Livy Uzoukwu (SAN), the leading counsel of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi has vowed to expose the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for allegedly withholding essential documents, alleging that the electoral umpire is probably trying to manipulate the documents, before releasing them.
According to him, he will focus on the most important
witnesses in the case in the three weeks allotted to his team to present their
case.
Uzoukwu said this during an interview with journalists
Tuesday at the tribunal pre-hearing in Abuja.
“We have written five letters indicating to pay and
that we’re ready to collect those documents. The letters were duly received and
endorsed by INEC. Why are they telling lies to say that we couldn’t pay? This
is very unfortunate.
“What about the documents we have collected? Don’t we
pay for them? Of course, we paid for them and those ones were given to us but
refused
to give us others,” he said.
Obi’s lawyer also said his party would serve INEC a
subpoena as soon as the hearing resumes May 30 (a day after the inauguration), to
compel them to produce the documents.
The lawyer said his team will manage the three weeks
allotted, by focusing on the most essential witnesses that would prove the
case.
On consolidation of petitions, Uzoukwu explained that
all three petitions will be heard together, but each one will maintain its
identity.
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