From magistrate court wuse zone2 electoral petition tribunal for the continuation of hearing and cross examination of petitioner witnesses case challenging the credibility of February 23/2/2019 general election for the federal house of Representatives which Hon Abdullkarim Usman ISAH Wambai was decleared winner.
The hearing and cross examination commenced exactly 9:24am and here are their responses.
Counsel to hon shaba Ibrahim present a witness called Saminu Muhammed from SABO-GARI street Kotonkarfe and the witness apply for the removal of paragraph 6 and 8 because the statement is completely incorrectly.The witness claim to be party agent and he present Agent tage,appointment letter and adopted as exhibit p69a
Counsel to INEC can you please tell the court actual vote casted? answer it has stay long and I can’t recover.
Is there any invalid vote? answer is no, Do they used smart card reader? answer is yes.
Do you look at the smart card reader to know the numbers of accredited voters? answer is I can’t remember.
Counsel to Wambai did you sign the pincorpy of the result of your polling unit?answer is yes.
You said you are an agent,do you handle the card reader and is voter acredited? answer is yes.
APC is announced the winer? answer is yes.
Counsel to APC in your statement of aoth do you stand by it ? answer is yes.
Muhammed Zakaria from ozi village kogi LGA.
Counsel to Shaba do you recall that you submitted statement oath witness and If you see it can you identify it? answer is yes and He also apply for the removal of paragraph 6 and 8.
You said you are polling units agent and what will you show to the court to confirm it? answer is my agent tage and appointment letter and he present the agent tage and appointment letter to judge and it been adopted as exhibits p71a.
You said you are a register voter,if you see your voter ID card can you identify it? answer is yes,The voter ID card adopted as exhibits p72a.
Counsel to INEC did you signed the result of your polling unit? answer is yes.
Counsel to Wambai do they used smart card reader? answer is yes and is there any voter that wasn’t capture? answer is I don’t know.How many agent that serve in your polling unit and you have two voting point? answer is yes and there is other party agent.
At the end of the election,the result was announced and APC candidate won the election? answer is yes.
Counsel to APC
Do you sign the result? answer is yes.
Then can you please resign it ? answer he resigned and the signature didn’t correspond.
Counsel to Hon SHABA IBRAHIM present Witness call Salihu mushud from Akpogu community near borehole.
Do you,remember you submitted statement of oath to this hon tribunal? answer is yes sir.What do you want the court to do with your statement of oath? answer I want the court to remove paragraph 6and 8 and you want the court to adopte it? answer is yes sir.
You are polling units agent and What do have to confirm it? answer is my agent tage and appointment letter.The court adopted the agent tage and appointment letter as exhibits p73a.
In paragraph 5 you said you a registered voter can you identify your votercard ? answer yes sir and the voter ID is been adopted as exhibits p74a .
Counsel to INEC on the day this petition was filled were are you? answer is yes within the premises.
What you wrote ? answer my lawyer wrote it.
Counsel to Wambai how many polling point in Akpogu polling unit answer is you are wrong.
The smart card reader was used? answer yes.
And is there anyone rejected by card reader and do they vote? answer I don’t understand it.
Are you the one that signed the polling unit result the answer is yes.Can you please resign the signature? answer he resigned and the signature doesn’t correspond.
Counsel to APC in your witnesses statement of oath did you read it carefully was it reads to you before you signed answer I don’t understand it.
Yakub ABDULLAHI from Omoko village of kogi LGA..
Do you submitted statement of aoth to this hon tribunal and can you identify it? answer yes and I want the court to remove paragraph 6 and 8. what do you want the court do? answer I want the court to adopte my statement of oath.
You are polling unit agent,what can you show to the court that you are polling unit agent? answer is agent tagged and appointment letter and
Can you identify it ?yes and adopted as exhibits p75a.
Are you a registered voter and what can you show to court? answer my voter ID card and adopted as exhibits p76a.
In paragraph 70ab of your statement of oath, In the voting process is the voters register and tick? answer yes.
Counsel to INEC no cross examination.
Counsel to Wambai smart card reader was used alright? answer is yes.
In your polling unit you don’t know how many voting point in your polling unit? answer I can’t recall.
Do you sign the polling unit result? answer is my colleague signed it.
Omoko polling unit fall under which zone? answer I don’t know. APC candidate won the election and he is from zonec ? answer I can’t recall.
Counsel to APC your witness statement was it reads to you? answer I complained to my lawyer.
Is lawyer in the polling unit ? Answer silent.
Suleiman Idris Jibrin from Robbomi village of kogi LGA.
Do you recall you submitted a witness statement and can you identify it? answer is yes.
What do want the tribunal to do? answer I want the tribunal to remove paragraph 6 and 8 and adopte it.
You are polling unit agent? answer my agent tage and appointment letter.
Can you identify it? answer is yes and the agent tage and appointment letter is adopted as exhibits p76a.
In paragraph 5 you said you are a registered voter and what can you confirm it to this court? answer is my voter ID card and adopted as exhibits p77a
Counsel to INEC did you register any invalid vote in your polling unit? answer yes
Counsel to Wambai Robbomi polling unit have more than one voting point? answer is yes.
You are not the only agent of the polling unit? answer is yes.
Smart card reader was used in acreditation? answer is yes.
Voter registrar was also used in your polling unit? answer yes.
And is there any instance where voters was not capture by smart cardreader and is such voter allowed to vote? answer am not sure.
Counsel to APC you are been interpreted before you signed the result? answer yes.
Idris Isah from okofi village in Kogi LGA.
So so funny response from Idris Isah.
Do you submitted witness statement to this hon tribunal? Answer hooon and what do you want this tribunal to do with your witness statement? Answer I want the court to remove paragraph 6000.
Counsel to INEC what did you sign in your statement of aoth? answer Dm which is meanless.
Counsel to Wambai in okofi polling unit how many voting point you have? answer is I don’t know.
Are you the only agent in your polling unit and do you know the names of the other agent? answer is I don’t know.
Is those that was not capture by the cardreader voted? answer I don’t know.
Do you signed the polling unit result? answer I don’t know.Counsel to APC Is your witness statement read to you and properly understood by you?answer is silent.
Hon Ibrahim shaba Isa,the petitioner itself and also a star witness.
Do you submitted a witness statement oath to this tribunal and you can identify it? answer yes .
You said, you instructed your lawyer to write five letter for tendering the necessary documents? answer yes and it’s unfortunate for that it was only one letter that is recognized by this tribunal and decleared by judge.
Counsel to INEC In a situation where the fingerprint is not authenticated is such person allowed to vote? answer no.
are you awear that on the day of election movement is restricted answer partially.
Do you mean that on the day of election are you in all polling unit? answer no.
Can you name the polling unit in Kotonkarfe? answer nine polling unit and he name them respectively.
It’s true that you don’t have any complained regards to the election process because you attest that the election is peaceful. answer yes but in the one I visited.
Counsel to Wambai In paragraph 6 and 8 it shows the table in Lokoja ward D polling unit call anguwa kura are the same polling unit l.e repeatation of paragraph? answer is yes.
On your page 60 the galili open space and sariki noma, page 67 to 68 and 60 to 62 are the same polling units and the polling unit agibili and ebniza,dombo Asawa of page 60 to 68 are the same polling unit l.e repeatation of paragraph? answer is yes.
The table on page 26 is repeated in page 69 to 70? answer is they are the same but the entry are different.
The Table on page 64 to 71 ,72 in polling unit 007,008,0110 are the same polling unit? answer yes.
You are complained of cards reader in five polling unit in wards D? answer I don’t know the numbers of polling unit am sure it’s capture in my statement of aoth.
You are complained of 17 polling unit in Kogi LGA and we have 763? answer is yes.
In Lokoja LGA you complained of 23 and we have 105 in Lokoja? answer yes.
paragraph 6 and 8 the table show the the votes and you are asking for deduction of vote answer no but on basis of aroronus.
Was the election.
Smart card reader was used in the polling unit you visited? answer yes.
During the election each candidate vote scores was recorded?answer yes.
Counsel to APC
Paragraph 11 of your witnesse statement there is a table in page 49 to 50 and it’s a table that show the votes cast? answer yes.
What was the actual acredited votes? answer is 17051 votes.
The election subject to your petition you neither voted nor perticipated the answer no.
Saidu BALA Aliyu from okpareke kogi LGA.
Do you recall you submitted witness statement to this tribunal and can you identify it? answer yes. What do you want this tribunal to do? I want this court to adopt it.
You said you are an agent what can you show to the court that you agent in your polling unit the answer my membership card instead of agent tage and appointment letter.the membership card adopted as exhibits p78a.
Counsel to hon shaba Ibrahim requested Exhibits p21c hahahahahahah exhibits rejected by judge.
Counsel to INEC no questions from the first,second Wambai and third APC correspondencer because the witness statement lack merit.
Gimba Adamu AkA retirer from iriboosere street Kotonkarfe in Kogi LGA.
You submitted witness statement to this court and can you identify it? answer yes and I want the court to remove paragraph 6 and 8 because it’s incorrect as at the time of filing the petition and I want it to be adopted.
You said you are a party agent,what can you show to the court answer my agent tagged and no appointment letter.
The agent tage is been adopted.
You said you collected a pincopy of the result in your polling unit,can you confirm it? answer yes.
In paragraph 5 in your writing statement can confirm the voters register are box ticks? answer yes.
Counsel to INEC
Where did you vote? answer I didn’t vote in polling units but my party send me to Nyaba village as an agent.
Your name is not found in the polling unit voter registrar answer yes.
Counsel to Wambai
Paragraph 5 of your writing statement can you attest to the court that you voted in Nyaba polling unit? answer no.
Counsel to APC
Are you Idris Usman? answer no and did you signed the result? answer is no but my co-agent signed the result.
Yakub Musa Suleiman from odaki street Kotonkarfe kogi LGA.
Do you recall that you submitted witness statement to this court and can you identify it? answer yes.
I want the court to remove paragraph 6 and 8 and what do want the court to do with your statement of aoth? answer I want it to be adopte.
You said you are polling unit agent and what can you confirm to this court that you are party agent answer no agent tage no voter ID
Counsel to INEC
Where are you as of the time of filing this case? answer in the premise of electoral tribunal.
Counsel to Wambai
Do have voter ID of your polling unit the answer is no
Counsel to APC
No questions.
Aliyu IBRAHIM PDP leader from Aseni village of kogi LGA.
Do you recall you submitted witness statement to this tribunal and can you identify it? answer yes.
What do you want the court do with your statement of aoth? answer I want the to adopt it.
Who file the case? answer filed by my lawyer.
And I want paragraph 6 and 8 to be remove.
You are polling unit agent,what can you show to the court? answer is my agent tage and no appointment.
Are you Mairiga Adaja ? answer no.
Counsel to Wambai did you vote in igbogo junction polling unit in Gegubeki community the answer is no but it was a mistake.
Counsel to APC
No cross examination for Aseni to Gegubeki agent.
The case has been adjoined to 16/7/2019
By Mh’d Oseze from Kotonkarfe
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