Obi’s Team Mocks INEC After Failure To Start Defence Of Election

The legal team of the 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi has mocked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after the electoral management body failed to open its defence of the candidate’s petition on Monday at the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC as scheduled.

GWG.ng reports that the PEPC was forced to adjourn after the first of three witnesses scheduled to appear on behalf of INEC failed to appear allegedly on account of what the commission cited as domestic issues.

Speaking with newsmen outside the court premises, the head of Obi’s legal team, Livy Uzoukwu (SAN) said the action of INEC was further evidence that the electoral body was not ready to defend the outcome of the 2023 presidential election in court.

It would be recalled that at the mention of the case around 9:30 am, lawyer to INEC, Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN), told the court that although his client planned to call three witnesses within three days, the one slated for today was unavailable on account of domestic issues.

Lawyers to other parties in the case – Livy Uzoukwu (SAN) for Obi/LP, Wole Olanipekun (SAN) for President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettma, and Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) for the All Progressives Congress (APC), did not object to the request by the INEC lawyer.

Upon the submission the PPEC led by Justice Haruna Tsammani adjourned the sitting to Tuesday, 4th July, 2023.

Speaking on the failure of INEC to open its defence of the issues raised about the contradictions and inconsistencies in the 2023 polls, Uzoukwu while mocking the excuse of domestic reasons given by the commission, said:

“I am sure that they are not ready to defend this case. I stand to be proved wrong but I wish they defend this matter so that the public will come to see more things,” Uzoukwu said.

”I continue to say that we have never had an election like this last one,” the Obi lawyer said as he mocked the INEC defence team.

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