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A legal practitioner and social critic, Inibehe Effiong has urged people not to panic over objections to issibility of documents by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, at the ongoing hearings at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, saying it is a distraction.

Effiong claimed that the objected documents by the INEC were duly certified, adding that the Court will act on them.

In a post via his verified Twitter handle on Thursday, the legal expert claimed that “the Electoral Commission’s neutrality is a mirage, especially in electoral litigations”.

He alleged that the INEC had basically aligned its defence strategy with the other Respondents, including the All Progressives Congress, APC.

He wrote, “People should not panic over objections to issibility of documents by INEC at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.

I’m not surprised by INEC’s roguish and embarrassing attitude.

These are public documents duly certified.

The Court will act on them. It is a distraction.

“Ordinarily, INEC being the maker of the documents which they’ve certified, that is Form EC8 series (polling unit & collation results), they’re not supposed to object to their issibility.

“I’ve always said that INEC’s neutrality is a mirage, especially in electoral litigations.

“The documents have been itted, though the Respondents will state the grounds for their objections in their final addresses.

“Typically, the tribunal will look into the documents and act on them.

“As long as the documents have been duly certified, there’s no cause for alarm.

“INEC has basically aligned their defence strategy with the other Respondents (Tinubu, APC and Shettima).

They’re working in sync as they always do.”

DAILY POST reported that President Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the INEC had on Wednesday objected to the ission of some documents sought to be tendered in evidence by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Atiku.

At the resumed hearing of the petition filed by Atiku and the PDP challenging the election of President Tinubu at the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja, counsel to the petitioners, Mr Chris Uche, SAN, said that the team had prepared a second schedule of documents to be tendered.

Some documents the petitioners tendered in evidence through Mr Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, were certified true copies of Form EC8A ed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from its Result Viewing Portal (IREV).

The Form EC8A was for eight local government areas of Bayelsa, 23 local government areas of Kaduna State, 20 local government areas of Ogun and of 23 local government areas of Kogi.

Form EC8As are sheets used for collection of results at the polling units level.

But counsel to INEC, Mr Kemi Pinhero, SAN, objected to the issibility of all documents relating to Kogi except for those of five Local Government Areas, namely, Olamaboro, Ofu, Omala, Okehi and Ajaokuta.

He said this was because the five local governments whose documents he did not oppose were specifically pleaded in the petitioners’ pleadings.

Pinhero also objected to the issibility of the documents relating to the BVAS except for Kogi, Rivers and Sokoto states.

https://dailypost.ng/2023/06/02/presidential-election-why-lp-pdp-shouldnt-panic-over-inecs-objections-effiong/

"the country has increasingly became like a play ground, where we joke with serious things and get serious with jokes...

Soldiers will kill large amount of terrorists and still their wont be a single picture/video to back up their claims, Buth if it is some sexy girls breaking guiness record oh la la they will disturb us with the repeatation of pics/videos...

Hunger is turning people into a living skeleton buth still anually every election some senseless mo.n.k.e.ys will be disturbing us with that ugly words:

ON YOUR MANDATE WE SHALL STAND GIDIGBA foolishness at its peak

INEC and Tinubu are a big threath to our democracy.

But we read yesterday that the documents have no INEC stamps so not certified.

ON YOUR LIMP MANHOOD WE SHALL STAND ERECT

tinsel:
But we read yesterday that the documents have no INEC stamps so not certified.

The documents have Inec stamps and was given to Lp by Inec.

ACCORDING TO THE BRIEFCASE BABY LAWYER.

tinsel:
But we read yesterday that the documents have no INEC stamps so not certified.

You read the APC version which is lie.

Corridon:
You read the APC version which is lie.

AND WHICH SIDE's VERSION DID YOU READ?

You must be an half-smart goon!

Mickykarim:


AND WHICH SIDE's VERSION DID YOU READ?

You must be an half-smart goon!

Corridon:
What warrant the insult or is that how you were trained? Where did I insulted you in my post? If you can't engage constructively don't ever quote my post again.

What could be more constructive in asking the version of the story you presented.

IF YOU CONDEMN A SIDE IN A MATTER AND THE OTHER BASED ON SAME REPORTAGE.

What does that make you? Mr. constructive engager, I should assume. I guess.

INEC is on trial so you want them to stay neutral.

INEC has been acting like an arm of the ruling party. It's such a big shame! The first major protest was against police brutality. INEC and the judiciary will be the next!

muykem:
INEC is on trial so you want them to stay neutral.

What you just expressed is referred to as PREJUDICE!

INEC did not intervene in the matter as a matter of choice, rather CONSCRIPTED by the petitioners who dragged it into the foray.

THEREFORE, INEC IS DUTY BOUND TO DEFEND ITSELF FROM ALL THE SHENANIGANS WHO PARADING THEMSELVES IN FORM OF A NAKED MARKET DANCE FOR SOMETHING THEY DO NOT HAVE AND CANNOT DEFEND.

Calling and or labeling INEC bias is equally BIAS on your part.

It happened in 2003, Peter Obi & Apga vs INEC & PDP. After INEC claimed that the election it conducted was free and fair. When the heat turned on them, they began to deny even thier own documents claiming they didn't conduct election in about 312 polling units, after first itting to having a fair & credible election.

Mickykarim:



What you just expressed is referred to as PREJUDICE!

INEC did not intervene in the matter as a matter of choice, rather CONSCRIPTED by the petitioners who dragged it into the foray.

THEREFORE, INEC IS DUTY BOUND TO DEFEND ITSELF FROM ALL THE SHENANIGANS WHO PARADING THEMSELVES IN FORM OF A NAKED MARKET DANCE FOR SOMETHING THEY DO NOT HAVE AND CANNOT DEFEND.

Calling and or labeling INEC bias is equally BIAS on your part.

Alright advocate Mickykarim

We know Tinubu is a place holder

Mickykarim:


What could be more constructive in asking the version of the story you presented.

IF YOU CONDEMN A SIDE IN A MATTER AND THE OTHER BASED ON SAME REPORTAGE.

What does that make you? Mr. constructive engager, I should assume. I guess.

Alright. I still maintain you read from backward. My own version of the news is the authentic one.

sonature1:
INEC has been acting like an arm of the ruling party. It's such a big shame! The first major protest was against police brutality. INEC and the judiciary will be the next!

But this same INEC was on the side of Adeleke and The PDP during the Osun State Governorship Election Tribunal

meolaniyi:
We know Tinubu is a place holder

And we shall stand gidigba!

Parachoko:
But this same INEC was on the side of Adeleke and The PDP during the Osun State Governorship Election Tribunal

As breeze blow the fowl nyansh e don show

Mickykarim:
ACCORDING TO THE BRIEFCASE BABY LAWYER.

Tinubu is a place holder president know this and know peace

Parachoko:
But this same INEC was on the side of Adeleke and The PDP during the Osun State Governorship Election Tribunal

I have no idea what you are writing about.

Mickykarim:
ACCORDING TO THE BRIEFCASE BABY LAWYER.

Aswear

INEC is one of the departments under APC

The truth is if the court and APC wants to rig the judgement in their favour we would make sure they can't do that while pretending to be good people


We must force them to shamelessly forcefully rig it that even a 10 years child would see it as too obvious

Like wike in rivers , el rufai in Kaduna , APC did in nassarawa like PDP did in Enugu


No more claiming good person while you rig ... nah you must be ready to answer a rigger and live with the shame

Can mamood yakubu ever talk about integrity ? No
That's the fight

Only in Nigeria. An Election Umpire now wants to usurp the position of Election arbiters.
That's INEC is giving itself the powers of the Courts to it or refuse evidence against the conduct of INEC.

Nowhere to run

INEC on panic mode...

The guilty are afraid.

How this set of humans thought that Nigerians would move on after the blatant manipulations from such a hotly-contested election beats my imagination...

We are praying for a positive outcome

Ok

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