EDO TRIBUNAL FIREWORKS: STAR WITNESS DESTROYS APC, OKPEBHOLO WITH DAMNING PROOF

…INEC’s failures exposed as witness cites Electoral Act and INEC manual
…APC lawyer left flustered as witness flips questions and corrects false claims

The Edo Governorship Election Tribunal in Abuja witnessed intense drama today as a star witness for the PDP laid bare the irregularities in INEC’s declaration of Monday Okpebholo as governor.

Citing section 2.3.6 of INEC’s Manual for Election Officials, the expert highlighted that INEC’s failure to record the serial numbers of sensitive election materials in Form EC25B violated its own regulations. This rendered results from 320 polling units invalid.

Under relentless cross-examination, the witness calmly turned the tables on respondents’ counsels. When APC’s lawyer falsely claimed INEC uploaded all polling unit results to the IReV portal, the witness responded, “That is patently false, my Lord. INEC uploaded only 4,466 of 4,519 polling unit results, failing to upload 53. Your statement is incorrect.”

As respondents attempted to discredit the witness for not being physically present at polling units, he swiftly retorted: “My Lord, counsel earlier referenced 16 agent polling unit results, noting that 3 were not stamped. Counsel wasn’t at any polling unit either, yet his review revealed inconsistencies. Similarly, my findings are based on a forensic examination of documents, which clearly show over-voting, unfilled mandatory forms, and improperly collated results in 765 polling units.”

In a moment that left opposing lawyers visibly unsettled, the witness declared: “My Lord, Barr. Ighodalo won the election. This fact is available to anyone with access to the documents.”

Flustered and unable to counter the testimony, APC’s counsel ended questioning early, and the Tribunal adjourned to January 30th.
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