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Swearing in of president buhari for second term in May 29th is under treat

It appears the May 29th swearing-in of President Muhammadu Buhari for his second and final term might be under threat, as about 13 Presiding Officers of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Borno and Yobe States, have revealed one key detail that may help Atiku in his Presidential election petition. Post Nigeria reports that, the electoral umpires told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, that they transmitted the results of the February 23, Presidential election in their various units and wards, to the official server of INEC. The Presiding Officers in their respective Witness Statements of Oath, in support of the petition filed by the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, challenging the election of President Buhari, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, stated that the electoral body had during their training, instructed them on how to transmit the results to its server. The submission of the Presiding Officers were to lay credence to the petition of Atiku and the PDP, wherein they alleged that INEC pulled down the official results from its server, and consequently replaced it with a doctored one to favour Buhari. The position of the Presiding Officers, however, contradicted the submission of INEC, who had earlier stated in its reply to the petition, that the results were never sent to its server. All these were contained in Atiku’s reply to the objection filed by the APC, who is the 3rd Respondent to his (Atiku) petition before the Presidential Tribunal, wherein he is challenging the election that produced Buhari as winner. Recall, that INEC had declared Buhari as the winner of the February 23, election, having polled 15,191,847 votes, to defeat his closest challenger, Atiku, who polled 11,262,978 votes. However, Atiku in his 139-page petition before the Tribunal, stated that from the data in INEC’s server, the true, actual, and correct results, showed that he (Atiku) secured a total of 18,356,732 votes, against Buhari’s 16,741,430 votes. On its part, INEC stated that there was no result in its server, and that the Presidential election results were not transmitted electronically. Nonetheless, in reaction to paragraph 29 of the 3rd Respondent’s reply, the Petitioners averred that the data and scores in the 1st Respondent’s server, were as transmitted by the 1st Respondent’s Officials, and those scores are valid, and legitimate. Atiku, through his team of Counsel, led by Dr. Livy Uzoukwu (SAN), had listed about 13 Presiding Officers from different Wards in Borno and Yobe States, and also attached their Witness Statements on Oath. According to one of the Presiding Officers: “I was employed as an Ad hoc staff and trained for three days by the 1st Respondent, at the Government College, Maiduguri, Borno State, to serve as a Presiding Officer (PO) at Waliri Polling Unit, with Code 003, of Shehun Barna Ward, Borno State, on the 23rd of February, 2019, Presidential and National Assembly (Senate and House of Representatives) elections. “The training covered the duties of all 1st Respondent’s Ad-hoc staff at the polling units, and the procedure for the conduct of election which includes accreditation, verification, authentication, collation, and transmission of results, as well as the use of Smart Card Readers (SCR), among others. “At the 1st Respondent training, we were specifically instructed that the use of the Smart Card Readers for accreditation, verification, authentication, collation, and transmission of results is mandatory, and that any election conducted without the use of the Smart Card Readers, would be invalid. “I took part in the conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly (Senate and House of Representatives) elections, of 23rd February, 2019, where I served as the Presiding Officer (PO), and I ensured the use of the Smart Card Readers for accreditation, verification, authentication, collation, and transmission of votes in my polling unit. “At the end of voting, the information on the Smart Card Readers with the results inclusive, were collated by me in the presence of the party Agents and other Ad-hoc staff of the 1st Respondent, after which my Assistant Presiding Officer (AP0-1) transmitted the results electronically in my presence to the 1st Respondent’s server, using the Smart Card Readers (SCR) and the code provided by the 1st Respondent.” Furthermore, in the witness statements of the Presiding Officer of Daza Primary School, Code 001, Daze Marte Ward of Borno State, who was coded as BU; the Presiding Officer of Mustapha Ali Bama, Code 036, Mafoni MCC Ward, who was coded IM; the Presiding Officer of Binkalion Code 003, Maisandari Damaturu Ward Yobe, coded as AB and APO of Kafan Sarki Code 007, Yabir-Gujba of Yobe State, coded as AW; they all admitted that the results of the Presidential election were transmitted electronically to INEC’s server. 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REJECTION OF JUSTICE JOK OYEWOLE

A reputable civil rights group, the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) has raised alarm over the alleged involvement of the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) in the composition of the Appeal Court Panel Judges which lead to the alleged inclusion of Justice Joseph Olubunmi Kolawole Oyewole into the panel. The group revealed that it was reliably informed by the sources close to the Office of the Court of Appeal President that the leadership of the ruling party (APC) were consulted before the composition of the current Appeal Tribunal Panel on 2018 Osun governorship election, saying that the ruling party were not comfortable with the landmark majority judgment of the Lower Tribunal that declared opposition Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) candidate, Senator Nurudeen Ademola Adeleke  as the winner of the September 22nd, 2018 guber election in the State. To show its grouse over the action, CHRSJ wrote a Petition Letter dated 18th of  April, 2018 and forwarded to the Court of Appeal President which is constitutionally saddled with the responsibility of constituting the Governorship Election Appeal Panel over alleged inclusion of Justice JOK Oyewole in the panel. It also copies the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Senate President,Speaker,House of Representatives, National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) and International communities for their urgent and necessary action on the subject matter. According to the signed Petition Letter by the CHRSJ’s Executive Chairman, Comrade Adeniyi, Alimi Sulaiman and also contained in a Press Statement made available to newsmen on Thursday, demanded for the outright removal of Justice Oyewole from the Panel. The Petition Letter read thus; “We have it on good authority that Hon. Justice JOK Oyewole is one of the Justices to be appointed by your good self to serve in the Appeal Tribunal of the 2018 Osun Governorship Election Petition. It is our belief that anybody that would serve in such exalted position in the temple of justice must be above board in all ramifications which the said Hon. Justice Oyewole could not be categorized as one of such jurists in the panel. “It is to inform your good self that Justice JOK Oyewole is a benefactor of the appellants in the said Election Petition and it would be difficult for Justice Oyewole to dispense justice without bias. CHRSJ also wishes to inform you good authority that Mr. Gboyega Oyetola who is the 2nd Respondents (now appellants) in the Governorship Election Petition is a Nephew of APC National Leader, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the then Chief of Staff in immediate past Rauf Aregbesola’s government. “Going by the history and Oyewole’s background, Mr. Justice Oyewole is a native of Ila Orangun in Ila Local Government area of Osun State but began his( Justice Oyewole) Law Practice in Lagos State as a pupil Lawyer where the Asiwaju of Ila Orangun and Former Acting Chairman of APC , Chief Bisi Akande introduced him( Justice Oyewole) to the then Governor of Lagos State(now APC National Leader) , Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu where Oyewole was nominated as Magistrate in Lagos State and later elevated to become the Lagos State Judge through recommendation to the National Judicial Council (NJC) by the Lagos State government. “More so, the immediate past Osun State government which the Appellant (Mr. Gboyega Oyetola) serve as Chief of Staff planned to nominate Justice JOK Oyewole through the State Judicial Service Commission to be the Chief Judge of Osun State while he was a Judge in the Lagos State Judiciary. We rose up to forestall their judicial selfish agenda then and even, the Osun State Judges signed a memo to the NJC against this act and it was the effort of the courageous Chairman of NJC and the then Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Aloma Muktar that rightly refused to accept the nomination by insisting that the most Senior in Osun bench should be recommended”. The letter further stated; “Later, the then Osun Governor, Mr. Aregbesola of APC presented Justice Oyewole to the NJC in 2013 to use Osun’s slot to be elevated to the Court of Appeal. There is still rumpus in Osun State today and you will see that Justice Oyewole got to the Court of Appeal through the efforts of Tinubu/ Aregbesola/ Oyetola. May Lord ma, how on earth will Oyewole would not favour the above 3 named persons in his dispensation of justice, so, he will be definitely biased. “Sir, allowing Justice Oyewole in the composition of the Appellate Court jurists on 2018 Governorship Election Petition Tribunal of Osun State would not only subvert the electoral will of the good people of Osun State but scuttle the truth and justice which could uplift any given society in a democratic life”. “In view of the above points, CHRSJ is rejecting the inclusion of Justice JOK Oyewole in the proposed Election Petition Appeal panel because if Justice Oyewole is part of the Governorship Election Appeal Panel, the panel might have accommodated “a cancer” in its fold and it may get all the body rotten”, the group submitted.