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The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, on Wednesday, berated the Department of State Services, DSS, and officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, for engaging in a free-for-all within the premises of the Federal High Court in Lagos, following the arraignment of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele.It will be recalled that operatives of the DSS had in a bid to retain the embattled ex-governor of the apex bank in their custody, manhandled a senior prison official.Trial Justice Nicolas Oweibo had after Emefiele pleaded not guilty to a two-count charge of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition that the Federal Government preferred against him, granted him bail to the tune of N20million with one surety in the like sum.The court, thereafter, ordered that the defendant should be remanded in prison custody, pending the perfection of his bail conditions.The legal association, in a statement that was signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Akorede Habeeb Lawal, “particularly denounced the DSS for its peculiar part in the disgraceful and unlawful conduct, considering the fact that the Court had earlier ordered that the suspended CBN Government be kept in a Correctional Centre pending the perfection of his bail conditions.”

President Bola Tinubu challenged the admissibility of certified copies of printouts from the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) documents brought by opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar to the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja. Atiku claimed the evidence covered 33 states of the federation, but the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) opposed the admissibility of the documents. Despite objections, the panel admitted the documents as Exhibits PT 1 to PT 33. The panel admitted presidential election results from Abia state, Bayelsa state, Kaduna state, Ogun state, and Kogi states, as well as bundles of Forms EC8E series from 23 LGAs in Kaduna state. The court also admitted 40 copies of Forms EC40G from the state.

President Bola Tinubu challenged the admissibility of certified copies of printouts from the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) by opposition candidate Atiku, excluding Kaduna, Katsina and Lagos state. Kogi threw its weight behind Atiku, telling the court that the documents were duly certified by INEC after all fees were paid. INEC's lawyers opposed the admissibility of the downloaded election results. The court marked their certification receipt as Exhibit PJ-17 and admitted in evidence. Results from 23 LGAs in Kaduna state and Ogun state were marked as Exhibits PQ 1PQ 20, Forms EC8C from Kaduna state, and copies of Form EC 40G from Ogun state. Justice Tsammani acceded to the application and adjourned the petition till Thursday.

President Bola Tinubu challenged the admissibility of certified copies of printouts from the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) by opposition candidate Atiku, excluding Kaduna, Katsina and Lagos state. Kogi threw its weight behind Atiku, telling the court that the documents were duly certified by INEC after all fees were paid. INEC's lawyers opposed the admissibility of the downloaded election results. The court marked their certification receipt as Exhibit PJ-17 and admitted in evidence. Results from 23 LGAs in Kaduna state and Ogun state were marked as Exhibits PQ 1PQ 20, Forms EC8C from Kaduna state, and copies of Form EC 40G from Ogun state. Justice Tsammani acceded to the application and adjourned the petition till Thursday.