Ms Ijeoma Osamor, a broadcast journalist with DAAR Communications Plc, testified on Friday at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC).

Osamor, who anchors the programme “Democracy Today” on Africa Independent Television (AIT) was subpoenaed as the 7th witness (PW 7) for Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP).

Obi and LP are petitioners in the petition marked CA/PEPC/03/2023 challenging the election that brought President Bola Tinubu into power.

Respondents are the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima, and the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Osamor, while being cross-examined by APC counsel, Abiodun Owonikoko, avowed that INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said the results of the Feb. 25 presidential election would be transmitted live.

One of the grounds raised by the petitioners in support of their prayers to invalidate the return of Bola Tinubu as President was that Yakubu reneged on his promise to upload the results sent to the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) to the INEC Results Viewing (IReV) portal in real-time.

The video evidence tendered before the PEPC by the petitioners bordered on clips showing the INEC chairman at different times assuring Nigerians of the use of technology in the presidential election.

The court again admitted in evidence another flash drive and played out of it in the open court a clip of Mahmoud delivering a speech emphasising the deployment of BVAS and IReV for the elections.

When asked by Owonikoko if she was aware that a few days before the election, Yakubu, in a press statement, said the results would no longer be uploaded in real-time, Osamor said her news organisation is focused on live coverage of events and programmes.

Owonikoko cited a publication by The Tribune on Feb. 23 that election results would no longer be transmitted in real-time, but Osamor said the publication by The Tribune could have been based on an interview granted to the reporter.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that The Tribune on Feb. 23 published a story with the headline “We Won’t Transmit Raw Figures of Election Results, INEC Chairman.”

According to The Tribune, Yakubu said that at a meeting with the leaders of the international election observers who visited him at the commission.

Osamor, however, insisted that while covering the beat, she was present during the said period at all press briefings and at the collation centre, particularly on the said day.

She said that Yakubu did not make such a statement.

Meanwhile, the five-member panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani adjourned until Monday for the cross-examination of the witness and further hearing of the petition.

Osamor, however, insisted that while covering the beat, she was present during the said period at all press briefings and at the collation centre, particularly on the said day.

She said that Yakubu did not make such a statement.

Feintline:
When a woman snatches another woman's husband, and the woman whose husband was snatched starts fighting, the husband snatcher will do everything possible to convince the man and all around that she is better than the man's wife.

This is what is presently playing out in Nigeria.

Tinubu the yakubu select and unconstitutional president is doing everything possible to make Nigerians feel he is a better choice than Peter Obi, the man who the People voted for.

Don't be fooled by bills up in bills being signed. Signing bill is not an achievement.
Buhari signed bills upon bills.
Buhari himself signed electoral law that Yakubu brazenly failed to implement.

What affects the common man is the implementation of bills right down for the common man to see and feel.

I love what PODATTI and lawyers are doing.
Choke them with Evidence.

Emperormartin:
The first man that used the word "go to court" is Mr Yakubu the INEC chairman.

Now they're playing his tape in court and he's not their to defend it.

Time will come when APC lawyers won't have anything to lie again

Danisaint112:
With all the evidence presented against Tinubu it will be hard for the Judiciary to trample on Peter Obi case.

Peter Obi is even bring more reasonable points and facts than Atiku. The rigged him to third but he is the major opposition now.

That's why I keep telling corn addicts not to rejoice yet. So that when the big shock happens it won't claim their lives.

AntiTerrorist:
Stop spamming every thread on Nairaland with same picture or else I will report you for ban.

helinues:


Go to Court

SangoOlukosoOba:
Waste of energy!

What will that change?

Effort in futility!

helinues:


Go to Court

NigerianAngelo:


"Effort in futility" till Peter Obi is sworn in.

NigerianAngelo:


"Effort in futility" till Peter Obi is sworn in.

AntiTerrorist:
If you support Tinubu or APC, may your life be like Nigeria under their rulership.

AntiTerrorist:
Like Drug Daddy like surpporters.