₦airaland Forum

ok ooo the APC lawyers should have requested for it... at least put up a defence using the line of thought. they didnt but Dansuqi want to do their work for them

Dansuqi:
Give us a specimen of an error prone result sheet

ok... so result sheets are not concrete evidence abi ?

Dansuqi:
There is no concrete evidence of such manipulations

How ?

JosEast:
P.D.P! P.D.P! be careful...Do not cause harm to this nation

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar and his party, PDP, have called upon the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to grant all reliefs, including declaring the opposition standard bearer winner of the election as prayed in their petition.

The petitioners, in their final address filed on August 14, through their lead counsel, Dr. Levy Uzoukwu (SAN), also said they had proved their claim that President Muhammadu Buhari did not possess the minimum academic qualification of a secondary school certificate to contest for the presidency.



INEC had declared Buhari and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), winner of the election, having scored majority of the lawful votes cast at the poll.

But Atiku and PDP challenged the declaration, saying Buhari did not win the election.

Atiku and PDP in their petition filed at the tribunal on March 18, 2019, also alleged electoral irregularities allegedly perpetrated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in support of Buhari and APC by the agents of the federal government, including the military.

The tribunal had on August 1 adjourned till August 21 for the adoption of final addresses by parties shortly after the respondents closed their defence against the petition of Atiku and PDP.

The petitioners had called in 62 witnesses and tendered plethora of documents, including video evidence to prove their claims.

While Buhari called in only seven witnesses and tendered few documents in defence of his victory at the poll, INEC and the APC said they would be relying on the testimonies made by the petitioners’ witnesses during their cross-examination.

However, Atiku and the PDP in the final address, asked the tribunal to nullify the election of Buhari since they have been able to adduce evidence to the fact that he was not qualified to run in the first place.

Besides, they said they had proved all allegations contained in their petition against the conduct of the presidential election by the INEC.

According to them, five major issues for determination by the five-member tribunal, headed by Justice Mohammed Garba, include whether Buhari at the time of the election was qualified to contest the election.

“Whether Buhari submitted to INEC affidavit containing false information of fundamental nature in aid of his qualification for the said election.

“Whether from the pleadings and evidence led it was established that Buhari was duly elected by majority of lawful votes cast at the election.

“Whether the presidential election conducted by INEC on February 23 was invalid by reason of corrupt practices; and

“Whether the presidential election conducted by INEC on February 23 was invalid by reason of non-compliance with the Electoral Act, 2010 as amended, the Electoral Guidelines 2019 and manuals issued for the conduct of the election,” they said.

In their 43-page final address, Atiku and PDP claimed to have established the fact that Buhari does not possess the requisite academic qualification for the position of president.

The petitioners said even Buhari’s own witnesses under cross-examination admitted to the fact that Buhari did not possess a school certificate, being the basic requirements for contesting for the office of the president.

“We, therefore, submit that all the purported evidence led by the second respondent (Buhari) to prove that he attended a secondary school or a primary school or that he attended some courses is irrelevant because he did not rely on any of those purported qualifications in exhibit P1, he relied on primary school certificate, WASC and Officer Cadet.

“Equally futile is his attempt to prove that he can speak and write in the English language. That is all irrelevant to his inability to produce his primary school certificate, secondary school certificate or WASC and his Officer Cadet qualification, whatever that means. Officer Cadet is not a qualification or certificate under the constitution and Electoral Act; nor is it known to any law,” they said.

On the purported Cambridge University certificate tendered by Buhari before the tribunal, the petitioners asked why “it was easier for Buhari to go all the way to Cambridge in the United Kingdom to obtain a bogus documents that his own witnesses said was not a certificate, instead of just driving down the street in Abuja to the Army Headquarters or placing a phone call to the Secretary of the Military Board in Abuja to hurry over with his certificate or certificates.”

Still on the Cambridge University documents, the petitioners submitted that, “a comparison of the purported Cambridge Assessment International Education Certifying Statement of the purported West African Examination Council (WAEC) certificate and a certified true copy of the purported confidential result sheet of the University of Cambridge West African School Certificate of 1961 for the Provincial Secondary School, Katsina reveals many discrepancies in the supposed result.

“One listed eight subjects that the candidate therein mentioned one ‘Mohammed Buhari’ allegedly sat for, the other six subjects; both documents are therefore unreliable as both cannot be correct. The contradiction must count against the second respondent.

Another false claim by Buhari, according to the petitioners, is that he attended “Elementary School, Daura and Mai Aduwa 1948-52.”

“Elementary School Daura is totally different from Mai Aduwa – their locations are totally different,” the petitioners said.

He also claimed he entered Middle School, Katsina in 1953.

However, the petitioners said by 1953, the Middle School system had been abolished in the Northern Region of Nigeria.

On the claim that his certificates were with the military, the petitioners said Buhari failed woefully to prove the claim, “rather the petitioners’ evidence to the contrary was not contested nor challenged.”

The petitioners also argued that they have successfully proved that the Nigerian Army had denied being in possession of Buhari’s alleged certificates.

“One of the strongest evidence on the issue was given by the second respondent’s own witness, RW1, General Paul Tarfa (rtd), who under cross-examination by the first respondent (INEC), told the court firmly and unequivocally that the Army did not collect the certificates of military officers and added, ‘there was no such thing”.

On the issue of rigging and non-compliance with the Electoral Act, the petitioners said with the plethora of evidence tendered and witnesses called, they had been able to show to the tribunal that Buhari’s election was invalid.

They added that analysis of results from 11 states showed how INEC in connivance with Buhari and the APC wrongly and unlawfully credited Buhari with votes not valid or lawful.

According to them, documents tendered before the tribunal showed huge discrepancies between collated results as contained in the tendered Certified True Copies of forms EC8A and polling units.

They further alleged that a total of 2, 906,384 votes were cancelled across the country, while 2, 698,773 Nigerians were disenfranchised.

They said the two figures when added exceeded the 3, 928,869 differential between the votes as stated in INEC form EC8E.

In addition, they said they had led evidence to show that INEC violated its own regulations and guidelines with respect to mandatory use of the smart card reader in the process of accreditation, which according to them occasioned over voting thereby rendering the election null and void.

They therefore prayed the tribunal to grant all the reliefs sought for in their petition.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/08/16/declare-us-winner-of-presidential-election-atiku-pdp-tell-tribunal/

Yinmu.. u are confused because u are not paying attention, Let me help u: These are the petion grounds

Server Result ,
Result were manipulated over 5 million vote were added to PMB vote
False info on form CF001

Read the thread from the beginning u will have clue

tinsel:
So it is no longer server now. On what ground is Atiku basing this pettion because i am confused.

you get time for this people...they are programmed zombies

tuniski:
Yes, he did! You are just only dismissive without any iota of grounds.

Yinmu Atiku said over 5 million votes were illegaly added to Bubu votes, with 30000 CTCs . U didnt counter with proof and u say it is meaningless

Well i told some Zombies that this petition is more the the server issue...

so APC now want the testimony of The Kenyan IT expert expunged ... shebi una say he fvcked up, Buharideen sef SMH

They also urged the Justice Mohammed Garba-led tribunal of five judges to reject the testimony of the petitioners’ 40th, 59th and 60th witnesses.

Atiku’s spokesperson, Mr Segun Showunmi, was the 40th witness; David Njorga from Kenya, who was described by the petitioners as their “expert witness,” was the PW 59; while Joseph Gbenga, a data analyst was the PW 60.

e be like say Dansuqi don dey smell Atiku Victory at the PEPT....

for Sowore ?

dunkem21:
If there is darkness in the cloud for 5 hours in Nigeria and rain falls heavily on Oct 1, I will deactivate this account.

Ope oo.. now Oga pastor go no say Twitter no like trader moni..

abi who for win ?

dat no too much ....

Make e chop beans small.....

well....

abio.... it shows how baba corrupted most of our institutions..in zhe name of "Integrity"

tuniski:
Get the point, the result must be one. WAEC is a later day evolution. The prime document is the Cambridge's for which any subsequent action of WAEC must be based on .

But what happened is the denial of the cambridge CTC by the deputy registrar. Where then did WAEC get the raw result it issued the attestation on?

abio...well let see which "tekinikaliti"dem go use this time around

tuniski:
It is getting more and more interesting. Let us see how the PEPT will decide on this petition.

Una see why INEC run Buhari na bad market

you are right..... and their submision like

Atiku witnesses ;We transmitted results
INEc will be they didnt quote the code , or didnt see the server so we dont have one (IT dierector was suppose to testify)

Atiku : false entries in 11 state(Exhibit 500000 CTC result)
INEC: we stand by the results declared(no Results sheets submitted by Inec).

Atiku; Video and other internal doc.
INEC; No doc submitted to disprove this.

e.tc....
I think INEC has nothing to lose by not putting a robust defense, if they rely on PDP witnesse , i smell trouble for APC except they make a good case.

muykem:
They will do that by writing submission. That's not require witness. They will rely on Atiku witnesses that election was manually collated and server is alien to our laws. The other aspect raised by petitioner didn't concern INEC.

so a website is not connected to a server

Okoroawusa:
so a website is a server?

so INEC dont need to counter the claims by their staff that they transmitted results ?.internal memo and Training material are they their documents . They 11 contested state with false entries, no collation officer to testify abi?.....well make we wait for the APC and Bubu defence

Yinmu..u think a single person steal 2,4 Billion dollars and keep it in a foreign bank in this century and nothing will happen ?? Ibori didnt steal close to 10 mill he chop bean , anyway una Zombie friend go believe

Well, the server result is already admitted in court as evidence, because it relevant to the petition.....

MetaPhysical:
Relevant to what exactly?

Oby getting her paycheck

in Nigeria what governs admissibility of evidence is relevance. So if it is relevant, it is admissible. ..

MetaPhysical:
You should be able to answer this simple question independent of INEC appearance.

Any document not authenticated by electoral authority is not admissible as legitimate record.

Is the record in Atiku's possession authentic?

I never went to law school but is obvious to see that that Atiku's case can be punctured using technicalities to test its validity.

Im sure the lagal counsels all know this, but they are paid in hours. Why rush to end the contract?

abio on 29 th is the day....expect some revelations before then

engineerboat:
Let INEC come and make their defense.


Not on nairaland

abio leave them ...make dem dey open thread about how Atiku was "scammed"... e o do them like film

Gbam your head dey there... i was surprised when INEC Lawyer said it, so they are indirectly admitting there is a server

tuniski:
Many testify to transmitting the result not just one witness and the particular witness said the code was in his phone if needed.

The issue of server and transmission of results have been materially proved.

Inec/apc said they will argue on the side of law during their defense. That simply tells you they know server existence is done and sealed.

The good thing is, inec doesn't need any law expressly to transmit result to its server. It is an administrative procedure.

We are having an interesting case at hand.

you are right ... is anybody disputing that

EagleSquare1:
In a case like a presidential election you have to prove the existence of a vital component of your case, and not in Nairaland but in court!

get an education dont you know the parties will all make a final address to the court ....SMH Buharideens

Akpuoru:
Really?. Final address on what premise?. Lawyer!!