The leading counsel of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), Livy Uzoukwu (SAN) has vowed to expose the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for withholding essential documents, alleging that the electoral umpire has compromised with the documents, before releasing them.
Uzoukwu said that he would focus on the most important witnesses in the case in the three weeks allotted to his team to present their case.
“We have written five letters indicating to pay and that we’re ready to collect those documents. The letters were duly received and endorsed by INEC. Why are they telling lies to say that we couldn’t pay? This is very unfortunate.
“What about the documents we have collected? Don’t we pay for them? Of course, we paid for them and those ones were given to us but refused to give us others,” he said.
Obi’s lawyer also said his party would serve INEC a subpoena as soon as hearing resumes May 30 (a day after inauguration), to compel them to produce the documents.
The lawyer said his team will manage the three weeks allotted, by focusing on the most essential witnesses that would prove the case.
On consolidation of petitions, Uzoukwu explained that all three petitions will be heard together, but each one will maintain its identity.
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