The presidential election petition tribunal reconvened for a hearing at the Court of Appeal in Abuja.
On Friday, June 23, the presidential election petition tribunal accepted the submissions made by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
The submitted documents comprised a B.Sc certificate from the Chicago State University in the United States, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificate, and the certificate of service from Mobil Nigeria Oil Plc, as reported by Daily Trust.
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Tribunal admits documents against President Bola Tinubu
The documents, which were allegedly obtained by Tinubu but carried the name ‘Bola Adekunle Tinubu,’ were presented by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) through their subpoenaed witness, Mike Enahoro Ebah.
During the proceedings, led by PDP counsel Chris Uche (SAN), the witness also submitted nomination forms (EC13 and EC9) and accompanying letters addressed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Representatives from INEC, as well as the counsels for Tinubu (Emmanuel Ukala, SAN) and the APC (Lateef Fagbemi, SAN), objected to the admissibility of the documents.
At the time of this report, the defense lawyers are preparing to cross-examine the witness.
President Bola Tinubu’s several controversies
According to a report by ICIR in 2022, President Tinubu has been embroiled in numerous controversies since assuming the role of governor of Lagos in 1999.
In the years 2022 and 2023, there has been a series of stories surrounding Tinubu, with controversies ranging from concerns about his wealth, health issues, allegations of certificate forgery and corruption, involvement in illicit activities such as serving as a bagman to drug traffickers, and being investigated for possible involvement in money laundering rings.
Atiku vs Tinubu: PDP tenders 118 exhibits as tribunal takes action
Earlier, as reported by Legit.ng, Atiku presented a total of 118 exhibits before the presidential election petition court. These exhibits were tendered by Atiku as evidence to support his case against President Bola Tinubu.
Atiku’s witness drops allegations against APC, Tinubu’s agents
According to a report by Legit Nigeria, Abiye Sekibo, a witness for Atiku, made allegations that agents of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and President Tinubu obstructed the uploading of election results to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) server in Rivers state.
During the proceedings at the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja on Monday, June 5, Sekibo claimed that Tinubu and APC “agents” prevented INEC officials from utilizing the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) machines to upload the collated results from polling units during the presidential election held on February 25 across the state.
