Tinubu, APC close defense as star witness confirms Tinubu involved in drug case in US, did not score 25% FCT votes
Atiku Vs. INEC, Tinubu, APC
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Tinubu Continues His Defense
Begins presentation of witnesses.
Olanipekun-SAN- Matter for continuation of hearing. We are ready to proceed.
Calls first witness Senator Opeyemi Bamidele.-Current Senate Majority Leader
The witness started by reeling out his resume(CV)as being a licensed solicitor in the US and a member of the body of benchers in Nigeria, in addition to being a member of the Nigerian Supreme Court Council.
Eyitayo Jegede-SAN raised Objections on why the witness shouldn’t give oral evidence while being examined in Chief, but to only adopt his witness statement. Eyitayo said according to the 1st Schedule of the Electoral Act, the witness can only adopt his deposed statement and objected to the witness reading out his CV which was not part of his deposed statement.
Jegede further objected to the tendering of the witness’ CV before the court, but the court admitted the CV.
The witness also tendered a report by Election Observer’s from the ECOWAS, which was admitted by the court following another objection by the Atiku legal team.
Recall on Monday, Atiku had also tendered to the court, the EU Election Observers’ report which disagrees with the credibility and transparency of the 2023 Nigeria Presidential Election. The EU report apart from saying INEC didn’t follow the rules and the Electoral Act in conducting the elections, also said the figures reported by INEC are only 31% mathematically correct.
Meanwhile Tinubu’s witness said about 10k votes supposed to be for Tinubu were discounted in Kano.
During Cross Examination, INEC says it has no questions.
APC & WITNESS.
1- As a practitioner in the US you know there can’t be a conviction without arraignment and indictment. -YES
2- Exhibit PBF1 is not an indictment-Yes
3- Exhibit RA7 & RA8 has given Tinubu a clean bill of health as far as indictment in the US is concerned.-Yes
4- As a long standing associate of Tinubu for 24 years you know he is a Nigerian citizen by birth-Yes
5- You are aware that Labour Party took INEC to court on the mode of collation of results and the Court ruled that it is for INEC to decide how it wants to do it.-Yes
The judgment was tendered in court.
ATIKU & WITNESS
May I call for some Exhibits before I start? Including the judgment of US, and others.
Look at exhibit RA12 Kano result. We’re you in Kano?-No Look at RA 12A National Collation. We’re you at the collation center?-NO
Look at the exhibit. You can see the PDP did not sign-YES
Look at exhibit PBFI- judgment of US
You also aware that he forfeited 450k Dollar-Yes but civil forfeiture not criminal
Look at exhibit RA11 Notice of discontinuance. You identify RA11 report on location of FCT. According to report Abuja is the center of Unity of Nigeria- it is the Federal Capital city
Look at pg. 51. It’s the report of the committee that recommended that Abuja should be specifically provided for in the constitution. That means Abuja be special…YES
Look at that document exhibit PV- is that notice of discontinuance-Yes
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And the plaintiffs in that case are Attorneys General of 5 states-Yes
Look at the next document can you confirm if Atiku is a plaintiff-NO
Is the PDP also a plaintiff-NO
Is Tinubu a Respondent?-NO
Is APC a respondent-NO
Is INEC a party-NO
You adopted your witness statement-Yes
You confirmed that Tinubu scored 19.5% in the FCT-Yes
The President before TINUBU – Buhari- scored over 25% in the FCT and also Yaradua also scored more than 25% in the FCT
Tinubu would be the 1st to be declared without scoring 25%.-YES
All the 4 major Presidential candidates won in their home states. Tinubu is the only one who did not win his own state is it true?-YES
Your party was opposed to the use of BVAS in the Election. See pg. 2 of Vanguard 24th Nov 2022..This is not a statement from our party.
My Lord I seek to tender the CtC of the paper.
INEC- No objection
Tinubu-Objection my Lord
APC-We object
Court Admits in evidence.
Tinubu & APC my lord we have closed our case.
Court has ordered parties to take theirs days and file written addresses.
Respondents have 10 day while petitioners have 7 days.
The court will announce the date for adoption of addresses.
