Nothing dey happen....nah we get thr!!


GEJ Till 2019

The verdict is obvious

The verdict is already obvious.. The only tension I forsee is inside vanguard head office...


The challenge itself is stupid.. And the court will definitely strike it out

tit:


so?
I do not get your logic.
GEJ vacated Yaradua's office in 2011 and ran for his first term.
His first term ends in 2015 and he wants to have another.

DO YOU EXPECT A FULANI SLAVE TO REASON LIKE A NORMAL HUMAN BEING

Na

Any which way, he is out of Aso Rock come Feb.

Noticed

U all contesting can Go n Die,come that 2015.Make we hear word abt dis una yeye elections

GEJ is Supreme Court and Supreme Court is GEJ..

I would be utmostly surprised should the court rule against him..

WE CANT GO BACK!!

GEJ TILL 2019!

NO SURRENDER

Warri man say abeegi .No shaking GEJ for sure.Punch na pro APC paper.The headline is just to sell paper.

Sirniyeh:
www.newspunch.org/2015-eligibility-tension-as-jonathans-fate-uncertain-supreme-court-decides-in-48-hours/

VANGUARD –

Tension is mounting at the
Presidency and the core North over the court case
challenging the eligibility of President Goodluck
Jonathan to contest the 2015 presidential election.
Competent sources said, last night, that the
Presidency was worried that the case could upset
its political permutations should the Supreme
Court rule against Jonathan running in the
election.

The main headache of the Presidency is that if the
apex court rules that its principal could not run in
2015, it would be difficult for the ruling Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) to organise another
National Convention to elect another candidate to
meet the deadline set by the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) said to be December
18, two days after the hearing.

The case was said to have been on the radar of
presidential minders believed to have also made
contacts to know how the case could go and the
justices to sit on it.

Meanwhile, Jonathan’s opponents, particularly
from the core North, it was learnt, were expectant
that the case would be decided against the
president having taken the oath of office twice for
the office.

Sunday Vanguard gathered from judicial sources
that top officials of the Supreme Court were aware
of the heightened interest in the case, slated for
hearing on Tuesday, December 16, 2014 and were
working hard to block undue access to the case
file.

The heightened tension, according to the sources,
manifested in unceasing enquiries over the
composition of the panellists to hear the crucial
matter.

Although the case was filed during the tenure of
the former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Aloma
Mukthar, the sources said there had been intense
pressure on the current CJN, who took over about
two weeks ago, to reconstitute the panel.
Those in support of Jonathan were said to be
rooting for a justice sympathetic to his cause to
head the panel while those who want the president
disqualified from running in the 2015 election,
favoured a neutral and fearless arbiter to preside
over the case.

A top judicial official confirmed that the CJN was
yet to re-constitute the panel to hear the case at
the close of work on Friday even though he was
aware that the case had been slated for hearing on
Tuesday.

The official said it was normal in a very crucial
judicial matter of that nature for the CJN to
interfere in the composition of the panellists to
ensure that justice is delivered to all the parties
concerned.

He said: “The eligibility case filed by some persons
against President Jonathan is a serious matter,
which the CJN has taken notice of and the normal
process of setting up the panel, a few hours to the
hearing, will be done.

“As at the close of work at the weekend, no panel
had been raised by the CJN and we believe that,
because of the sensitive nature of the matter and
the interest it has generated, the CJN will empanel
a team to handle it at the right time.
“This is not the first time such a case is coming
before the Supreme Court and there is an
established procedure for dealing with such
matters.

“In a case of this nature, the CJN might want to put
in neutral justices in the panel taking into
consideration where they come from, their
maturity, objectivity, and how they have handled
similar critical assignments in the past.

Anxiety
A northern politician from Kano State, who has
been campaigning against Jonathan’s presidency,
said he was hopeful that Jonathan would lose the
case and return power to the North, ”where the
presidency is supposed to be following the death
of Umaru Yar’Adua.”

But a PDP governor, who spoke to Sunday
Vanguard, last night, expressed optimism that the
president had the right to run for second term,
having merely completed the tenure of the late
president before seeking a fresh mandate in
accordance with the Constitution of Nigeria.
“Obviously, I don’t think there is anything to worry
about as far as this case is concerned,” the
governor said. ”There is no law that says that
Jonathan should not run in 2015 and that is it”.

The anxiety over the case follows the declaration
by INEC that the different parties must submit to it
the names of their candidates for the 2015
elections in the shortest possible time as stipulated
by the law.

The commission said, last night, that it was
awaiting the parties to forward to it lists of
candidates and their running mates where
necessary.

But it said it will only recognize candidates that
emerged from primaries supervised by its officials,
warning politicians who conducted parallel party
primaries not to approach it with any list. Mr
Kayode Idowu, Chief Press Secretary to INEC
Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, who spoke in a
telephone interview with Sunday Vanguard, said
the electoral law was clear on the time frame, and
asked all parties to rectify their problems where
necessary with a view to forwarding their
candidates to the electoral body.

It will be recalled that the Supreme Court had
okayed the appeal filed before it by a chieftain of
the PDP, from Adamawa State, Dr. Umar Ardo, for
hearing on a day Jonathan insisted he was legally
qualified to contest the 2015 presidential election.
The president, through his lawyer, Mr. Ade Okeaya-
Inneh, SAN, told the court that he had cited legal
authorities backing his re-election bid.
He argued that Ardo had no case against him,
insisting that he is permitted by the 1999
Constitution to go for a second tenure in office.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/eligibility-question-jonathans-ambition-hangs/?fb_action_ids=10152662571899545&fb_action_types=og.comments

all na wash.
trust me, na president get d court

moderatorr:
That one na wash. Jonathan will win in 2015, but with much smaller margin.
As usual, APC wins all the online polls and has all the online comments, then they neglect the south and expect to win.

North n middle belt = 80% APC
West = 50% apc
East n South = 0% APC - And they've got like 50% of the posts

continue mr mathematician, hope u sha get a good shock absorber cus d way 2015 go be ur pay master will be back in otuoke fishing with the rest of you

Some peeps are like dis...

I hope the supreme court will do the right thing and rid us of this administration. The fact is that there is no rprovision in pour constitution for serving longer than 8 years in office, period!

Any other person in Aso rock would do.

another joke

Political Hullabaloo..

Story 4 d gods
law makers ar the law breakers,.during the amendment of 1999 constitution.GEJ said,lets av only a 6yr tenure and no 2nd movmnt bt dem said no...biko nu..allow d young man to finish his work...presidency shall never return to the north agan

we all know the outcome of the court judgement.. SMH

CyberWolf:
Section 137 (1)b clearly stated that one is disqualified to contest for office of the president if he has been elected to such office at any two previous elections..So I don't see any reason to panic because GEJ has not been elected in any two previous election..

This my friend is how they waste public monies, the know full well he was elected once but they go ahead anyway to try their luck

I now understand the recent outburts against Buhari by Olisa Metuh.

QUOTE ME AND QUOTE ME RIGHT.... JOHNATAN WILL NOT CONTEST 2015 ELECTION. THE BUHARI THREAT IS TOO MUCH TO BRUSH ASIDE.


ANOTHER PDP CONVENTION COMING SOON.... POWER MUST STAY WITH THE PDP. I'M AFRAID A NORTHERNER IS YOUR NEXT PRESIDENT.

nduchucks:
I hope the supreme court will do the right thing and rid us of this administration. The fact is that there is no rprovision in pour constitution for serving longer than 8 years in office, period!

Any other person in Aso rock would do.

Did you read the constitution?

tempest01:
QUOTE ME AND QUOTE ME RIGHT.... JOHNATAN WILL NOT CONTEST 2015 ELECTION. THE BUHARI THREAT IS TOO MUCH TO BRUSH ASIDE.


ANOTHER PDP CONVENTION COMING SOON.... POWER MUST STAY WITH THE PDP. I'M AFRAID A NORTHERNER IS YOUR NEXT PRESIDENT.

How? plz xplain

By 135(2)(b),GEJ is serving his second term. If the challenger has a good lawyer and the judges aren't biased, GEJ can easily lose. Just my opinion, abeg no crucify me.

Space booked

Adminisher:



This one below is the problem, never mind the pedestrian reasons above:

(2) Subject to the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, the President shall vacate his office at the expiration of a period of four years commencing from the date, when -

135.2 (a) and (b)
(a) in the case of a person first elected as President under this Constitution, he took the Oath of Allegiance and the oath of office; and

(b) in any other case, the person last elected to that office under this Constitution took the Oath of Allegiance and oath of office or would, but for his death, have taken such Oaths.

Hmm. Well thank goodness!

The question is, will Nigeria do this by the book?

The other question is, why do our people wait until the last minute to realize these things? -_-


Like, what have these people been spending their time doing??

erico2k2:

How? plz xplain

Events will unfold.... You'll see... Just a few weeks from now

Force majeure — or vis major "superior force", also known as cas fortuit or casus fortuitus "chance occurrence, unavoidable accident", — is a common clause in contracts that essentially frees both parties from liability or obligation when an extraordinary event or circumstance beyond the control ...

IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, it all hinges on the AFOREMENTIONED condition. And to cut to the chase, Dr Goodluck Jonathan is deemed free to run for the office of President.

Nigerian constitution causing confusion since 1960