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Cherrybae:
This one only read headline and rush to comment.

That's what ipob and obedients are known for.

They will never read body of a thread and rush to comment.

PDP has no case at all. All their witnesses fumbled during cross examination

chosen6:
But in those other instances that Tribunals were moves to Abuja, parties were given enough time to settle down and present tgeir witnesses unlike in this case....

lordm:
This man just come fall PDP hand

Chinjo2:
With the weight of evidences provided so far by Asue Ighodalo, it will be very difficult for the tribunal to do anything funny because the riggibg was just too obvious.
Inec did it without covering its tract.

BluntCrazeMan:
In The Case Of Edo State,, THE BVAS-MACHINES ARRIVED AT THE TRIBUNAL BEFORE THE DEADLINE..

Am I right.??







The INEC Staff who brought the BVAS-Machines was not cross-examined by the Counsel of the Petitioners.??

BluntCrazeMan:
I guess we should be grateful to the doggedness of Ajaka of Kogi-State and the SDP in Kogi-State for this special milestone.!!

He fought for this in Kogi,, and thanks goodness it is going to pay off in Edo State.


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For Context......
((For the sake of those who didn't know what Ajaka did in Kogi State))

He demanded for the BVAS-Machines to be brought to the court during the Election Tribunal..
BUT THE INEC REFUSED.

He charged them to court separately for it.

The case reached SUPREME-COURT, and he won on that one.

Then the INEC had no other options than to bring the BVAS-Machines to court..

But then,, They still ruled against him during the Judgement.
The reason being that,, by the time the BVAS-Machines were finally brought to the court,, the time allotted for the “hearing” had passed, and thus, none of the evidence which were gotten out of the BVAS-Machines could be used to decide the fate of the petition.

The thing pained me that time shaa.
But I knew it had set precedence for some future Tribunals.

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Hello Fergie001.
Please is there any link available right-now -- where I can download the Supreme-Court Judgement that gave Ajaka/INEC the go-ahead to bring the BVAS-Machines to the Tribunal.??

I really need to read it and digest it very well..

BluntCrazeMan:
Akpakomiza2.

This one is not BVAS-REPORTS..

I just say make I remind you.

gbengayandipo20:
Asue Ighodalo and his deputy Osarodion Ogie being lawyers and smart lawyers have successfully done what Wike and El Rufai prevented opposition parties from doing in Rivers and Kaduna in 2023 by blocking INEC office for 21 days to prevent inspection of materials and issuance of CTC documents and made it impossible for them to file their case within 21 days but Edo PDP led by Obaseki and Asue, Ogie outsmarted them and got all the evidence required to prove their case which was filed within 21 days. BVAS, IREV, Voter's register, Agents copies of Form EC8A-D and CTCs of all the INEC result sheet including the cooked result. Judiciary don't have any choice in this case than look at the true figures in form EC8A valid result without over voting and declare Asue of PDP the real winner 😛. Good job 👍

Vadese1:
The tribunal should do fast so that pdp can regain their mandate. The evidence is clear. No Mount of defense can save the governor from being remove

Ojiofor:
What happened in Edo state was day light robbery to install one illiterate like that as governor.

iwaeda:
Technicality. Though evidences are overwhelming.

trytillmake:
Whomever wrote this article the guy supposed dey write movie

donphilopus:
Wilfully when we know what happened at Akoko Edo? I was on ground on election day bro so I know what transpired.

donphilopus:
Lol. Some commenters on this thread are very funny. Last time Marvelous traveled home, I was told he went with SUV's with presidency number plates. Meaning he's in this government (federal) or has a connect in the presidency. Those condemning him here don't know anything. He's rolling with your bosses.

Umuinyioku:
How are they watery, with avalanche of evidences against him?

Be rest assured he will be dethroned. He is just marking time. And that's the reason he skipped the meeting of South South governors currently holding in Yenagoa, Bayelsa.

He stole the mandate of Edo people.

Mtchweee 😔

spencekat:
Out of 20 LGAs, that is very poor. He is still a light weight politician.

spencekat:
Dogara should go and sit down. Paper weight politician like him.

JAWBONE:
Okpebholo, the Olodo APC governor is a Governor with one leg in office.

With all the evidence put forward against his sham election, he should be out of office by now.

But he has already promised T-pain 2027 Edo Votes.
So we are waiting to see the magic T-pain will do for him together with Mrs Kekere.

Also Okpebholo has had a strategic meeting with Mc Oluomo to teach Edo State how to Agberolize the whole election tribunal

BluntCrazeMan:
The one Witness that appeared was enough for the day.!!

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**Meanwhile..

ABOUT THE UPCOMING FUTURE ELECTIONS...

We cannot just continue to be participating in future elections -- if WE don't first-of-all force the INEC (Through Court Orders) to always ensure that ALL their Collation-Officers make use of the “BVAS-Machines” to settle ALL the Disputes that are raised by the party-agents and accredited observers before them.
(No matter at what Level Of Collation the disputes were raised).

The Collation Officers are bound by the Electoral Act to settle such disputes that were raised at their collation centers..
And there are penalties for Collation Officers who refused to do due diligence during Collation..

We cannot continue to be participating and voting in elections where the Collation Officers would continue to treat us like filthy rags every time..

DeZoro:
PDP have strong reason to win this case if sincerity is employed

Pblueboy:
This was written by one of the urchins of APC....
I pray God will handle your life and that of your family just the way APC is ruling both the federal and state... Say a big Amen to that.

Bobloco:
I'm not surprised by your comment.

The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Tuesday slammed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Asue Ighodalo, over their failure to produce witnesses to testify in the petition they filed to nullify the outcome of the gubernatorial poll that was held in the state on September 21, 2024.

At Tuesday’s proceedings, counsel to PDP and Ighodalo, Mr. Adetunji Oyeyipo, SAN, told the tribunal that most of their proposed witnesses, “suffered travel disruptions.”

“My lords, this is the reason we are unable to present them today. We urge your Lordships to give us another date.

“We undertake that on the next date, we will bring as many witnesses as may be convenient for the tribunal.

“We will also work assiduously to prime down our witnesses,” Oyeyipo, SAN, pleaded shortly after the witness that was testifying before the tribunal relocated its sitting from Edo state to Abuja, was discharged.”

Dissatisfied with the development, Justice Wilfred Kpochi-led three-member tribunal slammed the petitioners for wasting the judicial time of the tribunal.

According to the tribunal, it had earlier asked other parties that also lodged petition to challenge the outcome of the governorship election, to take fresh dates.

“What you are just telling us is not good at all! Why then did we ask the other petitioners to take dates? We should have heard them today,” Justice Kpochi fumed.

“In fact, call those your witnesses. Tell them to come, we are ready for them to come today.”
However, counsel to the petitioners pleaded that the witnesses may not be in the right frame of mind to mount the dock after their travel difficulties.

“I appeal that we should be given a new date,” the petitioners’ counsel pleaded.

The tribunal subsequently adjourned the case till Thursday, January 30

Meanwhile, the witness that was discharged, Mr. Oseyili Anenih, told the tribunal that though there were a total of 4,519 polling units in Edo state, the PDP and its candidate are challenging results from about 765 polling units.

Answering questions under cross-examination, Mr. Anenih, who told the tribunal that he served as the Director of Research and Strategy for the PDP, admitted that he could not visit all the polling units during the election.

He told the tribunal that most of the evidence the petitioners’ relied on were based on reports that were submitted by agents and experts.

He told the tribunal that most copies of the results that agents of the party made available to him at the Situation Room, were not signed.

However, Anenih maintained that if lawful votes that were cast at the election were sincerely collated, his candidate, Ighodalo, would have emerged victorious.

Answering questions from Dr. Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN, who represented Governor Monday Okpebholo, the witness admitted that though they did not have any physical assess to the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, Machines, that were used for the election, they however got some screenshots of it, which they tendered in evidence.

He said they had since subpoenaed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to make the machines available before the tribunal.

While being cross-examined by counsel to the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Emmanuel Ukala, the PW-12, who is the lead witness in the matter, confirmed that he was not trained by INEC to play any role during the election.

He admitted that none of the polling unit results was handed over to him personally by agents of the party.

However, while answering another question, he said: “Some of the local government collation agents brought their results straight to me because they were not allowed access to the State Collation Center.

“Some copies of election results in the Form EC8A that were handed to the agents were not legible.

“It is however not correct that majority of the results that were brought by our agents were not stamped by INEC, though some of them were not.

When he was handed one of the Exhibits to look at, the witness confirmed to the tribunal that out of 16 copies of the results in the bundle, only three of them were stamped.

“To us, that three that were stamped was significant enough. It represents almost 20%,” the witness insisted.

The PDP and its candidate had approached the tribunal, praying it would invalidate the outcome of the governorship election on the grounds of alleged non-compliance with the Electoral Act.

PDP contended that Governor Okpebholo of the APC did not secure the highest number of majority votes cast at the Edo gubernatorial election.

spencekat:
As usual.

Bobloco:
It was nothing but a rigging by design for the APC, which is why Jarret Tenebe was busy threatening fire and brimstone.

Assetosky:
Omoagege of Delta presented more damning proof against pdp but still lost. Make una forget all these things

Gandollar:
Osho pikin is a very raz man. In his desperation for power, he forgot to clean up his fraudulent footprints. He will loose out eventually.

play5050:
Anybody thinking APC with Tinubu and oshomole with ganduje will seat and watch PDP take Edo state in the next 8 years is living waiting for arsenal to win the champions league.

Nothing PDP can do to reclaim Edo again, it's gone

Even if tribunal decide against sen Monday, appeal will still install him same as supreme court.

APC next target is Delta or bayelsa because River state will be difficult for them unless wike decamp.
APC want 3 state in the south south, they already have Edo and cross River

Either Delta or bayelsa they will get one, which I see Delta as the most easiest to capture for them. River state and akwa ibom is a no go area for them

abobote:
All these things don't matter.
Our Judiciaries are fanatically corrupt. Maybe they have written the judgment already in favor of the highest bidder, while watching all these dramas in the court

Maxymilliano:
Inec really made a mess of the Edo state election.

A situation whee there is glaring discrepancies between Certified true copy results and what's obtained on Irev