HABA now MR Atiku you can seek your asylum in USA

http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200701061404453

They have not even done the screening, Atiku wants to blackmail INEC even before the screening starts. If he has nothing to hide he should be afraid of nothing. Why pass a verdict to a process that is yet to be. This guy is so annoying.

Why pass a verdict to a process that is yet to be. This guy is so annoying.

OBJ controls INEC, so INEC will surely screen-out Atiku, though they have no such power.

Atiku is playing master politics here. Attack is best form of defence.

Open your eyes!!!

He should go and arrange his documents and get the court to squash his indictment by EFCC. Thinking he will bully or blackmail Prof. Maurice Iwu into passing him if he does not not do his homework well is absolute waste of time.

Who says INEC has no such power, better go and read the constitution for yourself and not that quoted by Garba Shehu.

Section 137 of the constitution gives INEC the power to disqualify anybody found wanting of Fraud by a court of Law or Panel of enquiry. So what are u saying?

137. (1) A person shall not be qualified for election to the office of
President if -
(a) subject to the provisions of section 28 of this Constitution, he
has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a country other than
Nigeria or, except in such cases as may be prescribed by the National
Assembly, he has made a declaration of allegiance to such other
country; or
(b) he has been elected to such office at any two previous elections;
or
(c) under the law in any part of Nigeria, he is adjudged to be a
lunatic or otherwise declared to be of unsound mind;
or
(d) he is under a sentence of death imposed by any competent court of
law or tribunal in Nigeria or a sentence of imprisonment or fine for
any offence involving dishonesty or fraud (by whatever name called) or
for any other offence, imposed on him by any court or tribunal or
substituted by a competent authority for any other sentence imposed on
him by such a court or tribunal; or
(e) within a period of less than ten years before the date of the
election to the office of President he has been convicted and
sentenced for an offence involving dishonesty or he has been found
guilty of the contravention of the Code of Conduct; or
(f) he is an undischarged bankrupt, having been adjudged or otherwise
declared bankrupt under any law in force in Nigeria or any other
country; or
(g) being a person employed in the civil or public service of the
Federation or of any State, he has not resigned, withdrawn or retired
from the employment at least thirty days before the date of the
election; or
(h) he is a member of any secret society; or
(i) he has been indicted for embezzlement or fraud by a Judicial
Commission of Inquiry or an Administrative Panel of Inquiry or a
Tribunal set up under the Tribunals of Inquiry Act, a Tribunals of
Inquiry Law or any other law by the Federal or State Government which
indictment has been accepted by the Federal or State Government,
respectively; or
(j) he has presented a forged certificate to the Independent National
Electoral Commission.
(2) Where in respect of any person who has been -
(a) adjudged to be a lunatic;
(b) declared to be of unsound mind;
(c) sentenced to death or imprisonment; or
(d) adjudged or declared bankrupt
(e) any appeal against the decision is pending in any court of law in
accordance with any law in force in Nigeria, subsection (1) of this
section shall not apply during a period beginning from the date when
such appeal is lodged and ending on the date when the appeal is
finally determined or, as the case may be, the appeal lapses or is
abandoned, whichever is earlier

Whose responsibility is it to implement that aspect of the constitution? Turaki Vanguard? He should go and research what manner of man Prof. Maurice Iwu is before he tries to bully him. It will not work. The next moment you will tell me am gullible or my eyse are closed thats all what you guys in Atiku camp know how to say.

People are just so funny in this country, please where is this talk of political parties being the only ones to screen candidates coming from. Why can't politicians apply common sense before they talk.

Political parties owes it as a responsibility to itself to make sure their candidates are fit for purpose, however they can field fraud stars if they so wish but at their own risk.

But INEC on the other hand owes it as a responsibility to ensure people standing elections are credible and have no choice going by the constitution to disqualify any person found wanting.

If Abacha were alive today he would have floated a political party if he wanted because the money is there. It will be laughable to expect such party to screen him out. Thus allowing the job of implementing section 137 of the constitution to political parties is deliberately allowing politicians to use their money to walk arround the constitution and that is not acceptable. Thus INEC must do screening or verification.

The nasty games in politics have just started.

Even if Atiku is allowed to run for presidency he doesnt stand a chance against the PDP machinery.The only reason why the federal government is going against him full force is because of hte personal beef OBJ has for him.I think Atiku should just step down for Buhari and allow the ANPP and AC merger to go ahead.That is the only chance anybody has to remove PDP from power.