Election Tribunal: Peter Obi Tenders Results Of 8 More States petition.

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Monday admitted in evidence True Certified Copies of election results sheets from eight states in the petition filed by Peter Obi and the Labour Party challenging the outcome of 2023 presidential election.

The result sheets contained in Forms EC8A were tendered from the bar by Ben Anachebe, counsel to Obi, from 13 Local Government Areas in Ebonyi state, 13 LGAs in Nasarawa state, 25 LGA’s in Delta state, 23 LGA’s in Kaduna state, 27 LGAs in Imo state, 18 LGAs in Ondo state, 7 LGAs in Sokoto state, and 21 LGAs in Kogi state.

The court admitted the documents despite opposition from the legal team of  Independent National Electoral Commission,  President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress.

Prior to tendering the documents, Patrick Ikwueto, Obi’s lawyer said the petitioners had filed and application on May 22 seeking leave to serve interlocutories, containing 12 questions on the first respondents, the Independent National Electoral Commission.

“On the 2nd June, we filed application for my Lords leave to enable us hear the motion we filed 22nd May outside the pre- hearing session. I seek my lord directive to allow the application which in our view is innocuous.”

Counsel to INEC said,  “We will oppose the motion of  June 2, and will file a response to that. As regards the that May 22, we have already filed a response on the 25th May. I will be opposing the two motions. I need to respond to the motion of 2 june which was served on us late Friday evening, so that motion is not ripe for hearing.

The trial should go on, we have passed the stage of interlocutory. It is a waste of time, they had ample time to file it.