Asari Dokubo, on Friday, asked President Bola Tinubu not to release the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

 

Asari Dokubo, on Friday, asked President Bola Tinubu not to release the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

But addressing journalists after meeting with President Tinubu, the Niger Delta leader said Kanu should face the law.

Releasing Nnamdi Kanu is rewarding criminality and rewarding gruesome murder of innocent people,” he said at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. “He should face the law for the actions and instigations he has carried out.

“On security, I want to clearly say that there are full-scale wars going on in different parts of this country. In the South East, the IPOB/ESN is waging a full-scale war against the government of this country and many local governments, many communities are deserted, schools are closed, and hospitals are closed.”

Away from the IPOB leader, Dokubo also spoke about crude oil theft in the country, accusing the military of masterminding it.

He also claimed that some powerful cabals operating from Abuja are involved in the crime.

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Asari Dokubo after visiting Tinubu promised to do all in his power to stop oil theft.

 

Asari Dokubo on Friday after visiting President Bola Tinubu promised to do all in his power to stop oil theft in the Niger Delta region.

Asari Dokubo was calm and was monitoring every oil theft during Buhari's administration by his friends and families, now it's Asari's turn but one will ask if it's really his duty to stop oil theft or an instrument.. Your guess is as good as mine

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TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS... PETER OBI VRS INEC & OTHERS -

 

*COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE OF TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS AT PEPT ,ABUJA IN CASE BETWEEN PETER OBI VRS INEC & OTHERS - 16/06/2023* 

The secretary just walked in and made an announcement.

Someone stole a laptop belonging to a lawyer yesterday.

The laptop was stolen during PDP’s case.

The CCTV picked up the face of the person who stole the laptop and they are actively searching for him.

Everyone has been advised to hold their properties close and watchful since people are now stealing in the courtroom.

The judges are now seated.

Justice Tsammani: Good Morning everyone, let’s get full cooperation today. Remember today is Friday so let’s be timely.

The clerk has now announced the case.

Peter Obi is now with the microphone with a face full of smile.

Peter Obi: Respectfully my lord, I am Mr. Peter Gregory Obi for the petitioners.

The APC representative is also here.

Saturday Monsignia: May it please this honourable court, I am Saturday Monsignia Esquire, Deputy Director Legal Services APC.

This one Saturday has started adding Esquire to his name, he doesn’t use to say it before oh, he wants to oppress us that are Esquire by association.

Lead Counsel:

Labour Party - SAN LIVY UZOUKWU

INEC - SAN AB MAHMOUD

Tinubu and Shetimma - SAN AKIN OLUJIMI

APC: SAN LO FAGBEMI

SAN Livy is now with the mic without wasting time.

SAN Livy: My lord, we would like to continue with the witness from yesterday.

The witness steps out, and he’s reminded that he’s still on oath

INEC: Good morning 

Witness: Morning

INEC: Can you tell the court where you were on election day

Witness: On election day

INEC: Answer me properly. I know you have been thought to repeat after me to waste my time

LP: Objection that’s wrong

Justice Tsamamni: Why would you say that where you there when he was told 

INEC: Where were you, Mr. Mathematical Statistician

Witness: I voted

INEC: Where you requested to do the Labour Party analysis

Witness: I was requested to produce the report 

INEC: And you were paid for it

Witness: Nobody paid me for it 

INEC: You acted like a patriotic Nigerian

LP: Objection it’s too early to be standing up. That’s not right

Justice Tsamamni: Ikwueto let him go on, please

INEC: You did it as a patriotic nigerian 

Witness: I am a patriotic Nigerian, and I wanted to have something to teach my student with.

INEC: Your primary source of data was IREV portal 

Witness: Yes

INEC: In your witness statement, you made reference to forms EC8As as well as results uploaded on the IREVs

Witness: Not really

INEC: What do you mean by reports on the IReV portal

Witness: It is copies of forms EC8As uploaded

INEC: IREV and EC8As you’re referring to the same document 

Witness: No, they are different 

INEC: What’s the difference 

Witness: The forms of EC8As are like this (holding a paper) while the ones on IREVs are copies of it

INEC: The form EC8A uploaded on the portal is the only thing you see on IREV

Witness: Not really

Justice Tsammani: Not really is not an answer 

Witness: I said not really because his question doesn’t need a definite answer.

INEC: The form EC8A is the only thing you’d see on IREV

Witness: No

INEC: What else 

Witness: There were blurred images 

INEC: What else did you see

Witness: Some of them did not relate to the analysis done as, for instance, senate and HOR results were there on presidential

INEC: Prof, when you refer to blurred EC8As on IREV, you don’t expect the physical copies to blur

Witness: I didn’t see the physical copies

INEC: In all your reviews, you didn’t see anything on the portal that suggests there’s an electronic collation on the portal. Am I right 

Witness: Anything electronic

INEC: You’re a prof I’m sure you speak English clearly

Witness: The portal is an electronic collation system 

Justice Tsamamni: The portal, just the portal

Witness: Yes 

INEC: Are you suggesting to the court that the portal can collate and tabulating result 

Witness: The portal can only hold what you input, so it’s not capable of doing that

INEC: You made mention of 18,088 blurred EC8As, and you were made to use the LP agents sheets for your analysis 

Witness: I didn’t only use Labour Party agents forms

INEC: You referred to Labour Party agents' results 

Witness: That part says

INEC cuts in: I didn’t ask you to read it.

You referenced Labour Party agents

Witness: Yes, I did

INEC: So where are their EC8As? Did you attach them to your report

Witness: I believe it has been tendered.

INEC: Did you attach it 

Witness: No, I did not

INEC: You’re not an election expert, Prof

Witness: It depends on what you mean by election expert 

INEC: What do you understand by that. I suggest that there’s no way you could have undertaken the task on paragraph C3 of your witness statement, which states compliance regulations and electoral rules of INEC

Witness: If I understand you clearly, the elections act, and the guides state there should be online transmission 

INEC: Are you an election expert?

Can you declare compliance

Witness: Yes, I can declare compliance 

INEC: Can you confirm with the court when you concluded your assignment to LP?

Witness: It was 19th of March

INEC: Look at the Rivers State document, Degema LGA of Rivers

Read the Polling Unit

Witness: Omoge Memorial Hall

Justice Tsammani: Let’s have the PU number

Witness: 002

Justice Ugo: What’s the Ward 

INEC: Ward 7

INEC: Ao witness, what’s the accredited voters, it’s 40 correct, number of voters is 40 correct 

Witness: Correct

INEC: There’s no over voting, correct

Justice Ugo: Help us, na, his time is going

40 plus 40 is 80

Witness: There’s no over voting.

INEC: That would be all my lord.

Tinubu’s Lawyers 

Tinubu lawyer: Your report covers only 2 states, Benue and Rivers State

Witness: At the point when the report was requested for

Tinubu lawyer: But you covered only 2 states

Witness: No, I did all the states, but those were the 2 I could present when I was called to tender, and the documents tendered speak for themselves

Tinubu: Please, Prof., do not be rude. Answer my question

Witness: I didn’t mean to be rude, my lord

Tinubu: You tendered for Benue

Witness: Yes and others

Tinubu: Did you tender for rivers 

Witness: Yes 

Tinubu: So why didn’t you tender for Oyo State

Justice Tsamamni: So you want him to tender for your own state

Tinubu: So apart from Rivers State, which other state did you tender

Prooooof

Prof, which other state did you tender 

Witness: You’re asking the questions and no smiling so I don’t get you

‘The whole courtroom is laughing’

Tinubu lawyer: You have not played with this witness statement to have done any analysis for a court case in election matter like this 

Witness: No

Tinubu lawyer: You have never done it, okay.

You said you were requested on 20th Feb 2023 by LP to carry out data analysis of the elections that have not even been held.

Witness: Yes 

Tinubu lawyer: So all this was done in anticipation that the Labour Party would lose the election

‘The whole courtroom shouts AHHH’

Witness: No that’s not it.

Tinubu lawyer: You were also in that engagement requested to determine INEC’s compliance of the regulations of the electoral act.

Witness: Yes

Tinubu lawyer: So I find it strange that after 20th Feb 2023, you didn’t give them what they contracted you for.

Now you’re here in subpeona

Witness: Well, at the point of start of the contract, I didn’t expect to be in court. And I took the job as I saw a means of helping my student.

Tinubu lawyer: So 

Justice Tsammani cuts in, I believe you heard the bell 

Your time is up.

It’s now time for APC

APC: My lord, I am very weak in mathematics 

Justice Tsamani: But you’re here to find x

APC: I will pass the mic to my colleague SAN Owonikoko 

APC: You’ve done well in your career 

What’s a theory in mathematics to say a document is blurred

Witness: There’s no theory

APC: So I will be correct to say that your report, based on that part, is not on expertise. Anyone that isn’t blind would see what is blurred right

Witness: Of course 

APC: What level of numeral literacy does one require to do the addition of polling units result 

Witness: If we go by what you asked, INEC won’t use experts

APC: So you don’t need an expert to do simple arithmetic 

Witness: Depends on what you mean as simple and arithmetic is not so simple, and experts are needed at some point

‘He’s talking so fast’

Witness: You don’t need expert

APC: Your choice of rivers and benue as touch stone of your analysis was a random pick and not based on any theory

Witness: Yes, it was random

APC: You were aware that at the presidential election, 3 leading parties won a number of states in line of votes

APC, ELLU PEE, and PDP

‘Everyone is laughing’

‘Why did APC lawyer pronounce LP like that, abi he’s a backyard Obidient’

Witness: My job has nothing to do with who wins and who did not

APC: But did you know as a Nigerian who won

Witness: What it seems may not be what you’ve heard. 

Justice Bolaji: Are we recording, or we don’t need this because we need to record

APC: Who won the election in Rivers based on what INEC announced

Witness: Based on what INEC declared, I don’t know

APC: Okay, you don’t know who won in Benue State 

Witness: Who won is different from who was declared.

APC: You used 2 states that were won by APC

Witness: I can not say for now

APC: The exercise you carried out here has some elements of statistics

Witness: Actual I dealt on exact data

APC: We will find that out today.

What you did was sampling

Witness: No, sampling has to do with forecasting. This was done with the exact result

Justice Bolaji: It is as if it’s only 2 of you who understand what you are doing.

APC: You don’t know what rivers PU is or Benue, but the total of Rivers State and Benue doesn’t reach up to 18,088 blurred you have mentioned.

Witness: It’s not connected

Justice Bolaji: he’s saying it’s not adding up

Witness: Yes, it doesn’t because it’s not connected

LP: My lord, understand his answer he said it’s not connected

Justice Bolaji: that’s not the answer to the questions 

APC: he has answered, "I got f9 in maths, so no problem, do what you want."

APC: As a researcher, without being a statistician, you have to be conscious of the sampling data used

Witness: Like I said before, the data I used is exact data. There’s no random data 

APC: So your choice of Rivers where APC won and Benue was not random sampling and not based on bias

Witness: I think you’re referring to 2 different things

APC: I am not

Witness: My lord, when it comes to the data before us it’s exact data, but when it comes to sampling states, I picked randomly 

APC: Is it right to teach your students based on these 2 states where APC won

Witness: Well it’s not in the point to bring in my students

APC: In your report, you analyzed forms EC8A forms as uploaded on IRev as results on blurred, but you didn’t include EC8B, C, or D

Witness: I based it on EC8A because what it’s at PU level would destabilise everything else from the ground up.

APC: Hmmm, okay, that would be all

Re-Examination

SAN Ikwueto: So when you mentioned that if you use other forms EC8 apart from A

Justice Bolaji cuts in: Well, his answer was clear

Ikwueto: As my lord wishes, I am also in the over voting aspect

INEC: Objection: He wants to change the witness answers that’s not right

LP: Well, he needs to clarify

Justice Ugo: Well it’s clear I heard him

LP: Okay, as the court wishes

The witness from Arise TV is now back for cross examination

He is reminded of his oath.

INEC’s lawyer immediately stands up and states that he doesn’t have any questions for him.

INEC lawyer stands up again

INEC: My lord, I’ve changed my mind. I have questions 

INEC: What is transfer

Witness: Transfer is the movement of data from one designated location to a non designated location 

INEC: And what is transmission. It is different from transfer, right 

Witness: Yes

INEC: So when you broadcasts you’re actually transmitting right 

Witness: Yes

INEC: So you transmitted this

Witness: Yes

INEC: That would be all

Lol what’s all this

Tinubu’s lawyers are now up

Tinubu: Witness, will you confirm that you were not present at Chatham house during this on 17th jan 2023

Witness: Physically, no, it was live streaming, so I was present online

Tinubu: So you were not in Chatham house, you were not invited.

The INEC Chairman Prof. Yakubu Mahmoud is still alive today

Witness laughs: 😀

Yes, I believe so, as far as I know 

Tinubu: That would be all my lord

APC Lawyer Owonikoko is now up

APC: Can you summarize the relevance of the video you played

Witness: INEC decided to use technology for the elections 

APC: Part of that development of technology would include the use of BVAS exclusively for voters

Witness: In my understanding 

APC: Before 2019, voters' register was used, and there was no use of BVAs

Witness: Yes

APC: It was introduced in 2023 election

Witness: I believe so 

APC: Would I be right to say you are familiar with the guidelines of INEC Electoral act for 2023 elections 

Witness: I am not totally familiar 

APC: From the flash that you played, we heard the Chairman of INEC indicating that copies of forms EC8A would be snapped and uploaded on the IReV portal, am I correct

Witness: Yes 

APC: Contents that would be aired live gets to be viewed by editor either live or online 

Witness: Most times

APC: After the 17th of January, do you agree that a federal high court

LP cuts in: Objection, my lord, my witness brought a flash drive to play his video by his company. Why is he asking about federal court

What’s his business.

Justice Tsammani: So what did his testimony state 

LP: That he’s coming here to give evidence of what was covered on that video

Justice Ugo: Let him ask the question before you raise the objection. My only issue with what Owonikoko is saying is the part of federal court, so let him finish. If it’s wrong, we would address 

Justice Bello: You can’t phantom his question. Let him ask it first, and once he’s done, you will object

APC: I just want to ask him about the federal court

Justice Tsammani: Move on from that question. You can’t ask him that, did you tender any federal court document here. You can’t ask him that 

APC: Are you aware that after that interview, INEC said they would no longer electronically transmit the election result 

‘Everyone in court shouts a loud aahhhhhhh’

Ahhhhhhhh

Owonikoko has started 

What is this.

Witness: I am not aware that ever happened.

APC: In a newspaper dated 23rd from Tribune, INEC said they won’t use any electronic transmission. Did you see it?

Justice Tsammani: You can’t ask him that, it’s not his company, he didn’t edit or write that. If you want it in evidence, come and tender it so we can see.

APC: Okay, that would be all my lord.

Labour Party lawyers have now brought in a witness from AIT after much argument from the court.

The judges said there’s no more time 

SAN Livy insisted the witness have to be heard today because she would be attending the burial ceremony of the DAAR Communications boss who died recently.

Justice Tsammani: If it won’t take more than 30 minutes, then go ahead.

SAN Ikwueto has now called out the witness.

The witness has now stepped forward, and she’s been sworn in.

Hmmm, Labour Party’s first female witness.

LP: Tell the court your name

Witness: My name is Ijeoma

LP: Tell the court where you work

Witness: I work at DAAR Communication Limited, the owners of AIT Africa Independent Television, and I have my ID card to prove that.

LP: Tender the ID Card

There was no objection from the respondents on the ID card tendered.

LP: So you’re here to show us something, where is it

Witness: It’s on this flash drive.

LP: We seek to tender my lord.

The flash drive has now been tendered to bar.

All respondents have objected to the flash drive being tendered 

LP: You have the subpoena sent to your company right 

Witness: Yes, I do

LP: We wish to tender my lord.

There was no objection from the respondents to the tendering of the subpoena from AIT

We are now about to watch the film.

Ahn Ahn 

The film is not playing, oh

INEC: There’s a problem with the transmission. There are glitches. It happens all the time

Witness: If you see the witness statement, will you identify it?

LP: Yes, by my signature. She now identifies the document.

SAN Ikwueto: now applies to the court for the flash drive to be played.

There's no objections to the video being played by all respondents.

A video is now being played. It shows Ijeoma Osamor on Democracy today, where she also played a video where Mahmoud is heard to say copies of results will be uploaded to IREV by the BVAS device.

He further assures Nigerians that BVAS has come to stay and ' results will be uploaded. Real-Time and Nigerians will view it being uploaded directly from the polling unit. 

He also assures that it will be done in real time, that it has been done in other elections, and will be done now.

On collection of PVCs, he assures Nigerians that the commission will soon release the guidelines for the further collection of the PVCs.

"That brings it to an end of the video of about 3 minutes."

CROSS-EXAMINATION

INEC: No question, but thanked the witness for coming. 

Tinubu and Shettima : That video you just played, you said in your witness statement that you anchored the program?

Witness: Yes, sir. 

Tinubu: You had cameramen of AIT who took pictures of that program

Witness: Yes, every studio, there are cameramen

Tinubu: It's not part of your duty to handle the camera?

Witness: No, it's not. 

Tinubu: Now, you said the program was streamed live on Facebook and YouTube?

Witness: Yes, my Lord

Tinubu&Shettima: The only other role that you played before we got to this video was that you went to Facebook to download it with your phone?

Witness: Yes

Tinubu: You transferred the video from Facebook to the flash

Witness: I used my phone to get the video when I was asked to provide a copy of the video by the subpoena

Tinubu: How come about the flash drive

Witness: Flash drive was from the office. I sent what I downloaded to them. I sent the link to the office and further transferred it to the drive.

Tinubu: There were 3 levels of operations before the flash drive.

Witness: Yes

Tinubu: The National Chairman of INEC seen in the video is still alive

Witness: Before I came into the court, he was alive, I don't know thereafter.

APC step up

Apc: The report that took place in your program was an event outside of the AIT?

Witness: Yes, my Lord

Apc: The program Democracy Today is anchored inside the AIT Studio?

Witness: Yes, my Lord

Apc: And the AIT crew attended that program?

Witness: Yes, my Lord

Apc: It was their recording brought back to the studio you played during your program?

Witness: Yes, my Lord

Apc: Please, what's the duration of Democracy Today?

Witness: It's 55 minutes

Apc: Every short program, a copy of the recording must be kept in the studio

Witness: Because we stream live. We have the studio copy and online copy

Apc: The one you brought to the court, you got it from cyberspace

Witness: Yes

Apc: Did you have any challenge making a copy from the official copy in the studio

Witness: We only keep them in the libraries, and I got a call by at about 11pm. For shortness of time, I accessed the online copy

Apc: The versions are kept in the library. Do you normally submit copies to NBC

Witness: NBC comes sometimes to get records of broadcast and visitors

Apc: I'll be right to say that since this was an official order of court, you'll prefer to use the official copy.

Witness: If I had enough time, I'd have even gone to my hard drive to get it because I'm the correspondent.

Apc: You were instructed by AIT who received the subpoena

Witness: ASAP, get this as soon as possible.

Apc: Apart from the events of 22nd November, you also gave full coverage of the events leading to presidential elections. 

Witness: Yes

Apc: Do you access copies from other media houses?

Witness: Our news is breaking, we don't accept second hand report

Apc: Do you recall a breaking news of 23rd of February 2023 that INEC chairman was no longer going to be transmission of results.

Witness: INEC chairman I covered did not mention that they will no longer transmit. I was there on the 22nd, 23rd 24th and I can confirm that there was no such.

Apc: So you'll be surprised to see that news.

Witness: Newspaper can get information from interviews. We deal with cameras.

That's would be all.

SAN Ikwueto: applies for the discharge of the witness, who he says. Indeed, she has shown that she's a professional broadcaster 

JusticeTsammani: Are you marketing her?

SAN Ikwueto: My Lord, trading, that's what my people do very well

Go and ask Peter Obi

Lolllll

SAN Ikwueto: Appreciates the court for the indulgence and hands over to SAN Livy, who thanks the court for the opportunity to call their last witness for the day.

He says that with that witness, they do not have any problem with the application of the respondents 4 a free day tomorrow. 

SAN AB Mahmoud: The Court asked for our views, and we gave our views and didn't apply for anything.

SAN Livy: Fine, then we're ready to come back tomorrow, my Lord.

The Court now adjourns till Monday, June 19, 2023, at 2pm for the continuation of hearing.

We are back to the afternoon session, my people.

The court thanks everyone and thanks God that today is Friday!✊

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BREAKING: Court Orders DSS To ‘Immediately’ Grant Emefiele Access To Lawyers, Family

 DSS may ignore the court order thesame way Emefiele ignored the court during his cashless policy .

The Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS) and the DSS has been ordered to immediately grant the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, unrestricted access to his lawyers and family members as it is within his constitutional right. 

Emefiele was arrested by the DSS on Saturday, hours after his suspension by President Bola Tinubu on Friday evening.

The order came from Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting at Maitama Abuja on Friday, following an application by J.B. Daudu SAN, counsel to Emefiele. 

He informed the court that he had written letters to the DSS, particularly on June 14, for the purpose of taking further instruction from him, but the DSS has refused to respond to the application. 

On the other hand, counsel to the second and third respondents, I. Awo, told the court that the DSS did not have the penchant for refusing such a request and that it was wrong to do so. 

However, he expressed certainty that the security service would abide by the order of court and grant access to the listed lawyers and family members of Emefiele to see him, while counsel to the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation did not oppose the application. 

In another development, counsel to the DSS, as well as the Office of the AGF, requested extension of time to file their respective responses to the originating motion, which was granted and the suit was further adjourned till Tuesday, June 19 for hearing of the substantive suit.

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SHOCKING... Something New Is About To Happen’ – Pastor Adefarasin Speaks On Tinubu’s Administration

 

In the past 14 days, Nigeria has witnessed the most impactful reforms in the oil and gas sector, educational sector and power sector, introduced by President Tinubu. If he can do this in just 14 days, imagine what he will do in 4 years. So I agree that Something New will happen.

Senior Pastor of House on the Rock, Pastor Paul Adefarasin, has applauded President Bola Tinubu, for the suspension of the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele.

Naija News reports that the clergy spoke at the church’s recent programme in a video making the rounds online.

Recall that Emefiele was suspended as the apex bank boss by President Tinubu last week Friday, and was subsequently arrested by operatives of the DSS in Lagos and flown to Abuja in a private jet on Saturday.

Speaking on this, Adefarasin declared that the arrest is the greatest news in recent times, stressing that Emefiele has misguided and misused the wealth of the nation.

According to him, the latest development is a sign that something new is about to happen in Nigeria and urged Christians to be sensitive about the new thing which is about to happen.

 

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INEC calls 18,000 blurred Labour Party IReV sheets an ambush

There's no way INEC and Tinubu will escape this  Breakdown of Results in INEC iREV Portal:  

1. 840 results not accessible.  

2. 8,217 results blurred and unreadable.  

3. 527 results cancelled.  

4. 164,279 uploaded a week after election.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed its dissatisfaction with the submission of 18,000 blurred Incident Report (IReV) sheets by the Labour Party (LP), describing it as an ambush.

On Thursday, the Labour Party (LP) submitted 18,000 polling unit results that were blurred during the presidential election to the tribunal.

LP presidential candidate Peter Obi has challenged the election process that resulted in President Bola Tinubu's victory, as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The defendants in the lawsuit include INEC, Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, and the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Reporting from the proceedings, it has been disclosed that Onyechi Ikpeazu, the legal representative for the petitioners, has submitted data analysis reports on the presidential election. These reports were presented through Eric Ofoedu, a professor of mathematics at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, who was also a witness for the LP.

Ikpeazu revealed that the documents included inquiries into IReV score sheets from Rivers and Benue states.

The petitioners have submitted 18,000 polling units with blurred results obtained from the IReV portal.

The admissibility of the documents was objected to by Abubakar Mahmoud, who serves as the lead counsel for INEC.

According to Mahmoud, the situation was akin to an ambush. He further stated that the LP had provided a copy of the witness' statement only a few hours prior to the start of the proceedings.

Admittedly, my team and I are facing a challenge and are unsure of the next steps to take. According to him, it is an ambush.

It was expected that the counsel would have presented the statement earlier, in accordance with the court's regulations and in the spirit of collaboration. The meal ought to have been delivered promptly to prevent this surprise attack

Mahmood has made a plea to the court, requesting that the LP be compelled to allow the INEC legal team a 48-hour period to review the documents that have been submitted.

Despite objections from Wole Olanipakun, the counsel for Tinubu and Shettima, they ultimately agreed to hear the witness's statement and suggested a later time for cross-examination.

Arise News TV journalist Lumnie Edevbie was summoned as a witness for the LP and was presented as evidence by Patrick Ikweato, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) who is part of the party's legal team.

During the trial, a witness presented a video statement from Yakubu Mahmood, the chairman of INEC, which was recorded at Chatham House in London on January 17. In the video, Mahmood expressed confidence in the reliability and efficiency of the bimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS).

According to all respondents, they objected to the adoption of the statement of the witness and the viewing of the video.

The session was adjourned by the five-man panel, headed by Haruna Tsammani, until Thursday. This was done to allow for the cross-examination of the witness and further hearing of the petition.

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