Tribunal: How Tinubu, APC’s Agents Truncated Upload of Results in Rivers, Atiku’s Witness Reveals in Court

• PDP witness representing the party and Atiku Abubakar at the tribunal has made a shocking revelation about what went down in Rivers during the 2023 polls
• The witness revealed that the agents working for President Bola Tinubu and the ruling APC were behind the failed electronic transmission of results in Rivers state
• Interestingly, when asked under cross-examination if he knew the names of the agents who allegedly perpetrated the violence at the polls, the witness said no

A witness representing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its flagbearer, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday, June 5, revealed what happened during the 2023 presidential election in Rivers state.

The witness told the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in Abuja that people working for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his political party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), were responsible for truncating the electronic transmission of results in Rivers state, The Nigerian Guardian reported.

Read also

Tribunal: Atiku’s witness alleges APC, Tinubu agents truncated upload of election results to INEC server

Atiku's witness tells court what happened in Rivers during 2023 poll

He made this revelation when the court admitted exhibits from the Labour Party flagbearer, Peter Obi, from eight additional states, in his quest to prove rigging and other electoral malpractices led to his loss in the February 25 presidential election.

Abiye Sekibo, who was PDP coordinator during the polls in Rivers, said officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were restrained by agents working for Tinubu and APC from using the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines to upload collated results from polling units across the state, PremiumTimes report added.

Sekibo, who is Atiku’s seventh witness to testify before the five-member panel headed by Haruna Tsammani, said:

“Agents of the second respondent (Tinubu) and third respondent (APC) ensured INEC presiding officers did not upload results of the presidential election in Rivers.”

Read also

Tribunal: How lack of 25% in FCT disqualifies Tinubu, Atiku, PDP's witness opens up

How lack of 25% in FCT disqualifies Tinubu, Atiku, PDP's witness opens up

A witness of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate for the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, testified against the party flagbearer.

The witness who appeared at the court recently testified that Atiku and President Tinubu of the APC were not qualified to be declared as president for not scoring 25% in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

“Presidential election rigged in Kogi, I was forced to sign poll result,” Atiku’s witness tells tribunal

The candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, June 1, called his witness to testify before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), sitting in Abuja.

Atiku's witness disclosed he was forced to sign the results as the state collation officer in Kogi state.

Atiku and his party are challenging the declaration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the presidential contest that was, held on February 25, 2023.

Source: Legit.ng