Lagos 2015: PDP members sue Obanikoro for forgery, dual citizenship
By Daily Post Staff on November 16, 2014@dailypostngr

Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State have asked an Ikeja High Court to stop the 2015 governorship ambition of a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Olatunde Mohammed Obanikoro, over an alleged falsification of age.

Besides, they asked the court to determine Obanikoro’s citizenship having voluntarily acquired the citizenship of the United States of America without renouncing his allegiance to Nigeria, the country of his birth.

Specifically, Michael Babatunde Ogun, Suleiman Olayinka Saheed and Wasiu Adeniyi Odusan, all PDP members in the state and initiator of the suit, are asking the court to determine Obanikoro’s eligibility to participate in the party’s governorship primaries fixed for December 8, “having previously presented a forged birth certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) contrary to Section 182(1) (J) of the 1999 Constitution”.


They are also asking the court for a perpetual injunction barring Obanikoro from accepting what they called “the PDP’s candidacy or nomination” to contest the next year’s governorship election in Lagos State until the matter was favourably disposed of.

Sued alongside Obanikoro are the INEC and the PDP.

In the suit initiated on their behalf by their lawyer, Wahab Kunle Shittu, Ogun, Saheed and Odusan are asking the court to halt Obanikoro’s governorship ambition until the following questions among others, were resolved:

“Whether upon a proper construction and interpretation of Section 182(1) (a) (j) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), the 1st responded (Obanikoro) having voluntarily acquired the citizenship of the United States of America in addition to the citizenship of Nigeria, is eligible to present himself for nomination as a candidate in the governorship primaries of the 3rd respondent (PDP) or any other registered political party for the purpose of contesting on the platform of the PDP or any other political party registered in Nigeria for the purpose of contesting the 2015 elections in Lagos State or any subsequent elections in Nigeria.


“Whether upon a proper construction of Section 182 (1) (j) of the Constitution of Nigeria 1999 as amended, the 1st respondent having previously presented a forged birth certificate to INEC in the April 2007 general elections for the office of Governor of Lagos State is eligible to present himself for nomination as a candidate in the governorship primaries of the 3rd respondent or any other registered political party for the purpose of contesting on the platform of the PDP or any other political party registered in Nigeria for the purpose of contesting the 2015 elections in Lagos State or any subsequent elections in Nigeria.

“Whether upon a proper construction of Section 31 (2) (50 (6) and ( of the Electoral Act 2010 as amended, the applicants have locus standi to institute this present proceedings against the respondents and that the 1st respondent (Obanikoro) is not qualified to participate and or take part in the gubernatorial primary election of the PDP scheduled for the 8th of December 2014 or any other date for the selection of its candidate for the Lagos State Governorship elections scheduled to hold in 2015 or any other date.

“Whether having regards to Section 87 of the Electoral Act 2010 as amended, paragraph 4 (a) of Part IV of the Electoral Guidelines for Primary Elections 2010 of the 3rd respondent, the 1st respondent is qualified to participate and or take part in the gubernatorial primary election of the 3rd respondent scheduled for the 8th of December.

“Whether upon a proper construction of Sections 10 (1), (j),(k), 49(2),50(1), 50 (2) of the Constitution of the 3rd respondent, t6he 1st respondent is eligible to present himself for nomination as a candidate in the governorship primaries of the PDP for the purpose of vying for nomination as a gubernatorial candidate of the 3rd respondent with a view to contesting the 2015 elections.


“A declaration that based on the dictates of paragraph 4(a) of Part IV of the Electoral Guidelines for Primary Elections 2014 of the 3rd respondent and the antecedents of the 1st respondent particularized in the applicants’ affidavit in support of the originating summons, the 1st respondent is not eligible to participate and or take part in the gubernatorial primary election of the 3rd respondent scheduled for the 8th of December.

“An order of perpetual injunction restraining the 1st respondent from participating in the governorship primaries of the 3rd respondent or in the alternative any of the registered political parties in Nigeria”.

In an affidavit differently deposed to by Ogun, Saheed and Odusan, they particularly asked the court restrain both the PDP and the INEC from nominating or accepting Obanikoro’s candidacy for ‘the purpose of the 2015 governorship elections in Lagos State or any subsequent elections in Nigeria.

For instance, Ogun, in his affidavit, said Obanikoro was not fit to vie for the 2015 gubernatorial primaries, hence he must be barred from participating in the December 8 primaries of the party.

He said: “Obanikoro deliberately declared falsely in answer to question 9 part B of the aforementioned affidavit when asked whether he had changed his nationality in the past and if so, what the nationality was, by answering “that is not applicable” when he knew that he had in actual fact acquired the citizenship of the United States of America as contained in his American Passport No.025317195 issued on June 16 1995.

“Also, Obanikoro deliberately falsified his date of birth and age as the 28th of July 1954 and 52 years respectively notwithstanding the fact that Obanikoro knew that his official Nigerian passport and his diplomatic passport No.F0004473 and D0002471 respectively show contrarily that his actual date of birth is the 28th of July 1960.

“His American Passport and application for admission to the Texas Southern University, Houston Texas including extracts from Obanikoro’s marriage records to one Jewel M. Weller in the Harris County 1982 Marriage Records support the assertion that Obanikoro’s actual date of birth is 28th July 1960 as opposed to false declaration of 28th July 1954.

“And that unless Obanikoro is perpetually restrained from participating in the scheduled governorship primaries of my party, the PDP which is to take place on the8th of December 2014, the interest of the applicants as stakeholders and the overriding interest of the PDP including the quality and character of the political space would be seriously endangered.”

No date has been fixed for hearing.

However, Obanikoro had several times addressed the twin issues, supported with documents

Where is your stew sauce?

Look at them.. when Tinubu who is from Osun state ruled them they did not complain.

At least Koro is 110% Lagosian.

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Largas:
Where is your stew sauce?

Learn to read, dude.Just two lines would have made your day.

Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of OYO state was sued on the ground of alleged dual citizenship of the United States of America and Nigeria.

chai, see APC fear of Musiliu Obanikoro, sponsoring some spy in the PDP

Cleverly how far? did you help me see Madame NgeneUkwenu's ? My warm regards to her.



@OP, na today dual citizen stories don start for naija?

Before I left for France to study, Obanikoro was a Bus stop in Lagos very close to Palm groove. Never knew the same bus stop in now a politician.

pikcho or adonblivit

Beware of APC saboteurs, to know them, just watch their behaviour like filling a suit that your parents gave birth to you through cesarean section, running to media to lie about anything, inciting violence, jumping fence and gates, using female moniker while they are male (obiagelli)and ....m

These pdp losers should leave koro koro(koro is bitter)kraw kraw alone.
Koro easy to beat since 2007.



I'm APC in my blood,heart and soul.
We just love koro

farem:
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Learn to read, dude.Just two lines would have made your day.

Oh come on. I read the whole BS. Just typing "by dailystaff" doesn't make the whole junk authentic.
Oh you know what? I'll make an allegation and say by farem and we'll know how authentic the allegation is.


If this news is anything true, then it's really pathetic, why didn't those guys protest when he was appointed minister of state for defence? Or when he was appointed high commissioner to ghana? Is it now because they don't stand a chance against him in a level playing gubernational party primaries?
Junk!!

Obanikoro is indeed the best option for Lagos State after 16years of the elitist APC government which has left most areas in Lagos criminally underdeveloped. In 2014, you have schools in Lagos still using pit toilets, ,with students sitting on the floor under inhuman learning conditions. Obanikoro has a love for the less priviledeged and that's what APC are afraid of. The APC propaganda machine has tried so hard to paint him as a violent thug but they can't take away the love the common man have for Koro. Obanikoro will contest and will win and be sworn in as the governor of Lagos State, and the bleeding of Lagosians by the Asiwaju Private Company(APC) will end.

RichDad1:
Before I left for France to study, Obanikoro was a Bus stop in Lagos very close to Palm groove. Never knew the same bus stop in now a politician.

Ewu!

Cuckoo48:


Ewu!

Like seriously? Dude mind what you say. I ain't talking to you and never should you use such derogatory words on me
Be warned!!

Firefire:


Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of OYO state was sued on the ground of alleged dual citizenship of the United States of America and Nigeria.

chai, see APC fear of Musiliu Obanikoro, sponsoring some spy in the PDP

. Why is it that you are quick in attributed pdp problem to apc.

Firefire:


Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of OYO state was sued on the ground of alleged dual citizenship of the United States of America and Nigeria.

chai, see APC fear of Musiliu Obanikoro, sponsoring some spy in the PDP

Ajatuka ni ti agbarin

Kosi KORO kosi IBO!!! They have tried everything to paint you black and bad and it hasn't worked, they will still try after the primaries. However, they will not succeed. We are for you heart, body and soul! We know you are the only one that can stand and match that cat of Ikoyi, TINUBU OLE!