BRIEF SUMMARY OF TODAY’S PEPT PROCEEDING (Thursday June 22, 2023)
—Proceedings Began At About 2:46pm
—Dr Livy Uzoukwu SAN, Led LP’s Legal Counsel Team & PIN Ikwueto SAN, Led Proceedings
—HE Peter Obi was Absent And Party Appearances Were Comrade Ladi Iliya ( LP Dep. National Chair) & Chris Maigida ( Dep. Dir Legal Services, APC)
— Witness PW8, Chibuike Ugboke , a Cyber Security Expert who was Examined in Cheif Yesterday was Called Up for Cross Examination
—The Highlight of His Cross Examination Were:
>>He was contacted by LP around March 10, 2023
>>He did an elaborate report; Concluded a preliminary on 17th & 18th of March and final report around mid-may. He read the petition and replies in the middle of his report
>> He also responding to further questioning by stating that chances of error in the testing stage of an App abounds but negligible in deployment stage
>> 3 polling units were used as proof concept/example to display the metadata
>>He did everything on his computer and it’s not his responsibility to know if results were properly collated or not
>>He is very familiar with AWS, it has 3 properties (confidentiality of data, integrity & availability) but does not guarantee the security of its infrastructure
>>He is familiar with Cloud Trail and when INEC said ‘BVAS & iREV has come to stay and uploading of results will happen in real time’ , it means there would be electronic collation
>>He neither inspected the BVAS nor interviewed Festus Okoye in the referred document; And he is not aware that PDP won in a referenced LGA & LP won 95% of votes in Anambra State.
>>He mentioned 23 pages of metadata and referenced Anambra , Bauchi & Rivers States
>>He added that it is not true that agreements on security features are only known to parties who can unlock at any time; Service level is known but not displayed to public
—Next Witness, Barr Emmanuel Edet (PW9) , Head Legal Services Dept of NITDA was Called Up
Highlights of His Examination in Chief Were:
>>His subpoena demanded he provides 3 documents
1. Emails & communications for infrastructure for conduct of elections between then and INEC
2. Cert of clearance approval or clearance issued to INEC by NITDA
3) The report submitted by INEC to them regarding BVAS and electronic transmission.
>>He failed to provide any of these documents
—All Respondents Objected to His Cross Examination, He Doesn’t have a Witness Statement on Oath and Further Reasons will be Given in their Final Address
—The Witness Communicated with & Got Approval from his Boss to Be on Court ; He added that in NITDA Act 2007, IS0 27001 Certification Standard is a Statutory Requirement for Organizations like INEC
—Witness is Aware that Minister of Communication & Digital Economy Disclosed that there were 16 Millions Attempts to Hack INEC Infrastructure
—A Star Witness, Yunusa Tanko (PW10) was Called Up, He is a Member of LP, LP Situation Room & An Accountant.
—His Witness Statement on Oath , Receipts & Letters sent to INEC were all tendered , Not Objected to by Respondents, Admitted & Tagged by Court Respectively
—This Witness States that he Can Identify All Forms EC8A, B, C, D, E & CTCs of Blurred iREV Results Which were Tendered in Evidence; He Will Be Cross Examined Tomorrow
—Proceedings Ended at about 6pm and Adjourned Till Tomorrow Friday 23rd June 2023 by 3pm.
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