Don’t Use INEC As ‘Whipping Boy’ To Prosecute Your Case – Electoral Body Warns Peter Obi, Labour PartyINEC’s lawyer, Kemi Pinheiro , spoke in reaction to a claim by the lawyer to LP and Obi, Livy Uzou
kwu that the office of the Chairman of INEC declined to accept a subpoena served on Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to produce some documents.The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has cautioned the Labour Party, LP, and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi to desist from blaming it for their inability to effectively prosecute their case before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC.
Uzoukwu made the claim mid-way into proceedings on Wednesday after another member of the petitioners’ legal team, Audu Anuga , who was tendering documents, suddenly announced that he has exhausted what they have for the day. Reacting, Pinheiro noted that it had become a pattern with the petitioners to always look for someone to blame whenever they were stuck and unable to progress with the handling of their case.
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