nedu666:
This election tribunal rulings are a small part in the game towards ensuring the north rules for ever. I have told u guys the rotation of power is dead. The north intends to do 16years on the argument that the south did 16years. Secondly, for Buhari's to be able to hand over to a northerner most likely a Fulani man, most likely el-rural, he needs to ensure the existence of one major party and other smaller parties, that will ensure a consensous candidate being adopted for the presidency just as abacha. All these fighting taking place is not about apc or pdp, it's about the Buhari's, elrufai and the north. If any of you know any top northern just ask him after Buhari's will power come to the south. And wait for his reaction. I tell u the south is in for one hell of a ride. By time buhari is done with pdp, he will face other power blocks in apc

TonyeBarcanista:

My Darling, thanks a bunch. It is time to review some of the arrangement of APC. The case of Orthom is glaring. I'm optimistic that the court will do the needful.

arshavineering:
Somebody please remind me on how Amaechi became the governor of Rivers state. If the victory at the polls is attributed to the party, then the verdict on the Taraba gubernatorial election should have still remained in pdp; else Amaechi wouldn't have emerged the governor of Rivers state.

I stand to be corrected

hinwazaka:

The APC lawyers did not request for the judge to award the mandate of the election to their client, Alhassan. All they requested, was for the elections to be nullified, but the tribunal judges helped them with a bonus, by cancelling the election and awarding the mandate to the APC candidate.

arshavineering:
Somebody please remind me on how Amaechi became the governor of Rivers state. If the victory at the polls is attributed to the party, then the verdict on the Taraba gubernatorial election should have still remained in pdp; else Amaechi wouldn't have emerged the governor of Rivers state.

I stand to be corrected

arshavineering:
Somebody please remind me on how Amaechi became the governor of Rivers state. If the victory at the polls is attributed to the party, then the verdict on the Taraba gubernatorial election should have still remained in pdp; else Amaechi wouldn't have emerged the governor of Rivers state.

I stand to be corrected

TonyeBarcanista:
Just yesterday, the Taraba state governorship election petition tribunal that sat in Abuja nullified the election of Governor Ishaku Darius of the PDP in favor of Hajia Aisha Alhassan of APC. The decision was based on the ground that Architect Ishaku Darius was not validly nominated by the PDP in contravention of Sections 78, 85 and 87 of the Electoral Act(EA 2010). Specifically, the tribunal held that the PDP never had legal candidate for the Taraba poll.

If we are to go by the judgement, then it will be fair for the Benue state election tribunal to nullify the election of Governor Samuel Orthom of APC because his nomination contravened S 78(b)(1)(2), 85(1) and 85(2) of the Electoral Act as well.

Governor Orthom's Illegitimate Nomination:
According to INEC's timetable for 2015 General election, primary election of candidate was slated for October 2 and December 11, 2014.

The APC Governorship primary election for Benue state was originally slated for December 4/5 2014, but it wasn't held. It was again shifted to December 11, 2014(deadline) but NO primary election was held on the said day. No report that any delegate participated in ANY primary election on that day. The party 'elders' settled for a consensus candidate before the midnight of the day. Even the pro-APC Nations Newspaper reported that;

"Chief Ortom emerged after other governorship aspirants stepped down for him at the end of a close door meeting brokered by the senate minority leader, Senator George Akume, in Makurdi."
www.thenationonlineng.net/benue-apc-settles-ortom-governorship-candidate/

In fact, the five other APC aspirants including, Emmanuel Jime, Mike Iordye, Akange Audu, Sen Joseph Waku and Prof Steve Ugbah released a statement on December 12, 2014 to REJECT the arrangement of the so-called party elders in Benue state (see here www.leadership.ng/news/394871/benue-apc-primaries-5-guber-aspirants-reject-ortom).

Further more, INEC was NOT present at the dead of the night to witness the illegitimate arrangement that was held inside somebody's parlour. Let us no forget that Goodluck Jonathan though a PDP consensus candidate, went through formal primaries to fulfill the Electoral Act.

APC Has No Legal Gubernatorial Candidate For Benue state:
Going by the above, the arrangement that brought Samuel Orthom as the APC candidate for Benue state governorship election contravenes sections 78(b)(1)(2) and85(1)(2) of the Electoral Act 2010.

Section 78 (b) (1)(2) of the Electoral Act states: In the case of nomination to the position of Governorship candidate, a political party shall where they intend to sponsor candidates:

(i) hold special congress in each of the Local Government Areas of the States with delegates voting for each of the aspirants at the congress to be held in designated centres on specified dates.

(ii) the aspirant with the highest number of vote at the end of the voting shall be declared the winner of the primaries of the party and aspirant’s name shall be forwarded to the commission as the candidate of the party, for the particular state.

The arrangement that brought Orthom never met the above condition. Hence, the APC technically has no candidate for Benue state governorship election 2015. There is no record that APC Benue delegates endorsed Samuel Orthom as candidate through voice votes or ballot box. There is also no record that INEC witnessed any Benue APC governorship primary election on or before December 11, 2014 which is in contravento to S85 of the Electoral Act.

The PDP candidate Terhemen Tarzor should have been declared as the legitimate winner of the election by INEC and the Tribunal.

INEC's and Judicial Glaring Hypocrisy:
The position of INEC on Taraba and Benue states reeks double standard. While they testified that they never witnessed ANY primary legitimate PDP primary for Taraba state governorship contest, the FAILED to testify same for Benue state. This issue though part of PDP's petition, must be seriously pursued by the PDP at the Court of Appeal to reclaim Benue state to the people.

The Petition tribunal in Benue state unfortunately dismissed the issue on "technical" ground in the rulling on September 21, 2015 in order to keep Orthom in power. This is double standard from the Judiciary. You can't nullify A and Uphold B when they bother on the same matter. I'm optimistic that the Court of Appeal will upturn the verdict.

What is good for Taraba should be good for Benue.!!!


May God Bless Us All and Bless Nigeria

petrelli07:

From their arguments the PDP never had a candidate so all the votes acquired well null and void... The only thing to do in that case was to award the next party with the highest votes the certificate of return... FYI even if a rerun took place PDP wouldn't have a candidate..

princejayboss:



Though one day I disagreed with him must i must commend this guy.... This is what we need in Nigeria... Youths who are able to dig deep and get creative .... Some people who have tried putting on a 20 words will come here to call him jobless


Kudos bro... One day the young likes will have a say .... That moment when we send the old crimson elites to life jail ....

what will happen when d young becomes old

dantori:



Read the judgement of the Benue tribunal, it wasn't Ortom fault that PDP CANDIDATE could not prove his case, is he expecting the Judges to go help him get the PDP register of Ortoms Ward?

toltee4real:
@op: tonyebarcanista: remember that Court is not a FATHER CHRISTMAS that dashes out gifts. if you did not ask for it it shall not be given to you.
Was is it part of the prayer as in benue state like Taraba state?

NgeneUkwenu:
This "jejune" and emotional article can only sway the herd of illiterates following you on Nairaland.

Let us for the Sake of argument assume the cases to be same:

The questions you should have asked yourself before coming up with this crap, you called opinion, were:

Did the PDP candidate in Benue State file his ground of petition on the "in appropriateness' of the primary election that brought up Otorm as a candidate?

If he did above, was INEC as an Observer, invited to testify?

If he did the above, did INEC aver at the Tribunal that no primaries actually took place?

Did he submit all the relevant documents to prove his case beyond doubt?

Or do you think the Tribunals are Father Christmas who decides cases based on hearsay?

Abeg Go sit down!

Franklyly:
I stopped taking the op serious wen he did wat he did few weeks back,ure no diff from our thiefy politicians............and yes I didn't bother reading Wat u hav up dia!

TonyeBarcanista:

There is No way the court will contradict itself. It is either we lose Taraba and gain Benue or we retain Taraba and lose Benue.

Enifolabi:
I don't know why anti-Buhari people are insulting him on the outcome of Taraba election tribunal. The judgement was based on Nigeria constitution and that is what Judiciary is following. We can't remove politics from it because APC is showing PDP how politics should be by using a weak Nigeria constitution. The judgement surprised me but PDP made mistake of not putting her house in order. At least it was not APC that testified against PDP about the conduct of their party primary election in Taraba state. It is only when there is Unity in the house that you can defect enemies from outside. PDP should better wake up and unite before they go into extinction.

hinwazaka:

That's where he will fail. ABACHA tried the same and we put him in his grave. If the President wants to test his power, then his wife and children should prepare for a life without a head.

PassingShot:

Different scenarios! It was Amaechi that challenged his party on the grounds that he was in fact the authentic candidate and not Omehia, not any other party. As such the court was right to declare him the bonafide candidate in that election having proved his case beyond reasonable doubt.
In Taraba, no other PDP candidate took Ishiyaku to court for the conduct of the primaries. If any had done that, the tribunal could have as well decided such person as the winner of that election.

dantori:



Read the judgement of the Benue tribunal, it wasn't Ortom fault that PDP CANDIDATE could not prove his case, is he expecting the Judges to go help him get the PDP register of Ortoms Ward?

AZeD1:
Law is not mathematics so you can't use the situation in one case to judge another.
Have you ever wondered why some people steal and are given 6 months while the same crime committed by another person gets 5 years?

nedu666:
. Abacha failed become of his approach, this one will not, just they observe. North will do 16 years. It's a joint project unlike abacha solo project