BRITISH FORENSIC EXPERT EXPOSES AGAGU ...SAYS PALMKERNEL, OTHERS USED AS THUMB-PRINT

One of British foremost Forensic experts, Mr. Adrian Forty on Thursday declared that objects such as Palmkernels and stones were used for thumb-printing by agents of the People Democratic Party, PDP in various Local Governments in Ondo State at the last Governorship elections.

Adrian Forty

Testifying at the venue of the Ondo State Election Petition Tribunal sitting on the petition brought before it by the Labour Party (LP) flag bearer in the April 14, 2007 election, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, the foremost forensic expert disclosed that from analysis of voting materials there were massive thumb-printing and duplication of materials.

Mr. Forty who had earlier testified before the court, explained how he was able to identify cases of multiple thumb-printing done in favour of Dr Agagu whose purported victory Mimiko is challenging  in the disputed local governments and Wards namely: Okitipupa, Irele, Odigbo, Ileoluji/ Okeigbo, Ese-Odo, Ilaje, Akure North, Ose, Akoko North East and Akoko North West.

In his Statement-in-chief which was taken as read by the Justice Garba Nabaruma led Tribunal, the British finger print and handwriting expert told the court that over 80% of the votes allotted to Agagu in all the disputed areas were got through multiple thump-printing using all forms of unconventional objects.

Forty gave the percentage of the multiple thumb-printing local government by local government as follows: Akoko North East, 58%; Akoko North West, 27%; Akure North, 50%; Ese-Odo, 67%; Ilaje, 46%; Ileoluji/Okeigbo, 45%; Irele, 47%; Odigbo,49%; Okitipupa, 36%; and Ose, 42%. Further, Mr. Adrian Forty told the court that in the process of carrying out the massive thumb-printing, he stuimbled on widespread usage of objects such as pepples,palm kernels,cashew nuts, wood, candle ends which were used to vote instead of human thumbs. He vouched for the thoroughness of his reseach which he said he did with the best technology all over the world.

Adrian Forty consults for foremost world police forces such as the Metropolitan Police, Scotland Yard, M115 among others.