Why i didn"t tell police of Obiano forged voter"s card to the police - Ngige

By Ehi Ekhator

Last year All Progressives Congress, APC governorship candidate in Anambra State, Senator Chris Ne told the governorship tribunal in Awka that he decided not to report his political opponent, Governor Willie Obiano’s multiple voter’s registration to the police as his party was already aware and handling the issue.

“I did not go to the police because my party has gone to court asking for an order or mandamus against Obiano”, he said.

He disclosed this while testifying under cross examination by counsel to  Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Chief Adegboyega AWomolo, SAN, at the tribunal.

He added that he did not know that Obiano forged the voter’s card he used and added that such responsibility belongs to INEC.

However, he agreed knowing that voter registration enables somebody who registered in Lagos, for example, to transfer his voting right to another state.

The APC candidate returned to the witness box to continue his evidence after the Court of Appeal in Enugu restored some paragraphs in his petition challenging the declaration of Willie Obiano as the winner of last year’s election.

He tendered an extract of the INEC voter register for Lagos State where Chief Willie Maduabuchi Obiano’s name was written as having voted in Governorship and Presidential elections of April 2011.

The card was certified by Lagos State INC, on 23 April, 2014.

Counsel for INEC had asked Ngige if there is any thing from INEC to confirm that the card tendered as exhibit 424 is the current state of the register.

He responded that  ‘whatever is in this register as at  24th April, 201r when it was certified is the situation of the register now, since ! Agos State has not done any review of thier register since 2011′

Ngige also tendered  the certified true copy of Obiano’ Form EC 4B  , an INEC form that captures the particulars of nomination  of a candidate as submitted by the respondents party, APGA. The document was admitted in evidence and marked Exhibit P.415.

Also admitted  was Obiano’s  INEC Form CF 001, candidates’ personal information data form submitted on oath for the election.

The tribunal however rejected the application  by Ngige’s counsel, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu  to tender  66 files  containing  extracts of alleged missing pages in the election on the ground that they were not certified true copies.

 

Why i didn"t tell police of Obiano forged voter"s card to the police - Ngige