The Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Tuesday tendered in evidence the first batch of forms used in collation of their results at the ward level for the February 25 presidential election.Labour p
Among other forms EC8B that they tendered before the court were the forms from 11 local government areas of Nassarawa; 25 LGAs of Delta, 25 LGAs of Imo, 11 LGAs of Ekiti, 21 LGAs of Kaduna, 8 LGAs of Bayelsa and 18 LGAs of Ondo states, I6 LGAs of Edo, 20 LGAs of Lagos, 21 LGAs of Kogi, and 31 LGAs of Akwa Ibom.
After the five-man panel of the PEPC headed by Justice Haruna Tsammani admitted the bundle of documents from the 17 states and marked them as exhibits, it adjourned further hearing in the petitions till Wednesday . Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Abubakar Atiku, who are also challenging the outcome of the February 25 presidential poll, alleged on Tuesday that INEC was denying them access to some requested documents.
Counsel for Atiku, Eyitayo Jegede , blamed the electoral body for the alleged deliberate refusal to supply his client with vital documents.Consequently, the panel adjourned the matter till Wednesday .All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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