The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has spoken on an allegation made by Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, that it deducted 2.5 million votes from his scores in the 2023 election.
In its final written address dated July 14, INEC categorically denied the above claim by LP.
INEC’s lead counsel, A.B. Mahmoud (SAN) stated that Obi has no evidence to support his claim.
Mahmoud urged the court o dismiss the petition, highlighting that Obi’s witness failed to provide the polling unit results to substantiate the allegation.
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He said:
“Curiously, if the 18, 088 Polling Unit results as uploaded on iReV are blurred, what of the duplicate copies in the possession of the Petitioners’ Polling Agents?
“We submit that the totality of the testimony and evidence of the so-called experts (PWs 4, 7, and 8) called by the Petitioners are manifestly unreliable and cannot ground the incidents of non-compliance pleaded by the Petitioners.
“We submit that there is no credible evidence to prove that votes in those 18,088 polling units were suppressed just because blurred results were allegedly uploaded on the iReV.
“The petitioners have only left the same to conjecture and speculation which never form part of the determination of the court.”
