Accredited voters 195, valid votes 195, rejected votes 6 - Abiodun witness testifies

One Mr Tunde Owolabi who was the agent of the All Progressives Congress in the 2019 governorship election in Ogun State has testified before the election petition tribunal that the result of his polling unit has 195 as the accredited voters, 195 as the total valid votes, while the number of invalid votes was 6.

With the result, the APM counsel, Isiaka Olagunju, said it had been established that there was overvoting at Unit 07, Ward 03 of Sagamu Local Government. 

But the APC polling agent said there was no overvoting, despite his calculation that valid votes and invalid votes were 201, with six votes higher than the total number of accredited votes, which is 195.

Likewise, in unit 012, ward 02 of Abeokuta South, the pink copy of form EC8A tendered as exhibit has 341 accredited voters. But the addition of valid votes, 339 and that of rejected votes, 7 is 346.

The APC agent in the polling unit, Olayiwola Sowunmi, while he appeared before the tribunal, also testified that there was no overvoting.

Earlier, one Mrs Bukola Aroyewun, who appeared as a witness and polling agent that signed the form EC8A for Open Space, Surulere Ita Eko polling unit was later confronted with the fact that the same form was signed by one Ibrahim Tiamiyu as the agent of the APC. 

Aroyewun insisted she was the agent for the polling unit but could not explain how the name on the result sheet reads Ibrahim Tiamiyu instead of Bukola Aroyewun. 

Similarly, Mrs Funmilayo Odekeye, who was also a witness of Gov. Dapo Abiodun told the tribunal that she did not read or understand her  witness statement on oath before signing same. 

Odekeye said she could neither read nor write in English. 

The tribunal has since adjourned till tomorrow July 11 for continuation of hearing.