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Two Presiding Officers of the Independent National Electoral Commission , yesterday told the Presidential Election Petition Court , that they were unable to transmit real time results of the presidential election conducted on February 25.
First to testify was one Mr Friday Egwumah, a PO for Polling Units 017, Aba North, ward 3, Abia State and a former member of the National Youth Service Corps . Egwumah noted that the glitches was related only to the presidential results as other results like the Senatorial and House of Representatives polls were electronically transmitted to the portal seamlessly.
The 2nd subpoenaed witness, Grace Timothy, also corroborated the claim of Egwumah, adding that after the counting and announcement of results which she signed alongside agents of political parties in her polling unit, she encountered difficulties in uploading the presidential results real time to the IReV.
According to Tinubu’s lawyer, Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, the petitioners ought to have front-loaded the statement of subpoenaed witness at the time of filing the petition. Similarly, APC’s lawyer, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, in objecting to the adoption of the subpoenaed witnesses statement, faulted the action of the petitioners, advising that the petitioners apply for leave of the court for extension of time to enable them bring in the subpoenaed witness’ statement on oath.
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