Tribunal admits another evidence tendered by Obi against Tinubu’s victory

The presidential election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja has again admitted another evidence from Mr. Peter Obi, a Labour Party presidential candidate in the last election.

The states where the exhibits came from are  Ebonyi, Nassarawa, Delta, Kaduna, Imo, Ondo, Kogi and Sokoto.

The documents admitted from the local government areas of eight states formed the last batch in the EC8A series tendered by the LP and Obi before the court.

Though, the APC and Tinubu’s legal teams opposed the admissibility of the exhibits by the five-man panel of the PEPC headed by Justice Haruna Tsammani.

Also, the Rivers State presidential election coordinator for the Peoples Democratic Party, Abiye Sekibo, alleged infringement on the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022 on the use of electronic transmission of results.

Sekibo appeared at the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja as a witness in aid of the PDP’s petition challenging the victory of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of the February 25 presidential election.

The witness told the court during cross-examination by counsel for Tinubu, Akin Olujimi (SAN), that the results from polling units across Rivers State were not captured on the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System.

On his part, the Nassarawa State collation officer for the PDP, Ibrahim Hamza, also alleged electoral malpractices in the state.

Hamza told the court that he signed the presidential poll results under duress.

The court, thereafter, adjourned further hearing in the petitions till Tuesday (today).