Alex Enumah in Abuja 

Amongst documents tendered and admitted as exhibits at the ongoing Presidential Election Petition Court (PREPEC) on Tuesday, included copies of a blurred report of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC’s) Results Viewing (IReV) portal.

The IReV report duly certified by INEC were tendered by the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, in their bid to prove their petitions against the election of President Bola Tinubu.

At Tuesday’s proceedings, after tendering Forms EC40GPU and EC40G1 used in the conduct of the February 25 presidential election, Obi and LP through their lawyer, Mr Peter Afoba, SAN, went ahead to tender copies of the INEC’s IReV report released to them following their request through the court.

First of the IReV report to be tendered were in respect of 21 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Adamawa State. However, when it got to the turn of Ogun State, Afoba told the court that the IReV report he sought to tender in respect of 20 LGAs are “generally blurred copies”, adding that they were certified by INEC.

Like, all other documents which were opposed by the respondents which include INEC, Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC), the court however admitted the blurred documents as exhibits.

Other states whose IReV reports were admitted as exhibits are Ekiti with respect to 16 LGAs, Rivers, with respect to 19 LGAs and Akwa Ibom, with respect to 25.

Besides IReV report, the petitioners also tendered five reports on the conduct of the election in Niger State and 8 in Edo to back up allegations of malpractices during the conduct of the election.

Regarding the Form EC40GPU, the petitioners tendered exhibits from 10 LGAs in Niger State,  23 in seven LGAs in Osun, 17 in three LGAs in Edo State and five LGAs in Sokoto were tendered.

Obi also tendered 15 forms EC40G in 8 Local Government Areas of Osun State, 12 forms EC40G1 in 12 Local Government Areas of Edo, 15 forms EC40G in four Local Government Areas of Sokoto and 9 forms EC40G1 in two Local Government Areas of Sokoto.

Hearing in the petition continues on June 14.