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The Labour Party (LP) tendered 18,000 blurred polling units results of the presidential election before the tribunal on Thursday.
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the LP and the party, had challenged the process of the election in which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced President Bola Tinubu as winner.
Respondents in the suit are INEC, Tinubu, Vice-President Kashim Shettima, and the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Onyechi Ikpeazu, counsel for the petitioners, tendered reports of data analyses from the presidential election through Eric Ofoedu, a professor of mathematics at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, and a witness for the LP.
Mahmoud described the situation as an ambush, adding that the LP had only handed over a copy of the witness’ statement a few hours before commencement of proceedings.
“To be honest, I and my team are handicapped and do not know how to proceed. It is an ambush,” he said.
“I thought that the counsel, in the spirit of cooperation and also in line with the rules of the court, would have presented the statement earlier. It should have been served in time to avoid this ambush.”
Mahmood prayed the court to compel the LP to grant the INEC legal team 48 hours to review the tendered documents.
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