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UPDATES AT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PETITION TRIBUNAL TODAY WEDNESDAY, 7TH JUNE 2023

Good afternoon & welcome to Live Updates from PEPT.

It's raining heavily in the city of Abuja this afternoon, but it won't stop the court from holding. We will start shortly.

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In his usual fashion, Peter Obi is already seated in court. On his right is Julius Abure and on his left, Akin Osuntokun.

What are the expectations for today...
- Finishing tendering Forms EC8Bs
- Possibly adjourn or move to EC8Cs or any other documents...

Stay tuned...
The court have sat... 2:22pm

Justice Monsurat welcomes everyone to the afternoon session and the case is called: CA/PEPC/03/2023.

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- Peter Obi announces his presence for the Petitioners
- Mr. Saturday represents the 4th Respondent on a Wednesday rainy afternoon in Abuja.

All other parties are absent. We will now take the appearances of the Counsels.

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- Dr. Livy Uzoukwu SAN leads the Petitioners Team
- Dr. Kemi Pinhero SAN leads the 1st Respondent Team
- Chief Akin Olujimi SAN leads the 3rd & 4th Respondents Team.
- Lateef Fagbemi SAN leads the 4th Respondent Team

Let the battle (of tendering, objecting & admitting) begin.😂 Image
Dr Livy just informed the court that they are ready to continue the tendering of documents this morning. And he says that Prof Paul Ananaba SAN will conduct the proceedings for today.

Paul SAN is a professor of law.

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Prof Paul:
He informs the court that they will start by tendering the INEC certified documents of Forms EC8Bs for Ebonyi State. From the Petitioners Schedule of Documents, they'll tender for 12 LGAs of Ebonyi State.

Let's take objections... 😂😂😂

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1st Respondent:
They object to the admissibility of the documents from Ebonyi State with reasons to be given at address stage.

2nd & 3rd Respondent:
They object to the admissibility of the documents and shall give their reasons at the final written address.

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4th Respondent:
They object to the admissibility of the documents sought to be tendered and reasons will be advanced at the time of written address.

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It's like I'll do like yesterday and be merging all their Objections... They seem to be copying each other 😂 copy copy people...

Exam hall go mad if they are writing exams together. 😂
The Court:
The 12 bundles of Forms EC8Bs in respect of Ebonyi State are hereby admitted in evidence and marked Exhibits PAQ1-12.

As the court pleases...

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The court just requested for 2 minutes to settle something... The court just rose and justices have left...

Stay glued.

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The court is back.... 03:09pm

Here we go!

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Prof Paul SAN:
They will now tender INEC certified documents of Forms EC8Bs with respect to 4 LGAs in Kaduna State.

I believe this is an addition to those tendered for Kaduna State yesterday.

Now to Objections...

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1st Respondent:
They object to the admissibility and will avail reasons at address stage.

2nd & 3rd Respondent:
They also object to the admissibility and the reasons will be made in their final written address.

4th Respondent:
Object to the admissibility, reasons at address.
The Court just noted that they tendered some of these same LGAs yesterday (Kaduna North & South).

Prof. Ananaba noted that they were not complete and seek to be added.

The court noted that this will give them difficult in marking the Exhibits as they have been marked already.
Prof Paul replied that the Justices are 'Masters of the Art' and can find the best possible ways.

😂😂😂Lawyers and scope... What do you expect from a Professor and a Senior Advocate!?
My Lords say they are lost on what to do ooo 😂😂😂

'Please, Masters of the Art, we are looking up to you biko'

😂😂😂
My Lords have asked for 1 minute to reconcile 😂😂😂

Please quick question, are we having this problem because it's a 'PROFESSOR' presenting this case?

That title did us strong thing in this election ooo...
The Court:
The documents for the 4 LGAs have been admitted into evidence and marked accordingly.

Prof Paul:
They'll now tender 'additional' Forms EC8Bs for Oyo State (at this point, the court grumbles)

Recall that documents for Oyo State had been tendered Yesterday.
The 4 additional Forms EC8Bs sought to be tendered in respect of Oyo State include...
1. Ibarapa Central
2. Akinyele
3. Ibadan South
4. Ogunoluwa

Now to Objections...

1st Respondent:
They object to the admissibility of the documents, reasons to be advanced at address stage.
2nd and 3rd Respondents:
They object to the admissibility of the documents and reasons to be given in their final written address.

4th Respondent:
They object to the admissibility of the documents and shall respectfully give their reasons at the time of final written address.
The Court:
The bundles of Forms EC8Bs of additional LGAs for Oyo State are admitted to evidence and hereby marked accordingly:
1. Ibarapa Central - PAK28
2. Akinyele - PAK29
3. Ibadan South - PAK 30
4. Ogunoluwa - PAK 31

The Petitioners will now tender 1 LGA in Nasarawa.
Prof Paul:
They now seek to tender certified documents of Forms EC8Bs for Keana LGA in Nasarawa.

1st Respondent:
They object to the admissibility of the documents and reserve reasons till address stage.

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2nd and 3rd Respondents:
They object to the admissibility and the reasons will be stated in their final written address.

4th Respondent:
They object to the admissibility and will advance reasons at address stage.
Obviously, the 4th Respondent didn't indicate his Objection... However Justice Ugo said 'We will record the usual thing for you.

Everyone laughs.

That's all for the Forms EC8B Series... Now, they will move to tendering documents for Forms EC8Cs...

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Prof Paul:
The Petitioners move to tender INEC certified copies of Forms EC8Cs for 8 LGAs of Bayelsa State.

1st Respondent:
They object to the admissibility of the documents and shall advance reasons at the address stage.
2nd and 3rd Respondents:
They object to the admissibility of the documents and shall state reasons in their final written address.

4th Respondents:
They object to the admissibility of the documents being sought to be tendered and shall provide their reasons during address.
The Court:
All documents of Forms EC8Cs in respect of Bayelsa State is admitted into Evidence and marked accordingly.

As the court pleases ..

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Prof Paul:
They now proceed to tender Forms EC8Cs of 23 LGAs in Benue State.

1st Respondent:
They object to the admissibility and will advance their reasons at the time of final address.
2nd and 3rd and 4th Respondents:
They all object to the admissibility of the documents and reserve reasons to time of final address.

The Court:
Bundles of documents of Forms EC8Cs for 23 LGAs of Benue State are hereby admitted and marked Exhibits PAS1-23.

As the court pleases..
Prof Paul:
They now seek to tender Forms EC8Cs in respect of 18 LGAs of Cross-River State in evidence.

1st Respondent:
They object to the admissibility of the documents from Cross-River and reasons to be advance in their address.
2nd and 3rd Respondents:
They object to the admissibility of the documents and their reasons will be given in their final written address.

4th Respondent:
They also object and their reasons will be offered at the stage of final address.

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The Court:
The documents of Forms EC8Cs tendered in respect of Cross-River are admitted and marked Exhibits PAS1-18.

As the court pleases...

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Prof Paul:
They'll now tender Forms EC8Cs in respect to 10 LGAs of Ebonyi State.

All Respondents:
In the usual manner, they all objected to the admissibility of the documents and shall give their reasons in their final written addresses.

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The Court:
The bundles of Forms EC8Cs in respect to 10 LGAs of Ebonyi State are hereby admitted and marked as Exhibits PAU1-10 accordingly.

As the court pleases...

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Prof Paul:
They seek to tender Forms EC8Cs in respect of 18 LGAs of Edo State.

All Respondents:
Respectively, all the respondents objected to the admissibility of the documents sought to be tendered in respect of Edo State and decided to contain their reasons in final addresses.
The Court:
The bundles Certified True Copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect to 18 LGAs of Edo State are hereby admitted into evidence and marked as Exhibits PAV1-18 accordingly.

As the court pleases...

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Prof Paul:
The Petitioners now tender certified true copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect of 20 LGAs of Lagos State duly obtained from INEC.

All Respondents:
Counsels to all the Respondents objected to the admissibility of the documents and shall advance reasons at their address.
The Court:
The bundles Certified True Copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect to 20 LGAs of Lagos State are hereby admitted into evidence and marked as Exhibits PAW1-20 accordingly.

As the court pleases...

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Prof Paul:
The Petitioners now tender certified true copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect of 25 LGAs of Niger State duly obtained from INEC.

All Respondents:
Counsels all object to the admissibility of the documents and shall advance reasons at the time of final address.
The Court:
The bundles Certified True Copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect to 25 LGAs of Niger State are hereby admitted into evidence and marked as Exhibits PAX1-25 accordingly.

As the court pleases...

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Prof Paul:
The Petitioners now tender certified true copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect of 18 LGAs of Ondo State duly obtained from INEC.

All Respondents;
They object to the admissibility of the documents and shall advance reasons at the time of final addresses.
The Court:
The bundles Certified True Copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect to 18 LGAs of Ondo State are hereby admitted into evidence and marked as Exhibits PAY1-18 accordingly.

Who go PAY for this case laidis... 😂

As the court pleases...

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Prof Paul:
The Petitioners now seek to tender certified true copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect of 33 LGAs of Oyo State duly obtained from INEC.

All Respondents:
The Counsels all object to the admissibility of the documents from Oyo State and shall advance reasons at theie address
The Court:
The bundles Certified True Copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect to 18 LGAs of Oyo State are hereby admitted into evidence and marked as Exhibits PAZ1-33 accordingly.

As the court pleases...

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Prof Paul:
The Petitioners now tender certified true copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect of 23 LGAs of Rivers State duly obtained from 1st Respondent.

All Respondents:
They unanimously object to the admissibility of Forms EC8As from Rivers and will advance reasons at address stage.
The Court:
The bundles Certified True Copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect to 23 LGAs of Rivers State are hereby admitted into evidence and marked as Exhibits PAAA1-23 accordingly.

As the court pleases...

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Prof Paul:
The Petitioners now tender certified true copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect of 23 LGAs of Sokoto State duly obtained from INEC.

All Respondents:
They vehemently oppose the admissibility of the documents and reserve reasons to their final address.

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CORRECTION:

The court just corrected the Exhibits tag of Rivers State, they documents of Forms EC8Cs from Rivers State are now tagged Exhibits PBA1-23

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The Court:
The bundles Certified True Copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect to 20 LGAs of Sokoto State are hereby admitted into evidence and marked as Exhibits PBB1-23 accordingly.

My Lord mistakenly didn't take the 4th Resp objection, says it's becoming monotonous 😂

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Prof Paul:
The Petitioners now tender certified true copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect of 16 LGAs of Ekiti State duly obtained from INEC.

All Respondents:
They all object to the admissibility of the documents and shall advance reasons at final written address.

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One INEC Lawyer said he wanted to 'return the mandate' given to him by the INEC Lead Counsel to conduct proceedings...

In my mind, I said 'that's how Tinubu will return the mandate to INEC and they will issue it to the rightful owner'.

We no dey play here...
The Court:
The bundles Certified True Copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect to 16 LGAs of Ekiti State are hereby admitted into evidence and marked as Exhibits PBC1-16 accordingly.

As the court pleases...

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Prof Paul proceeds...
The Petitioners now tender certified true copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect of 25 LGAs of Delta State obtained from INEC.

All Respondents:
They object to the admissibility of the documents and reserve reasons for their final written address.

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The Court:
The bundles Certified True Copies of Forms EC8Cs in respect to 25 LGAs of Delta State are hereby admitted into evidence and marked as Exhibits PBD1-25 accordingly.

As the court pleases...

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One woman in court is seen slapping her leg... I didn't know that mosquitoes also came to witness how their mandate will be returned too...

I'm not shocked though. 😫😫😫 Image
Prof. Paul:
the Petitioners just informed the court that they will now PROCEED TO FORMS EC8Ds FOR THE 36 STATES AND (AND OH, NOT OR) THE FCT.

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Now to Objections...

1st Respondent:
They object to the admissibility of the documents and shall advance reasons for objecting in their final address.

2nd and 3rd Respondents:
They object to the admissibility of all the documents and reasons will be indicated in final address.
4th Respondent:
They object to the admissibility of the documents sought to be tendered and shall provide their reasons at the time of final written address.

Aside: Sir V. @valentineozigbo just walked in, man came with another killer blue, short-sleeved, senator material. 😍😍😍
The Court:
The bundles Certified True Copies of Forms EC8Ds in respect to 35 State of the Federation and the FCT are hereby admitted into evidence and marked as Exhibits PDE1-37 accordingly.

As the court pleases...

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Prof Paul:
He now applies to tender the national result, Form EC8DA.

Finally... The 1st Respondent DOES NOT OBJECT TO THE DOCUMENT.

Everyone in court is surprised and little chuckles can be heard.

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Also, the 2nd and 3rd and 4th Respondents DOES NOT OBJECT TO RHE ADMISSIBILITY OF THE DOCUMENTS.

Do you know why?

Simple, that's the document used in declaring Tinubu as President. That is why nobody is objecting... Are you witti me!? Image
The Court:
The bundles Certified True Copies of Form EC8DA in respect of the National Result are hereby admitted without Objection into evidence and marked as Exhibits PBF accordingly.

As the court pleases...

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NOW TO THE FORMS EC40G...

My Lords are asking whether Prof Paul is looking at the time because they've been here since 9am.

Leader of the Petitioners Team signals and Prof. Paul notes that they will like to stand down and continue tomorrow.

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There are no objections from all parties to adjourn the hearing till tomorrow and the Court, have at this time 5:46pm, adjourned the matter till tomorrow Thursday June 8, 2023 at 2pm for continuation of hearing.

As the court pleases...

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Correction of time...5:36pm please.

The lead Justice, Hon. Justice Tsammani thanks members of the bar for their cooperation and thanks members of the public for making themselves available and hope that this cooperation will continue until the day of judgment.

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Thank you all for staying tuned.

Remember to turn on notifications the summary of proceedings from Monday till today and also follow @_weyimi for the Audio summary, her voice is epic.

Special thanks to @AdiahaAdiaha @KoladeKayode @Vawulence_Space @EmirSirdam @ayansoladare

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Good afternoon & welcome to Live Updates from PEPT.

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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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While we wait to continue the Peter Obi's case (CA/PEPC/03/2023) at the PEPT later today at 2pm, I decided to update you on all the documents submitted so far at the tribunal.

On Day 1 of the Hearing, Peter Obi tendered documents from the US District Court...
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On Day 3 alone, Certified True Copies of Forms EC8A from 115 LGAs of 6 states were tendered. The states include Rivers, Benue, Cross-River, Niger, Osun and Ekiti.

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UPDATES AT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PETITION TRIBUNAL TODAY FRIDAY 2ND JUNE 2023

Good Morning & welcome to Live Updates from PEPT.

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