The National and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal
in Kogi on Tuesday admitted in evidence, ballot papers and other documents used
in the March 28, election for Kogi West Senatorial District.
The admission followed the ruling by chairman of the
three-member panel, Justice Akon Ikpeme that the documents had met the
conditions for such admission.
Ikpeme made the declaration at the commencement of
accelerated hearing into the re-trial of the petition filed by Sen. Smart
Adeyemi of the PDP challenging the return of Sen. Dino Melaye of the APC as
winner.
The documents include, ballot papers used in the election in
21 polling units from Lokoja and Kabba/Bunu Local Government Areas; INEC
Guidelines and Regulations for the 2015 election; Form EC8(1) and a bag of
unused ballot papers.
She said that the documents as presented met conditions
provided for in Section 112 and now 104 of the Evidence Act for direct
admission.
According to her, the conditions include: whether the
documents are pleaded, whether they are relevant and whether they are
admissible in law.
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