The former spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo has reacted after the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Abuja admitted the report by the European Union as exhibit on presidential election.
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and that of the Labour Party, Peter Obi are currently challenging the victory of the All Progressives Congress candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
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The European Union Observers in the last general elections, in a report presented to the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, claimed that the 2023 general elections exposed enduring systemic weaknesses.
Reacting to the development, Festus Keyamo, who served as Minister of State for Labour and Productivity during the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari said; “Can someone please calmly and kindly explain to those who know nothing about legal processes and are getting over-excited over nothing that; “Admission of a document by a court of law is not necessarily an acceptance of its contents as no weight may be attached to the document at the end of the day”
He added; “That there was an agreement between all counsel to let all documents be admitted in evidence (even when there are objections) pending when arguments as to the objections regarding admissibility would be taken at the stage of address before final judgment”
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He stated further; “It is important to give these clarifications so that legal illiterates will not suffer heart attacks if they find out that the so-called documents upon which they are pinning all their hopes are jettisoned at the end of the day for lack of probative value or for being inadmissible.”
Source – Festus Keyamo Verified Twitter Page
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