The Labour Party, LP, on Friday, commenced its evidence against the election of Barr Peter Mbah as the governor of Enugu State.

The case filed by LP and its candidate, Barr Chijioke Edeoga came up for hearing at the Enugu State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal.

At the resumed hearing, the LP presented the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, as its first witness.


Among the documents tendered by the NYSC are the alleged forged discharge certificate, as well as the original discharge certificate which Mbah ought to have collected, as well as a letter written by Oma and Partners, an Abuja-based law firm, which had asked the Corps to scrutinise the discharge certificate submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, by the governor.

The Petitioners, represented by Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, who is the lead counsel, alongside Dr. Valerie Azinge, SAN, Ifeanyi Ogenyi Esq, and others, led the Petitioners Witness 1 (PW1) in evidence.

The Petitioners Witness 1 is the Director of Certification, NYSC, Aliyu Abdul Mohammed, who adopted his written deposition on oath.

Awomolo sought to tender the witness’s deposition on oath as evidence before the tribunal.

The third respondent, PDP, counsel, Barr Anthony Ani, SAN, objected to the admissibility of the document and opted to move a motion dated and filed on the 7th day of July 2023, which seeks to pray the tribunal to strike out the written deposition on oath of the PW1 on the ground of incompetence.

The 1st respondent, INEC, as well as the 2nd respondent (Peter Mbah) aligned themselves with the submission of Ani and prayed the court to strike out the written deposition of Mohammed (PW1) for lack of competence.

Relying on the Court of Appeal decision in the case of ANDP & anor V INEC as well as that of Damina & anor V Adamu and ors, the respondents’ counsels asked the court to strike out the written deposition on oath of the PW1 for lack of competence.


In response the petitioners’ lawyers relying on the case of Ararume & anor V INEC, which according to them, is a conflicting decision with the authorities cited by the respondents’ counsel, asked the court to admit the written deposition on oath of the PW1.

In a short ruling, the tribunal admitted the document and reserved ruling on the objections raised by the respondents for final judgement.

The PW1 was then taken in for examination-in-chief.

Mohammed told the tribunal that he acted on a subpoena served on the Director General of the NYSC or any other official to appear before the tribunal for the purposes of giving evidence in order to clear some issues bothering on the certificate purportedly issued by the agency.


The subpoena was admitted in evidence without objection from the respondents and was marked as exhibit PTC/01/06.


Mohammed also tendered his official identity card as a staff of NYSC which was admitted in evidence and marked as exhibit PTC/01/07.

In paragraph three (3) of the Petitioners’ Witness’s deposition on oath, the witness stated that in obedience to the subpoena by the tribunal, he came with the authentic discharge certificate of the governor, as well as the one purportedly given to him.

The respondents’ counsel objected to the admissibility of the documents and reserved their reasons for final written addresses.

The tribunal admitted the documents and marked them as exhibits PTC/ 01/08 a and b.

The Petitioners also fielded another witness, an Abuja-based legal practitioner, Mary Nneoma Elijah, a principal partner in the law firm of Oma and Partners.

She is the Petitioners’ Witness 2.

The Petitioners’ counsel sought to tender her written deposition on oath dated and filed on 22 July, 2023, as evidence, which was objected to by the respondents’ counsel, citing the same grounds raised in the first stage.


The court admitted the document and reserved the ruling during judgement.

She also adopted the subpoena of the tribunal dated 21st day of June, 2023, which was admitted and marked as exhibit PTC/01/09.


The witness’s letter to INEC, as well as the reply given by INEC was sought to be tendered by the petitioners’ counsel amid objections from the respondents’ counsel.

However, the letters, as well as the discharged certificate were admitted and marked as exhibits PTC/01/11 a, b & c respectively.

Also, a letter addressed to the presiding justice of the Federal High Court, Lagos Division, for the production of the appointment letter dated 14 July 2003, appointing Barr. Peter Mbah as the Chief of Staff to the then governor of Enugu state, Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani in the same year he (Mbah) claimed he was serving, also admitted in evidence amidst objections and marked as exhibit PTC/01/13 a&b.


During cross examination, the 1st respondent’s counsel, Mr. Abdul Mohammed, applying for the subpoena, asked “confirm to this tribunal that the subpoena did not ask you about anything at the Federal High court”.

In response, PW2 said ” True”.

Mr. Abdul Mohammed further asked the PW2: “Confirm to this tribunal that you have given to the petitioners the contents of these letters at the time they were preparing this petition”.

In reply, the PW2 said, “It’s false, the letters are public documents which are in the public domain. Anybody can ask for the letters and they will be given to him.


The matter was adjourned to Tuesday, 11 July, 2023 for further hearing.
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Wisfem:
Chijioke should go and rest. Mba is already focused on Governance No Need for all these Distraction, All LP real Members and Supporter Should Focus on any thing That Will Chase away that Illiterate Narcotic (Afentanyl &Heroin) Trafficker From Aso-Rock...

Yes,I like mbah and his liberal governance style but he has to go

Edeoga is coming!

I reported this yesterday.

Mba should just resign in time except he’s hoping on technicalities.

Who knows, Supreme Court might later ask him to carry on.

Wisfem:
Chijioke should go and rest. Mba is already focused on Governance No Need for all these Distraction, All LP real Members and Supporter Should Focus on any thing That Will Chase away that Illiterate Narcotic (Afentanyl &Heroin) Trafficker From Aso-Rock...

Chijioke will not rest.

He won the election. On top of that, Mbah submitted forged credentials.

Edeoga is coming whether you like it or not.

Lotanna2:


Yes,I like mbah and his liberal governance style but he has to go

Both of them are ready to work for the people, of a truth I know Chijioke is from Isiuzu specifically E- hamufu, MBA as well is from a Similar Zone Ikanu, I think Amankanu specifically. So What's the different let's allow him to continue while focusing on how to boot out that Narcotic Ancestral Alien from The Sit of Power....

Penguin2:
I reported this yesterday.

Mba should just resign in time except he’s hoping on technicalities.

Who knows, Supreme Court might later ask him to carry on.

True.the apex court once ruled that only forged documents relating to constitutional requirements of qualification can lead to disq

Wisfem:





Both of them are ready to work for the people, of a truth I know Chijioke is from Isiuzu specifically E- hamufu, MBA as well is from a Similar Zone Ikanu, I think Amankanu specifically. So What's the different let's allow him to continue while focusing on how to boot out that Narcotic Ancestral Alien from The Sit of Power....

Obi failed to bring such incontrovertible evidence so tinubu remains.better focus on enugu

Lotanna2:


Obi failed to bring such incontrovertible evidence so tinubu remains.better focus on enugu

Good luck to him...

Wisfem:



Good luck to him...

What of frank nweke? Cc aiel123

Lotanna2:


What of frank nweke? Cc aiel123

Nweke is Apga candidate.
I'm no longer interested in Mba and the forgery case against him.
If the court sacks him, good for him. If otherwise, still to his benefit.

The useless governor has refused to do any work in Enugu knowing that he will be booted out. Just collecting the money he used to buy PDP ticket and the money used in campaign

Lotanna2:


True.the apex court once ruled that only forged documents relating to constitutional requirements of qualification can lead to disq

And perjury?

Penguin2:

And perjury?

It is not a ground for disq

Aiel123:

Nweke is Apga candidate.
I'm no longer interested in Mba and the forgery case against him.
If the court sacks him, good for him. If otherwise, still to his benefit.

Same thing with umo Eno in aks.wike really dealt with atiku in the nass battle

Lotanna2:


Same thing with umo Eno in aks.wike really dealt with atiku in the nass battle

Whoever the Court sacks should go...
My only interest is Delta. As far as it continues to elude the progressives, I'll be fine.
Either the tribunal case was on AA mind or he's thinking of retiring from active politics.
Besides,the nass minority seems to have a balance.If the Wike group gets minority leade,the next position will go to the other group.

Aiel123:

Whoever the Court sacks should go...
My only interest is Delta. As far as it continues to elude the progressives, I'll be fine.
Either the tribunal case was on AA mind or he's thinking of retiring from active politics.
Besides,the nass minority seems to have a balance.If the Wike group gets minority leade,the next position will go to the other group.

Wike wants to take everything in pdp as it stands.
For how long will pdp hold delta? Rivers and edo is about going,bayelsa is about to turn to a battle ground,aks is under legal siege.only delta looks safe but for how long? Warri south lga or Bowen ward might bring a rerun.i still wonder how pdp won cosmopolitan warri south lga heavily but struggled to win those riverine areas like warri north,burutu,bomadi,patani.i suspect the ijaws and isokos in pdp decided to sabotage diden. if I have time and excess data,I'll download and collate delta south senate irev results

Lotanna2:


Wike wants to take everything in pdp as it stands.
For how long will pdp hold delta? Rivers and edo is about going,bayelsa is about to turn to a battle ground,aks is under legal siege.only delta looks safe but for how long? Warri south lga or Bowen ward might bring a rerun.i still wonder how pdp won cosmopolitan warri south lga heavily but struggled to win those riverine areas like warri north,burutu,bomadi,patani.i suspect the ijaws and isokos in pdp decided to sabotage diden. if I have time and excess data,I'll download and collate delta south senate irev results

Wike is the only known figurehead of the PDP now.
First, the turnout for those areas you mentioned was low. Diden won unconvincingly in 7 LGA with little margin. I don't think it's a sabotage thing.
For the presidency,it was still the same figure.
Before the election, there was high level of disaffection among the Ijaw concerning PDP. Many felt used or shortchanged so that account for the fluidity in both presidential election and nass.
Isoko had their own in JOT,so it's understandable if the emilokon mantra overrode the influence of PDP's members in Isoko land.
This Delta south seat shocked me. Even the subsequent guber election too in the senatorial zone. Seems Orubebe had strength sha or maybe their house of assembly candidate which was popular pulled the string.
Even Warri SW.
To answer your question,if Sherrif wins at the court,he will do eight years. People always say he is Okowa stooge but the man has his own followers,and his own popularity. I witnessed this during the guber election in my lga.
It was Sherrif, yellow, everywhere just as PO was on the lips of majority deltans.

Hehehe.

The fact that someone stole you car and is now maintaining it well doesn't mean that he is not a car thief.

We await the tribunal outcome.

Edeoga of the Labour Party will take the mantle of leadership in Enugu state if Mbah is booted out by the tribunal court

Interesting times ahead baby

Aiel123:

Wike is the only known figurehead of the PDP now.
First, the turnout for those areas you mentioned was low. Diden won unconvincingly in 7 LGA with little margin. I don't think it's a sabotage thing.
For the presidency,it was still the same figure.
Before the election, there was high level of disaffection among the Ijaw concerning PDP. Many felt used or shortchanged so that account for the fluidity in both presidential election and nass.
Isoko had their own in JOT,so it's understandable if the emilokon mantra overrode the influence of PDP's members in Isoko land.
This Delta south seat shocked me. Even the subsequent guber election too in the senatorial zone. Seems Orubebe had strength sha or maybe their house of assembly candidate which was popular pulled the string.
Even Warri SW.
To answer your question,if Sherrif wins at the court,he will do eight years. People always say he is Okowa stooge but the man has his own followers,and his own popularity. I witnessed this during the guber election in my lga.
It was Sherrif, yellow, everywhere just as PO was on the lips of majority deltans.

Sheriff looks independent minded,an average urhobo man is.he may disappoint okowa just as okowa did to ibori.
Orubebe is not a small man.he almost won his lga.
My calculations about agege miscalculation was spot on.i clearly calculated that agege should have picked his running mate from delta south preferably the ijaws so as to win delta south outrightly.picking deputy from delta north was a waste as anioma hate apc and would not vote them for any reason.but with the recent disappointment of manager and otuaro,contracts given to tompolo,senate to isoko and ayiri alliance with tinubu plus agege personal friendship with delta south,he has a better chance of winning delta south than north.inorder to reduce delta north votes,he should have sponsored a popular candidate from the north.thevvotes anioma gave pdp in guber was somehow suspicious.i believe okowa tampered with something.cc tutudesz, efewestern,

Edeoga is coming

Penguin2:
I reported this yesterday.

Mba should just resign in time except he’s hoping on technicalities.

Who knows, Supreme Court might later ask him to carry on.

You can see how the maker of the document is presenting the evidence.

Lotanna2:


Sheriff looks independent minded,an average urhobo man is.he may disappoint okowa just as okowa did to ibori.
Orubebe is not a small man.he almost won his lga.
My calculations about agege miscalculation was spot on.i clearly calculated that agege should have picked his running mate from delta south preferably the ijaws so as to win delta south outrightly.picking deputy from delta north was a waste as anioma hate apc and would not vote them for any reason.but with the recent disappointment of manager and otuaro,contracts given to tompolo,senate to isoko and ayiri alliance with tinubu plus agege personal friendship with delta south,he has a better chance of winning delta south than north.inorder to reduce delta north votes,he should have sponsored a popular candidate from the north.thevvotes anioma gave pdp in guber was somehow suspicious.i believe okowa tampered with something.cc tutudesz, efewestern,

When PO polled those figures in Anioma during the presidential election it wasn't suspicious so what makes you think Sherrif own is suspicious?
APC dragged Ndokwa East losing by just a little margin. Check the presidential election results in Anioma for PDP and APC then you will see it clearly.
I said it here that for Omo to win,he must be backed up by the obidient movement which never happened... rather they went with the devil they knew.
That was my only fear for Sheriff. The obidient movement.
Picking deputy from the north was like El Rufai picking a southern Kaduna christian deputy.
No popular candidate was in Delta north.
For now, there's still a great respect between the present governor and the former. Things may as well change with time.

fergie001:

You can see how the maker of the document is presenting the evidence.

Yeah, I see it.

But like I’ve asked you before, do you also need make of document to come and say that the gender on a document is “female” when it’s clearly written there?

Penguin2:

Yeah, I see it.

But like I’ve asked you before, do you also need make of document to come and say that the gender on a document is “female” when it’s clearly written there?

Did he submit that document? Is it a requirement?

Lotanna2:


Did he submit that document? Is it a requirement?

Are you being serious right now?

I’m surprised someone who claims to be following proceedings in court is asking me this question.

So you don’t know that the NYSC certificate in question was pulled from the documents Tinubu submitted to INEC? My goodness!

Could Tinubu have submitted a university degree without submitting NYSC certificate?

Or you think PDP went and picked an NYSC certificate by the roadside and brought it to court?

No wonder you have been making the kind of argument you have been making.

Wisfem:
Chijioke should go and rest. Mba is already focused on Governance No Need for all these Distraction, All LP real Members and Supporter Should Focus on any thing That Will Chase away that Illiterate Narcotic (Afentanyl &Heroin) Trafficker From Aso-Rock...

This low mentality APC agent try to dey shut up sometimes. It makes people think you have since

Penguin2:

Are you being serious right now?

I’m surprised someone who claims to be following proceedings in court is asking me this question.

So you don’t know that the NYSC certificate in question was pulled from the documents Tinubu submitted to INEC? My goodness!

Could Tinubu have submitted a university degree without submitting NYSC certificate?

Or you think PDP went and picked an NYSC certificate by the roadside and brought it to court?

No wonder you have been making the kind of argument you have been making.

You are the one obviously not following the case.we have discussed this matter before severally,you still bring it up.you are only setting yourself for disgrace and eventual heartbreak.the document that has female gender on it is his transcript from south west college where he got his diploma not his NYSC or his BSC.the problem with his nysc is the discrepancies on when he got exemption and when he started not gender Mr bros.
By the time the judges rule now,you will wail the most forgetting that you fail to pay attention

Lotanna2:


You are the one obviously not following the case.we have discussed this matter before severally,you still bring it up.you are only setting yourself for disgrace and eventual heartbreak.the document that has female gender on it is his transcript from south west college where he got his diploma not his NYSC or his BSC.the problem with his nysc is the discrepancies on when he got exemption and when he started not gender Mr bros.
By the time the judges rule now,you will wail the most forgetting that you fail to pay attention

Lol! And his BSC having female gender on it is non-issue?

Penguin2:

Yeah, I see it.

But like I’ve asked you before, do you also need make of document to come and say that the gender on a document is “female” when it’s clearly written there?

When it comes to criminal allegations like forgery, you must prove beyond any reasonable doubt. Issues of this nature is similar to the mathematical precision of 5 multiplied by 5 (5x5) equals 25, not 24.9999

The maker of that document will have to come to say yes, I made the mistake and gave it to him or I did not. I have seen Institutions even make mistakes of spelling surnames wrongly or even issues of DoB. Everything in your Certificate is a product of the maker of that document.

I have also not heard that any Institution issue a disclaimer ...