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macfred811, Lagos (2025)

30/07/2023

Here we go!!! The final battle before the judgment.

Mac-Fred Esq ❤

19/07/2023

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE PEOPLES' PRESIDENT

How can we forget in a hurry the man that changed the political scape of Nigeria? The name Peter Onwubuasi Gregory Obi means a lot to many people. For the political elites, he is the nemesis that has been sent to disrupt their shenanigan way of showing shege to the masses. For the common men, he is the hope and light they have been praying for. For the ethno-religious centric persons, he is that stingy Igbo man that is clothed in IPOB that is going around churches seeking for relevance. For the scholars, he is the medium and process of flows through which the youths believe that they have come to stay and their voices must be heard. For the learned gentlemen (my humble self inclusive), he the mantle that refuses to back down and choose to f!ght the legal process rather than inflict w@r within the society.
No matter the angle you are coming from, one thing is certain, Mr. Peter Obi is currently the most popular man in Nigeria (this was confirmed by Google) whether you are living in the North or you are traveling to the West or you are into business in the East or you are swimming across the South or you are within the power of horizon in the Central, or you are at the Central Mosque in Sokoto or you are at Holy Trinity, Onitsha, that name has become more of a Colossus than the man himself. Little wonder the great Oni of Ife called him "The Tsunami himself", little wonder that after the Maradona dribble of the thing called, Presidential Election 2023, all the politicians focused only on calling the out whether for or against this name.
On this day, I want to follow my fellow Nigerian youths, my fellow Obidients and tell you, happy birthday to you, . Thank you so much sir for giving Nigeria hope especially the youths. Thank you for reminding us that the person who has your interest at heart does not need to throw money around to get your votes. Thank you for awakening the spirit of political activism in us, the youths. Thank you for the eye opening as regards politicians collaborating with the so-called religious people to blind our sense of reasoning. Silver and Gold I have none but the one I have I will give you and that is come rain, come sunshine, I will forever remain grateful for all you have done in proving that a new Nigeria is POssible. Celebrate well OKWUTE NDI IGBO!!! 🎂🎂🎂❤❤❤

Mac-Fred Esq ❤

15/07/2023

Update on Presidential Election Tribunal:
Next PEPT Dates:

Respondents (INEC, BAT/Shett & APC)’s Address : July 17th, 2023

Petitioners( LP & Obi, PDP & Atiku)’s Address : July 25th, 2023
(7 days after Resp’s address)

Respondent’s Reply: July 31st 2023
(5 days after Petitioner’s Address)

Adoption of Addresses : August 1st 2023

PEPT Judgement : To Be Announced

NB:
Count of days includes all week days from Monday to Saturday but excludes Sundays
Latest possible date for PEPT Judgment is Sept 16th, 2023 ( which is Maximum 180 days of filing of Petitions)
Keep These Dates On Your FingerTips!

Mac-Fred Esq ❤

11/07/2023

A whole lot have been said or are still been said by a lot of people as regards the outcome of the Presidential Election Tribunal petition.
From those supporting the Petitioners, you get to hear something like, "there is going to be a re run election", "INEC does not have anything to prove that is why they called one witness", "no need again Tinubu should just leave the A*o Rock". While from those supporting the Respondents we hear something like, "the Petitioners have wasted their money going to court", "after all said and done, the Petitioners could not even prove their case" etc
From all these, it is good to note that Nigeria is in a big trying time and any statement can inflame anger, pain, anxiety among citizens.
I for one will advise that we all should cross our hands and allow the Judiciary to do their job. All these talks from each parties are already piling pressures on the Judiciary. Let us give them that freedom they deserve, so that they deliver their judgment without fear nor favour, without pressure nor pleasure. Let us show we are actually democrats and not mere civilians
I will close by using the words of Bishop Kukah, "Being in civilian society does not mean having democratic state. Democracy is the one where there is freedom of judiciary to adjudicate on any matter with fairness, equity and justice". Indeed let justice prevail as all eyes are on our Judiciary.

Mac-Fred Esq ❤

09/07/2023

This 2023 Presidential Election has really divided us more than anything since the return of "Democrazy" in 1999. This election has made us to be ethnocentric and religiously sentimental that once anything is done the first thing we ask is, "where is he/she from?" "Oh! That's their religion that's how they behave". I wonder if Nigeria will ever survive this division, only time will tell.

Mac-Fred Esq ❤

05/07/2023

Update on Presidential Election Tribunal update:

Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima on Wednesday, opened and closed their defence to the petition that candidate of the Labour Party and Mr. Peter Obi, filed to nullify his election victory.
The 2nd and 3rd Respondents through his team of counsel led by Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, wrapped up their defence to the petition, after they presented one witness that testified before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.
The witness, Senator Micheal Opeyemi Bamidele, in his evidence, maintained that votes President Tinubu got in Kano state at the end of the presidential election, was not properly recorded, insisting that there was a shortfall of about 10, 929 votes.
Senator Bamidele told the Tribunal that many international bodies that sent observers to the country, including the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, filed a report after the election.
He told the court that the ECOWAS report on the presidential election dated February 27, was signed by a former President of Republic of Sierra Leone, Mr. Ernest Koroma.
Despite objection by Obi’s lead counsel, Dr. Livy Uzoukwu, the Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member panel admitted the ECOWAS report in evidence and marked it as Exhibit RA-27.
Obi’s Counsel said his team would adduce reasons why they opposed the admissibility of the report, in their final written address.
Continuing his testimony, the witness, confirmed a letter the LP wrote to INEC on April 25, 2022, wherein it forwarded its membership Register as well as its list of members in Anambra State, to the Commission.
Both documents from the LP to INEC, were admitted in evidence by the panel and marked as Exhibits RA-17 and RA-18.
While being cross-examined by counsel for the All Progressives Congress, APC, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, the witness, who said he was the former Chairman of Senate Committee on Judiciary and currently the Majority Leader of the Senate, told the court that the list of membership the LP forwarded to INEC prior to the presidential election, did not contain Obi’s name.
He equally told the court that as an Attorney that practiced in USA since 1999, there could not be a criminal conviction against Tinubu, when no charge was filed against him.
The witness equally tendered original documents containing evidence of his membership of the New York Bar in the USA.
In a counter move, counsel to the Petitioners, Dr. Uzoukwu, SAN, through the witness, tendered the final report of the European Union Election Observation Mission to Nigeria, which impugned the conduct and outcome of the 2023 general elections.
Notwithstanding objections from all the Respondents, the court admitted a certified copy of the EU report and marked it as Exhibit S-2.
The witness, was asked to read a portion of the ECOWAS report which he tendered in evidence, where it stated that there was wanton destruction of properties and killings in the build up to the elections, including the murder of a LP’s Senatorial candidate in Enugu state.
On Tinubu’s alleged involvement in drug related crime, the witness, maintained that contrary to the position of the Petitioners, he told the court that what was decided by the US Court was a civil proceeding and not a criminal forfeiture.
Meanwhile, after the witness was discharged from the box, counsel to the APC, Fagbemi, SAN, told the Tribunal that the party would not call any witness or tender exhibits in defence of the petition.
Consequently, the panel, which placed reliance on Paragraph 46 of the First Schedule to the Electoral Act, directed the Respondents to within 10 days, file their final brief of argument, while it gave the Petitioners seven days to also file their own.
It held that upon receipt of the Petitioners’ process, the Respondents, should file their reply within five days.
The court said the date for adoption of all the processes, preparatory to its final judgement on the case, would be communicated to all the parties.

Mac-Fred Esq ❤

05/07/2023

Update on Presidential Election Tribunal Proceedings Yesterday:

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has opened and closed its defence in the petition by Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP) before the Tribunal.
INEC’s counsel, Abubakar Mahmoud, SAN, announced the closure of the first respondent’s case after the conclusion of the testimony of its sole witness, Dr Lawrence Bayode, a Deputy Director in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Department of INEC.
Before calling on its witness, INEC tendered some documents which were admitted and marked as exhibits.
Led by Mahmood, the witness told the court that he worked for INEC for 24 years.
Under cross-examination by Patrick Ikwueto, SAN, counsel for the petitioners, the witness told the court that the testing of the software application for the election was carried out on Feb 4.
He added that there was a report on the testing but it was not with him in the court.
The petitioners, however, tendered the E- transmission saver Web and compliance form through the witness which was admitted and marked as evidence.
The witness told the court that the pre-production test was carried out before the election.
When asked if the hard copy of the results would be different from the ones in the IreV, he said no.
He, however, added that anything could happen when sending the results from form EC8A to the IreV.
He admitted that performance, functionality and vulnerability tests were carried out before the election.
The witness agreed with Ikwueto that the report of the e-Transmission application identifies remediation to be undertaken to resolve the high vulnerability identified in the report.
The witness said he does not know INEC ‘s web address where its materials are published.
In his cross-examination, Wole Olanipekun, SAN counsel for Tinubu and Shettima asked if the foundation and authenticity of any election by INEC are rooted in forms EC8A and EC8E, to which the witness replied, yes.
The witness added that blurred documents downloaded from INEC IreV would not affect the physical results in form EC8A because the image is of no relevance.
He said the election ended with the recording, snapping and sending to INEC ‘s IreV.
Answering questions from APC counsel, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, the witness said the physical results are used for computing the election final results and that the glitches that occurred on the day of the election did not affect the collation of the results.
He added that if what was downloaded from the IreV are not clear the physical results could also be obtained.
He told the court further that ECOWAS monitored the election but he does not have their report.
The witness stated that the cloud trial log account of INEC can be obtained from Amazon Web Services (AWS).
He added that this shows the patches that were deployed on E- transmission applications on AWS to fix the glitches that were encountered on election day
After the testimony of the sole witness, Mahmoud told the court that INEC’s defence in the Obi and Labour Party petition is closed.
Olanipekun later told the court that Tinubu and Shetimma, who are listed as second and third respondents in the petition will tomorrow being today open their defence.
The five-member panel presided over by Justice Haruna Tsammani adjourned until tomorrow for Tinubu and Shettima to open their defence by 9am

Mac-Fred Esq ❤

03/07/2023

Update on Presidential Election Petition Tribunal Proceeding Today:

Good evening all, after a week rest, we back to the Proceedings.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday in Abuja began its defence of the February 25 presidential election on a shaky note, with none of its three witnesses present at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT)
Contrary to the scheduled activities of the Tribunal, INEC, which conducted the disputed election and billed to open defence, came to the court without any witness
Its lead counsel A. B Mahmood SAN, informed the court of his plan to call three witnesses to counter the allegations of the Labour Party (LP) and its Presidential candidate, Peter Gregory Obi.
He, however, lamented that none of the witnesses was in Tribunal due to domestic reasons for him to open the defense.
He pleaded with the Tribunal to bear with him and applied for adjournment.
However, lead counsel to Obi, Dr Livy Uzuoku SAN, expressed shock and surprise with the conduct of the electoral body.
He told the Tribunal that the INEC Counsel ought to have taken him into confidence before the commencement of the proceedings.
However, Chief Wole Olanipekun SAN, who stood for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and Kashim Shettima, Prince Lateef Olasunkanmi Fagbemi SAN, who represented the All Progressives Congress (APC), did not object to request for adjournment of INEC’s plea for the case to be shifted.
Presiding Justice of the Tribunal, Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani, subsequently fixed a new date of July 4 by 9am for the electoral body.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), today closed its case after calling a lone witness in Atiku Abubakar’s petition.
At the resumed proceedings on Monday, INEC’s lawyer, Abubakar Mahmoud, called the first witness, Lawrence Bayode, an assistant director in charge of INEC’s ICT department.
Mr Bayode, adopted his witness statement on oath.
He was led in evidence by A. B Mahmoud, INEC’s lead counsel.
Mr Mahmoud, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), tendered a set of documents comprising letters from the APC and addressed to the electoral commission, announcing the withdrawal of Kashim Shettima from the Borno Central Senatorial District elect.
Afterwards, Messrs Olanipekun and Fagbemi SANs took turns to cross-examine Mr Bayode concerning the electoral umpire’s deployment of the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) machines for the presidential election.
Subsequently, a certified true copy of the newspaper publication containing INEC heads-up regarding the electronic collation of results was tendered and admitted in evidence.
But Mr Uche SAN, lead counsel of Atiku Abubakar and PDP, objected to its admissibility.
The commission’s inability to transmit the presidential election results from polling units across the country in real-time forms one of the key issues before the court for determination.

Mac-Fred Esq ❤

03/07/2023

The new Presidential Election Tribunal Timeline.

Mac-Fred Esq ❤

02/07/2023

Something happened on Friday. I was with my mum and she pleaded with me to go to night Virgil with her (she knew how much I hate anybody disturbing my night sleep). As an obedient child, I grudgingly accepted. The Virgil started 10pm with worship and praise. I really loved it, it was so angelic and awesome. The lady leading us was really doing the lord's work with the way she was changing songs. I was so much enjoying the songs and was even dancing to some. Then, the Pastor took, and he said he was going to give us just a little advice. As the amiable lady has high my "chi" with her melodic voice, I was ready to absorb the Pastor 's advise. The pastor then started by saying that he doesn't believe in "good luck". That good luck is opportunity met in time and being in ready to grab it.
Then he spoilt everything when he used a certain short ex governor as an example, how he entered and built houses for himself and all his family members and even built a stadium during the burial of his mother.
This ex governor happened to come from my state where he owed many pensioners their gratuities and pensions before leaving office. And here is a supposed "man of god" hailing him for taking opportunity to build houses for himself and his family with the public fund, with innocent senior citizens gratuities and pensions.
As he made that statement, I was not myself until the Virgil ended. I was only there to fulfill all righteousness
And I keep on asking myself, all these "man of god" why do they use only rich men as examples without asking about their source of income? Does it mean that we have all sold out everything to money that even "men of god" now measure whom God has blessed with the amount of wealth the person acquires not minding whether it was gotten legitimately or not. Not minding whether the poor are suffering or not provided they, themselves get a share from the loot. Not minding whether the public are being well taking care of or not.
Quite unfortunate that we no longer know the different between worshipping God and motivational speeches again in Nigeria.

Mac-Fred Esq ❤

30/06/2023

I want to a spot yesterday to relax my body since it was public holiday so nothing much. While at the spot, a friend that have been following my Presidential Election Tribunal update on this blue print, saw me and came over after our greetings, he told me that he was angry with Peter Obi. I was taken aback, I then asked him why is angry with him. He told me how Peter Obi do this thing to them. That they have been supporting him infact that they gave their bodies and souls to Peter Obi and all he can do was to close his case. That was when I understood where he was going. But to be sure, I asked him which one is close his case? He answered that was I not the one that stated in my update that Peter Obi has closed his case. So that means the petition is now over and that Peter Obi has betrayed them.
I started laughing, he was surprised that I was laughing, I then explained to him different between closing of case and withdrawing of case.
That one has closed his case means that he has finished presenting his case. That is he is through with tendering of his evidences and calling of his witnesses and now waits for the Respondent or Defendant to come and defend himself. But withdrawal of case is that one is no longer interested in the matter and seek drop the case.
Please Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar, APM none have withdraw from their petition rather they have all closed their cases and now await the Respondents to open their defense. The petitions continue from Monday, 3rd July, 2023.

Mac-Fred Esq ❤

27/06/2023

My friend: De law have you heard about the demolition of buildings and restraints of some workers by the new government administrations especially that of Kano state and Benue state?

Me: It is quite unfortunate my brother that politicians are using the citizens as their play ground for tussling of muscles. First let begin with, who actually gave the people permission to build? It was the government in power. Going further, who employed those restrained workers? It is still the government. Simply because government changed hand then the present government now discovers that those buildings were built in the wrong places. It is now that government changed hand that the new government discovers that those employed did not follow due procedure. And guess what, the new government is the opposition of the previous government, in that of Kano state, it was APC that were in power before NNPP took over, in that of Benue state, it was PDP before APC took over.
It is really quite appalling that politicians always put their citizens into hardship just to get to their fellow politicians. All those victims whose buildings were destroyed may not get any compensation or just a peanut that will be called compensation. Quite painful and devastating that the suspended workers are not entitled to any compensation and don't even know their fate. No government thinks about the general welfare of its citizens but only thinks about how to call its predecessor bad name. Indeed when two Elephants fight, the grass really suffers.

Mac-Fred Esq ❤

26/06/2023

My friend : De law, I heard that Peter Obi and Atiku have closed their cases. Does it mean that the judges will now give their judgments.

Me: Yes, it is true that Peter Obi and Atiku have closed their cases but no the justices cannot give their judgment now. To begin with there is a natural law called "Audi Patem" which means listen to both sides. The Petitioners (Peter Obi and Labour party, Atiku Abubakar and PDP, APM) have all concluded their own cases, it will be unfair to the Respondents (INEC, APC, Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima) not to hear from them. They will be allowed to duly open their defense from 3rd July, 2023 to defend all the issues alleged by the Petitioners. It is after the Respondents might have closed their cases then, there will be a final address by all the parties where their respective counsel will be given an ample time to address the Tribunal as to reasons why judgment will be in their favour. After the address, the Tribunal will give date for its judgment. So, you see there is still long way to go but we shall be taking the steps one after the other until judgment is delivered.

My friend: It's still long oo. But de law, thank you for carrying me along, see as you are making all these easy for me.

Me: you are always welcome.

Mac-Fred Esq ❤

24/06/2023

Update on Presidential Election Tribunal update Yesterday:

To begin with, all the Petitioners have closed their case and the Respondents shall open their defense from 6th July, 2023.

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal has admitted some certified copies of the academic and work records of President Bola Tinubu tendered by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
The documents were provided by the Petitioners.
The documents include a B.Sc. certificate from Chicago State University, an NYSC Discharge Certificate, and a Mobil Nigeria Oil Plc certificate of service.
It was gathered that PDP, through their witness Mike Enahoro Ebah Esq, introduced these documents, noting that they were supposedly acquired by Tinubu under the name ‘Bola Adekunle Tinubu.The witness led by the lead Counsel to the PDP, Chris Uche, also presented EC13 and EC9 nomination forms and corresponding letters sent to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
INEC’s lawyer, Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN), as well as the lawyers for Tinubu, Emmanuel Ukala (SAN), and the All Progressive Congress (APC), Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), all raised objections to the documents’ admissistaty.The witness referenced the following documents:

(1) certified true copies of form EC9(Nomination letter of Tinubu).
(2) receipt of payment for certification.
(3) witness application letter, requesting for the documents.
(4) INEC’s Letter of response.
(5) Certificate from Chicago university belonging to the 2nd respondent(Tinubu).
(6)NYSC discharge certificate belonging to the 2nd respondent, with the name Tinubu Bola Adekunle.
(7) Certificate of service from Mobile Oil Nigeria PLC.
(8)Party Membership card.
When the lead counsel to PDP applied to tender this documents, all the respondents objected to their admissibility.
The witness also tendered, academic records from Chicago University, a copy of the subpoena served on the Chicago university, the original academic records and degree certificate, original admission letter, original transcript from South west college to the school Tinubu attended, given to Chicago university with the gender referred to as Female.
He also tendered a notarized judgement of USA for criminal forfeiture of assets of Tinubu and the cover note authorizing it. Furthermore, extracts of a Guinea passport and the certificate of compliance for Tinubu were also presented.
The PDP also presented:
(1) Certified true copies of forms EC8A’s of 25 LGAs in Delta state.
(2) Certified true copies of forms EC8A’s of 13 LGA’s in Ebonyi state.
(3) Certified true copies of forms EC8A’s of 18 LGAs in Edo state.
(4) Certified true copies of forms EC8A’s of 17 LGAs in Enugu state.
(5) Certified true copies of forms EC8A’s of 27 LGAs in Imo state.
(6) Certified true copies of forms EC8A’s of 21 LGAs in Kogi state
Under cross-examination by Counsel to INEC, Abubakar Mahmoud, the witness said he has not spent too much money even as he tries to bring the truth to Nigerians.
When asked if he was displeased that his candidate lost, the witness answered in the affirmative.

The Labour Party (LP) and its candidate, Peter Obi, have closed the case against the election of President Bola Tinubu after calling 13 witnesses to prove their case.
The petitioners closed their case having he tendered several documentary evidence before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT)
Among exhibits he tendered before the court included polling unit results from 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, as well as bundle of documents containing the total number of Permanent Voters Card, PVCs, that were collected in 32 States prior to the 2023 general elections.
Asides tendering four video exhibits, one of which was a press conference, where the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmoud Yakubu, assured that election results would be electronically transmitted in real-time using the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System machines, the Petitioners equally tendered bundle of documents that contained the total number of registered voters in each of the states.
Other electoral documents the court admitted in evidence were certified true copies of INEC Forms EC40Gs, EC40G1, EC40GPU, which were reports of various polling units where elections did not hold.All respondents, however, had challenged the admissibility of all the documents in evidence, saying they would adduce reasons behind their objections in their final written address.
Though the Petitioners initially told the court that they would call a total of 50 witnesses to testify in the matter, but they closed the case on Friday with the testimony of the 13th witness.
Tanko Yunusa, who testified as the 12th witness, earlier in the proceeding, told the court that he served as the chief spokesman of the Labour Party Presidential Election Council as well as the National Director of Media in the party.
He narrated under cross examination that during the presidential poll, he voted at Dawaki district of Abuja and afterwards went to LP’s Election Situation Room at A*okoro.
The witness however said he did not state any figure to indicate the number of unlawful votes that were credited to President Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress, in his statement on oath.
Yunusa further told the court that though there are 176, 974 polling units in the country, his party, deployed a total of 133, 000 agents to monitor the elections. After cross examination, the Petitioners closed their case.
All matters adjourned to 6th July, 2023

Mac-Fred Esq ❤

22/06/2023

Update on Presidential Election Petition Tribunal Proceeding Today:

Atiku Abubakar and PDP called a digital forensic expert, Mr. Hi**er Nwala, to narrate before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, PEPT, how he uncovered that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, wiped off results of the presidential election that held on February 25.
Mr. Nwala mounted the box as the 25th witness of the Petitioners.
Testifying before the Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member panel, the witness, alleged that the results that were deleted, were contained in the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, machines, that were deployed for the conduct of the elections.
The Petitioners had insisted that data from the BVAS machines which were used for the accreditation of voters and uploading of polling unit results, would establish their allegation that the presidential election was rigged in Tinubu’s favour.
Meanwhile, led in evidence by lead counsel for the petitioners, Chief Chris Uche, SAN, Mr. Nwala, said he was summoned through a subpoena, to appear as a witness in the case.
He told the court that he specifically inspected and conducted forensic analysis on 110 BVAS that were deployed for the conduct of the presidential election in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja.
According to him, upon his enquiry, the electoral body maintained that it had to wipe off the information in the BVAS to be able to redeploy them for the Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections that held on March 18.
However, during cross-examination of the witness, counsel to INEC, Mr. Abubakar Mahmoud, SAN, faulted report of the witness, stressing that 110 BVAS devices used for the election, was not sufficient to establish that there was any irregularity on the part of the Commission.
Mahmoud, SAN, while contending that the sample size the witness relied on to write his report, was small, noted that a total of 3, 263 BVAS devices, were deployed during the presidential election.
He argued that the sample the witness based his report on, represented only about 3.5 percent of the total device the INEC deployed in FCT and and 0.06 percent of the total BVAS that was used for the presidential election, across the country.
It will be recalled that INEC had disclosed that it needed to “re-configure” all the BVAS machines that were used for the presidential poll so as to be able to use them for the next round of elections.
On their part, both President Tinubu, whose legal team was led by Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, and APC’s legal team led by Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, urged the court to reject the report of the witness which they said was laced with manifest errors. Matter adjourned to tomorrow by 9am for continuation of hearing.

The Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi on Thursday fielded more witnesses in aid of its petition at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.
During the resumed hearing in the matter, Ugwuoke who was led in evidence by the petitioners’ counsel, Patrick Ikweato, SAN, insinuated that the Amazon Web Service could not have shut down as it was the responsibility of the service provider to be up and running.
The AWS was the web host of the INEC Results Viewing portal where the election results were to be uploaded.Furthermore, Ugwuoke explained that there are three components of shared responsibility between the company and INEC – confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Under cross-examination by counsel to the electoral commission, Abubakar Mahmoud, the witness averred that the AWS model has a shared responsibility model between the service provider and the clients.
He maintained that it is the responsibility of the company to guarantee the security of its customers.
After the cross examination of the PW7, the Petitioners called their first star witness, Tanko Yusuf, an accountant and member of Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), he is the 11th witness of the Petitioners. He adopted his statement on oath. Matter adjourned to tomorrow by 3pm for cross examination of Tanko Yusuf and for continuation of hearing.

Mac-Fred Esq ❤

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