id911:
APC Court... No court can stop INEC from conducting elections.

PDP has already raised alarm about this before, see their statement below

At a press briefing in Yola on Wednesday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had accused Governor Jibrilla Bindow of planning to use the MRPD to scuttle the supplementary election through unnecessary legal bottlenecks.

"It has come to our attention the desperate moves by the leadership of Adamawa state government to upturn the mandate of the people,” it said.

“One of the alleged moves is to lobby the presidency to cause the State High Court to slam INEC with an order of injunction restraining the electoral body from conducting the supplementary election and cancel the entire elections.

"They intend to use a governorship Candidate who allegedly claimed that the logo of his party was omitted on the ballot in the last governorship election to file a case before the state High Court.”



However, Kashim Gaidam, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of INEC reacted thus: “For your information court orders cannot stop elections.

“Having said that, only INEC at the national office, can respond to any matter involving court orders.”

Professor Andrew Haruna declared the Adamawa State governorship election inconclusive, citing the slim margin of 32,476 votes between while cancelled ballots amounted to 40,988.

Ahmed Umar Fintiri, candidate of the PDP had polled 367,471 votes, while the incumbent governor, Jibrilla Bindow of the All Progressives Congress (APC), scored 334,995 votes.

If it's PDP that it's Logo didn't appears in the ballot papers, didn't u think they wouldn't go to court?
Fair is fair, what is good for APC/PDP is also good for other parties(including MRDD). so,they enjoy similar Rights n privileges, since they are all registered by INEC.

God have mercy

senatordave1:

Stop this.they are on the right path.non inclusion of a party logo in an election renders it null and void

Is it today they know that their logo was not included? Deceit everywhere in this country.

Then they should declare PDP candidate winner without further waste of time.

id911:


You're too ignorant bro... It wasn't State High Court but High Court of FCT. If you don't know what FCT means, sorry I can't help you

So you are not aware that an fct high court is same thing as a state high court

dalongjnr:

If it's PDP that it's Logo didn't appears in the ballot papers, didn't u think they wouldn't go to court?
Fair is fair, what is good for APC/PDP is also good for other parties(including MRDD). so,they enjoy similar Rights n privileges, since they are all registered by INEC.

A big gbam

truthstands20:

Is it today they know that their logo was not included? Deceit everywhere in this country.

Unfortunately for you,the law covers them

senatordave1:

Guy,stop talking nonsense.you dont even know the law.since the party logo wasn't included,it means a court can nullify the elections and order inec to conduct a new one

is the party logo on the Presidential election ballot papers, if no let's the court order for fresh election

senatordave1:

Guy,stop talking nonsense.you dont even know the law.since the party logo wasn't included,it means a court can nullify the elections and order inec to conduct a new one

Who told you that the said party met the conditions necessary for its inclusion in the election. The party did not nominate a deputy hence its exclusion.

senatordave1:

The law backs him.moreover he didnt know until the day of elections when his party was missing from the ballot.if his party was duly cleared for the election and inec omitted them from the ballot papers without any legal backing,then the polls is null and void

MRDD is not qualified to contest because it has no deputy governor.

senatordave1:

Guy,stop talking nonsense.you dont even know the law.since the party logo wasn't included,it means a court can nullify the elections and order inec to conduct a new one

Lolz... really?

senatordave1:
A big gbam

Thanks,that's the fact of the issue.

senatordave1:

Stop this.they are on the right path.non inclusion of a party logo in an election renders it null and void

No...it would not

The law and the court is not that stupid.

Moreover, if this party or candidate didnt ask the court yo stop the main election, it would be hard to convince the courts to stop the conclusion of the election

senatordave1:

The law backs him.moreover he didnt know until the day of elections when his party was missing from the ballot.if his party was duly cleared for the election and inec omitted them from the ballot papers without any legal backing,then the polls is null and void

Parties were given sample of the ballot paper way before the election day, Oga.

Stop lying

freeze001:
Oga INEC! There are usually dummy specimen ballot papers provided which parties must inspect to ensure their logos are provided in order to avoid situations like this. Otherwise, issues like these would have been rampant. This one na scam wey dem wan use legality cover for fear of loss. Una APC na banza!

You dey mind that guy.

Arguing that the party "knew" on the day of the elections.

Na wa for some people reasoning o

stanleyravos:
is the party logo on the Presidential election ballot papers, if no let's the court order for fresh election

senatordave1

Come and read this one

Richdad50:
The worst and most inconclusive INEC Chairman in the history of the country. Maybe after Iwu. We may need to reconsider the use of academias as election umpires. Not all professors are smart as you think. Smartness is an attribute.

Richdad

No talk wetin u no sabi o

Nigerians: Maurice Iwu is the worst INEC Chairman ever, and the 2007 elections he conducted are the worst elections ever. Mahmood Yakubu: *Clears throat* Hold my beer & Agbada

nameo:


senatordave1

Come and read this one

I agree if so.if inec excludes any party and they approach the court,the law must take its course

nameo:


You dey mind that guy.

Arguing that the party "knew" on the day of the elections.

Na wa for some people reasoning o

Oga,you should mind yourself.i thought you were intelligent.in the quest to defend pdp,you need to have the law behind you.whether the knew before the election or after is nonsense and irrelevant before the courts.what is relevant is whether they were excluded or not.limit yourself to that

nameo:


Parties were given sample of the ballot paper way before the election day, Oga.

Stop lying

Is that the main issue before the court? Where they included in the main ballot for the polls or not

stanleyravos:
is the party logo on the Presidential election ballot papers, if no let's the court order for fresh election

Yes,if the party sues why not

nameo:


No...it would not

The law and the court is not that stupid.

Moreover, if this party or candidate didnt ask the court yo stop the main election, it would be hard to convince the courts to stop the conclusion of the election

Oga,stop this emotional excuses to help your party,the court and law doesn't care about that.what the court will determine is was the party cleared for the polls,did they present a candidate ? Was their ballot included or not ? What is the penalty for non exclusion ?
Though the court doesn't care about your premises,but let me indulge you.lets assume parties were given a sample on friday evening which was a holiday and elections were on Saturday,it means they cant sue till the following week which they did.lets also assume that they were given samples much earlier and they discovered the explosion and complained and inec promised to restore their logo but failed,what should they do? Are they not to sue on monday which they did ? You see,i have you cornered.