Festus Keyamo, the re-election campaign spokesman for President Muhammadu Buhari who seeks a second term in office, says the punishment the Nigerian leader prefers and wants to unleash on ballot box snatchers is constitutional.

Mr Buhari had on Monday promised to terminate the life of anyone who hijacks the ballot box as the rescheduled general election kick starts on Saturday.

The president’s threat has generated reactions to which a fact check by POLITICS TIMES proved him wrong as the country was still operating under a democratic regime with electoral laws to punish those caught in the act of thwarting the electoral wish of the people.

Even the electoral body conducting the election said the president’s preferred punishment is not applicable as the commission under its act has punishment spelt out for such malpractice.

For the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) the president’s preferred punishment on defaulters is constitutional.

The legal practitioner stated this during a Channels television programme: The Verdict. Senator Dino Melaye also featured representing the opposing camp.

Keyamo who did not cite any section of the law to back up his claim said ballot snatching can be likened to robbery as the two crimes has criminal relations and can be tried using either electoral or criminal law.

He argued that armed robbery is punishable by death, saying Buhari’s statement should be understood as a commitment to protect the majority against the violent minority, which ballot snatchers represent.

The lawyer said both Nigerian and international law provided for an exception that allows criminal to be killed extra-judicially.

“I will advise the president to make the statement again and again…so if you don’t want to die, don’t snatch ballots,” Keyamu said.

Opposing him is Mr Melaye who described the president’s punishment as an endorsement of jungle justice.

“The president does not have the power to pronounce death on anybody even a criminal. That is for the judge and the president is not a judge,” the Senator said.

Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/politicstimesng.com/amp/buharis-punishment-for-ballot-snatchers-constitutional-says-keyamo/

Foolish Keyamo, I never knew a Lawyer could also become a renowned zombie.

The INEC boss has spoken, to hell with dullard buhari and his blood thirsty zombies.

Mad people ranting

keyamo is a lunatic

Even the electoral body conducting the election said the president’s preferred punishment is not applicable as the commission under its act has punishment spelt out for such malpractice.

For the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) the president’s preferred punishment on defaulters is constitutional....Keyamo who did not cite any section of the law to back up his claim said ballot snatching can be likened to robbery as the two crimes has criminal relations and can be tried using either electoral or criminal law.

He argued that armed robbery is punishable by death, saying Buhari’s statement should be understood as a commitment to protect the majority against the violent minority, which ballot snatchers represent.

"......Keyamo who did not cite any section of the law to back up his claim...."

Agbgift:
This man should quit embarrassing the legal profession. How can you say something is constitutional and ended up not quoting any section of the constitution to back up ur claim?

You can never belong to this coven of wicked men and reason reasonably or rationally.Festus Keyamo! How did you descend this abysmally horrible man?

QUOTE OF THE DAY

Keyamo is a fool

PDP member always representing public disorder

This man should quit embarrassing the legal profession. How can you say something is constitutional and ended up not quoting any section of the constitution to back up ur claim?

before nko? Oga have to earn his pay . makeing an argument out side the constitution .APC wants Nigerian to be a failed state

But there was a time this Keyamo of a lawyer was sensible right? wtf happened to him

id911:
Immediately our incoming President, H.E. Atiku Abubakar is sworn in, we will demand for a review of the process that made Mr Festus Kenyamo, Sagay, Femi Falana, etc, SANs. These guys are bringing so much shame and disgrace to the Law Profession. Something must be done about their double-mouthed way of reasoning.

These days, I think even Mr Ibu and Baba Suwe have more knowledge of the law and constitution than these guys

So correct my dear.

izzou:


A Senior Advocate cannot state where it is written in the constitution, but to him, it's constitutional

MC Oluomo would have been better off as a SAN compared to this guy

That SAN title will be revoked once the tyrant is removed from power. Malami too. Both of them are not worthy of it.

izzou:


A Senior Advocate cannot state where it is written in the constitution, but to him, it's constitutional

MC Oluomo would have been better off as a SAN compared to this guy

this one knocked me out

How this Keyamo of a guy who we all thought as a direct scion of Gani would have been d rallying point for human rights activism suddenly became inhumane and undemocratic still beats my imagination. I really respected Keyamo as a human rights crusader but cos of selfish aggrandizement has become a puppet to d govt and alongside his partner in crime Sagay have both turned d law upside down. The good thing is dat political patronage doesn't last forever and all these their efulefu interpretation will come to haunt them and their likes someday.

many rumors have started flying around that the election was postponed to pave way for rigging. These rumors are capable of discouraging some people from coming out to vote on the rescheduled dates!
Please even while we have our suspicions, let's not completely believe the rumors. These rumors should rather make us to be more vigilant and do more on intelligent information gathering to forestall any rigging by the evil men in power. Let's try and always be miles ahead of them.
Together we can change this evil government for good!

Racoon:

"......Keyamo who did not cite any section of the law to back up his claim...."

You can never belong to this coven of wicked men and reason reasonably and rationally.Festus Keyamo! How did you descended this abysmally horrible man?

He would have made more sense if he had kept mute on this issue.

5 Billion Dollar MTN fine
Early in Buhari govt without even a policy direction in place and heavy economic uncertainty the Buhari govt in its bid to raise cheap funds will make a very bad mistake by fining telecoms success story MTN a mind boggling whooping 5 billion dollars for failing to properly register less than 1% of its subscribers a practice common with all 4 mobile Telcos in the country but surprisingly only MTN was singled out for this quite suspect fine which may industry observers have said is nothing short of a grandiose approach to executive extortion but that's as story for another day , the bottom line is that this poorly thought out fine triggered a megathrust of capital flight out of the country by many private sector players including the same same MTN who feared that same fate could befall them under the knee jerk Buhari govt and in less than 4 weeks over 80 billion dollars was spirited out of the Nigerian Govt under the nose of Buhari in one of the greatest mass capital flight ever recorded in a developing economy.
The Outcome : The capital flight triggered by the fine would put further strain on the economy once more and slow down any further new investments by such players , MTN will go further and cut it's support for thousands of small Nigerian Businesses and ideas citing lack of funds ( yours faithfully lost a lucrative advertising business my company ran regularly with MTN) MTN will drop many youth ambassadors it sponsored.

ok

This APC are comedians, today they are justifying what they did while in the opposition.

NothingDoMe:
That SAN title will be revoked once the tyrant is removed from power. Malami too. Both of them are not worthy of it.

Exactly!

Agbgift:
This man should quit embarrassing the legal profession. How can you say something is constitutional and ended up not quoting any section of the constitution to back up ur claim?

Shout up , do you know what you are typing at all...
Go back to the form you are most active on and leave politics forum for those who have something meaningful to say...

Iranu!

What other country on this planet can you go to a polling station, armed with machetes, guns and other weapons with the intention of snatching ballot boxes and expect not to be shot? I can't think of any.

Gforce2019:


Shout up , do you know what you are typing at all...
Go back to the form you are most active on and leave politics forum for those who have something meaningful to say...

Iranu!

I am talking law, you are talking politics.
Where in my write up did you see me mention politics?
Always read and assimilate properly, before you start spewing rubbish all in the name of sounding sense able.
I don't do E-politics or E-thug politics like you.

GOV. WIKE: If you rig election or snatch ballot boxes in Rivers State you'll die.

WAILERS: Yes, I hail you, my Governor. Kill everyone of them. Anyone that manipulates the electoral process must die. He won’t leave this our PH alive.

GOV. FAYOSE: Anyone who brings his rigging madness to Ekiti State will not go home alive. He will die on the spot. In fact, he will pay with his life.

WAILERS: That's my hero. The brave man of Ekiti. Yes, kill anyone you see snatching ballot box. Oloshi !

PRESIDENT BUHARI: Anyone who snatches ballot box is risking his life. He could be killed.

WAILERS: Arrhhh! Why? Is that what the law says? Buhari is a tyrant. We reject this recourse to impunity. Say no to dictatorship, yeye man! Dictator ! Killer !

Okay

PDP are scared. Evil people run when nothing is chasing them.