PW53 taking oath on swearing
Page 1593,volume 4
What’s your name?
PW53- Achinike Godwin William-Wobodo( Today coincidentally is his Birthday)Happy Birthday Oga,from PUO REPORTS
Where do you live?
PW53- PHC RV
What do you do?
PW53- I am a Legal practitioner
You deposed to your witness statement 3rd may 2015?
PW53- Yes
You recognise and adopt it?
PW53- Yes
Page 1597, U referred to an announcement made by inec to use card reader to conduct the gubernatorial elections?
PW53- Yes
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If you see the announcement can you identify it?
PW53- Yes
Petitioner – We tender it as evidence my lord
Respondents going through it
Respondents has no objections on it
Judge marks it as exhibit A 301
Petitioner – Paragraph 18 of your witness statement You said as APC agent you saw the results.
… of the gubernatorial elections, only few of the parties results were entered?
PW53- I said so
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I will show you results in form EC8A
Page 1597, U referred to an announcement made by inec to use card reader to conduct the gubernatorial elections?
PW53- Yes
If you see the announcement can you identify it?
PW53- Yes
Petitioner – We tender it as evidence my lord
Respondents going through it
Respondents has no objections on it
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Judge marks it as exhibit A 301
of the gubernatorial elections, only few of the parties results were entered?
PW53- I said so
Petitioner – Paragraph 18 of your witness statement You said as APC agent you saw the results
I will show you results in form EC8A
Look at the exhibit for Obio/akpor for instance ward 2 ,unit 1, Ward 3,unit 1==18,
Ward 6,unit 1==18, Form EC8B…..
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Exhibit A 32 Paragraph 19 of your witness statement, None entrance of scores
In Ahoada east Ward 1,unit13 only APGA, PDP and APC Had scores
Ahoada west Only APC & PDP Had scores
Akuku Toru Had scores in only APC & PDP,
It applies to all the LGA
Paragraph 20 They entered scores for political parties that didn’t participate in the elections
On phalga APP was allocated votes and it was not the ballot same with CPP.
Exhibit A 25: UDP was allocated votes and was not on the votes
A26: PPN was allocated votes in Opobo/Nkoro and they were not on the ballot
You and another colleague agent wrote a letter complaining about the conduct of the election ,calling for cancellation?
PW53- Yes
You can identify it?
PW53- Yes
Respondents going through the evidence
We reserve our comments
Judge marks as exhibit A 302
1stR- Did you go to your polling unit on the day of election?
PW53- I had a pass so I did
What time did you leave your polling unit?
PW53- 10am
How many polling units do we have in RS?
PW53- 4442
You appointed polling unit agents?
PW53- Yes, including voting points
Obviously you didn’t cover all?
PW53- Not possible
You weren’t involved in the ward collation centre and LGA collation centre?
PW53- I can’t be everywhere.
You have a list of adhoc staff used?
PW53- INEC refused to give us the list
You know the number of voting points in RS?
PW53- We have 5 thousand plus
What do you understand by voting point?
PW53- Inec informed us that in other facilitate voting, they will break it and it is voting points
Polling units are not voting points?
PW53- They are compliment
Is it correct to say there was LGA collation in this LGA s ( Etche, Omuma, Ikwerre, Asari-Toru, Akuku-Toru, Okrika)?
PW53- That will be a big lie my lord and out of place
By your instruction to your party agents, they are suppose to sign and collect copies of results?
PW53- Yes
Copies signed and collected are handed over to your party?
PW53- None of our agents signed
What time did you arrive the collation centre?
PW53- By 8:30 pm and I slept there till monday
The collation were done intermittently?
PW53- We waited till 2:00 pm, before collation commenced
Was the collation done indoor or outdoor?
PW53- In the INEC conference room PHC
You were present?
PW53- Yes from 2pm to 2am
I only went out when the collation had a formal break
I only saw the Vehicle of Dr.Tammy Danagogo which drove in by 1am
Where all the political parties that participated in the election agent there?
PW53- They were there present
You do not know if all the political parties scored votes?
PW53- My lord 0 is a score
I am not aware that all the political parties didn’t score vote
Exclude APC ,PDP, APGA, give me the candidate of other parties?
PW53- Labour….Princewill Tonye
AA….something Jaja
Can I have any documents where the EO cancelled results of any LGA ?
PW53- Inec didn’t issue us any certificate of cancellation.
…. except for Emohua LGA
During the collation in inec headquarters, the REC in RS read out some wards & unit cancelled & rescheduled for the next day
You didn’t see anybody hijack materials?
PW53- I didn’t my lord, but was informed by my agents and I don’t have any reason to doubt them
Do you stand by exhibit A 9?
PW53- By the guidelines and letter of INEC I strongly believe dis is de accreditation 4 dat day
Look at exhibit A 9?
PW53- Part of the petition of the petitioner is false declaration of accredited voters
Part of your case is that INEC resulted to manual accreditation?
PW53- Yes
For accreditation to take place voters register is required?
PW53- Yes
Are dis ur exhibit U used in preparing ur witness statement?
PW53- INEC refused to give us certified true copies of voters register
Is there any polling unit results signed by electoral office?
PW53- If I see the exhibit I can differentiate
Court adjourns for 1 hr break ..
WELCOME BACK.
Exhibit A 301 which the Judge marked
Have you come across Supol.Joseph Kayode?
PW53- He was the DPO of Akuku-Toru LGA
What did you state in exhibit A 302?
PW53- The DPO led militant who shot at APC members
Where you there when the shooting took place?
PW53- I wasn’t
You made the same allegations against the JTF commander?
PW53- correct
RS consists of 23 LGA s?
PW53- Yes
How many did you visit?
PW53- I visited ikwerre, Obio/Akpor and Phalga
t wasn’t to monitor elections?
PW53- I saw things along my route
Between what time?
PW53- I left PHC by 7 and got to ikwerre LGA by 8 am, and left ikwerre by 10 am back to PHC,
returned to ikwerre by 6pm, and finally left ikwerre by 10 pm back to INEC office headquarters
Where you registered as a voter?
PW53- In Ogbodo in isiokpo, unit 6 ward1, Orosi village
You weren’t involved in the distribution of materials on the 11 April?
PW53- Only in ward 1 in ikwerre lga
Where you in charge of posting INEC staffs?
PW53- I was not my lord
Did you physically observe the posting?
PW53- Some I did, some I did not
Polling unit officers no, All officers from INECstate office I did see there deployment
Could it be correct that your party submitted agent list?
PW53- Yes
They were approved and distributed to play there role?
PW53- Yes my lord
Do you know one Emma Chinda?
PW53- Yes
He was not the APC agent at state level
I applied for certified through copies of agents from my party and PDP & discovered that inec for reasons known to them has mudded the names
I didn’t see my name or that of Tele Ikuru in the agent list
You couldn’t find your name ,because you weren’t the state agent?
PW53- It is on record that I am
You mentioned Tammy Danagogo, Evans Bipi, Desmond Akawor in paragraph 8,9,10?
PW53- Yes
Much of the things mentioned are hear say than eye witness acct?
PW53- not true
Apart from the shooting in Akulga, the rest I witnessed
I put it to you’re not saying the truth?
PW53- All I’m saying is the truth
3rdR- This your APC situation room, where is it located?
PW53- It was and it is still located in Abana street old GRA PHC
Between April 11===13 2015, you were in this situation room?
PW53- I spent most of my time in INEC office
You said you have over 5,000,000 polling units in RS?
PW53- Yes
APC has agents in all the polling units?
PW53- Yes
Are you challenging the results in all the polling units?
PW53- My lord the once we are not challenging are contained in the petition
Your agents were not giving pink copies of results sheets?
PW53- I have to revert back to lga agents
Between April 11==13 you weren’t in any polling unit?
PW53- Except 1, Ikwerre lga
Out of your choice you opted out from voting?
PW53- Yes
You’re still the PA of Rotimi Amaechi?
PW53- I was his SA on inter party matters and now I have gone back to practice
You were in the collation centre for how long?
PW53- Through out the collation of results
You were there when the LGA results were coming in?
PW53- I was there when the donation was going on
You witnessed de distribution of materials?
PW53- Yes, & I protested when some sensitive materials weren’t included, & was told 2 go 2 hell
You know Bar.Henry Odili?
PW53- Yes
You know Napoleon Ukalipe?
PW53- I don’t know
Who is the assistant secretary of APC in RS?
PW53- I don’t know
They both signed for your party?
PW53- I and Hon.Emma Deeyah signed for APC RS
This Emma Chinda is the former commissioner of agric under governor Amaechi?
PW53- very true
What’s the distance of your situation room to INEC office?
PW53- 10====12KM
I put it to you Mr .Wobodo that you were in situation room and Emma Chinda was the inec accredited agent?
PW53- Not true
You didn’t see accreditation?
PW53- None at all my lord
Judge – Any re examination?
Petitioner – Nil
THE END!!! For this witness
