The tribunal highlights the issues of corrupt practices that Obi & LP alleged marred the election, which include: suppression of votes, inflation of votes, alteration of results, and overvoting.
In Rivers & Benue states, during the collation, the petitioners alleged that INEC embarked on massive misrepresentations by uploading fictitious and incorrect votes and that if things had been done properly, they would have won the elections massively in those states.
Apart from the figures stated in those 2 states, the other allegations were nebulous. Apart from stating material particulars, other crimes must be pleaded and clearly set out. The proof must be beyond reasonable doubt. The petitioner must produce two sets of results, one genuine, and one false.
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On the issue of non-compliance with the Electoral Act & INEC Regulations & Guidelines, Justice Tsammani says the only technological device that is mandatory for INEC to use for the election is the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS).
He adds that there is nothing in the regulation to show that the BVAS must electronically transmit polling unit results.
The tribunal also held that IREV is not a collation system, and the judgement in the case of Oyetola vs. INEC clearly supports this.
“There is no provision for the electronic transmission of election results in the Electoral Act 2022," says Justice Tsammani. It is, at best, optional.
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On the tendering of Tinubu’s academic record from Chicago State University and the US embassy letter to the Nigerian police clearing Tinubu of any criminal record in the US, the court dismisses Obi’s objections to the admissibility of the documents.
Tsammani highlights the four (4) issues that will be adopted to resolve the petition.
The court says the issue of qualification of Tinubu and Shettima to contest the election on the basis of alleged double nomination was already resolved in the APM’s case.
The court is dealing with the second issue, which has to do with the alleged non-qualification of TInubu based on his alleged criminal record in the US.
The justice says the operative words used in Section 137(1) of the Nigerian constitution cited by the petitioners' sentence: “sentence”, imprisonment” and “fine”.
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#PEPTJudgement: On the tendering of Tinubu’s academic record from the Chicago State University and the US embassy letter to the Nigerian police clearing Mr Tinubu of any criminal record in the US, the court dismisses Mr Obi's objections to the admissibility of the documents
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The Labour Party alleged that INEC reduced their scores and added them to APC votes but failed to supply particulars of what they actually scored before the said reductions, nor did they supply the polling units where it happened.
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The Labour Party alleged that INEC reduced their scores and added them to APC votes but failed to supply particulars of what they actually scored before the said reductions, nor did they supply the polling units where it happened...."
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