46pm On Jan 20, 2023 |
ejimatic:INEC had posited that it hadn't finished with the whole synchronization process before APC came for it. It told the court it couldn't have turned down the legal write they came with, but had told them earlier that it was not through with whole synchronization process. And INEC didn't admit over-voting in 125, but 6. |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by garfield1: 2:52pm On Jan 20, 2023 |
seunmsg: Latest Jan 29 |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by garfield1: 2:54pm On Jan 20, 2023 |
vicdom: There is no need to call waec or any authority.how did a document issued in 1988 read osun state instead of Oyo? This is clear forgery established,it is now left for them adeleke to refute 1 Like |
| Re: Likely Outcome Of Osun Election Tribunal by AKWATGOLD1(m): 2:55pm On Jan 20, 2023 |
You have just presented the actual fact on Osun Tribunal Trial. Mr. Jackson will soon be show the way out of the office except if the two parties (APC & PDP) will adopt Ekiti script when ex Governor Kayode Fayemi lose out during 1st tenure and come back to reclaimed the mandate for another 4 years. garfield1: 1 Like |
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