Akpabio Vs Ekpenyong: PDP Witness Accuses AKSG, INEC Of Deceit … As Corps Members Fail To Show Proof Of Violence In Essien Udim

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By UbongAbasi Ise

Ajebitimi Abraham, a subpoenaed witness called by the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, who presided over polling Unit 002 in Ikpe Annang Ward in Essien Udim local government area during presidential and national assembly elections, believes both the Akwa Ibom State government and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, were not telling the truth about the elections held in Akwa Ibom Northwest Senatorial district as he claimed elections in his ward were fraught by violence and irregularities.
While on cross-examination, the petitioner’s lead counsel, S.I. Ameh, SAN, asked the witness to read some paragraphs on page 11 of the Nation Newspaper of Monday June 24, 2019 in which the Akwa Ibom State Government in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State  Government describe elections in Akwa Ibom State as generally free and fairly conducted based on reports by both domestic and foreign observers.

After reading the paragraph, Abraham said the state government statement was not true. He further insisted that INEC’s reply in paragraph 6 which described the 2019 presidential and national assembly elections in Akwa Ibom Northwest Senatorial District as being amongst the freest and most credible elections ever conducted since 1999 was not also true as there was no election in Essien Udim.
But paragraph 60 of INEC’s reply deposed before the tribunal claimed that violence marred the electoral processes in the area which made Ameh to question why INEC is speaking with both mouth, thereby throwing the courtroom into laughter.
Mr. Adetimi Abraham, claimed that one person was accredited in his unit according to voter register (R68) and it was the only accreditation done in the entire Ikpe Annang ward.
But he later said the total number of registered voters stands at 412, while 400 was accredited and APC polled 256 while PDP had 10 votes.
While claiming that the result was obtained due to threat to life, Abraham admitted he did not write to INEC to report the incidence of abduction and general state of insecurity.
He did not also show evidence before the tribunal that he was a member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, drafted as ad hoc staff of INEC.
Other two witnesses, Mr. Endurance Osakere who was the presiding officer for polling Unit 002 in Ekpenyong 1 ward and Miss Halleluiah Grace Oni, who presided over Unit 007 in Ukana West II ward in Essien Udim local government area all claimed there were no elections in their various wards owing to abduction of INEC ad hoc staff and hijacking of electoral materials but did not produce any proof that they reported the incidence to INEC neither did they show identification as corps members engaged by INEC.

©The Sensor Newspaper


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