This WADA guy will just lose popularity more and more

APC led FG and INEC should stop complicating issues and do the right thing. Either Wada is declared Governor elect or a fresh election should be conducted

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lasisi69:
End time Wada

adekolaelect:
Failed case !!!!!! Lawyers ok Election was inconclusive bcs of abnormalities in election & called supplementary election not bcs of Audu's death. The name of Audu was nt on ballot paper ppl voted 4 APC how wil Audu's death invalidate APC vote ?

The lawyers knew that WADA is daft,hence they want to milk him and get their own national cake through him.

Shey wada won end like audu...God and i don forbid igala to rule kogi anymore..continue follow audu steps well well

Why are lawyers the most confused beings in Nigeria?

Before I dey doubt say this man kolo. But now........

Technically, he was supposed to be given the position but since this is a politically sensitive issue, it is debatable.


Besides, setting a precedence in that manner, would be considered somewhat unethical since its like benefitting from the suspicious death of your opponent. It would also generate countless copycat scenarios for the lawyers to ponder.

Who Will INEC Declare The Winner In Any Event Where The Supplementary Election Favors The APC? Will They Declare APC Winner Or A Candidate (Of A Party)? If They Declare A Candidate From APC, Who'll Will The Candidate Be And On What Laws Will They Premise The Person's Nomination As Candidate Of The APC At This Material Time? It's A Big Twist And Will Take More Than Wishful Thinking. The Obvious, Most Reasonable And Legitimate Thing To Do At This Time Is Either Declare Wada Winner Or Conduct Fresh Election In Kogi.

rottennaija:
This so call lawyers don't even know how to reason. INEC isn't conducting supplementary election because Audu is dead, they are conducting it because the election was inconclusive.

The reason for the election being inconclusive is because the number of votes apc leads pdp is not more than the number of invalid or cancelled votes.

HMMMM Meaning Wada you're indeed mad i never believe ppl before but now i know, do you have a pix and name on ballot papper, all your lawyers na ode dem be ooooooooooooooooo

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Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State may on Thursday approach the Federal High Court in Lokoja to challenge the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a supplementary election in Kogi State on December 5.

Wada in suit to be filed on his behalf by his lawyers argued that INEC erred by saying that it would go ahead with the supplementary election despite the death of Abubakar Audu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the November 21 governorship election

Wada contended that what the electoral body is saying with its decision to conduct the supplementary election is that the votes cast for the late Audu were still valid in death.

Audu died on Sunday, a few hours after the commission declared the November 21 governorship poll in the state inconclusive.

The deceased had polled 240,867 votes in the election while Wada scored 199 514 votes, leaving a gap of 41,353 votes between the two leading candidates in the election.

INEC had declared the election inconclusive on the grounds that cancelled votes or registered voters in the 91 polling units, where the exercise did not take place were 49 953, a figure higher than Audu’s lead of 41,353 votes.

Wada is therefore praying the court to declare him winner on the claim that he is the candidate with the highest number of votes alive.

According to sources privy to the court action, Wada is arguing that the difference in votes between him and Philip Salawu, the Labour Party candidate is more than 49 000 and as such there should be no supplementary election.

Wada, it was further gathered, argued that INEC would not have considered a supplementary or a re-run election had it been that it was the candidate that took third or fourth that died.

http://newsday.com.ng/kogi-poll-gov-wada-heads-to-court/

This is becoming interesting.... I hope this election won't become subject of litigations because of the vacuum left by our Constitution and electoral law..... Keeping my fingers crossed. We have not seen the end of this election yet... Supreme Court may have to set precedence on this.
#ideywatchooo

rottennaija:
This so call lawyers don't even know how to reason. INEC isn't conducting supplementary election because Audu is dead, they are conducting it because the election was inconclusive.

The reason for the election being inconclusive is because the number of votes apc leads pdp is not more than the number of invalid or cancelled votes.

Then, with your reason the election was inconclusive because the margin between the leading candidate is not up to that of the second place. Now the leading candidate is dead means the second carry the vote
For example, if Osain Bolt (God forbid) fall than and die a step to his victory and the man behind him overtake him. who win or will d race b counsel?

Thought he and the state wanted to mourn for 7days? Funny guys! Anyways, let the legal fireworks to find a proper interpretation to the relevant section of the constitution begin. I'm at the Supreme Court waiting already.

Wada or wadada you re just wasting ur time. The artorney general opinion still remains the best cos it serves the course for natural justice. You cannot reap were you don't sow. On the ballot paper what do you see their? The answer is names of parties not candidates. Therefore any vote scored by the candidate is automatically for the party. Except pdp is now telling us that the death of audu implies the death of APC.

The man behind usama would be his opponent, not his running partner.

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Now we know audu's killer

The man is just using delay tactics. He knows he will fail eventually.

Desperate move! Wada wants to seize the opportunity of the demise of his major opponent to be declared winner. He has forgotten that to be declared winner, he needs to get at least one-third of the total votes in at least two-thirds of the local govt. areas in the state which he fell short of. Besides if it was himself that died there will be no supplementary election because the difference in votes between the first and third candidate is far higher than 49000 votes. Wada should be ready for a re-run as only party symbols are on ballot papers not photographs of candidates.

Did Waka go to the court with the fellow abobakus. Fayose and the likes mind?

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Wada na fool he is nt suppose to recontest again he did nothing in his first tenure

adekolaelect:
Failed case !!!!!! Lawyers ok Election was inconclusive bcs of abnormalities in election & called supplementary election not bcs of Audu's death. The name of Audu was nt on ballot paper ppl voted 4 APC how wil Audu's death invalidate APC vote ?

. Yes you are right. People voted for Party and not individual.

adekolaelect:
Electoral act indicate dat any aspirant 2 any electoral post Must come under political party which means any candidate in any election is just a representative of dat party 2 attain their political goals ok Who is Audu Who is APC as a party?? Can the death of a representative invalidate d goal & objective of a party or any organization?? Sorry failed case!!!!!:::::::

in bold, fine so what happens when the candidate after winning the election in the said party, assumes office and while in service decamps to another party, does the initial party demand that he/she quits the position? We have seen governors, senators etc leaving their initial parties to new party while in service yet the court has being silent even when their initial parties approach the courts to return the mandate to the initial parties.
I think the matter is complex. What the electoral umpire must do is to ensure they pick any option that is nearest in meaning to what is in the constitution. Bc at the end of the day the constitution is the supreme set of laws everybody or org. must obey.

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MikaelJP:


Then, with your reason the election was inconclusive because the margin between the leading candidate is not up to that of the second place. Now the leading candidate is dead means the second carry the vote
For example, if Osain Bolt (God forbid) fall than and die a step to his victory and the man behind him [b][/b]overtake him. who win or will d race b counsel?

in this point wada is yet to overtake him despite d fact DT Audi as fallen.made example in DX type of issue

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after all the rules and regulations, you are silent on the ko ko that many will like to hear about----money!

PRYCE:
So Wada would seek to circumvent the law by praying the court to declare him winner?

The Law never said anything about disqualification of the entire party on account of the flagbearer's death...

He's not even asking for a cancellation....

I think what Wada should be doing is praying the court to rule on the next step and not trying to get ahead!

*I don't blame him sha... He's being conned by hungry lawyers into believing he could win this one!

Wada is a desperate mofo that is being deceived. I supported him but I can't be a party to fraud. Hon Abiodun James Faleke is the legitimate winner of the election by virtue of being APC candidate(by law). Wada can never be Governor beyond 2012. His case lacks merit and will be thrown out like piece of thrash.

rottennaija:
This so call lawyers don't even know how to reason. INEC isn't conducting supplementary election because Audu is dead, they are conducting it because the election was inconclusive.

The reason for the election being inconclusive is because the number of votes apc leads pdp is not more than the number of invalid or cancelled votes.

And if they are conducting the suplementary election. On whose behalf will the APC votes be counted? If the candididate the masses voted died, are u going to pervert justice and divert the masses prefered mandate to another person at will? If Inec says it is conducting suplementary elections, that means the votes casted for the late Audu still stands for anybody from APC to take over. On common sense, my dear, judge it urself. Did the masses vote the replacement for Audu or Audu himself? In my opinion. I think what should be done right is, since there is no provisions by the law to cover such senario. Let the elections be cancelled and reconducted afresh. Or still concider the plea of Idris Wada.