With all plaintiffs who have embarked on this endeavour drawing blank since 1979, legal practitioners insist that Abubakar must be ready to provide such incontrovertible, undisputable evidence to buttress his claims, as the journey is fraught with tight legal traps.
Last Thursday, Abubakar listed the malpractices to include the use of the military to perfect voter intimidation and suppression in PDP strongholds, connivance of INEC officials, security agents and the ruling party to manufacture bogus figures and outright falsification of the returns from the polling units.
“I am encouraged by the presence of fearless men and women of the Bench. The judiciary, which had in the past discharged itself ably is once again being called upon to deliver judgment on this matter that will be untainted by lucre and unbowed by the threat of immoral power,” he added Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at about 8.30am invaded the Maitama residence of Abdullahi, but were denied access into the house until Abdullahi’s lawyers arrived.
It states: “A. An election petition shall be filed within 21 days after the date of declaration of results of the election. “B. An election tribunal shall deliver its judgment in writing within 180 days from the date of the filing of the petition. Director at the Human Right Law Services , Mr. Collins Okeke believes that INEC’s decision to use the smartcard reader without the National Assembly amending Section 49 of the Electoral Act, 2010 to accommodate it may be a big issue in the election petition, just like in 2015 when such cases were dismissed.
He said: “It doesn’t matter whether the recording was professionally done or amateurish. The petitioner must prove that the recording was done by a device used regularly for that purpose; that the device was in good working condition and the person went to the polling unit to take it. That is when the evidence can go in.
“Also, the evidence of fingerprint experts can be relied on in a case of alleged multiple thumb printing. The expert could examine the ballot papers, establish multiple thumb printing through scientific skills, and show publicly, the kind of experiment he conducted in coming to that conclusion. That will establish such malpractices that may lead to outright cancellation of affected polling units.
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No change of mind as regards this matter. This is beyond him Atiku, it is between Nigerians and the judiciary. He is only being placed at the forefront of Nigerians.
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