There is a difference between seeking to “STRIKE OUT” a case that has
documented evidence and asking for “A RE-RUN” at the tribunal and later
appeal court/supreme court.
*** PDP and Ikpeazu Lawyer, Olanipekun SAN sought for a documented
evidence to be struck out by Bwalya Tribunal in Umuahia which PDP hailed
as sound judgement.
*** However, when Appeal Court judges called Olanipekun up to argue his case, he
told them that election and re-run elections took place simultaneously
in Abia State and OBINGWA, OSISIOMA and ISIALANGWA LGAs on April 11th
and 25th respectively in which, according to him, Okezie/PDP won.
when Olujinmi SAN (APGA) told the judges that what took place in
Abia were the gubernatorial general election and SUPPLEMENTARY election.
Then Olanipekun was stunned and wanted to reverse his statement,
forgetting how he openly told the Umuahia tribunal that it is not
permissible in law for an opponent to be allowed to present further
evidence after adopting same and cannot use opponents time to present
anything when the other party had opened their case.
herefore, Olanipekun’s documents made it
clear that a re-run election already took place in which the winner was
produced. We all can see that the appeal court simply did a simple
mathematics after listening to arguments of both SANs by deducting
invalid votes from the 3 LGAs and declared the winner based on valid
votes.
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