By our Reporter
Mr. Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate,on Wednesday, tendered tons of electoral documents, including Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) records before the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja.
In respect of his suit challenging President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the 25 February presidential election, Mr Obi, through his lawyer, Livy Uzoukwu, presented certified true copies (CTCs) of documents detailing the total number of registered voters and PVCs.
On 1 March, INEC declared Mr Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential contest winner.
Mr Uzoukwu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), said the electoral documents were from the 32 states of the federation.
He further listed other documents to include – CTCs of supplementary INEC Results Viewing report regarding three local government areas of Benue State, two LGAs of Cross River State, 13 LGAs of Lagos State and one council area of Gombe State.
The lawyer also made available a certificate of compliance concerning the conduct of the presidential poll in Edo State.
Kemi Pinheiro, who represented INEC at the proceedings, did not oppose its admissibility.
But the legal teams of Mr Tinubu and the APC kicked against its admissibility.
Wole Olanipekun and Lateef Fagbemi, both SANs, who represented Mr Tinubu and the APC, respectively, promised to give reasons for their objections in their final arguments in the suit.