The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has objected to a request by presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Mr Peter Obi and his party
Apart from INEC which conducted the election in dispute, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress who were declared winners of the poll also kicked against the admission of the exhibits.
However, in line with the pre-hearing report and agreements of counsel, reasons for the objections are to be reserved at the address stage of the hearing of the petition. The states where the exhibits were tendered and admitted are Adamawa, Bayelsa, Benue, Kogi, Nasarawa, Niger, Ondo, Sokoto, Delta and Ekiti.That of Ebonyi was put off on the grounds that INEC was yet to make the exhibits available to the two petitioners.
Breakdown of the exhibits showed that the collated Ward results were tendered in 21 Local Government Areas of Adamawa; 8 in Bayelsa; 23 in Benue; 21 in Kogi; 11 in Nasarawa; 25 in Niger; 18 in Ondo; 23 in Sokoto and 25 in Delta.The rest are 11 Local Government Areas of Ekiti State; 25 in Imo; 21 in Kaduna; 27 in Oyo; 18 in Cross River; 15 in Edo; 31 in Akwa Ibom; and 20 in Lagos.
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