At Tuesday’s proceedings, Eyitayo Jegede, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria who conducted proceedings for Atiku sought to tender forms EC8A from 10 out of 21 Local Government Areas of Kogi State to establish the petition against Tinubu.
The exhibits mainly documents used for the February 25 Presidential Election are those from Ankpa, Dekina, Idah, Ofu, Olamaboro, Yagba East, Yagba West, Kabba-Bunu, Igalamela Odolu and Kogi.
Although, the schedule of documents to the effect was filed along with the exhibits, the court however noted that tendering such sensitive exhibits in piece meals would not be of any help especially in the areas of marking and numbering them.
The senior lawyer, who hinted the court that Atiku had paid as much as N6 million for the release of certified true copies of the exhibits, said the electoral body had not been forthcoming and cooperating as required and envisaged.
Jegede explained that to save the situation, the legal team of the former Vice President had to subpoena top officials of INEC to compel them to bring the required documents before the court on their own.
However in the end, the senior lawyer sought for a 24-hour adjournment to enable him approach the electoral body to do the needful.
Following no objections from counsels to the respondents —