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garfield1:
Oyetola has satisfied the requirement of having the highest valid votes and spread

garfield1:
A rerun was not part of the prayers.rerun is for inec during the election proper

fergie001:
Do you know the funny thing, go through one of your threads. You wrote that even days after the election (I think it was Anambra or so), that INEC was yet to update some results in their portal. This is what exactly happened...

delpee:
Hmmm! 700 polling units appears significant though. Shouldn't there be consideration for a rerun in those polling units?

garfield1:
Section 136 subsection 3 States that a tribunal can declare a winner after deduction.the section you quoted applies to inec

fergie001:
INEC issued an updated one and adduced reasons why the first was issued.

Even if you follow the evidence act, you don't jettison primary evidence for the secondary one.

LegendHero:
This is exactly what I said in my comment up there.

INEC should have done Justice to this before declaring winner and that is what the amended law says.

So I don’t know why OP is citing a law that is not even the bone of contention when INEC should have already did that before getting to court.

Law talk say make INEC themselves cancel in area where there is over voting. INEC no do anything, declare winner, and Oyetole took them to court.

Tsefini.

fergie001:
See, the Tribunal Chairman based his evidence on the BVAS report which is a secondary evidence rather than the primary evidence, the machine itself.

What about the voter's register.... Useless to Justice Kume.

One of two things will happen at the Appeal Court, either it is upturned or a retrial will be ordered but since there is no time, it should be upturned.

It is funny....just take a look at the majority judgement and tell me you wouldn't laugh.

Penguin2:
The lead judgment of the Osun Tribunal was hinged on over voting.

But what did the 2022 Electoral Act say about over voting?

Read the provision of the Electoral Act on over voting as captured in section 51 and decide for yourself if justice was truly served in Osun or not.

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Fergie001
Garfield1
Kyase

fergie001:
Too early but I think within the week, it will be out.

INEC HOLDS MOCK ACCREDITATION ON FEB 4TH..
Commends Nigerians’ Enthusiasm For PVCs

By Dominic James

Friday 27th January 2023

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Saturday 4th February for the mock accreditation exercise at which some of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System Machines (BVAS) procured for the 2023 General Election will be tested. The Commission has also commended Nigerians for showing enthusiasm to collect their Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVC).

Speaking at the Commission’s meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) which began today in Abuja, the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu said that having taken delivery of and tested the BVAS machines procured for the general election, the next step “is to conduct field tests across the country involving actual voters in readiness for nationwide deployment.” The Commission conducted a similar mock accreditation exercise ahead of the Ekiti and Osun State governorship elections.

According to Prof. Yakubu, 12 polling units have been designated in each State of the Federation and four in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on the equality of the country’s 109 Senatorial Districts for the exercise. A comprehensive list of the polling units, including their names, PU Code numbers and distribution by State, Senatorial District, Local Government and Registration Area (Ward) will subsequently be uploaded to the Commission’s website.

The INEC Chairman appealed to registered voters in the designated polling units to appear on the scheduled date with their PVCs for the mock exercise. He explained: “Doing so will help to reassure the public of the robustness of our system and to strengthen our processes ahead of the General Election. Civil society organisations, the media and the general public are welcome to observe the process. At the end of the exercise, the 436 BVAS machines involved will be reconfigured before they are deployed for the General Election.”

On PVC collection, Prof Yakubu said the Commission was encouraged by the determination of Nigerians to collect their cards. However, he also acknowledged a few issues to be addressed.

His words: “The Commission is encouraged by the determination of registered voters nationwide to collect their PVCs and the actual level of collection so far. For instance, in Lagos State, which has the highest number of registered voters in the country, the Commission delivered 940,200 PVCs from the recent voter registration exercise (June 2021 to July 2022) for both new registrants and requests for transfer and replacement of cards.

“As of yesterday Thursday 26th January 2023, 839,720 PVCs have been collected, representing 89.3% of the total figure. This meeting with RECs will consider reports from other States of the Federation and the Commission will not hesitate to consider additional measures to ensure that all citizens have ample opportunity to collect their PVCs ahead of the General Election. We wish to assure Nigerians that the Commission will always be responsive to the needs of the electorate.”

With exactly four weeks to the general election on 25th February 2023, Prof. Yakubu also affirmed the Commission’s readiness for the polls. His words: “I am glad to report that movement of materials for the election to various locations nationwide is being concluded. Training of officials will commence shortly. Ongoing consultations with stakeholders will be intensified. Airlifting and delivery of sensitive materials to States of the Federation has gone far. Accreditation of national and international observers and the media is being finalised. Critical service providers in the area of transportation have reassured us of their commitment to efficient logistics for the movement of materials and personnel to various locations while the security agencies have reaffirmed their readiness for the election.”

PHOTO CAPTION
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu (right) in a handshake with the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Imo State, Prof. Sylvia Uchenna Agu at the Commission's meeting with RECs, held at the INEC Headquarters, Abuja.

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Hidentity:
Gboyega Oyetola has been declared winner of the Osun state governorship election.
Seun


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/01/breaking-tribunal-sacks-adeleke-as-governor/

muykem:
Which law says that? Anywhere overvoting is proofed and established, court will cancel election there and remove the figure from all candidates.

fergie001:
I will post something related in a jiffy.

fergie001:
The case is still on. Forget the sensational topic, it is nothing out of the ordinary.

There is a difference between admitting documents and admissibility. At this stage, the tribunal will admit anything and everything. At this stage, even if you submit a tissue paper, the Court will accept. When the legal gymnastics starts, then any already admitted document that is not admissible will be expunged.

The last sitting, the Tribunal urged INEC to present Adeleke's nomination forms and certificates he contested with in 2018. Oyetola is claiming they are forged.

Indispensable85:
It looks like BVAS is to expose rather than prevent.

Workch:
for example, if I am Hope Uzodinma with Incumbent power in Imo state, I use the power of incumbency, brute force, inducement of inec officials and otherwise to sponsor overvoting in some PUs in Imo state so they can be canceled against LP.

Is it rocket science?

Workch:
So I can sponsor overvoting in opposition stronghold and INEC will jusy cancel it.

Ridiculous 😂

Ennoloa:
Then what does the Electoral Act says about cancelled polling unit

Workch:
good, so I can sponsor overvoting in your strongholds to make you lose. Because inec will eventually cancel them.

Lol, this election na fraud.
How are you sure APC did not deliberately sponsor overvoting?

Ennoloa:
So what happens to those polling unit?

Ennoloa:
..

Workch:
How did they know the figure combination?

How?

tunapawizzy:
Cancelled all the votes from the affected area, for all candidates. Actually That's what the law says and I think that's a big flaw in our electoral laws. You can't cancel people's mandate because INEC decides to be useless and not do the needful

Workch:
How did they know that it wasn't APC that overvoted in those polling Units?