witness called by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the last presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, Ibrahim Hamza has told the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) that the candidate of the Labour Party (LP) did not win in Nasarawa State.
Hamza, who said he acted as PDP’s State Collation Agent (SCA) during the election, claimed that Obi would not have won his state if the election was free and fair.
The witness, who claimed to have signed the result sheet under duress, confirmed that by the scores allocated to parties by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Obi won the state.
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“I am not happy with the result. I don’t want the court to accept this result. Labour Party cannot come first in Nasarawa State. That is impossible..we have the authentic result. It is with the National Collation Agent (of the PDP),” the witness said.
When asked if the said National Collation Agent was still alive, the witness said he did not know.
The witness said he signed a clean copy of the result sheet, which he claimed was later mutilated after he had signed, alleging that all the cancellations in the result sheet occured after he had signed.
Hamza, who was testifying as the 10th petitioners’ witness (PW10) said these while being cross-examined by Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), lawyer to President Bola Tinubu.
He told the court that, although he did not know the percentage of votes that Atiku scored in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), he was satisfied that the PDP candidate met all the constitutional requirements and provisions to be returned as the winner of the presidential election.
Under cross-examination by lawyer to INEC, Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN), Hamza said he voted during the election after being duly accredited by INEC officials. He said election results were duly computed, but we’re not uploaded electronically as required.
The witness, who said his party had agents in all the polling units across the state, said: “It was at the point of uploading that the system failed. It happened, not only in my polling units, but also in others around the state.”
Under cross-examination by lawyer to the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adeniyi Akintola (SAN).
Hamza, who said he was not present at all the polling units during the election, told the court that he visited about 50 to 60 polling units in four wards.
(Nation)
