The court has accepted some presidential election results given by the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to support its challenge against the victory of All Progressives Congress (APC) President Bola Tinubu.
On Friday, Obi’s lead counsel informed the court in Abuja that he had a timetable of further evidence that they wanted to present to the court.
The counsel then presented evidence (election results) from Rivers and Kogi states, including certified authentic copies of INEC election results from six Rivers local government areas (LGAs).
The LP also submitted results from Niger, Adamawa, Oyo, Bayelsa, and Edo states.
The petitioner also produced certified accurate copies of election results from Niger’s Bida LGA and 21 LGAs in Adamawa.
Again, counsel for the first, second, and third respondents challenged to the evidence’s admissibility.
However, the court admitted the documents as evidence while awaiting the respondents’ arguments on the admission of the materials.
The petitioner also presented evidence from eight LGAs in Bayelsa, 31 LGAs in Oyo, and 18 LGAs in Edo.
The Labour Party also provided further evidence from 20 LGAs in Lagos, claiming that their votes were undercounted. Apapa, Lagos Island, Lagos mainland, Ikorodu, Amuwo Odofin, Ibeju Lekki, Ikeja, Ifako-Ijaye, Kosofe, and Oshodi-Isolo are among the 20 LGAs affected.
Obi and his party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, appeared in court at 9:20 a.m. for the resumption of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal hearing.
At Thursday’s hearing, the Labour Party candidate presented data from 115 local government areas (LGAs) to back up his assertions, however the respondents objected to the information presented by the Labour Party candidate.
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The LP and its candidate are contesting President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s victory in the February 25 election.
Tinubu, 71, was named the winner after receiving 8,794,726 votes. His closest rival, 76-year-old former Vice President Atiku Abubakar (PDP), received 6,984,520 votes, while Obi received 6,101,533.
