The presidential election court gave cited legal provisions for dismissing Peter Obi's request for permission to interrogate...
to interrogate ICT experts of the Independent National Electoral Commission over the conduct of the February presidential election.concerning Internet use during the 25 February presidential election.
But Mr Obi’s application to interrogate the electoral umpire’s ICT experts was vehemently opposed by lawyers to INEC, Mr Tinubu and the APC at the court’s hearing on 8 June.Ruling on the issue on Saturday, the five-member court panel headed by Haruna Tsammani said Mr Obi’s legal team failed to file their request to interrogate INEC’s ICT officials within the statutory period enshrined in the Electoral Act 2022.
In the unanimous ruling of the five-member panel, the court said, “The petitioners filed their reply to the respondents ’s reply to the petition on 21 April 2023.” He said the “law unequivocally prohibits party from making an application for further particulars after the period laid down has elapsed.”
In dismissing the request, the court said, “The application is incompetent, and the court lacks the jurisdiction to entertain it. Accordingly, it is struck out.”At the application hearing on Thursday, Mr Obi’s lawyer, Patrick Ikwueto, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria , sought to know the quality of the ICT experts and professionals who presided over the 25 February presidential poll.
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