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The 2nd witness Mr Charles Otasowie
Adenomo (3RWO2) , ward 6 collation agent, a farmer from Ikpoba Okha LGA.

When Counsel to the petitioner Kemi
Penheiro (SAN) asked whether he was
trained by his Party with INEC manual 2016
he answered, ,No.

So because you weren't trained with the INEC
manual 2016, its clear that you don't know
what Over voting means? The witness said I
don't know.

Asked if it will be correct to say that because
you didn't visit other polling units in your
ward, can you tell if you saw proper
accreditation.

his reply was that l don't know
because l didn't visit other units other than
my own unit, so l can't tell.

Kemi - You agree accreditation is a must
before voting?

Witness- Yes sir.

Kemi - Do you also agree that if accreditation
isn't done, the election in that polling unit will
be invalidated and deeclared void?


Witness - Yes sir.

When he was asked by P Penheiro .(SAN) to confirm that his name was ticked during accreditation by the INEC official, he
answered yes he did tick.

Penheiro (SAN) asked the
witness to be showed exhibit PO 318(13).
item 23, page 3, that is your name, please
confirm how many tickings are besides it, his
replied was, I don't know.

The 3rd respondent (APC) commenced their
defence today after the usual ritual of
introducing counsel to all parties present in
court.

The 1st witness was ushered into the
witness box by counsel to the 3rd
respondent S.L Akintola, Mr Charles
Otasowie Adenomo (3RWO01), ward 6
collation agent, a businessman who resides
at 72 Uwa street_Benin City, ikpoba Okha
LGA.
During cross examination by counsel to both
the 1st and 2nd respondents, the witness
told the court that there was proper
accreditation and the voting process went
Wel
But when it as the turn of the Counsel to
the petitioner Kemi Penheiro (SAN) to cross
examine the witness the story changed,
When asked to confirm to the tribunal that all
APC agents were not trained with the INEC
manual 2016. he answered, we weren't
trained at all,

Asked if it will be correct to say that both you
and all others trained by your party do not
know anything about voting process and accreditation. His reply was that i dont know.

Good Morning.

We are back again at the Edo state governorship Election Tribunal seating in benin city.

The 3rd Respondent (APC) begins her defense today.

Stayed tuned for more updates

Good morning

ComrTonwa:
Engineer boat..u will faint like Uriel the day the tribunal will give its final ruling against the dead PDP according to Obasanjo..continue uploading trash

Dead you mean.

1. Gombe just finished LGA election, what is the result
2. Rivers state concluded election (Ask for the score abeg). so APC led government need, SARS Commanders, Army, Police and ABUJA to slug it out with dead PDP.
3. Taraba State just held a LGA election (Ask for the score)

Mr Man. Its better you don't comment at all than saying what you dont know

ComrTonwa:
Engineer boat..u will faint like Uriel the day the tribunal will give its final ruling against the dead PDP according to Obasanjo..continue uploading trash

Are you sure.

Can the dead be giving the living a turf time at the tribunal.

is it the dead party that is making Obaseki Witness and counsel to dey contradict each other ni

BERNIMOORE:
I am learning a new thing, now I know why some people sustained defending this failed administration.

haahahahaha.

No break my ribs abeg.

Seems your visitors are on break.

Just be at alert they are having meeting already.

in addition just get ready for
1. Re: Who are the BMC on Nairaland
2. Who is BERNIMOORE
3. The Past lives of BERNIMOORE

Just get ready

Updates continue on Thursday March 9th, 2017.

for those abusing me, please continue to say what you like.

its a free world.

Justice Ahmed Badamosi adjourns sitting till Thursday, 9th March 2017 for the commencement of the 3rd respondent's (APC) defence.

The case of the 2nd respondent is thereby closed the ,judge ruled

This was accepted by counsels to both the 1st and 3rd respondent but objected by the petitioner who added that it will be debated during their final addresses, Justice Ahmed Badamosi admitted the evidence as exhibits 2WR54 and 2WR55 respectively.

Ken Mozia (SAN) ,"we thereby move that our defence be closed since our 10 days just elapsed"

Counsel to the 2nd respondent Ken Mozia (SAN) just tendered from the bar ,certified true copy of INEC approved guidelines and regulations for the conduct of the 2015 general elections and a copy of it's official receipt issued by INEC to the court. .

The 5th witness (2RW70) is Mr. Adams Ozimede Andrew, a teacher from Uzairue in Etsako West LGA, he functioned as the ward collation agent for ward 10, to be cross examined with exhibits PO 4(60) and PO 64(1-16).

During the cross examination by F. Orbih (SAN) , the witness was asked I accreditation is done using the voters register, Do you agree he went further and the witness answer was "I don't know"

Counsel to the petitioner to the witness, have you ever seen the witness deposition? No, the witness answered.

Have you seen the endorsements of the voters register for your units in your ward at anytime before today? ,the witness answered "No".

Do you agree that there can be cases of over voting from the voters register? The witness said he disagrees because he is not INEC.

Orbih - Show him exhibits PO 235(1,2,3) of the voters register from his unit were he voted, are those the voters register? He said " I don't know"

You voted in unit 3, so check if there are tickings to the left? The witness said "I can see tickings but I can't tell where it is".

The witness is then discharged.

BERNIMOORE:
Just reading an interesting thread on Nairaland before it was suddenly closed, I understand that maybe rules might have been broken so this thread is sanitized With solid Evidence why are some people called BMC? No name calling pls don't break rules just give"reasons" thanks

They will soon come here to mark Register.

You just hold your biro and be at alert

BERNIMOORE:
Just reading an interesting thread on Nairaland before it was suddenly closed, I understand that maybe rules might have been broken so this thread is sanitized With solid Evidence why are some people called BMC? No name calling pls don't break rules just give"reasons" thanks

B-uhari
M-edia
C-entre

Hmmmm there functions is to..........
Agents are everywhere......................

Fill in the gap............. abeg

The 3rd witness (2RW68) Mr. Hillary Ozogo,
from m Owan East LGA.

He is to be cross examined with exhibit PO 4(57), .PO 98(1-17).

Can over voting be determined by comparing
the voters register with the entries in form
ECBA, F Orbih (SAN) asked. The witness said
yes he agrees.

Did you see the endorsements on the voters
register before your deposition was written.
The witness answered that in paragraph 18
of his deposition, the information that
formed his statement was gotten from his
polling unit agents

The 2nd witness (2RW67) after the
replacement mounted he witness box.

He is Mr. kheafe lghodaro Dennis, from Otuo
in Owan East LGA. He is to be cross
examined with exhibit PO 97(1-17).

Counsel to the petitioner asked the witness if
before his deposition he had seen the Voters
register from his ward, he replied No my
Lord.

FOrbih (SAN), again asked do you agree
with me that before you can determine over
Voting you must have seen the voters
register, i repeat do you need the voters
register to determine over voting, he said No.

He was also given exhibit PO 299 (6,5 & 10)
to identify if they were the voters register
used in your ward which he supervised, he
confirmed, yes my Lord

Confusion sets in for the 2nd respondent
(Obaseki) as they just withdrew their 2nd
Witness for today, we need to present our most
important witnesses, O. Oyeyepo (SAN)
pleaded, apologises my Lordship he added

spartan117:
.when would d judge give d final verdict? @op

The 3rd Respondent will still call its witnesses

After the usual introduction by counsel to all
parties, the 2nd respondent (Obaseki) who
8W be closing their defence today,
commenced the defence of their case with The calling of their first deponent into the
witness box Mr. Igbinijesu Cookey Nosa
(2RW66), a businessman from Ward 9 in
Egor LGA were he functioned as the ward
collation agent. He is to be cross examined with exhibit PO 23(1-19).

During cross examination, after he was
showed Exhibit PO 21 (1,9,10,11& 16) by F
Orbih (SAN) to confirm the documents,
counsel to the 2nd respondent objected this
move on the grounds that the said witness
didn't handle Form EC8A but EC8B which he
signed as a ward collation officer.

Responding, Chief F. Orbih (SAN) told the
court that this I issue shouldn't dragged by A.
Oyeyepo counsel to the 2nd respondent but
that on the 7th of February 2017, your
lordship earlier ruled in favour of the
petitioner concerning this issue, he referred
the judge to paragraph 15 were the witness
deposited that there was over voting in his
Ward so going by his statement, he needs to
test the veracity the deponent's claims.

He also added that in his paragraph 10 he
also stated in his deposition that he received
all Polling unit results from his PU agent, so
my lordship I in order not to shutout justice,
may I be allowed to continue with my cross
examination F, Orbih asserted.

Counsel to INEC Mr. Anumwonye Onyinye
objected to the cross examination by the
petitioner on the grounds that he wasn't the
maker of the said document.

Chief F. Orbih (SAN) cited section 215(2) of
the evidence act, which he said doesn't
support the submission and contentions fie
the 1st and 3rd respondents having regards
to the evidence the witness has earlier sworn
to. He also argued that if the 1st respondent
is saying that because the witness isn't the
maker of the document he shouldn't be cross
examined then that particular section of his
statement should be expunged from his
deposition since he isn't the maker.

O. Oyeyepo (SAN) prayed the court not to
allow counsel to the petitioner go on with
asking his witness questions concerning the
above subject matter because it lacks
competence.

This argument has lingered for over 2 hour
and 15 minutes, but in a short ruling, Justice Ahmed Badamosi upheld the objections of the 2nd respondent.

Good Morning.

We are back at the Edo state governorship election tribunal.

Obaseki the 2nd Respodent is expected to close his case today after seeking for adjournment last week wednesday.

Stay tune for more updates.

engineerboat

PenisCaP:
Is that impossible in this shithole of a country

The recent released girls.where are they now.

Has any media been given opportunity to interview them.

Is the government giving updates on their reharbilitation.

Your answer will be as good as mine

omenka:
Imagine the kind of idiotic lies some of these PDP supporters are fond of telling themselves. How could one in their right senses say "pdp never intimidated APC"??

I guess the following indicate they were having dinner with the opposition back then:

1. Governors Forum Crises (2013):

A lot of political pundits insist this marked the beginning of Jonathan downfall, forget his crass incompetence.

In a simple election involving 35 participants and two contestants, Jonathan's interference saw to it that this more or less political pressure group was fractured beyond redemption resulting in the formation of the PDP Governors Forum chaired by his stooge Godswill Akpabio and another faction of the forum chaired by his preferred candidate who lost in the contest, Jonah Jang.

The election whose video went rival at that time due to its outcome saw Amaechi pulling 19 votes while Jonah Jang pulled 16. Democrat Jonathan insisted Jang won the election and recognised him as the Chairman of the forum giving rise to the much publicised PDP arithmetics where 16 is greater than 19.

This set the precedence for the scenarios that played out in Rivers and Ekiti Houses of Assembly while our "Hero" stood idly by, giving a tacit nod to the obvious anomalies as state police were used to suppress the opposition.

www.punchng.com/news/jonathan-endorses-gov-jangs-faction/

2. APC National Leader Harassed by the Military:

During the heat of the campaigns, keeping faith with their doctrine of hounding and intimidating opposition figures, Bola Tinubu had his house placed under surveillance by the military when he wasn't indicted for any federal offence. The national leader responded to this in a manner that set social media on fire, placing a banner in front of his house that seemingly pointed the military where they should be looking- Sambisa.

leadership.ng/news/411334/military-places-tinubu-surveillance

4. APC Office Raided:

This was another very dark day in our democratic experience and marked an upsurge in the use of state security agents to harass and gag the opposition. Under the guise of carrying out an investigation, offices of the opposition were raided with computers and other instruments confiscated and destroyed. It was one of the lowest points of the DSS and somewhat signalled its complete evolution into an arm of the PDP.

The DSS at a press conference displayed items "discovered" at the office during the raid and they were computers, hard drives and other electronic accessories- hell it was a data centre!! Were they expecting to find chopsticks and stoves

www.naij.com/329843-lagos-apc-office-stormed-by-dss-soldiers-data-confiscated.html

dailyindependentnig.com/2014/11/apc-office-raid-dss-releases-list-recovered-items/

5. Buhari's Plane Barred from Landing:

Another shameful incident where a plane conveying opposition bigwigs (then), including her flag bearer, on a campaign trail was refused landing rights in Makurdi and they had to return to Abuja. My question is, what if there wasn't sufficient fuel to take them back to Abuja as they made the u-turn mid-air?? Your guess is as good as mine.

www.vanguardngr.com/2014/11/buharis-aircraft-barred-landing-makurdi-airport/

saharareporters.com/2014/11/26/buharis-jet-barred-landing-makurdi

6. Protesters and Senator Shot in Rivers:

Another gut wrenching incident that demonstrated the partisan nature of our security apparatus under ex president Jonathan. In a continuation of the government's crackdown on the opposition, citizens who were on a peaceful protest in Rivers state were shot at with live and rubber bullets and a Senator was hit twice in the chest. Thankfully, he
survived and a serious crises was averted.

www.vanguardngr.com/2014/01/rivers-crisis-senator-abe-shot-flown-london/

7. APC Women Protesters Teargassed:

This was another horrid incident that demonstrated the ex president's disdain for opposition and civil liberties.

www.vanguardngr.com/2015/03/police-fire-tear-gas-at-apc-women-protesters-in-rivers/

8. Jonathan Orders Withdrawal of Speaker's Security Detail:

Arguably the most vicious assault on our democracy by the ex president. This much publicised incident that needs no introduction earned the ex president (and deservedly so) local and international disrepute and condemnation. People had started to see him as the worst civilian dictator in the country's history.
If you ask me, this incident drove the last nail into the coffin of Jonathan's 2015 ambition.

leadership.ng/news/388651/jonathan-orders-withdrawal-tambuwals-security-details

www.channelstv.com/2014/10/30/tambuwals-security-details-withdrawn/

www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/170346-jonathan-orders-withdrawal-of-tambuwals-security-details.html




I guess these people think everyone is as foolish as they are.

Smh.

What are you saying man.

How does this affect Baba Iyabo the author of rascality Democracy

TonyeBarcanista:
He should rest jare

I dont know what Baba is looking again.

PDP dont need him again.

The rot he created in PDP is been cleansed. So He should waka comot jare

Myd44

Kare hooo.

Are you sure your comments come from your heart or a rhetorical statement

Obasonjo the man that left PDP just because he want to have his 3rd term agenda.

Do we even neef to remind Baba Iyabo that his relevance is if no use again

HardMirror:
It is laughable when you see people who are clearly partisan claim to be patriots. Everyone claim to be patriots fighting for the interest of the country and common man.
Truth is these so called patriots are nothing but Hypocrites who have zero interest in nation building or bringing sanity to the polity. They are paid stooges that sit tight online to fight for their pay masters while pretending to be patriots.

Let's stop abusing this glorious word. You all are not patriots but hypocritical defenders of your pay masters.

Else, tell us, why do you think you are a patriot.

And your point is.

Must you mention peoples name to drive home ur point

Tribunal Adjourned till Monday for the 2nd Respondent (Obaseki) to close their defense.

Owonikoko (SAN) counsel to the 2nd respondent told the judge that they are opting for an adjournment, we have called 65 witnesses so far and we need to reappraise the level of our defence till Monday.

We don't want to be working and calling witnesses without focus. We need to put our house in order,

My lord it's important for us to appraise ourselves and in order to know where we are going. In the light of the above, we want to move for an adjournment to Monday, the 6th of March 2017.

We are willing to forfeit two and half days of the 10 days given to us by the Tribunal. After no objection from the petitioners and 1st and 3rd respondents counsels, the Judge adjourned siting to Monday, the 6th of March and also admonished the 3rd respondent to endeavour to open its case on Tuesday.

Here is a twist to the 2nd Respondent (Obaseki) Defense.

The 3rd witness (2RW65) Hon. Ifedayo Esheshi, a businessman from Okpella , Etsako East, he is cross examined with exhibit PO 51-59, PO 4(46).

Adelodu - In paragraph 6 of your desposition you said accreditation and voting took place at your polling unit.

Witness - Yes.

Adelodu- Which came 1st accreditation or Voting?

Witness- Accreditation came first followed by voting.

Adelodu - Show the witness exhibit PO 264(2,3,4,6,7) tell this honourable court if there are no tickings to the left of the document.

Witness - There are tickings but I don't know whether its to the left or right , I need to be educated.

The witness was then discharged by the judge.

The 2nd witness (2RW64), Comrade Ogun John Oleghe , a public servant from Agenebode in Etsako East LGA, he is been cross examined with exhibit PO 4(40), PO 45(1-9), PO 259(1-.

When asked if he knows the meaning of over voting ,he said No.

On what document was the accreditation done in your polling unit, A. Adelodu [SAN] asked.

Witness - The voters register was used.

Adelodu - Please give the witness exhibit PO 259(1)and confirm that those are the voters register used in units 1& 6?

Witness- I don't know, I didn't vote in unit 6, but you were the ward collation of your party the counsel asked.