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UPDATES AT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PETITION TRIBUNAL TODAY TUESDAY, 6TH JUNE 2023
Good afternoon & welcome to Live Updates from PEPT.
The Court is set to resume by 2pm since its adjournment from yesterday where the Petitioners tendered documents for 8 states.
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Good afternoon & welcome to Live Updates from PEPT.
The Court is set to resume by 2pm since its adjournment from yesterday where the Petitioners tendered documents for 8 states.
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For the summary of yesterday and today's proceedings, in PDF and Voice-overs, keep tabs on my account and @_weyimi as we will be making them available before the end of the day.
It is presumed that the Petitioners in CA/PEPC/03/2023 will today, take a step away from INEC CTC...
It is presumed that the Petitioners in CA/PEPC/03/2023 will today, take a step away from INEC CTC...
of Forms EC8As and proceed to tendering documents of Forms EC8Bs, which are Ward Collated Results from the various states they will be contending in the petition.
While these are presumptions, join us in court or stay glued to know the turn out of events.
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While these are presumptions, join us in court or stay glued to know the turn out of events.
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Peter Obi, in the company of his Campaign DG and other party stalwarts just walked into the court. Oseloka @OselokaHObaze has been in court minutes before.
Man is never tired... It was Peter Obi that Guinness saw and made that advert 'MADE OF MORE'.
Man is indeed made of more!
Man is never tired... It was Peter Obi that Guinness saw and made that advert 'MADE OF MORE'.
Man is indeed made of more!
It's 2:25pm... The court will now sit.
The court apologized for resuming late as there were certain issues they needed to settle in Chambers.
We will now proceed to the suit.
Here We Go!
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The court apologized for resuming late as there were certain issues they needed to settle in Chambers.
We will now proceed to the suit.
Here We Go!
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The case CA/PEPC/03/2023 is now called from the cause list.
- Peter Obi represents himself and the LP, the Petitioners.
No other party is in court, Counsels will now announce appearances.
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- Peter Obi represents himself and the LP, the Petitioners.
No other party is in court, Counsels will now announce appearances.
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- With Dr. Onyechi Ikpeazu, Awa Kalu, JS Okutekpa and many other SANs in court, Dr. Livy Uzoukwu SAN leads the Petitioners team. (Not to forget, the bone 🦴 crusher is in court, Vincent Otaokpukpu Esq.)
- Dr. Kemi Pinhero leads the 1st Respondent team.
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- Dr. Kemi Pinhero leads the 1st Respondent team.
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- Wole Olanikpekun SAN leads the 2nd and 3rd Respondents team.
- LO Fagbemi SAN leads the 4th Respondent team.
Here we go!
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- LO Fagbemi SAN leads the 4th Respondent team.
Here we go!
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The Petitioners:
They have moved the court to tender INEC documents of Forms EC8Bs in respect of Bayelsa State.
Now to objections...
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They have moved the court to tender INEC documents of Forms EC8Bs in respect of Bayelsa State.
Now to objections...
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All the Respondents:
They all object to the admissibility of the Forms EC8Bs in respect to the 8 LGAs in Bayelsa and shall advance their reasons at the time of written address.
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They all object to the admissibility of the Forms EC8Bs in respect to the 8 LGAs in Bayelsa and shall advance their reasons at the time of written address.
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The Court:
The Court admits all documents of Bayelsa and marks them Exhibit PY1-8.
As the court pleases.
The Petitioners also moves to tender 23 copies of Forms EC8Bs representing the 23 LGAs of Benue State which is in line with their document and where all parties agreed to.
The Court admits all documents of Bayelsa and marks them Exhibit PY1-8.
As the court pleases.
The Petitioners also moves to tender 23 copies of Forms EC8Bs representing the 23 LGAs of Benue State which is in line with their document and where all parties agreed to.
All Respondents:
The 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Respondent all objected to the admissibility of the Forms EC8Bs from 23 LGAs in Benue State. They will give their reasons at the time of final written address.
The 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Respondent all objected to the admissibility of the Forms EC8Bs from 23 LGAs in Benue State. They will give their reasons at the time of final written address.
Petitioners:
They further moved to tender certified true copies of Forms EC8Bs in respect of 21 LGAs in Kogi State duly paid for and certified by INEC.
All Respondents:
In like fashion, they all objected to the admissibility of the documents & reserved reasons for final address.
They further moved to tender certified true copies of Forms EC8Bs in respect of 21 LGAs in Kogi State duly paid for and certified by INEC.
All Respondents:
In like fashion, they all objected to the admissibility of the documents & reserved reasons for final address.
The Court:
My Lords admitted the CTC of Forms EC8Bs from 21 LGAs in Kogi State into evidence and marked them as Exhibits PAA1-21
As the Court pleases...
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My Lords admitted the CTC of Forms EC8Bs from 21 LGAs in Kogi State into evidence and marked them as Exhibits PAA1-21
As the Court pleases...
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SOME OF MY TWEETS DIDN'T DELIVER...
The Petitioners:
They moved the court to tender INEC documents of Forms EC8Bs in respect of 21 LGAs of ADAMAWA State.
All Respondents:
They objected to these documents and chose to advance their reasons later.
THE COURT ADMITTED THEM.
The Petitioners:
They moved the court to tender INEC documents of Forms EC8Bs in respect of 21 LGAs of ADAMAWA State.
All Respondents:
They objected to these documents and chose to advance their reasons later.
THE COURT ADMITTED THEM.
Petitioners:
They moved to tender CTC of Forms EC8Bs in respect of 11 LGAs in Nasarawa State.
The court asked about the particular LGAs and they responded that all of the LGAs listed in the Schedule are available apart from Karu and Keana.
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They moved to tender CTC of Forms EC8Bs in respect of 11 LGAs in Nasarawa State.
The court asked about the particular LGAs and they responded that all of the LGAs listed in the Schedule are available apart from Karu and Keana.
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All Respondents:
Their positions remain the same and they shall give their reasons at the time of final written addresses.
(At this stage, I just do copy and paste because they must just object 😂😂😂)
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Their positions remain the same and they shall give their reasons at the time of final written addresses.
(At this stage, I just do copy and paste because they must just object 😂😂😂)
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The Court:
All documents of Forms EC8Bs in respect of 11 LGAs in Nasarawa State are hereby admitted in evidence and marked Exhibit PAB1-11
As the Court pleases...
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All documents of Forms EC8Bs in respect of 11 LGAs in Nasarawa State are hereby admitted in evidence and marked Exhibit PAB1-11
As the Court pleases...
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Petitioners:
They move to tender certified true copies of Forms EC8Bs in respect to 25 LGAs of Niger State.
All Respondents:
They all took turns in objecting to the admissibility of the documents and shall advance their reasons at the stage of final addresses.
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They move to tender certified true copies of Forms EC8Bs in respect to 25 LGAs of Niger State.
All Respondents:
They all took turns in objecting to the admissibility of the documents and shall advance their reasons at the stage of final addresses.
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The Court:
My Lords proceeded to admit all the documents of Forms EC8Bs of 25 LGAs of Niger State in evidence and marked them accordingly as Exhibits PAC1-
As the court pleases...
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My Lords proceeded to admit all the documents of Forms EC8Bs of 25 LGAs of Niger State in evidence and marked them accordingly as Exhibits PAC1-
As the court pleases...
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Petitioners:
They now move to tender certified true copies of documents of Forms EC8Bs of 18 LGAs in Ondo State.
All Respondents:
They also objected to the documents and will advance their reasons at the stage of final written addresses.
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They now move to tender certified true copies of documents of Forms EC8Bs of 18 LGAs in Ondo State.
All Respondents:
They also objected to the documents and will advance their reasons at the stage of final written addresses.
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Aside:
Nobody said you should not sleep in court, but at least, don't snore nau... 😫 Make my Lords no vex put person behind bars 😂😂😂
Nobody said you should not sleep in court, but at least, don't snore nau... 😫 Make my Lords no vex put person behind bars 😂😂😂
The Court:
My Lords admitted all documents of Forms EC8Bs in respect of 18 LGAs of Ondo State and marked them as Exhibits PAD1-18.
As the court pleases...
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My Lords admitted all documents of Forms EC8Bs in respect of 18 LGAs of Ondo State and marked them as Exhibits PAD1-18.
As the court pleases...
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The court is expressing displeasure about the dressing of counsels in court, Hon. Justice Tsammani was specific about the patterns of lady's hairs and how they are outrageous.
He told them to do 'guy' outside the court and not when appearing in court...
He told them to do 'guy' outside the court and not when appearing in court...
He noted that if this was a normal court seating, he'd have walked the lady in question out... Slay Lawyer in the House.
From tomorrow, the court will enforce it but for today, 'Go and Sin No More.
He told the Petitioners Counsel that himself is dressed like Ezemuo😂😂😂
From tomorrow, the court will enforce it but for today, 'Go and Sin No More.
He told the Petitioners Counsel that himself is dressed like Ezemuo😂😂😂
Petitioners:
They now seek to tender INEC certified Forms EC8Bs of 21 LGAs of Sokoto State.
1st Respondent (INEC):
'We object to the tendering of INEC certified Forms EC8Bs for reasons we shall advance later' 😂😂😂
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They now seek to tender INEC certified Forms EC8Bs of 21 LGAs of Sokoto State.
1st Respondent (INEC):
'We object to the tendering of INEC certified Forms EC8Bs for reasons we shall advance later' 😂😂😂
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All other Respondents:
They, like INEC, object to the admissibility of the documents and shall give their reasons in their final written addresses.
The Petitioners apologized and noted that Sokoto documents are for 23 LGAs and not 21 as listed in the Schedule.
They, like INEC, object to the admissibility of the documents and shall give their reasons in their final written addresses.
The Petitioners apologized and noted that Sokoto documents are for 23 LGAs and not 21 as listed in the Schedule.
The Court:
All documents of Forms EC8Bs with respect to 23 LGAs of Sokoto State are admitted and marked Exhibits PAE1-23.
As the court pleases...
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All documents of Forms EC8Bs with respect to 23 LGAs of Sokoto State are admitted and marked Exhibits PAE1-23.
As the court pleases...
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Aside:
UC Maxwell:
Excuse me My Lord, My Lord, if I may, may I... My Lords, there's a counsel fully robed, sleeping and snoring here. My Lord, he may be appearing for the Sleepers Association of Nigeria.
Nobody said you should not sleep in court, but at least, don't snore nau!
UC Maxwell:
Excuse me My Lord, My Lord, if I may, may I... My Lords, there's a counsel fully robed, sleeping and snoring here. My Lord, he may be appearing for the Sleepers Association of Nigeria.
Nobody said you should not sleep in court, but at least, don't snore nau!
Petitioners:
They now tender documents of Forms EC8Bs with respect to 25 LGAs in Delta State to be admitted in evidence.
All Respondents:
With profound respect, they all objected to the admissibility of the documents, reasons do which will be advanced in their final addresses.🔥
They now tender documents of Forms EC8Bs with respect to 25 LGAs in Delta State to be admitted in evidence.
All Respondents:
With profound respect, they all objected to the admissibility of the documents, reasons do which will be advanced in their final addresses.🔥
The Court:
Certified Trues Copies of Forms EC8Bs of 25 LGAs in Delta State are admitted in evidence and marked PAF1-25.
As the court pleases...
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Certified Trues Copies of Forms EC8Bs of 25 LGAs in Delta State are admitted in evidence and marked PAF1-25.
As the court pleases...
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Petitioners:
They now move to tender certified true copies of documents of Forms EC8Bs of 11 LGAs of Ekiti State in evidence to prove their case.
All Respondents:
They object to the documents sought to be tendered by the Petitioners for reasons they shall advance later.
They now move to tender certified true copies of documents of Forms EC8Bs of 11 LGAs of Ekiti State in evidence to prove their case.
All Respondents:
They object to the documents sought to be tendered by the Petitioners for reasons they shall advance later.
The Court:
Certified True Copies of Forms EC8Bs of 11 LGAs of Ekiti State are admitted in evidence and marked Exhibits PAG1-11.
As my Lords pleases...
Meanwhile, Sir @valentineozigbo just majestically walked in. Lemme go & ask him for this fine white material he's wearing. 🤩
Certified True Copies of Forms EC8Bs of 11 LGAs of Ekiti State are admitted in evidence and marked Exhibits PAG1-11.
As my Lords pleases...
Meanwhile, Sir @valentineozigbo just majestically walked in. Lemme go & ask him for this fine white material he's wearing. 🤩
Somebody said I should not bother asking because he's not short like me...
😫😫😫😫😫😫😫
😫😫😫😫😫😫😫
Back to the matter...
Petitioners:
They will now tender INEC certified documents of Forms EC8Bs of all 26 LGAs of Imo State.
(Will you be shocked if they don't object to the documents from Imo State?)
🌚🌚🌚
Petitioners:
They will now tender INEC certified documents of Forms EC8Bs of all 26 LGAs of Imo State.
(Will you be shocked if they don't object to the documents from Imo State?)
🌚🌚🌚
All Respondents:
Their position remain unchanged, they object to the admissibility of the documents and shall advance reasons at the time of written addresses.
There have been silence in court for more than 7 minutes now... The justices seem to be deliberating on something...
Their position remain unchanged, they object to the admissibility of the documents and shall advance reasons at the time of written addresses.
There have been silence in court for more than 7 minutes now... The justices seem to be deliberating on something...
The court just noted that one of the LGAs document is not in the files submitted by the Petitioners as they cannot find it. It's for one Njaba LGA.
The Petitioners apologize and decide on 25 LGAs and will tender the one left subsequently.
The Petitioners apologize and decide on 25 LGAs and will tender the one left subsequently.
The Court:
My Lords have now admitted all Forms EC8Bs in respect of 25 LGAs of Imo State and marked Exhibits PAH1-25.
As the court pleases... Next is Kaduna.
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My Lords have now admitted all Forms EC8Bs in respect of 25 LGAs of Imo State and marked Exhibits PAH1-25.
As the court pleases... Next is Kaduna.
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Petitioners:
They now seek to tender documents of Forms EC8Bs in respect of 19 LGAs in Kaduna State.
All Respondents:
Their position is the same, they object to the admissibility of the documents and shall advance reasons subsequently.
They now seek to tender documents of Forms EC8Bs in respect of 19 LGAs in Kaduna State.
All Respondents:
Their position is the same, they object to the admissibility of the documents and shall advance reasons subsequently.
The court noted that they have in the files, documents for 21 LGAs and not 19 as stated by the Petitioners.
The Petitioners inform the court that they will add the extra 2 to make it 21 LGAs as opposed to the earlier 19 mentioned.
The Petitioners inform the court that they will add the extra 2 to make it 21 LGAs as opposed to the earlier 19 mentioned.
The Court:
My Lords ruled that all Forms EC8Bs with respect to 21 LGAs of Kaduna State are hereby admitted into evidence and marked as Exhibits PAJ1-21.
As the court pleases...
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My Lords ruled that all Forms EC8Bs with respect to 21 LGAs of Kaduna State are hereby admitted into evidence and marked as Exhibits PAJ1-21.
As the court pleases...
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Petitioners:
They will now tender INEC certified Forms EC8Bs covering 31 LGAs of Oyo State.
All Respondents:
They object to the documents for reasons they shall advance in their written Addresses.
They will now tender INEC certified Forms EC8Bs covering 31 LGAs of Oyo State.
All Respondents:
They object to the documents for reasons they shall advance in their written Addresses.
The number of LGAs tendered by the Petitioners were corrected from 31 to 27.
The Court:
My Lords have now admitted all tendered documents of Forms EC8Bs with respect to 27 LGAs in Oyo State and marked as Exhibits PAK1-27.
As the court pleases...
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The Court:
My Lords have now admitted all tendered documents of Forms EC8Bs with respect to 27 LGAs in Oyo State and marked as Exhibits PAK1-27.
As the court pleases...
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Now to Cross-River...
Petitioners:
They have sought to tender all INEC obtained certified true copies of Forms EC8Bs for 18 LGAs of Cross-River State.
All Respondents:
They object to the admissibility and shall advance their reasons in their final written addresses.
Petitioners:
They have sought to tender all INEC obtained certified true copies of Forms EC8Bs for 18 LGAs of Cross-River State.
All Respondents:
They object to the admissibility and shall advance their reasons in their final written addresses.
The Court:
The Justices have now admitted into evidence, all tendered documents of Forms EC8Bs in respect to the 18 LGAs of Cross-River State. They are respectively marked Exhibits PAL1-18.
As the court pleases ..
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The Justices have now admitted into evidence, all tendered documents of Forms EC8Bs in respect to the 18 LGAs of Cross-River State. They are respectively marked Exhibits PAL1-18.
As the court pleases ..
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Petitioners inform the court that they will jump Ebonyi which is not here and tender three more and close for the day.
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Petitioners:
They sought to tender documents obtained & certified by INEC as custodians of these documents, which are Forms EC8Bs of 16 LGAs of Edo State.
All Respondents:
In uniform manner, they objected to the admissibility of the documents and will advance their reasons later
They sought to tender documents obtained & certified by INEC as custodians of these documents, which are Forms EC8Bs of 16 LGAs of Edo State.
All Respondents:
In uniform manner, they objected to the admissibility of the documents and will advance their reasons later
The Counsel to the 4th Respondent observed that on the schedule to the documents, the Petitioners listed one LGA twice and would require some clarifications.
Based on this, the Petitioners noted that it is an error and stepped down one, thereby leaving Forms EC8Bs at 15 LGAs.
Based on this, the Petitioners noted that it is an error and stepped down one, thereby leaving Forms EC8Bs at 15 LGAs.
The Court:
The documents, Forms EC8Bs of 15 LGAs of Edo State were admitted into evidence by the court and Marked as Exhibits PAM1-15.
As the court pleases...
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The documents, Forms EC8Bs of 15 LGAs of Edo State were admitted into evidence by the court and Marked as Exhibits PAM1-15.
As the court pleases...
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And now, to Akwa Ibom...
Petitioners:
They now seek to tender Forms EC8Bs of 31 LGAs of Akwa-Ibom State.
TRIVIA FOR N500 AIRTIME... who is the most prominent Labour Party member from Akwa-Ibom State (add picture for emphasis)?
Let's go now... 😍😍😍
Petitioners:
They now seek to tender Forms EC8Bs of 31 LGAs of Akwa-Ibom State.
TRIVIA FOR N500 AIRTIME... who is the most prominent Labour Party member from Akwa-Ibom State (add picture for emphasis)?
Let's go now... 😍😍😍
The Counsel to INEC offered to help the Petitioners in case they are having difficulty sorting their documents... The Petitioners responded with laughter in the air, that INEC deliberately scattered the documents to frustrate them.
Meanwhile...
Meanwhile...
All Respondents:
They all objected to the admissibility of the documents and shall advance reasons for the objection in their final written addresses.
The Court:
31 bundles of Forms EC8Bs from 31 LGAs of Akwa-Ibom are hereby admitted & marked as Exhibits PAN1-31.
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They all objected to the admissibility of the documents and shall advance reasons for the objection in their final written addresses.
The Court:
31 bundles of Forms EC8Bs from 31 LGAs of Akwa-Ibom are hereby admitted & marked as Exhibits PAN1-31.
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And now the last for today...Lagos State.
Petitioners:
The Counsel applied to the court to tender all Forms EC8Bs for all 20 LGAs of Lagos State as evidence they'll use in proving their case at the tribunal.
And as usual..
All Respondents:
They objected and reserved reasons.
Petitioners:
The Counsel applied to the court to tender all Forms EC8Bs for all 20 LGAs of Lagos State as evidence they'll use in proving their case at the tribunal.
And as usual..
All Respondents:
They objected and reserved reasons.
The Court:
The bundles of 20 INEC certified Forms EC8Bs arising from 20 LGAs of Lagos State were admitted in evidence and duly marked as Exhibits PAP1-20
As the court pleases...
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The bundles of 20 INEC certified Forms EC8Bs arising from 20 LGAs of Lagos State were admitted in evidence and duly marked as Exhibits PAP1-20
As the court pleases...
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The Petitioners inform the court that they have documents of Forms EC8Bs for Ebonyi State, but because it was not listed in the schedule, they can push it to tomorrow and thereafter, they will move into tendering documents for Forms EC8Cs.
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In lieu, all the respondents did not object to the application to adjourn the hearing till tomorrow Wednesday June 7, 2023.
In furtherance, the court adjourned till Wednesday June 7, 2023 for the continuation of hearing.
The Court Rises! Have a blessed day.
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In furtherance, the court adjourned till Wednesday June 7, 2023 for the continuation of hearing.
The Court Rises! Have a blessed day.
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Counsel don go call Justice 'My Lord Sir'
Justice Tsammani: There's nothing like 'My Lord Sir', one day you'll call us 'My Lord Ma' 😂😂😂
The court closed and thank everyone for making themselves available and wishes us all safe journey back home.
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Justice Tsammani: There's nothing like 'My Lord Sir', one day you'll call us 'My Lord Ma' 😂😂😂
The court closed and thank everyone for making themselves available and wishes us all safe journey back home.
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