INEC takes the lead when LP delivers over 18,000 blurred PU result sheets in court

A mathematics professor testifying on behalf of the Labour Party presented the documents.As the hearing of petitions in the lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu's victory continued, the Labour Party and its presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, produced in court blurred result sheets from 18,088 polling units, among other documents.Obi and his party are appealing the results of the February 25 election at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) in Abuja. Onyechi Ikpeazu, counsel for the petitioners, produced the documents through the petitioners' fourth witness (PW4), Eric Ofoedu, at the resumption of hearing on Thursday, June 15, 2023. Ofoedu is a Professor of Mathematics at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, who was contracted by the Labour Party to help analyse the data in respect of the presidential election. The counsel tendered a letter of engagement written to Ofoedu by the party and dated February 20, 2023, as well as the subpoena issued on him to attend the court and produce the said documents.