The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Wednesday, tendered before the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, result of the gubernatorial poll it conducted in the state on September 21, 2024.
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The commission, through its team of lawyers led by a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Kanu Agabi, SAN, produced the certified true copy of the disputed result, which was contained in its Form EC8D.
A member of the electoral body’s legal team, Mr. Abdullahi Aliyu, SAN, equally tendered in evidence, a certified document that contained the declaration of the result as well as a copy of INEC’s Regulations & Guidelines for the conduct of elections, 2022.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Mr. Asue Ighodalo, who are challenging the outcome of the election, through their own lawyer, Mr. Adetunji Oyeyipo, SAN, said they were not opposed to the admissibility of the three documents in evidence.
Oyeyipo, SAN, noted that the petitioners had also annexed the same documents in the case they filed to prove that the outcome of the governorship election was flawed.
On their part, Dr. Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN, who represented Governor Monday Okpebholo and Mr. Emmanuel Ukala, SAN, who appeared for the All Progressives Congress, APC, did not object to the admittance of the three documents in evidence.
Consequently, the Justice Wilfred Kpochi-led three-member panel tribunal, marked the documents as Exhibits R-1, R-2 and R-3.
Meanwhile, INEC told the tribunal that it has lined up about five witnesses to testify on its behalf.
Though 10 days were originally allocated for the electoral body to defend the result of the election it declared in favour of governor Okpebholo of the APC, however, INEC said it may only utilize three days.
The Commission persuaded the tribunal to adjourn further proceedings in the case till Thursday, disclosing that most of its witnesses would be coming from Benin, Edo state, to testify before the panel.
Among those that were at the tribunal on Wednesday to observe the proceeding, was the PDP candidate, Ighodalo.
It will be recalled that INEC had declared that Okpebholo of the APC secured a total of 291, 667 votes to defeat his closet rivalry, Ighodalo of the PDP, who got a total of 247, 655 votes.
However, aggrieved by the outcome of the poll, the PDP and its candidate approached the tribunal, praying it to nullify INEC’s declaration of the APC and Okpebholo as winners of the contest.
The petitioners, among other things, contended that the governorship election was invalid by reason of alleged non-compliance with provisions of the Electoral Act.
They equally argued in the petition marked: EPT/ED/GOV/02/2024, that governor Okpebholo of the APC did not secure the highest number of lawful votes that were cast at the election.
Satisfied with evidence of 19 witnesses that testified and tendered several documents in support of their case, the petitioners closed their case on Monday.
INEC had earlier produced and tendered before the tribunal, a total of 153 Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVA, machines that were used in the 133 polling units where results of the election are disputed.
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