Tina Amanda
Solomon Egba, an officer with the Inspector General Police Tactical Unit has produced documents containing results sheets collated from various local government areas before the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Port Harcourt , based on the subpoena served on the Police Force by the tribunal.
The documents which is yet to be admitted as evidence in court, were brought following the request made by the 1st petitioner AWARA BIOKPOMABO for the police to present the result sheets in their custody collated during the March 9th Governorship election in State.
Our reporter Tina Amanda, gathered that the Governorship candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC , AWARA BIOKPOMABO, when called to testify before the tribunal, collected the documents that was produced by the Police and tendered result sheets of form EC8A, which he said was collated from twelve LGAs.
While cross examining the star witness AWARA BIOKPOMABO, his Counsel EMENIKE EBETE made an application seeking the court to admit some documents that contained some paragraphs as evidence before the tribunal.
1st, 2nd and 3rd Respondents in the matter objected to the application with reasons that some of the paragraphs and the document 1st petitioner is praying the court to admit, have earlier been strucked out by the tribunal on the 11th of September, while asking the court to discountance the application
The panel led by Justice KINGSLEY OJIAKOR after listening to arguments of Counsels in the matter, disallowed the application, stressing that no evidence can hold on documents already strucked out.
Justice KINGSLEY OJIAKOR adjourned to 15th September for continuation of hearing of the Star witness AWARA BIOKPOMABO.
Also, Julius Amos, testified that he worked as AAC Ward Collation Agent for Komkom Ward 10, Oyigbo local government, during the March 9th election.
Emma Ukala, Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Counsel to the 2nd Respondent while cross examining the witness, tendered a document in court showing that the witness also bears Victor Nwachukwu, different from the name the witness told the tribunal.
He stressed that the action portrays the witness as an imposter before the tribunal.
