Time: 2:36pm
He Peter Obi Just announced as representing himself and Labour Party.
Counsel appearances ongoing.
Labour Party has 31 senior counsels in total ( Inner & outer bar)
They are being ably led today by Dr Livy Uzoukwu!
Appearances:
Petitioners:
Dr Livy Uzuokwu
Awa Kalu
Onyechi Ikpeazu
Chief Ben Anachebe
J. S. Okutepa
Valerie Azinge
Alex Ejesieme
Peter Afuba
Audu Anuga
Chris Garba
Emeka Onyeaka
Vincent Otaokpukpu
1st Respondent (INEC):
Kemi Pinero SAN
Steven Adeye SAN
T. M. Inuha SAN
Masara Auta
Wendy Kuku
Thadeous Esq
2nd & 3rd Respondents:
Wole Olanipekun SAN
Akin Originmi SAN
Yusuf Ali SAN
Mike Ibokwe SAN
Oladele SAN
Lawal SAN
Oladi Paul SAN
Olanre F. SAN
Funmilayo Oju SAN
Remi Olatubora SAN
M A ABUBAKAR SAN
4th Respondents:
M. O. Fagbemi
Charles Edosonwa
Adeniyi Akintola
Afolabi Fashianu
LP (Dr. Livy): We are here to continue tendering of CTC documents. I will hereby direct my learned brother Ben Anachebe SAN to conduct proceedings.
LP (Ben Anachebe): I thankk my leader and learned senior. We apply to make some adjustments with the pagination of the schedule before your Lordships. Thank you my Lords.
Respectfully we are starting with Adamawa state. It comprises of 21 LGAs. We respectfully seek to tender the INEC certificate form EC8Bs.
Time: 2:54pm
Labour Party is seeking to tender INEC form EC8B from the 21 LGAs in Adamawa
All respondents (INEC, BAT/SHET, INEC) have objected!
Time: 3:4pm
The Labour Party team has tendered documents for 21 LGA in Adamawa state, and objections are flying in the air as usual. Now we wait for the judge’s response.
Court: documents of Form EC8Bs from 21 LGAs in Adamawa are hereby admitted as evidence and marked as Exh. PX1-PX21.
Unlike the EC8As where the LGA are spelt out, the EC8B aren’t tendered in the same way. So it’s a straightforward process.
Time: 3:18pm
Bayelsa
Labour Party is seeking to tender INEC form EC8B from the 8 LGAs in Bayelsa
All respondents (INEC, BAT/SHET, INEC) have objected!
Court: Admitted and tagged as Exh PY1 – PY8!
Benue
Labour Party is seeking to tender INEC form EC8B from the LGAs in Benue
All respondents (INEC, BAT/SHET, INEC) have objected!
Court: Admitted and tagged as Exh PZ1 —PZ23
Kogi
LP is seeking to tender INEC form EC8B from the 21 LGAs in Kogi.
As contained in documents of schedule tendered.
All respondents (INEC, BAT/SHET, INEC) have objected!
Court: Admitted and tagged as Exh PAA1-21
Time: 3:39pm
LP is seeking to tender INEC form EC8B from 11 LGAs in Nassarawa
As contained in page 60 of documents of schedule tendered (All are in court except that of Karu & Keana, Numbers 4&5 )
1st Resp: We oppose and will give reasons in final address
2nd & 3rd: We object and will give reasons in our Final address
4th: We object and our reasons will be contained in final address.
Court: CTCs of form EC8Bs are admitted as evidence and marked as Exh
Court: Admitted and tagged as Exh PAB1-11
Time: 3:39
LP is seeking to tender INEC form EC8B from the 25 LGAs in Niger State
As contained in documents of schedule tendered.
All respondents (INEC, BAT/SHET, INEC) have objected!
Court: Admitted and tagged as Exh PAC1-25.
Time: 3:46pm
LP is seeking to tender INEC form EC8B from the 18 LGAs in Ondo State
As contained the documents of schedule tendered.
All respondents (INEC, BAT/SHET, INEC) have objected!
Court: Admitted and tagged as Exh PAD1-18!.
Time: 3:55pm
Justice: By the way, there’s something I am not happy about. Some of the female counsels are not dressed properly. This is unacceptable. If it was a normal court proceeding, I will chase them away.
For today their sins our forgiven but from tomorrow, they will be driven away.
LP: My Lord, we are in total agreement and that is completely against our practice. From tomorrow, we will drive away anyone not dressed properly!
The Justice was cautioning lawyers on dressing, ladies hair, men with suits unbuttoned Etc.
Time: 4:3pm
LP is seeking to tender INEC form EC8B from the 21 LGAs in Sokoto State.
Now amended to 23 LGAs (Goronyo and Dangeshnsi Added)
As contained in pages 63-64 of documents of schedule tendered.
All respondents (INEC, BAT/SHET, INEC) have objected!
Court: Admitted and tagged as Exh PAE1-23!.
Time: 4:7pm
LP is seeking to tender INEC form EC8B from the 25 LGAs in Delta State
As contained in page 65 of documents of schedule tendered.
All respondents (INEC, BAT/SHET, INEC) have objected!
Court: Admitted as PAF1-25!
Time: 4:15pm
LP is seeking to tender INEC form EC8B from the 11 LGAs in Ekiti State
As contained in page 68 of documents of schedule tendered.
All respondents (INEC, BAT/SHET, INEC) have objected!
Court: admitted as PAG1-11!.
Time: 4:22pm
So, we are on pages 67-68 of schedule to present Form EC8B of the 26 LGAs of Imo State
There is 25 on the list though, the 26th (Najaba LGA) was omitted by INEC on the list of schedule but is present in court
It has been amended after objections.
Then admitted and marked as PAH1-26!
Time: 4:40pm
LP is seeking to tender INEC form EC8B from 19 LGAs in Kaduna State
2 LGAs have been added ( Jaba & Sanga)
As contained in page 69 of documents of schedule tendered.
All respondents (INEC, BAT/SHET, INEC) have objected!
Court: Admitted as Exh PAJ1-21!.
The me: 5:18pm
LP tendered INEC form EC8B from27 LGAs in Oyo State
As contained in pages 70-71 of documents of schedule tendered
All respondents (INEC, BAT/SHET, INEC) have objected!
Court: admitted as Exh PAK1-27
LP tendered INEC form EC8B from 18 LGAs in Cross River State
As contained in page 72 of documents of schedule tendered.
All respondents (INEC, BAT/SHET, INEC) have objected!
Court: admitted as Exh PAL1-18
Time: 5:21pm
Heads up.
EC8B for Ebonyi State is NOT in Court
INEC is Yet to Provide them.
By tomorrow, hopefully , it’ll be procured & Tendered.
Time: 5:30pm
LP tendered INEC form EC8B from 15 LGAs in Edo
As contained in page 74 of documents of schedule tendered.
All respondents (INEC, BAT/SHET, INEC) have objected!
Court: Admitted as Exh 15 PAM1-15.
Time: 5:39pm
LP tendered INEC form EC8B from 31 LGAs in Akwa Ibom
As contained in page 76 of documents of schedule tendered.
All Respondents (INEC, BAT/SHET, INEC) Have Objected!
Court: admitted as Exh PAN1-31
Court joke just happened:
INEC: My Lord we offer to assist the petitioner to organise documents.
LP: My Lord , I believe INEC deliberately created this problem by mixing up documents
Imagine offering to fix what you intentionally mishandled 😂.
Time: 5:42pm
LP tendered INEC form EC8B from 20 LGAs in Lagos State
As contained in page 76 of documents of schedule tendered.
All respondents (INEC, BAT/SHET, INEC) have objected.
Court: Admitted as Exh PA01-20!
Time: 5:52
Court is hereby Adjourned till tomorrow, Wednesday June 7th by 2pm!