Edo ballot dispute: PDP, APC chairmen hopeful of optimistic consequence

edo poll dispute: pdp, apc chairmen hopeful of positive outcome

The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Chief Anthony Aziegbemin and his counterpart within the APC, Emperor Tenebe have expressed optimism a couple of optimistic outing when the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal renders it’s determination.

Each events and their candidates within the September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo State, Asue Ighodalo (PDP) and Monday Okpebholo (APC) are at present locked in authorized battle earlier than the tribunal on the end result of the election.

The petitioners – the PDP and Ighodalo – concluded the presentation of their case on Monday with the APC hopeful of commencing its defence later this week.

Reviewing proceedings up to now, Aziegbemin acknowledged that the petitioners, via their legal professionals, have performed justice to the case.

Aziegbemin stated: “We expect the case is fairly straight ahead, we expect it’s documentary primarily based, we expect it’s particular, we expect the judiciary will give it some judicial cognisance of what we tendered earlier than them. 

“We imagine that they’ve all they want from us and all what we must always produce, I feel now we have given it to them. And we anticipate them to take a look at them and see the way it goes. 

“However suffices to say that it isn’t a petition as we used to have it within the nation, the place you name numerous witnesses.

“We didn’t have to name numerous witnesses. We known as the witnesses that we wanted to show our case and make our case extra strong”, he stated.

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Aziegbemin stated he was shocked that INEC objected to the admissibility of its personal paperwork, including that it “offers us and Nigerians one thing to consider. Why will INEC oppose the paperwork it licensed to the petitioners to be tendered within the open courtroom?

“I feel the tribunal will look into that and see why they’re objecting, although they stated they’ll give causes on the tackle stage however it’s unusual. It doesn’t add up,” the Edo PDP Chair stated.

On his half, Tenebe faulted the style the petitioners carried out their case, accusing them of  dumping election paperwork on the tribunal and allegedly strolling away with out rationalization.

He stated there are penalties for submitting paperwork to the courtroom with out correctly linking them to your particular claims or offering essential explanations.

Tenebe stated: “Dumping of documentary proof happens when a celebration in a case submits a big quantity of paperwork to the courtroom with out correctly linking them to particular features of their case, via witness’ testimony or authorized arguments. 

“It sometimes occurs when due diligence just isn’t adopted. Ighodalo failed to elucidate the relevance of the paperwork he offered in courtroom. There isn’t any correct evaluation or connection between the paperwork and the problems in dispute,” he stated.

Tenebe added that “the paperwork have been left for the courtroom to interpret with out steerage from the occasion presenting them. 

“What the PDP has performed is solely to dump the paperwork in courtroom, and there shall be penalties for that.”

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