ChristianNorth:

The plebiscite made him a Nigerian. The onus is on you guys to prove that he not qualified to be a Nigerian despite the plebiscite that made him one.

Simple case to win without breaking sweat.

jflexy:

By naturalization: 27. (1) Subject to the provisions of section 28 of this Constitution, any person who is qualified in accordance with the provisions of this section may apply to the President for the same of a certificate of naturalisation.

(2) No person shall be qualified to apply for the grant of a certificate or naturalisation, unless he satisfies the President that -
* (a) He is a person of full age and capacity;
* (b) He is a person of good character;
* (c) He has shown a clear intention of his desire to be domiciled in Nigeria;
* (d) He is, in the opinion of the Governor of the State where he is or he proposes to be resident, acceptable to the local community in which he is to live permanently, and has been assimilated into the way of life of Nigerians in that part of the Federation;
* (e) He is a person who has made or is capable of making useful contribution to the advancement; progress and well-being of Nigeria;
* (f) He has taken the Oath of Allegiance prescribed in the Seventh Schedule to this Constitution; and
* (g) He has, immediately preceding the date of his application, either-
(i) Resided in Nigeria for a continuous period of fifteen years; or

(ii) Resided in Nigeria continuously for a period of twelve months, and during the period of twenty years immediately preceding that period of twelve months has resided in Nigeria for periods amounting in the aggregate to not less than fifteen years.

28. (1) Subject to the other provisions of this section, a person shall forfeit forthwith his Nigerian citizenship if, not being a citizen of Nigeria by birth, he acquires or retains the citizenship or nationality of a country, other than Nigeria, of which he is not a citizen by birth.

29. (1) Any citizen of Nigeria of full age who wishes to renounce his Nigerian citizenship shall make a declaration in the prescribed manner for the renunciation.

(2) The President shall cause the declaration made under subsection (1) of this section to be registered and upon such registration, the person who made the declaration shall cease to be a citizen of Nigeria.

(3) The President may withhold the registration of any declaration made under subsection (1) of this section if-

(a) The declaration is made during any war in which Nigeria is physically involved; or

(b) In his opinion, it is otherwise contrary to public policy.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section.

(a) "full age" means the age of eighteen years and above;

(b) Any woman who is married shall be deemed to be of full age.

garfield1:

Me ranted? What do you call typing senseless comments right from page one up to page 5 misleading gullible fellows like you? You have even introduced an ethnic dimension to show why atiku lost.so because ikpeazu is igbo apc cant use? If inec are hiring him,what say do apc have in who inec is hiring? Continue embarassing yourself.you are tribalistic and cant even hide it and you expected atiku to win when he's sectionalising his dealings? Chai

garfield1:
Did atiku at any time apply to the president or governor

Lucid1:



Like I said earlier bro, just observe. I didn't say you were wrong but APC know what they're doing

ChristianNorth:

Atiku is a Nigerian by plebiscite, so naturally he is exempted by the requirement of Chapter 5 of Nigerian constitution

yusufmurry:

What of Buhari? A former General...
I am sure you called them craze then.

yusufmurry:

What of Buhari? A former General...
I am sure you called them craze then.

ChristianNorth:

I don't call you illiterate for nothing. I have explained what a counter-claim is, why it is used and when. I won't educate you on that again.

Mumu, you file a petition, the respondent files a response and then evidence are called to prove both claims. It is based on the petition and responses that a court grants prayers.

The case depends on the evidence PDP presents to back their petitions and evidence APC presents to back their responses. Not just on the evidence of PDP.

Lucid1:



Like I said earlier bro, just observe. I didn't say you were wrong but APC know what they're doing

garfield1:

Oga,waec that issued us cert says buhari has a cert plus they have issued him one so case closed.by birth and parentage,was he or is he a nigeria?

ChristianNorth:

They don't. If you understand fully what they filed and the implications, then you would understand why I said they don't.

Unless they are trying to use it to beat the deadline. If this is true, then it means they don't have response to PDP's petitions.

Since, they have filed appearance and response, it means the case will proceed fully and if they fail to amend their response, they will lose the case and they have to do it fast. They don't have 30 days again

Kiki77:


You mean to say appointed by Obasanjo? Atiku was never elected

ChristianNorth:

Sorry to disappoint you, court look at the weight of the evidence when granting prayers not on tribalism.

Your mistake is filing a counterclaim instead of full response

garfield1:

Mugu,you ended up confirming what i said.you are not just an illiterate but a dumb and a tribalist.
If atiku presents watery evidence and the buhari team during cross examination punctures it or the court refuses to admit the evidence and the defence team presents no evidence who wins? Swerve boy

ChristianNorth:

Atiku is a Nigerian by plebiscite. I guess you don't even know what that means.

DivideUs:
A former democratically elected vice president? These ones don craze!

DivideUs:
A former democratically elected vice president? These ones don craze!

buhariguy:
this counter claim is the full response, that thief atiku is not qualify in the first place to contest election in nigeria,
therefore, they urge the court to strike out the entire case because its lacking in merit.

ChristianNorth:

Sorry boy. A court cannot grant prayers not sought for.

The court will only grant the prayers of APC and APC filed a counter-claim praying the court to strike out the petition by atiku for not being a Nigerian but they forgot it is a joint petition with PDP.

If you disqualify Atiku, Tambuwal takes over and the case will proceed. All PDP needs to do is to prove just one petition and this will be simple since APC doesn't have a response to that.

garfield1:

If you dont know the meaning,beg me and ill tell you.dont take style and ask for the meaning boy.
There are a lot of loopholes in our laws.does our constitution recognize being a citizen by plebiscite? Did he formally apply for naturalization

ChristianNorth:

Atiku is a Nigerian by plebiscite. I guess you don't even know what that means.

ChristianNorth:

A very stupid move by APC. That petition was filed by PDP and Atiku and the counterclaim was on Atiku alone.

So PDP will win and Tambuwal steps in.

buhariguy:
hahahahahahahahahaha,
you think idiotic pigs will ever rule Cameroon if they decided to Port to Cameroon after their useless lefelendum.