Presidential Tribunal Rejects Peter Obi’s Request To Interrogate Electoral Body, INEC On 12 Key AreasSpecifically, Obi, who is challenging the outcome of the presidential election that was held on February 25, had in the application, prayed the court to compel the electoral body to answer 12 key questions he listed on an interrogatory he filed on May 22.
He wanted INEC to among other things, tell the court the date it conducted the functionality test on the purported improved technological system it deployed for the elections, as well as the names and details of those that conducted the test. “What percentage of the result of the Presidential election was uploaded on the I-Rev as at the time of the declaration of the Result of the Presidential election on 1st March 2023?
However, all Respondents in the matter urged the court to dismiss the application for want of competence. Meanwhile, the panel gave Obi and the LP the nod to play in the open court, two video recordings he tendered in evidence.