Greed can be demeaning as it makes a senior personality to become a silly personality, hence Senior Advocates of Nigeria becoming Silly Advocates of Nigeria.
Though, I do not blame them intoto as they lack necessary upkeep due to lost cases experienced by them as they practise. No wonder, none of these Silly advocates sounds familiar in legal community in Nigeria.
The best way to describe these Silly Advocates is: charge and bail lawyers in the word of UKWA.
The constitution say: a person cannot vie for more than two terms of eight years in office as a president, governor or local government chairman. Jonathan is vying for the second term in office as the first two years were late Yar Adua's term. The position of oath taking meant to be twice at maximum number goes to emphasise the maximum number of time. To vie for the office which is two years.
I do believe that be it as it may, no matter how Silly the silly advocates are, they still know the position of the law on this. They chose to take up the case because they know that since Buhari is a semi illiterate, he would not understand the interpretation hence their resolve to milk him. For a sound and educated personality like Jonathan, they cannot deceive him so easily like this. This is why Buhari must be kicked off lest the elites take advantage of his illiteracy to swindle him to our detriment. God bless GEJ, god bless PDP, god bless Nigeria, God bless wise supporters of GEJ, God bless me.

LogicPower:
As supporters of Buhari, we do NOT need to join the PANIC-STRICKEN PDP in this game of pointless last-minute litigation; it is always the cynical tactic of a LOSING team who would desperately want to avoid, or at least delay, a humiliating defeat that awaits them.

Every RATIONAL observer knows that the GAME IS OVER for the clueless and his PDP;

1.Buhari is set to get even MORE millions of votes in the North than he got in 2011

2. The SW, for the FIRST TIME EVER, is now safely locked down for the people's general.

3. He is SURELY going to do MUCH BETTER in the MB, SS and SE.

4. While Buhari is going to get IMPROVE on his performance in 2011 by getting MORE votes in his strongholds and and making inroads into all the other regions, GEJ on the other hand is going to do LESS WELL in his SS/SE stronghold than he did in 2011, and is also SURELY going to get MUCH LESS votes in the MB, NW and NE.

5. But the greatest undoing of GEJ this time around is his CLEAR LOSS of the SW; only a person of pathetically low intelligence would fail to understand this.

You put in fewer words what I try to explain to most people. It is very, very CLEAR.

IF JONATHAN NO RULE ,ABI NA YA PAPA N 'AIM GO RULE ?



ABOKI RULE YOUR SELF .

He has only stayed in office for six years of which the laws are now saying, if he contest for another term in office, it will be against the constitution.

my question is what about the remaining two years that is left for him to complete the eight years? or is he not entitle to stay in office for the two yrs.

DId the constitution say an individual should occupy the office for only six yrs rather than eight yrs.
hungry laws. pls if u dont want gej to stay in office more than eight years u can as well allow him to complete his eight years in office.

remember two years to complete eight.

God bless Nigeria our dear nation..

Junaid Mohammed? That name rings a bell. Isn't that the same slowpoke that categorically stated that there will be blood she'd in the country if Goodluck should declare his intention to contest 2nd term in office? Was the traitor TY Danjuma dead then? The same mouth he used to call it "2nd term" then is the same mouth he is using to call it 3rd term now. That guy is just simple a lunatic.

Haaa. We are ashamed that these set of Lawyers are from Kwara state. Particularly, one is pained that the person of Yusuf Alli is involved. As per Wahab Egbewole, he is better at being a real estate agent that he truly is, than appearing in the law court, so one may not be realy disturbed. Ofcourse, he bought his PHD from Unilorin, and three years after he came back to buy his professorship. For gods sake, these gentlemen are suppose to be legal luminaries atleats at nigeria's level, but it appears they are acting like legal mumus. Why? this case had been thrown out before now.
More importantly is the claim that the law does not allow any one to seek an 'elective' office for more than two terms. The most important word here is 'elective' and i wonder why they did not take note of the critical word. Fortunately unlike other constitutions the world over, Nigeria constitution does not require a vice president to undergo election to assume office in the case of the demise of a seating president. So Janathan was 'appointed' by Nigeria's constitution to step into Yar'adua's office and was at no point in the transition process elected. The only office he sought by election prior to Yar Adua's demise was the office of the Vice President in 2007.
President Jonathan presented himself for the first time for the 'elective' office of the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2011, and he is therefore eligible to re-present himself again in 2015. We can bet it eventhough we are not lawyers, that no extent of deployment of legal technicalities and meandering can fault this simple logic.
Our Legal luminaried from Kwara should be equally reminded that no law or legal code is 'all-wise' and 'all-knowing'. So the mere fact that the constitution failed to envisage the scenario as presented by Jonathan's case does not mean that the court would disqualify Jonathan from contesting, when it is apparent that the man did not run fowl of known laid down procedure for acsending the office as laid down by the constitution. Law is never interpreted that way. Rather what a good law system does is to identify the apparent shortcoming and to employ appropriate law-making avenues to make appropriate amendments for the future. To us, jonathan is merely a man of luck and should be allowed to enjoy the share grace that providence is about to bestow on him if he is lucky enough to win the election.

Obinoscopy:
This is a lost case. There's no place in the constitution where they said one can't be president for more than eight years. Even in the Marwa and 1 other v. Admiral Murtala Nyako and others (SC 141/2011) case, the court held that ‘the constitution has no room for a cumulative tenure exceeding eight years.’ Emphasis on the word "tenure". Jonathan has only done one tenure of four years. The previous tenure wasn't his but that of Yar adua. Thus Jonathan is eligible for his shot at second tenure of four years.

Also if you look critically at section 137 (1), subsection b, it says: A person shall not be qualified for election to the office of President if he has been elected to such office at any two previous elections. Emphasis on the word "elected". Jonathan has only been elected into office once. The previous opportunity he had at been a president wasn't via election but via Yar adua's death. Thus Jonathan is eligible to seek to be elected into office for the second time.

I also recommend anyone who feels like arguing with me to first and foremost read and digest the entire content of this thread: https://www.nairaland.com/1889229/adamawa-gubernatorial-election-im-confused

Anyway, let's see how it plays out in the court. This election is getting more and more interesting.

Well done my brother...It doesn't take one to be a SAN to be sensible. How old men with frigging stinky breath and dusty bones can waste their time chasing shadows is beyond me. Most of these men are even grand fathers o.

You can see but it's forbidden to tell. Blessed are they that see but don't tell,for theirs is the...

kagari:

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I saw what you did there

acidtalk:
Though their suit will be struck out but he will still lose woefully come Feb 14.





THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE FEBRUARY 14.


* POWER : The power situation of the country will NEVER improve if this government remains in power, as the money bags supporting this government are the sole importers of fuel and diesel and they make billions of naira in profit everyday by gaining from the epileptic power situation of the country.

* SECURITY : Billions are budgeted for security but yet nothing to show for it , especially in the North East of the country. Jonathan has politicized the military and made it equally Corrupt. The military, police, sss only flex their powers at the opposition and harmless citizens.

*YOUTH EMPOWERMENT : Sure P and the likes are money siphoners the government setup to siphon money. Those who needed to benefit from it aren't as every penny is being embezzled by the same government.

*TRANSPORTATION: Before you start pointing at the railways which is Jonathan's ONLY achievement, ask yourself if that is the same kind of coaches used in this present day world. Brazil, Czech, Venezuela, Mexico and others just resuscitated their rail transport and each country spent FAR LESS than what our government claimed to have spent and with a more modernized end product.

* ECONOMY : Nigeria's economy is SINKING SERIOUSLY. Whether you believe Charles Soludo, Sanusi Lamido, and other economist or not, the truth remains that an economy tsunami is about to take place in the coming months. Over 30% of government workers, banks, oil and gas, Marine, insurance, fund managers, manufacturing will be out of job in the next few months. Ngozi Iweala and others can twist figures and refute the truth as much as they can but the truth is about to unveil itself soon.

you dey mind dem?lawyers are one of the greatest frauds in this country,they just want money from the politicians both PDP and APC politicians,for all you care some PDP stalwarts will be beneficial if the judgment is in their favour,

No part of the constitution stop GEJ from contesting.
Btw am in support of GMB make GEJ go rest abeg,presidency is not his birthright.

modhream:
Case won't fly,Jonathan is legally qualified to contest.He only completed a term for which Yar'Adua had already taken the Oath for 2010.
Now,whether he's qualified intellectually and in other ramifications is what Nigerians get to decide February 14

You don't complete term for people. That is alien to the law. They were jointly elected

CaptainAmerica1:
GEJ is not a man of his words. See attached.

dude. B4 u confuse everybody with ur claim of gej not being a man of his words, ve u noticed dat gmb is also not a man of his words. The man claimed b4 d 2011 election dat if he lost then, he wouldn't contest for presidency again. So why is he back in d race? Or u didn't knw he said dat? Check dis link in case u didn't know dat http://www.naij.com/306026-buharis-presidential-attempts-and-2015-chances.html Peradventure u discredit this source because it is a blog, just type "I will not contest again - buhari" in google and u will see.

No gej no naija no peace

And they are supposed to be san o! smh.
it tells a lot about the quality of san in Nigeria.

Lawyers are d most confused ppl on earth.

Fact is GEJ will contest and GEJ will win but this has brought to light another very big error in our constitution. There is a very catastrophic constitutional disaster waiting to happen in Nigeria in the very near future/a few years from now.Especially if by any chance GMB wins the election.

Naija constitution wahala never start self...

lillaowow:
Nigeria shall rise again......

PDP,APC, they are all the same.

but,
We will vote you out not because there is actually a better alternative but so that incompetent leaders will know and fear peoples ability to elect, select and deselect. Why should we endure for another four years simply because we fear the unknown, if the unknown comes in and perform at the same level or worse, we vote them out as well. And so on until our leaders starts to lead and recognise the power the people have. Mind yu, we will collect your rice, your recharge card and your campaign money and still vote you out

after your vote you are no body,
if voting in and out is your job , you have to start looking for another job.
Please be WISE and VOTE against the ASSOCIATION OF PAST CRIMINALS (APC ).

Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, quoted Governor Fayose as saying at a campaign rally in Omuo Ekiti, Ekiti East Local Government that “Buhari is a car with a damaged engine but being packaged by Tinubu and his cabal whose only interest is the wealth of Nigeria.”He said; “In all the campaign rallies held by the APC, Buhari never spoke for more than six minutes.

“Buhari will just utter some words that he had rehearsed and any attempt to bring in new words always result to confusion in his brain due to senility. That was the reason he called his running mate Osunbade instead of Osinbajo and also referred to Imo State as Ibo State.“This is clear evidence of ill-health, old age and senility. Those packaging Buhari to achieve their personal ambition of gaining unhindered access to the wealth of Nigeria should fear God and allow this old man to take care of his health,” the governor said.Speaking further, Fayose, who insisted that “Buhari is old and sick said; “they had programmed Buhari to travel to the U.S on 26th of this month, but they opted out when the secret trip was reported in the media

http://hibe-online.com/allow-buhari-to-seek-medical-help-abroad-fayose-to-apc/

morhsuud22:
Na now dem know abi?? Silly advocates.... Tchew

Shey na now Jona's tweaked INEC know say GMB no go school? ...seems u r a learner

I remember!!!

Apostle suleiman said, 'GEJ will win 2015 election, but will not finish his tenure'...

I remember!!!

Obinoscopy:
This is a lost case. There's no place in the constitution where they said one can't be president for more than eight years. Even in the Marwa and 1 other v. Admiral Murtala Nyako and others (SC 141/2011) case, the court held that ‘the constitution has no room for a cumulative tenure exceeding eight years.’ Emphasis on the word "tenure". Jonathan has only done one tenure of four years. The previous tenure wasn't his but that of Yar adua. Thus Jonathan is eligible for his shot at second tenure of four years.

Also if you look critically at section 137 (1), subsection b, it says: A person shall not be qualified for election to the office of President if he has been elected to such office at any two previous elections. Emphasis on the word "elected". Jonathan has only been elected into office once. The previous opportunity he had at been a president wasn't via election but via Yar adua's death. Thus Jonathan is eligible to seek to be elected into office for the second time.

I also recommend anyone who feels like arguing with me to first and foremost read and digest the entire content of this thread: https://www.nairaland.com/1889229/adamawa-gubernatorial-election-im-confused

Anyway, let's see how it plays out in the court. This election is getting more and more interesting.

Simple language can be complex sometimes when one is trying to find faults. You know these advocates who can't even handle legal battle with sound and intelligent minds are there looking for cheap ways to get brown envelopes. They can't even revive and fight for the empowerment of the judiciary. Imagine the lame people threatening government with strike, when the power absolutely rest in their arms.

The whole atmosphere and hatred for Jonathan is just mind bugling. It beats me to see our youths convey to cheer Buhari who didn't believe or accept the ideologies behind a democratic society. The man who believes in force rather than seek legal redress. They still have not given a better reason why Buhari stand as the change they need.

Thesame man who made the very childish inciting statement after the 2011 general elections that killed our youths in the northern region. I weep each time I see them cheering Tinubu and his cohorts who doesn't have the interest of the masses at heart.

I will say no more as its crystal clear GEJ will continue as president and the unfinished plans will get done. We will not shed bloods, we have lost enough lives, we will work towards continuous development and to make sure Nigeria is a better place for us.

barcanista:
You don't complete term for people. That is alien to the law. They were jointly elected

How were they jointly elected? are you equaling the position of the president and the vice? Don't appear to be this dull, I bet you can do better by just shutting up.

Yhap!!! Boko haram are terorishing d country. But my friends take a very gud look @ other sectors of the country u wl knw dat GEJ as realy tried 4 d last 4yrs.
He(GEJ) as transformed/changed d country.
Mr. President keep doing it...

modhream:
Case won't fly,Jonathan is legally qualified to contest.He only completed a term for which Yar'Adua had already taken the Oath for 2010.
Now,whether he's qualified intellectually and in other ramifications is what Nigerians get to decide February 14

I dont think you have read the cited "relevant sections" of the constitution. Try read it first and then comment.

FYI, that section states that no one can occupy THE SAME elected office for more than a maximum period of eight years.
This is what OBJ tried to change, during his Third term agenda. This si why everyone can only serve TWO TERMS.

That law never said whether you are using someone else term or not. It just says "maximum for one person for a particular office is 8years.

Again, the same law was applied in the Nyako case and you know what happened.

It is this same constitution that informed Jonathan to swear that he would not seeka second term, during negotiation for his installment in 2009 and 2011.

But our Judiciary is SO CORRUPT otherwise, such important "legal matters" should have been dealt with IMMEDIATELY so as not to leave room for a judgement beclouded by "Fait accompli"..... just an "academic ruling", without legal effect, once the accused has been sworn-in, if re-elected.
The Judges know exactly what they are planning by not fixing a hearing date

Lastpage!

lillaowow:
Nigeria shall rise again......

PDP,APC, they are all the same.

but,
We will vote you out not because there is actually a better alternative but so that incompetent leaders will know and fear peoples ability to elect, select and deselect. Why should we endure for another four years simply because we fear the unknown, if the unknown comes in and perform at the same level or worse, we vote them out as well. And so on until our leaders starts to lead and recognise the power the people have. Mind yu, we will collect your rice, your recharge card and your campaign money and still vote you out

Oh I love this. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

gej is now being exposed to reality its abt time tanist are about to recieve d shock of a lifetyme lol

apc jus gave pdp a tko technical.knock out

d truth has been revealed

Obinoscopy:
This is a lost case. There's no place in the constitution where they said one can't be president for more than eight years. Even in the Marwa and 1 other v. Admiral Murtala Nyako and others (SC 141/2011) case, the court held that ‘the constitution has no room for a cumulative tenure exceeding eight years.’ Emphasis on the word "tenure". Jonathan has only done one tenure of four years. The previous tenure wasn't his but that of Yar adua. Thus Jonathan is eligible for his shot at second tenure of four years.

Also if you look critically at section 137 (1), subsection b, it says: A person shall not be qualified for election to the office of President if he has been elected to such office at any two previous elections. Emphasis on the word "elected". Jonathan has only been elected into office once. The previous opportunity he had at been a president wasn't via election but via Yar adua's death. Thus Jonathan is eligible to seek to be elected into office for the second time.

I also recommend anyone who feels like arguing with me to first and foremost read and digest the entire content of this thread: https://www.nairaland.com/1889229/adamawa-gubernatorial-election-im-confused

Anyway, let's see how it plays out in the court. This election is getting more and more interesting.

I like your argument sir. But let the court decide whether President Jonathan was elected with Yardua or ONLY Yardua was elected.

modhream:
Case won't fly,Jonathan is legally qualified to contest.He only completed a term for which Yar'Adua had already taken the Oath for 2010.
Now,whether he's qualified intellectually and in other ramifications is what Nigerians get to decide February 14

following d american constitution of 1979. which nigeria currently adopts he is nt eligible.no american presi has spent more than eigth terms since den

he cant spend more than eight years and cant b sworn in more than twice constitutionally correct

It not fair,ur wish will not come to pass u descendant of buhari

They also said under the constitution, any President of Nigeria cannot be in office beyond eight years of two terms.

And this is jst his frst term