By Our Reporter

The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal continued sitting Thursday with the All Progressives Congress (APC) trying rationalise alterations of election results as reflected in the forms EC8As, submitted as exhibits by the Petitioner, Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP), Senator Ademola Adeleke.

APC counsels led by Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) and Abiodun Owonikoko (SAN) attempted to shift the legality of the alterations to the INEC ward collation agents and the provisions of the guidelines issued for the conduct of the election.


While the court admitted the INEC guidelines for the election despite PDP’s counsel’s Dr. Onyechi Ikpeazu’s objection, the witnesses produced by APC failed to toe the line marked out by the APC legal team.

The witnesses all admitted that any alteration of the result should have reflected on the pink copy, and signed by all party agents at the polling centers, thus confirming that in most cases, the alterations did not reflect on the pink copies, party agents’ names/signatures were either not written at all or were forged.

The petitioner’s counsel were able to extract these facts from APC witnesses thereby buttressing PDP’s allegations and submissions that several election results were doctored to reduce the margin of PDP victory on September 22.


Another APC witness equally proceeded to confirm that the disparity between the pink and the purportedly certified true copies violated the INEC election guidelines.

The guidelines had stated that in case of any alteration of results at collation centres, such must be reflected on the carbonated pink copies. In several cases, it was not the case as confirmed by APC’s witnesses.

After taking three witnesses, lawyers to the APC abruptly stopped calling more witnesses when It was evident that the witnesses were inadvertently strengthening PDP’s case instead of theirs.


The tribunal continues sitting today.

Born2Breed:
Adeleke will dance victoriously very soon.

"President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday..revealed that APC was able to win the state’s governorship election held months back with the aid of remove control.

Buhari, who failed to provide details of what he meant by remote control, said: “I know how much trouble we had in the last election here.

I know by remote control through so many sources how we managed to maintain the party (APC) in power in this state.”

https://guardian.ng/politics/buhari-reveals-how-apc-won-osun-governorship-with-remote-control/?F

APCpackandgo:
He go soon be for APC, Buhari will be sent back to Daura, Sarrki to Osun Iyamo, to Kogi, Madridguy to Borno, Mai saya, MannaBBQ to Kano, Ngenekwenu to Yobe, all of them back to their bases.

Jesusloveyou:
till 2022.

PaChukwudi44:

The constitution was amended to make sure all electoral cases are concluded within six months of filing.The supreme court must rule on the case latest April 15 2019

Jesusloveyou:
don't go there,
your dream is a wasted dream.
you think court can bring any pdp into Office through the back door.
afterall thief atiku can never come close to power in his life again.

princemillla:
Nawa oo person cannot witness in peace again

There shall be no rest for the wicked. Osun witnessed the worst and most rigged election in Nigeria

PaChukwudi44:

Olodo recuing your victory from the courts is not comming in through the back door.The one who came in through the back door is the usurper who rigged the elections.

As for Atiku just wait until Feb 16

senatordave1:

You have shown that you are not intelligent again.the courts do not upturn guber poll results,the 2015 cases have proved that severally so why waste time based on sentiments

senatordave1:

You have shown that you are not intelligent again.the courts do not upturn guber poll results,the 2015 cases have proved that severally so why waste time based on sentiments

Akanapiaigwe:
nice one my friend Gbaja...

sapoyoro:

you are extremely stupid..how did Aregbe came to power.