DMerciful:
You're arguing blindly.

A law that has already been passed is the law whether you like it or not.

How can you make a contract to kill someone when its against the constitution and anything against the constitution stands null and void!

How can you make a law thats against a fundamental human right ready protected by the constitution to say you'll deal with a particular people? If you cannot give reasonable examples to support your assertions, then it means it doesn't make sense in the first place.

I give you a simple example, it is against the law to drive one way(driving on the wrong side of the road) but people could have serious emergency that could warrant that. No matter the emergency, doing it means breaking the law and you can get the punishment specified by the law. Can a judge temper justice with mercy if the reasons are made known, absolutely but thats his prerogative

How can you make a contract to kill someone when its against the constitution and anything against the constitution stands null and void! (Like your notion that Abuja residents votes are superior to all other nigerian states)

How can you make a law thats against a fundamental human right ready protected by the constitution.... (Like my right to be seen as equal to any other Nigerian, which includes Abuja residents)

netricoin:
The people of the FCT don't have the opportunity to vote for who they want to be their FCT minister, which is like a governor of a state, the only opportunity they have is to have a say on who should be the president of Nigeria, by giving that person a minimum of 25% of votes.
One important questions to ask is:
If the INEC chairman think that the people of the FCT votes is not important at all in the presidential election, then why did he allowed them to come out to vote in the day of the presidential election?
If the reason why the people in the FCT votes is for the mandatory 25% in the FCT, then why was that part of the Constitution not implemented?
By just looking at the PEPC judgement, one will wonder of what use or contribution was the votes from the FCT in the 2023 presidential election
Once a court is compromise, they will look for loop holes to apply technicalities in favour of the ruling party. Had it been Peter obi was announced by INEC to have the highest votes but failed to get 25% of votes in the FCT, the PEPC will have used that against him, I am not surprised on how they controversial rule that a hard drugs case is a civilian case

DMerciful:
Is FCT a state or not a state? If its a state, it should have the attributes of a state. Why are we complicating things in Nigeria?

FCT is given a status just like some US states with higher electoral college votes than others. Eg California

DMerciful:
The law is the law. After the Supreme Court judgement, lets change it to 37 states so there is no confusion. The NASS can amend the constitution

Wainey:
Thats true, Abuja people should be considered legitimate Nigeria while the rest of us should be lesser Nigerians.
They can singl handedly decide who becomes the president

AndroBlaze:


So it is reasonable to you that a person that wants to rule the whole country must get 25% of votes in only a small tiny part of the country, because you know that both Tinubu and Atiku did not fulfill that condition shey? That is reasonable to you but the "sane" and "fair" explanation we have given you is not?

Anyway, when you are tired, re-read your own words and you'll understand why 25% interpretation of Obidients is as "ludicrous" as the examples I gave and why any sane court would dismiss it.

DMerciful:
Change the law!

seunmsg:


FCT is not a federating unit like the rest of the states. It is a special creation at the center of the country for the administration of the government of the federation. That is why all the original people indigenous to the place were relocated with all the land vested in the president.
So, the people empowered to elect the administrator of the FCT are Nigerians from all parts of the country and not just Abuja residents. The FCT is not even up to a state in the real sense. It is a quasi-state and that is why the constitution has to push it up to the status of a state through section 299. So, how can the resident of a quasi-state be more important than the residents of the states that make up the Federation? How can the residents of the FCT be given the legal power to veto the votes of the rest of Nigerians?

The Constitution never gave FCT such powers. The interpretation of Peter Obi and Atiku's lawyers are simply ridiculous and laughable. Any other interpretation other than the one given unanimously by the five Justices of the Court of Appeal yesterday would have amounted to anarchy and chaos.

rtdCivilservant:

Oga u talked about common sense, but u have failed to apply it... Why on earth will anyone that is sane think fct vote is superior to any other state? What is wrong with some people in this country? If Abuja's vote becomes superior to other state, what then is democracy, which preaches equity, that everyone's vote is equal? What system of government do we call that? U people should rest and accept defeat, Obi should even sue his lawyers, cos u can't tell me that those Sans couldn't interprete simple English stated in the electoral act, or may be they were even working for Apc, cos it looked liked they deliberately bungled the whole thing by leading him on with stupid allegations.

DMerciful:
Is FCT a state or not a state? If its a state, it should have the attributes of a state. Why are we complicating things in Nigeria?

FCT is given a status just like some US states with higher electoral college votes than others. Eg California

Globad:


Don't mind them

They should just elect an Abuja governor and turn automatically turn him to the country's president because Abuja voters are superior

AwkaFinest:



Reason why they get such status in the USA is clear. Population and GDP. So we go take funds from the states build Abuja, still make people living in Abuja higher breeds than those in the rest of the country?

rtdCivilservant:

Oga u talked about common sense, but u have failed to apply it... Why on earth will anyone that is sane think fct vote is superior to any other state? What is wrong with some people in this country? If Abuja's vote becomes superior to other state, what then is democracy, which preaches equity, that everyone's vote is equal? What system of government do we call that? U people should rest and accept defeat, Obi should even sue his lawyers, cos u can't tell me that those Sans couldn't interprete simple English stated in the electoral act, or may be they were even working for Apc, cos it looked liked they
deliberately bungled the whole thing by leading him on with stupid allegations.

rtdCivilservant:

Oga u talked about common sense, but u have failed to apply it... Why on earth will anyone that is sane think fct vote is superior to any other state? What is wrong with some people in this country? If Abuja's vote becomes superior to other state, what then is democracy, which preaches equity, that everyone's vote is equal? What system of government do we call that? U people should rest and accept defeat, Obi should even sue his lawyers, cos u can't tell me that those Sans couldn't interprete simple English stated in the electoral act, or may be they were even working for Apc, cos it looked liked they deliberately bungled the whole thing by leading him on with stupid allegations.

DMerciful:
Is FCT a state or not a state? If its a state, it should have the attributes of a state. Why are we complicating things in Nigeria?

FCT is given a status just like some US states with higher electoral college votes than others. Eg California

netricoin:
The people of the FCT don't have the opportunity to vote for who they want to be their FCT minister, which is like a governor of a state, the only opportunity they have is to have a say on who should be the president of Nigeria, by giving that person a minimum of 25% of votes.
One important questions to ask is:
If the INEC chairman think that the people of the FCT votes is not important at all in the presidential election, then why did he allowed them to come out to vote in the day of the presidential election?
If the reason why the people in the FCT votes is for the mandatory 25% in the FCT, then why was that part of the Constitution not implemented?
By just looking at the PEPC judgement, one will wonder of what use or contribution was the votes from the FCT in the 2023 presidential election
Once a court is compromise, they will look for loop holes to apply technicalities in favour of the ruling party. Had it been Peter obi was announced by INEC to have the highest votes but failed to get 25% of votes in the FCT, the PEPC will have used that against him, I am not surprised on how they controversial rule that a hard drugs case is a civilian case

DMerciful:
The law is the law. After the Supreme Court judgement, lets change it to 37 states so there is no confusion. The NASS can amend the constitution

SIONKPO1:

Why is English and Mathematics superior to other O'level subjects

pquaver:


I dont think u are capable of understanding compound things talkless of complex things seriously.. Because if u ever did mathematics in school, i dont see how u dont the pharase let X be 3.. Because that is what we do it maths everyday.. Let us assume X is 3 then u substitute.. Constitution says let us assume FCT is a state with president as governor, national assembly as it house of assembly etc such a simple and staight forward assumption u can't understand.. How is Nigeria supposed to be an exporting country when this kond of youth who cant even be creative and understand little abstract things are i in their thousands?

pquaver:


Because there is a clause explicit.. "Must pass English and maths".. Such doesn't apply to fct

SIONKPO1:

Same is with FCT

pquaver:
. It is not same.. 25 in 2/3 of state and fct..

U must pass math and English and 5 other subjects is the clause.. Math is a subject
English is a subject just like every other physic, chemistry etc..

Fct is not a state but is likened to a state that is why it is said "state and fct"..

Let take x to be 3...is assume x is 3 same as fct.. Assume it is a state.. That does not necessarily make x to be 3 or make fct to be a state. If u no understand again sorry no be my fault.. I will advise u to go look for handwork.. Educational way no be for u..

seunmsg:


FCT is not a federating unit like the rest of the states. It is a special creation at the center of the country for the administration of the government of the federation. That is why all the original people indigenous to the place were relocated with all the land vested in the president.
So, the people empowered to elect the administrator of the FCT are Nigerians from all parts of the country and not just Abuja residents. The FCT is not even up to a state in the real sense. It is a quasi-state and that is why the constitution has to push it up to the status of a state through section 299. So, how can the resident of a quasi-state be more important than the residents of the states that make up the Federation? How can the residents of the FCT be given the legal power to veto the votes of the rest of Nigerians?

The Constitution never gave FCT such powers. The interpretation of Peter Obi and Atiku's lawyers are simply ridiculous and laughable. Any other interpretation other than the one given unanimously by the five Justices of the Court of Appeal yesterday would have amounted to anarchy and chaos.

SIONKPO1:

Hope you are aware that Nigeria don't use simple Majority in its Electoral Law?
The issue is that the formulators of our Laws needs to make it simple and straight

rtdCivilservant:

Oga u talked about common sense, but u have failed to apply it... Why on earth will anyone that is sane think fct vote is superior to any other state? What is wrong with some people in this country? If Abuja's vote becomes superior to other state, what then is democracy, which preaches equity, that everyone's vote is equal? What system of government do we call that? U people should rest and accept defeat, Obi should even sue his lawyers, cos u can't tell me that those Sans couldn't interprete simple English stated in the electoral act, or may be they were even working for Apc, cos it looked liked they deliberately bungled the whole thing by leading him on with stupid allegations.