Time: 2:8pm
Peter Obi is in court, Dr. Livy and his team are here also.
There are boxes to review. They are bringing them in now.
Ekiti and Ogun state IREV boxes are in court today.
Time: 2:43pm
Counsel Appearances for LP:
Dr Livy Uzoukwu SAN (Lead)
Awa Kalu SAN
Onyechi Ikpeazu SAN
Chief Ben Anechebe SAN
Counsel appearances for 2nd & 3rd respondents (BAT/SHET):
Akin Olujimi SAN ( lead)
Emmanuel Ukala SAN
Olasupo Sasore SAN
Olawale Adesina SAN
Counsel appearance for 1st respondents (INEC)
Kemi Phinero SAN
Abdullahi Aliyu SAN
Steve Adehi SAN
– Dr. Livy Uzoukwu SAN leads the Petitioners Team
– Dr. Kemi Pinhero SAN leads the 1st Respondent Team
– Chief Akin Olujimi SAN leads the 3rd & 4th Respondents Team.
– Lateef Fagbemi SAN leads the 4th Respondent Team
The battle begins…
2:49pm
Comprehensive List of counsel appearances: (including those omitted previously)
Petitioners (LP):
Dr Livy Uzuokwu SAN
Awa-Kalu SAN
Dr. Onyechi Ikpeazu SAN
Chief Ben Anachebe SAN
Ikechukwu Ezechukwu SAN
Paul C. Ananaba SAN
Dr. Mrs Valerie Azinge SAN
Emeka Okpoko SAN
Peter Afuba SAM
Audu Anuga SAN
Mrs. Rita Garba Esq
Vincent Otaokpukpu Esq
1st respondent (INEC):
Dr Kemi Pinero SAN
Abdulahi Aliyu SAN
Steven Adeye SAN
T. M. Inuha SAN
Wendy Koko
Chukwudi Enebeli
Susan Imueze
2nd & 3rd respondent (BAT/SHET):
Hakim Olujinmi SAN
Emmanuel Ukala SAN
Mike Ibokwe SAN
Oladele Adesina SAN
Lawal SAN
Oladipo P. SAN
4th Respondent (APC):
M. O. Fagbemi SAN
Chief Charles Edosum SAN
Chief Adeniyi Akintola
Chief Afolabi Fashianu
Solomon umoh SAN
Oluseye Obasonye
Prof Lawan.
Time: 2:52pm
Dr Livy just informed the court that they are ready to continue the tendering of documents this morning. And he says that Prof Paul Ananaba SAN will conduct the proceedings for today.
Paul Ananaba SAN is a professor of law.
Prof Paul for LP:
He informs the court that they will start by tendering the INEC certified documents of Forms EC8Bs for Ebonyi State. From the petitioners schedule of documents, they’ll tender for 12 LGAs of Ebonyi State.
The Court:
The 12 bundles of Forms EC8Bs in respect of Ebonyi State are hereby admitted in evidence and marked Exhibits PAQ1-12.
As the court pleases.
The court just requested for 2 minutes to settle something… The court just rose and justices have left…
Stay glued.
Time: Time: 3:10pm
The court is back.
Now to Kaduna
LP presenting form EC8Bs 4 LGAs (Kaduna North, Kaduna south, Egabi and Zaria).
Prof Paul SAN for LP:
We will now tender INEC certified documents of Forms EC8Bs with respect to 4 LGAs in Kaduna State.
I believe this is an addition to those tendered for Kaduna State yesterday.
Time: 3:25pm
The Court just noted that they tendered some of these same LGAs yesterday (Kaduna North & South).
Prof. Ananaba noted that they were not complete and seek to be added.
The court noted that this will give them difficult in marking the Exhibits as they have been marked already.
Prof Paul Ananaba replied that the Justices are ‘Masters of the Art’ and can find the best possible ways.
Time: 3:37pm
The documents for the 4 LGAs have been admitted into evidence and marked accordingly.
Prof Paul for LP:
They’ll now tender ‘additional’ Forms EC8Bs for Oyo State (at this point, the court grumbles)
Recall that documents for Oyo State had been tendered Yesterday.
Time: 3:43
The 4 additional Forms EC8Bs sought to be tendered in respect of Oyo State include
1. Ibarapa Central
2. Akinyele
3. Ibadan South
4. Ogunoluwa
Time: 4pm
The Court:
The bundles of Forms EC8Bs of additional LGAs for Oyo State are admitted to evidence and hereby marked accordingly:
1. Ibarapa Central – PAK28
2. Akinyele – PAK29
3. Ibadan South – PAK 30
4. Ogunoluwa – PAK 31
The petitioners will now tender 1 LGA in Nasarawa.
Prof Paul for LP: We now seek to tender certified documents of Forms EC8Bs for Keana LGA in Nasarawa.
All respondents: They object as usual.
For Nassarawa, EC8B for Only Keana was presented.
Opposed by respondents
Court admitted it and tagged as Exh PAB 12.
Prof Paul for LP: We now move to tender INEC certified copies of Forms EC8Cs for 8 LGAs of Bayelsa State.
Respondents: All respondents are objecting as usual.
Time: 4:2pm
The Court:
All documents of forms EC8Cs in respect of Bayelsa State is admitted into evidence and marked accordingly.
As the court pleases.
Prof Paul for LP: We now proceed to tender Forms EC8Cs of 23 LGAs in Benue State.
All respondents object as usual.
Time: 4:8pm
The Court:
Bundles of documents of Forms EC8Cs for 23 LGAs of Benue State are hereby admitted and marked Exhibits PAS1-23.
As the court pleases.
Time: 4:10pm
Prof Paul for LP: We now seek to tender Forms EC8Cs in respect of 18 LGAs of Cross-River State in evidence.
All respondents object as usual.
Time: 4:13pm
The Court:
The documents of Forms EC8Cs tendered in respect of Cross-River are admitted and marked Exhibits PAS1-18.
As the court pleases.
Time: 4:15pm
Prof Paul for LP: We will now tender Forms EC8Cs in respect to 10 LGAs of Ebonyi State.
All respondents object as usual.
Time: 4:18pm
The Court:
The bundles of Forms EC8Cs in respect to 10 LGAs of Ebonyi State are hereby admitted and marked as Exhibits PAU1-10 accordingly.
As the court pleases.
Time: 4:31pm
Prof Paul for LP: We seek to tender Forms EC8Cs in respect of 18 LGAs of Edo State.
All respondents object as usual.
The Court:
The bundles Certified True Copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect to 18 LGAs of Edo State are hereby admitted into evidence and marked as Exhibits PAV1-18 accordingly.
As the court pleases.
The 18 LGAs In Edo State Have Been Presented
Opposed.
Admitted and marked as Exh PAV1-18
Let’s Remind Ourselves of the Various Forms and Their Uses:
—Form EC8A : This is A Very Important Form for Recording Results at POLLING UNITS
—Form EC8B : For Recording & Collating at WARD LEVEL
—Form EC8C : For Collating at LGA LEVEL
—Form EC8D: For Collating at STATE LEVEL. House of Rep & Senatorial Are Recorded Here
—Form EC8E : For Declaration of FINAL RESULTS
—Form EC60EC : For Recording PU Results that Must be Posted at PUs after Elections (Often Termed ‘ People’s Result Sheet’)
Prof Paul for LP: We now tender certified true copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect of 20 LGAs of Lagos State duly obtained from INEC.
All respondents object as usual.
The Court:
The bundles Certified True Copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect to 20 LGAs of Lagos State are hereby admitted into evidence and marked as Exhibits PAW1-20 accordingly.
As the court pleases.
Time: 4:36
Prof Paul for LP: We now tender certified true copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect of 25 LGAs of Niger State duly obtained from INEC.
All respondents object as usual.
The Court:
The bundles Certified True Copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect to 25 LGAs of Niger State are hereby admitted into evidence and marked as Exhibits PAX1-25 accordingly.
As the court pleases.
Time: 4:44pm
Prof Paul:
The Petitioners now tender certified true copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect of 18 LGAs of Ondo State duly obtained from INEC.
All Respondents;
They object to the admissibility of the documents and shall advance reasons at the time of final addresses.
The Court:
The bundles Certified True Copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect to 18 LGAs of Ondo State are hereby admitted into evidence and marked as Exhibits PAY1-18 accordingly.
As the court pleases.
Prof Paul:
The Petitioners now seek to tender certified true copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect of 33 LGAs of Oyo State duly obtained from INEC.
All Respondents:
The Counsels all object to the admissibility of the documents from Oyo State and shall advance reasons at theie address.
The Court:
The bundles Certified True Copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect to 33 LGAs of Oyo State are hereby admitted into evidence and marked as Exhibits PAZ1-33 accordingly.
As the court pleases.
Time: 4:50pm
Prof Paul for LP: We now tender certified true copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect of 23 LGAs of Rivers State duly obtained from 1st Respondent.
All Respondents:
They unanimously object to the admissibility of Forms EC8As from Rivers and will advance reasons at address stage.
The Court:
The bundles Certified True Copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect to 23 LGAs of Rivers State are hereby admitted into evidence and marked as Exhibits PAAA1-23 accordingly.
As the court pleases.
Time: 5:12pm
Prof Paul for LP: We now tender certified true copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect of 23 LGAs of Sokoto State duly obtained from INEC.
All Respondents:
They vehemently oppose the admissibility of the documents and reserve reasons to their final address.
CORRECTION:
The court just corrected the Exhibits tag of Rivers State, they documents of Forms EC8Cs from Rivers State are now tagged Exhibits PBA1-23
The Court:
The bundles Certified True Copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect to 20 LGAs of Sokoto State are hereby admitted into evidence and marked as Exhibits PBB1-23 accordingly.
My Lord mistakenly didn’t take the 4th Resp objection, says it’s becoming monotonous 😂
Prof Paul for LP: We now tender certified true copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect of 16 LGAs of Ekiti State duly obtained from INEC.
All Respondents:
They all object to the admissibility of the documents and shall advance reasons at final written address.
The Court:
The bundles Certified True Copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect to 16 LGAs of Ekiti State are hereby admitted into evidence and marked as Exhibits PBC1-16 accordingly.
As the court pleases.
Prof Paul for LP: We now tender certified true copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect of 25 LGAs of Delta State obtained from INEC.
All Respondents:
They object to the admissibility of the documents and reserve reasons for their final written address.
Time: 5:20pm
The Court:
The bundles Certified True Copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect to 25 LGAs of Delta State are hereby admitted into evidence and marked as Exhibits PBD1-25 accordingly.
As the court pleases.
Prof. Paul for LP just informed the court that they will now PROCEED TO FORMS EC8Ds FOR THE 36 STATES AND (AND OH, NOT OR) THE FCT.
Let’s remind ourselves of the various Forms and Their Uses:
—Form EC8A : This is A Very Important Form for Recording Results at POLLING UNITS
—Form EC8B : For Recording & Collating at WARD LEVEL
—Form EC8C : For Collating at LGA LEVEL
—Form EC8D: For Collating at STATE LEVEL. House of Rep & Senatorial Are Recorded Here too
—Form EC8E : For Declaration of FINAL RESULTS
—Form EC60EC : For Recording PU Results that Must be Posted at PUs after Elections (Often Termed ‘ People’s Result Sheet’)
Time: 5:23pm
Prof. Paul for LP just informed the court that they will now PROCEED TO FORMS EC8Ds FOR THE 36 STATES AND (AND OH, NOT OR) THE FCT.
1st Respondent:
They object to the admissibility of the documents and shall advance reasons for objecting in their final address.
2nd and 3rd Respondents:
They object to the admissibility of all the documents and reasons will be indicated in final address.
4th Respondent:
They object to the admissibility of the documents sought to be tendered and shall provide their reasons at the time of final written address.
Time: 5:29pm
Court: The bundles Certified True Copies of Forms EC8Ds in respect to 35 State of the Federation and the FCT are hereby admitted into evidence and marked as Exhibits PDE1-37 accordingly.
As the court pleases.
Time: 5:32pm
Prof Paul for LP: We now apply to tender the national result, Form EC8DA.
Finally… The 1st respondent does not object to the document.
Everyone in court is surprised and little chuckles can be heard.
Also, the 2nd and 3rd and 4th Respondents does not object to the admissibility of the documents
Do you know why?
Simple, that’s the document used in declaring Tinubu as President. That is why nobody is objecting.
Time: 5:38pm
Court: The bundles Certified True Copies of Form EC8DA in respect of the National Result are hereby admitted without Objection into evidence and marked as Exhibits PBF accordingly.
As the court pleases.
NOW TO THE FORMS EC40G.
My Lords Justices are asking whether Prof Paul is looking at the time because they’ve been here since 9am.
Leader of the Petitioners Team signals and Prof. Paul notes that they will like to stand down and continue tomorrow.
There are no objections from all parties to adjourn the hearing till tomorrow and the Court, have at this time 5:38pm, adjourned the matter till tomorrow Thursday June 8, 2023 at 2pm for continuation of hearing.
