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IamV:
Now to objection;

1st Respondent:

They object to the admissibility of the documents and reserve reasons till address stage.

2nd and 3rd Respondents:

They object to the admissibility and the reasons will be stated in their final written address.

4th Respondent:

They object to the admissibility and will advance reasons at address stage.

Obviously, the 4th Respondent didn't indicate his Objection.
However, Justice Ugo said 'We will record the usual thing for you .

Everyone laughs.

That's all for the Forms EC8B Series.

Now, they will move to tendering documents for Forms EC8Cs

IamV:
SAN Ananaba paul with a cheeky smile on his face: My lord, 1 LGA for Nassarawa is left and it’s on page 60 of the 4th schedule for the LGA called Kiana.

😅😅😅

Justice Tsammani: When was Nassarawa tendered ?

SAN Ananaba paul: On Monday my lord.

After flipping through some pages, Justice Tsammani: Nassarawa was not tendered

SAN Ananaba paul: It was my lord, it’s just one LGA left.

The Secretary is now up to help the judges get the documents for Nassarawa.

SAN Ananaba paul: We have tendered Nassarawa my lord.

Justice Tsammani: Okay, I’ve seen it
Go ahead.

SAN Ananaba paul: Thank you my lord.

IamV:
The Court:

The bundles of Forms EC8Bs of additional LGAs for Oyo State are admitted to evidence and hereby marked accordingly:
1. Ibarapa Central - PAK28
2. Akinyele - PAK29
3. Ibadan South - PAK 30
4. Ogunoluwa - PAK 31

The Petitioners will now tender 1 LGA in Nasarawa.

IamV:
Alright,now to objection;

1st Respondent:

They object to the admissibility of the documents, reasons to be advanced at address stage.

2nd and 3rd Respondents:

They object to the admissibility of the documents and reasons to be given in their final written address.

4th Respondent:

They object to the admissibility of the documents and shall respectfully give their reasons at the time of final written address.

IamV:
Transcript;

SAN Ananaba paul: Thank you my lord.
My lord may I move to tender 4 LGA form EC8Bs of Oyo State.



The judges all have a weird look on their faces
The way Justice Tsammani looked at SAN Ananaba, I’m sure in his mind he was like “this man is on colos”😂.

Justice Tsammani: The same Oyo State that was done yesterday.

SAN Ananaba paul: It’s not my fault my lord 😅

IamV:
The 4 additional Forms EC8Bs sought to be tendered in respect of Oyo State include ;

1. Ibarapa Central
2. Akinyele
3. Ibadan South
4. Ogunoluwa

IamV:
Finally,

The Court:

The documents for the 4 LGAs have been admitted into evidence and marked accordingly.

Prof Paul:

They'll now tender 'additional' Forms EC8Bs for Oyo State (at this point, the court grumbles)

Recall that documents for Oyo State had been tendered Yesterday.

IamV:
Justice Tsammani: You want to disrupt the schedules and notes we have.

SAN Ananaba paul: My lord, it is not our fault
We just received these documents from INEC and we seek to tender it.
It’s not as if we had them and we did not tender it.
INEC just provided them 2 days ago my lord.

‘The justices are currently flipping pages upon pages.

Justice Bolaji the only female judge on the case, just passed a document to justice Tsammani while pointing at something.

Justice Bello and justice Adah are actively flipping their pages to the hearing of the court
It’s so loud😅.
It’s like they are not happy 🥲’.

IamV:
Transcript;

Justice Tsammani: You tendered Kaduna North and South yesterday so why mention them again today.

SAN Ananaba paul: My lord, we are giving a supplementary documents just in case the wards are not complete.

Justice Tsammani: We have already marked those places tendered. You want to scatter our schedule.

SAN Ananaba paul: My lord, we just want to add them Sir, in case it’s not complete.

Justice Adah: So since we have them already how are we going to document this again.

SAN Ananaba paul: My lords are the masters of this Sir, we plead to add them as additional or supplementary documents

‘The justices are now talking with each other and flipping documents.

Justice Ugo is looking through some files while Justice Adah, Justice Tsammani and Justice Bello are talking seriously.

Justice Tsammani and Justice Bolaji are seriously gesticulating while talking with smiles on their face’.

Dannykool:
This idea of stating reasons for countering of objecting to a document in final written address is On a technical grounds
Not seen this one before

IamV:
Transcript;

Justice Tsammani: You tendered Kaduna North and South yesterday so why mention them again today.

SAN Ananaba paul: My lord, we are giving a supplementary documents just in case the wards are not complete.

Justice Tsammani: We have already marked those places tendered. You want to scatter our schedule.

SAN Ananaba paul: My lord, we just want to add them Sir, in case it’s not complete.

Justice Adah: So since we have them already how are we going to document this again.

SAN Ananaba paul: My lords are the masters of this Sir, we plead to add them as additional or supplementary documents

‘The justices are now talking with each other and flipping documents.

Justice Ugo is looking through some files while Justice Adah, Justice Tsammani and Justice Bello are talking seriously.

Justice Tsammani and Justice Bolaji are seriously gesticulating while talking with smiles on their face’.

IamV:
The Court just noted that they tendered some of these same LGAs yesterday (Kaduna North & South).

Prof. Ananaba paul noted that they were not complete and seek to be added.

The court noted that this will give them difficult in marking the Exhibits as they have been marked already.

IamV:
The four LGA are ;
Kaduna North, Kaduna south , Egabi and Zaria.

Now to objection;

1st Respondent:

They object to the admissibility and will avail reasons at address stage.

2nd & 3rd Respondent:

They also object to the admissibility and the reasons will be made in their final written address.

4th Respondent:

Object to the admissibility, reasons at address.

IamV:
Prof Paul SAN:

They will now tender INEC certified documents of Forms EC8Bs with respect to 4 LGAs in Kaduna State.

I believe this is an addition to those tendered for Kaduna State yesterday.

IamV:
The court is back.

Here we go!

IamV:
The justices are now whispering with each other.

Justice Tsammani: Learned counsel please give us 2 minutes to go and write something.

The whole courtroom: As the court wishes my lord.

The court just requested for 2 minutes to settle somethings.
The court just rose and justices have left.

Stay glued.

IamV:
The Court:

The 12 bundles of Forms EC8Bs in respect of Ebonyi State are hereby admitted in evidence and marked Exhibits PAQ1-12.

As the court pleases.

IamV:
Now to objection ;

1st Respondent:

They object to the admissibility of the documents from Ebonyi State with reasons to be given at address stage.

2nd & 3rd Respondent:

They object to the admissibility of the documents and shall give their reasons at the final written address.

4th Respondent:

They object to the admissibility of the documents sought to be tendered and reasons will be advanced at the time of written address.

IamV:
Prof Paul:

He informs the court that they will start by tendering the INEC certified documents of Forms EC8Bs for Ebonyi State. From the Petitioners Schedule of Documents, they'll tender for 12 LGAs of Ebonyi State.

IamV:
Dr Livy just informed the court that they are ready to continue the tendering of documents this morning. And he says that Prof Paul Ananaba SAN will conduct the proceedings for today.

Paul SAN is a professor of law.

IamV:
Counsel Appearance For 1st Respondents (INEC) :

Kemi Phinero SAN

Abdullahi Aliyu SAN

Steve Adehi SAN

Counsel Appearances for 2nd & 3rd Respondents (BAT/SHET):

Akin Olujimi SAN ( lead)

Emmanuel Ukala SAN

Olasupo Sasore SAN

Olawale Adesina SAN