The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has closed its defence in the petition filed by Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP) before the presidential election petition court.

At the court session on Tuesday, Lawrence Bayode, an information technology practitioner, was led in evidence by Abubakar Mahmoud, INEC counsel.

Before the witness was called, INEC tendered some documents which were admitted and marked as exhibits. During cross-examination, Bayode said blurred documents downloaded from the result viewing portal do not affect the polling unit results recorded in forms EC8As.

He said photographic copies of forms EC8A captured with the bimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS) and transmitted to IReV, are not relevant for the collation of results.

The witness also told the court that the glitch recorded during the presidential poll did not affect the credibility of election results. He said only physical results (forms EC8As) are used for collating final election results.

After the witness was discharged, Mahmoud told the court that they had no other witness to call. Wole Olanipekun, counsel to President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima, told the court that he would open their defence on Wednesday.

The five-member panel led by Haruna Tsammani thereafter adjourned the case to Wednesday. In the petition marked CA/PEPC/03/2023, Obi and the LP are challenging Tinubu’s victory in the February 25 presidential election.

During cross-examination, Bayode said blurred documents downloaded from the result viewing portal do not affect the polling unit results recorded in forms EC8As.

He said photographic copies of forms EC8A captured with the bimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS) and transmitted to IReV, are not relevant for the collation of results.

The witness also told the court that the glitch recorded during the presidential poll did not affect the credibility of election results. He said only physical results (forms EC8As) are used for collating final election results.

helinues:
Dead and buried case.

Another labouring in vain. Chai

Sweetrosie:


Hi darling

How's work at the gate?

helinues:


Na you I dey wait for to resume. I wan dey go house

helinues:
Dead and buried case.

Another labouring in vain. Chai

Sweetrosie:


It must've been very hard for you sweetie, why don't you find another job?

Is that what you plan to do for how long? How are you going to feed with the skyrocketing prices of items in the market with that meagre 15k monthly salary??

THeUNIFIER:


If only you understood what is really going on. 😂

helinues:


If we are not working at the same place, how did you know I work as a gateman?

Come and resume duty so that I can go home abi you want make I report you to our oga for always coming late to work?

Sweetrosie:


Haha, you think say I no see the other thread where dem expose your nyash

Make I find that thread paste here for everybody to see, po*r gateman

KanwuliaExtra:
One witness. . . A LYING PASTOR IN THE LORD!

CondenseMilk:
Upload results should tally with physical results when counted.

Racoon:
Oga Seunmsg I saw you peep @ the thread and then disappeared without making a mention. Guess you were listing the numbers of witnesses the LP were able to present during the trial as under sufficient?

Don't you think INEC defending this gross criminality of a 2023 presidential election ought to have had a full retinue of many witnesses against the gamut of allegation bedevilling it from the Peter Obi camp?

Racoon:
Oga Seunmsg I saw you peep @ the thread and then disappeared without making a mention. Guess you were listing the numbers of witnesses the LP were able to present during the trial as under sufficient?

Don't you think INEC defending this gross criminality of a 2023 presidential election ought to have had a full retinue of many witnesses against the gamut of allegation bedevilling it from the Peter Obi camp?

garfield1:


They don't even need to call any witness.they can rely on evidence extracted from obi

Racoon:
Oga Seunmsg I saw you peep @ the thread and then disappeared without making a mention. Guess you were listing the numbers of witnesses the LP were able to present during the trial as under sufficient?

Don't you think INEC defending this gross criminality of a 2023 presidential election ought to have had a full retinue of many witnesses against the gamut of allegation bedevilling it from the Peter Obi camp?