Atiku presents no witness, tenders 118 exhibits, printout of BVAS results to prove case against Tinubu’s victory at polls

THE STREET JOURNAL

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has tendered 118 exhibits before the presidential election petition court to prove his case against President Bola Tinubu.

…Atiku, at the commencement of the hearing on Tuesday, May 30, tendered his first set of exhibits before the court through one of his lawyers, Eyitayo Jegede. Documents tendered in evidence before the five-member panel of the court, led by Justice Haruna Tsammani, included certified copies of the results of the presidential election from the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The petitioners also tendered printouts of data they obtained from bimodal voter accreditation systems (BVAS) and a record of the number of permanent voters cards (PVCs) used for the election across the 36 states and FCT.

They were admitted in evidence. 

All the respondents in the matter told the court that they would reserve their objections to any of the documents, till their final written address. 

However, the petitioners did not call any witnesses.