Justice Ahmed Mohammed had, on January 6, adjourned proceedings until January 7 for parties to adopt their final written addresses as their brief of arguments in the suit.
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Ajayi told the court that the fact that some parts of Obaseki’s original degree certificate were missing in the photocopy he attached to his Independent National Electoral Commission form EC9 and 001 did not amount to forgery.
The trial judge, Justice Ahmed Mohammed, adjourned the matter on Monday for Obaseki to open his defence after the APC closed its case after calling six witnesses.
The All Progressives Congress and one of its chieftains, Williams Edobor, had dragged Obaseki, the Peoples Democratic Party and the Independent National Electoral Commission to court seeking the disqualification of Obaseki in the September 19, 2020 governorship election in Edo State.
The strike notice was contained in a communiqué dated December 29, 2020 after the union’s enlarged state wing executive council meeting.
The popular prophet advised the governor and his deputy, Phillip Shuaibu, not to allow discrepancies and kangaroo court judgments to be used to oust them
The All Progressives Congress tendered the documents to prove its allegation of certificate forgery against the governor.
At the resumed hearing on Tuesday, the APC through its counsel, Akin Olujimi, SAN, attempted to tender some documents in evidence through a subpoenaed witness.
In a short ruling on Tuesday in Abuja, Justice Ahmed Mohammed adjourned the suit indefinitely on the grounds of an appeal filed by Obaseki at the Court of Appeal.
Although the details of the caucus meeting holding as at press time at the Akwa Ibom State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro were undisclosed, one of the issues being speculated to be on the agenda was the defection of Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress.
The award presentation ceremony, which took place at the Ekiti State Governor’s lodge in Abuja, was attended by the 20, including FCT, APC Publicity Secretaries from the North.
The ADC slumped at about 12 noon as Obaseki read his acceptance and appreciation speech after the Oath of Office was administered on him by the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Esther Edigin.
Obaseki, who gave the assurance when he paid a solidarity visit to the police command in the state, also assured that government would buy new vehicles for the smooth operations of the personnel.
Obaseki, who contested on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, was declared winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, having secured the highest number of votes cast.
Obaseki gave the ultimatum while inspecting the correctional centres and the police facilities destroyed by hoodlums in Benin.
The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday
Obi said this via his Twitter handle on Wednesday.
The Secretary of the tribunal, Sunday Martins, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Benin on Monday
He was impeached on Monday over alleged highhandedness and misappropriation of funds.
The petitioners are challenging the validity of Forms EC9 and CF001, submitted by Obaseki in respect of the 2020 and 2016 governorship polls in Edo.