The Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday submitted the clear original WAEC and
GCE certificates of the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, before the
Election Petition Tribunal as former governor Adegboyega Oyetola closes his case
before the panel.
The panel, chaired by
Justice Tertse Kume, had ordered INEC to submit the original certificate of
WAEC and GCE tendered to the commission by Ademola Adeleke in 2018 after blurry
ones were presented on December 1st, 2022.
At the sitting of the
court on Saturday, Counsel to INEC, Chief Henry Akunebo, informed the court
that INEC’s Deputy Director, Joan Arabs, was in court with the originals which
had been cross-checked by the petitioner's counsel. He noted that the file
contained the original file of Adeleke’s GCE results, and testimonial in Form CF001
of 2018.
Counsel to Adeleke, the
second respondent in the matter, Mr Niyi Owolade, and that of PDP, the 3rd
respondent, Dr Alex Izinyon, SAN, said they had gone through original copies
brought by the 1st respondent, noting that the documents were more legible than
the previous ones presented.
After going through the
documents, Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, counsel to Oyetola and All Progressives
Congress (APC), confirmed that the documents submitted are legible enough as he
applied to tender them before the panel.
But counsel to the
respondents opposed tendering of the documents but they reserved their argument
till the final written address stage.
Fagbemi insisted that
the entire documents should be admitted since the copies earlier brought by
INEC had not been admitted by the panel. He also informed the sitting that they
(petitioners) have close to their case.
Justice Kume thereafter
admitted all the original documents brought by INEC and tagged them as exhibit
and he adjourned the case till December 20th 2022 for further hearing.
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