Nazgul: Lol, what's the point, the reality here is that it would be almost impossible for a bank to give you $10k cash unless you're a politician. They'll always tell you that they're short on $$$.
Stop this myopic nonsense! If you need you money transfer it to who can give you cash! In the first place what do you need $10,000 cash for in Nigeria
IfnobeGod20: seunmsg, see the way you misled the people. There was nowhere under the Prof. cross examination where he made mentioned that there was over voting but he said, what he got in the IREVs was not the same with what was submitted to the court in the EC8A form and further stated that, as asked by the cross examiner, that did he cross check EC8B, EC8C and the rest and said if the results in EC8A was wrong, it would be wrong up. He concluded that the most important form to analyze is the form EC8A.
The issue of results in Rivers, Benue, Plateau, Lagos, Adamawa, Niger, Taraba, Bauchi, Gombe, Imo, Ebonyi and few places, I think they are 18 states in number were more of manipulation and suppression of votes.
Here below is the cross examination by the respondents:
[ Prof. Eric is reminded that he is still on oath ]
1st Respondent [INEC] Cross-examination :
[N:B Q=Questions the first respondent cross examiner is asking the witness. A= Answer of the witness]
Q. Where were you on election Day?
A. I went to vote
Q. You voted and it went on smoothly? A. Yes
Q. You were commissioned to produce this report by the LP?
A. I was requested to produce the report.
Q. You were paid for it?
A. Nobody paid me
Q. You acted as a patriotic Nigerian?
A. I'm a patriotic Nigerian, yes.
Q. As a disinterested party?
A. Yes
Q. Going by the terms of reference mentioned in Para3 of your WSO, primary source of data was the IREV Portal.
A. Yes
Q. In your witness statement, you made reference to Forms EC8As as well as results uploaded on the IREV Portal, I assume you were referring to the same thing?
A. Not exactly
Q. What did you mean?
A. It's because they are different
Q. What's the difference?
A. Forms EC8A is different from what's uploaded.
Q. The Form EC8A uploaded on the portal is the only document you could see on the portal?
A. Not really
The Court: what is not really?that's not a definite answer
A. His questions did not require a definite Answer.
[ The initial question is repeated by the first respondent cross examiner to the witness again]
A. No
Q. What else can you see ?
A. There were blurred images and some that were not related to the analysis done. For instance, results of Senate replaced for House of Reps.
Q. When you refer to Blurred images of Forms EC8A, you did not mean the physical copies could be blurred?
A. I didn't see physical copies.
Q. In all your review, you did not see anything on the portal that suggests there is an electronic collation system?
A. The IREV portal is an electronic collation system
Q. Are you suggesting to the court that the portal is capable of collating and tabulating results?
A. It's not capable of doing that.
Q. In Appendix E, you made reference to Labour Party agent Forms EC8As
A. Yes
Q. Did you attach them to your report?
A. It has been tendered to the court. I did not.
Q. You're not an election expert ?
A. It depends On what you mean by election expert.
Q. I suggest to you that there was no way you undertook the task in Para3(c) of your Witness Statement, not being an expert.
A. If I understand you clearly, the electoral act and guidelines for conduct of election requires online...
[ The first respondent [INEC] cross examiner then interrupted him ]
Q. Just answer the question. Are you an election expert, can you determine compliance?
A. I can determine compliance.
Q. Look at Exhibit PCB1 series, for Rivers State. [He's shown the report he tendered that was marked as Exhibit]. What LGA is that?
[ The court officials are trying to get the document in question which have been marked, looks like they didn't bring it into the courtroom earlier ]
Q. Confirm to the court when you concluded your assignment.
A. 19th of March
Q. Back to Exhibit PCB2. Can you read out to LGA ?
A. Degema
Q. In Ward 7, the Polling Unit you see is?
A. 002
Q. Accredited Voters is 40 correct?
A. Yes
Q. Number of voters 40 correct?
A. Yes
Q. To be able to do arithmetic, are you suggesting that?
A. youre correct, (any level of mathematical knowledge)
Q. Your choice of Rivers and benue, was it as a result of random pick not informed by any theory?
A. Random pick.
Q. You're aware that at the last presidential election PDP, APC and LP all won a number of states in terms of majority of votes.
A. My job have nothing to do with who win and who did not win.
Q. Did you know?
A. What you heard may not be correct.
Q. Confirm you did not hear anything about the evential outcome of the election.
A. I heard something
Q. Who won the election based on what INEC announced?
Q. Who won in benue state based on what INEC declared?
[Witness is dragging in answering the question ]
Q. Do you now recall which party won in Rivers and benue?
A. I can't say for now.
Q. Those two states were won by APC is that correct?
A. I told you can't say for now.
Q. In your report, there's an element of statistics involved.
A. I dealt on exact data.
Q. What you did was to sample and extrapolate ?
A. Sampling have to do with forecasting, I used exact data
Q. How many polling units are there in Rivers State? A. I don't have everything by heart.
Q. How about benue state?
A. Same answer my Lord.
Q. The total number of polling units in Rivers and benue does not amount to 18,000 blurred results you want the court to cancel.
A. Since I do not know the number of polling unit, how do I know? They will not add up.
Q. Admonition for statistics: Researchers should be aware of statistical error and sampling error arising from random sampling and bias.
A. I'm not a statiscian. The data is an exact data, there's no randomness in it.
Q. So your choice of two states was not a random choice?
A. The data is an exact data but when it comes to selection of sample space, the selection is done randomly
The Court: you said you did random sampling?
A. No, the choice of states is random but the sampling data is exact.
Q. Your interest in this exercise is for educational research.
A. Yes, not a paid job
Q. Will you teach your students based on this and states APC won ?
A. It has not got to the point of engaging my students.
Q. If you have opportunity to do research on other states, you'll get different results?
A. Each state will come up with its own results.
Q. In your report, you analyzed Forms EC8As on the IREV, nowhere did you allude to what was on EC8Bs and EC8Cs A. Once it's wrong at the polling unit level, it will be wrong up, so the most important form to analyze is Form EC8A
[ That's all for the cross examination of the witness by the 4th respondent ]
[ There's no questions in re-examination. Ikwueto SAN now asked that the witness be discharged. The court discharges him from the witness box.]
You people should stop misinformation. The case of Rivers state and Benue is on manipulation and suppression of votes. LP had submitted their agents copies from the polling units and also submitted the CTC from the INEC to the court. It is now left for the court to juxtapose and deduce votes for each party based on the available information on ground.
Below are the questions asked
Thanks for this piece But I will like to see what tools he used how the Prof arrived at his deductions I'm a computation statistician
But I think he did poorly. 1- saying random selection is quite bias. especially On state labour lost. He should have 2 won by LP, 2 Won by APc and 2 won by PDP. Then he will have to prove what he observed in River and Benue was not in any way obtained in states won by LP
Please i will like someone to elaborate the method professor analysis I'm interested in the statistical method of analysis he used as I'm a expert in computation statistics
savcy: To be fair, they're right. An ex-policeman cannot head a body that every security agency answers to. However, Tinubu must do well to appoint a southern Christian veteran as NSA boss. There seem to be this sympathy for insurgents that pervades that office. Let's have a Southern Christian this time.
Nonsense
Devoid of wisdom Ribadu is qualified he should be the NSA. Stop your deliberate and mischievous ethno religious platitudes
CBN doesn't have enough dollar to meet Nigerians' usd demand, remember we are an import dependent country.
What it means is that Nigeria doesn't earn enough FX through export to meet up with the dollar demand of Nigerians, which means many Nigerians will be going to Aboki for dollar and Aboki will be determining the rate based on demand of dollar for the day, and this will definitely lead to uncontrolled crash of Naira value against USD.
I commend Tinubu for this good dollar floating policy, but it would have been better done after putting certain things in place to ensure CBN earns or have enough dollar to supply to all banks to sell to Nigerians.
One of those things that would earn us more FX and also reduce our FX outflow is putting our local refineries in working condition and leasing them out to private entities to run for Nigeria to reduce importation of petrol which gulps most of our FX. While fixing the national refineries, Dangote's refinery will also be ready and both combined would solve our importation of petrol which consumes majority of Nigeria's FX.
Agreed but guess what Tinubu has removed fuel subsidy a major loss of federal government revenue As just like any other new policy it comes with its own headache, this one is a good headache. That is increase export or investment inflow which is what Nigeria need all along. Solid minerals, Agriculture and industrialization are the easiest route
jmoore: Too many economic time bomb at the same time.
No better time than now The nation is bleeding excessively from losses. This means less headache for government in aspect of deception but more headaches in term of doing things that will bring investment to strengthen naira
9jatriot: Hmmm, I was one of those who always opposed the free float because I felt we were not earning enough, but this your reason sounds sensible. I know FPI avoided Meffy and his voodoo policies because they could not repatriate money.
Anyway, we'll see
It may make the government in the bid to increase earning start seeing how to produce in area we have competitive advantage especially other sources of foreign exchange earnings to increase inflow that can strengthen the naira
Penguin2: The truth is that Tinubu didn’t even do what I was afraid he’d do.
I was already waiting for when Yari would be arrested.
Or alternatively, opposition members will be surreptitiously locked out until election of principal officers is over. But he didn’t do it.
But I guess it’s because he knew that Yari was not acting alone. He had some powerful northern backers and Tinubu and his camp knew. That’s why it was difficult to take him out.
Tinubu na democrat. He uses people rather than force
Golden rule If you sack the head of any parastatal the best person to temporary put in charge is the person in heading of operations. It gives stability to the polity
KingsCity: Well if you are a smart president, you need to be in control of the CBN and NNPC
And Tinubu is smart
I agree 100% Tinubu economic is A1 Simple economics. Block leakage, ( fuel subsidy) Take charge of your major source of incomes (NNPC) Ensure your income and investment intact (CBN)
You can wail when substantive person is appointed. And get your drum ready to collect your tears because he is definately going to be a yorubaman.....(name under wrap for now)
God bless you. Tell them now. An Ijebu man loading with genetically imputed credentials
Ndume. Please go ahead deliver the marching orders No 1, 2 3 cannot be Muslims hence Apkabio South South deserves it Creates a system of inclusion Akpbio more intelligent Better achievement
Mrkindness: I was surprised when one Yoruba man here in Abuja open his mouth and told me that NLC are Peter Obi people that they are fighting Tinubu government for Obi. Yoruba people are unbelievable.
Watch during Obi's campaign where they swore their allegiance to him.
Now let's talk economics or health. When a person is bleeding profusely the first thing you do is to stop the bleeding not palliative. If a person is bleeding and no help around the survival law is to get anything and block the bleeding site. Nigeria was bleeding profusely from subsidy the president just did the ONLY option available.
olaadenigeria: Hope it won't be like Ronaldo that went back to Man u[i][/i]
I don't think so I think he has been humbled at PSG he understands heights and humility better than Ronaldo. Ronaldo never really got to be humbled until he got back to Manchester united
madridguy: Kano people will stone this guy out of office las las.
No they will not Ganduje had no principle on some issues Just for selfish gains he sacrificed public property They are many of such he did Remember Engr Kwakwaso holds the blueprint of modern Kano and happen to be the present government Godfather. We can vividly say Kwankwaso is the ruling governor of Kano at the moment
Nigerians have reacted to a video showing the interior of former president, Muhammadu Buhari‘s house in Daura, Katsina state.
Buhari and his family moved into the house following the end of his tenure as president.
The video showed Buhari asking questions about the air conditioner in the apartment and some Nigerians said that the house wasn’t befitting for a former president.
He has got the experience in leadership Private and public Now we have a president at the wheels Onward, and forward we go Nigeria Full speed ahead Tinubu
siofra: So, I told my parents I don't want to get married. I do not recommend telling your Nigerian parents you don't want to get married😹
My mom put her hand on her head and looked at me with pity lol. She said I don't have a goal in life, she said I'm empty.
My father was even more dramatic. He started praying o. He told me to kneel down and starting casting and binding all the evil spirits and his village people.
Ngl, it was hilarious. It's not like I don't want to get married though, I just wanted to see their reactions.
But why can't parents accept that not everyone wants to follow the way they did things? That I don't want a husband doesn't mean something is wrong with me and I won't be lonely because I plan on having 29 cats, a dozen goats and scores of chickens.
Your aim achieved. I checked your photo. You're lovely
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