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Re: Zamfara: Oshiomhole Faults Supreme Court, Says Judgement Imposes Total Strangers by Fredfixed11: 11:52am On May 28, 2019
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Re: Zamfara: Oshiomhole Faults Supreme Court, Says Judgement Imposes Total Strangers by Walelavender(m): 12:17pm On May 28, 2019
Oshiomole goofed! There are rules to playing the game. Break it and get knocked out. No time for paparazzi.
So the world should revolve round APC? undecided
Re: Zamfara: Oshiomhole Faults Supreme Court, Says Judgement Imposes Total Strangers by edibobo: 12:19pm On May 28, 2019
Oshiomhole and his illiterate mentality is like 5 and 6
Re: Zamfara: Oshiomhole Faults Supreme Court, Says Judgement Imposes Total Strangers by joe120120(m): 12:21pm On May 28, 2019
engineerboat:
Zamfara: Oshiomhole faults Supreme Court, says judgement imposes total strangers on state

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has described as injustice, the Supreme Court judgement, which upturned the party’s electoral victory in Zamfara State on grounds of technicality.

He stated this while speaking with journalists at the party’s national Secretariat in Abuja on Monday, in his reaction to the development after the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) meeting.

The five-member panel of the Supreme Court justices, in a unanimous judgement on May 25, declared that the APC in Zamfara had no candidates in the 2019 general elections.

This, it explained was because the party failed to conduct recognised primaries in accordance with party rules.

In the lead judgment by Justice Paul Galinji, the apex court held that all votes cast for the APC during the general elections in Zamfara were “wasted votes”.

He declared that all political parties with the second highest votes in the elections and with the required spread, were elected to various elective positions in the state.

Mr Oshiomhole stressed that the Supreme Court ruling amounted to imposing total strangers on the people of Zamfara.

He added that the right thing the court should have done, is to call for a repeat of the elections if the party fell short of electoral laws.

He, however, maintained that since it is impossible to appeal the Supreme Court ruling, the party will take its case the God.

On the votes cast for the APC at the elections which the court said were wasted votes, Mr Oshiomhole recalled that at the time the votes were cast, a High Court had ruled that the party’s candidates were validly nominated.

“There is something I learnt from Lord Denning, a famous British Supreme Court Justice that the law has to be interpreted taken into account the intention of the lawmakers, and try to deliver justice in its purest form.



“So, there is no justice when on grounds of technicalities, you impose on the people of Zamfara, not just a man or a woman, but a whole party candidates from Governor to Senate and others that they didn’t elect.

“If the court thought we were wrong, justice would have demanded that we repeat, but you cannot use technicalities because we are in a democracy.

“There is nothing democratic when the court imposing strangers to govern a people, but we understand that after the Supreme Court, we can only take our case to the Court of God, to that extent we must obey the Court,” he said.

He further maintained that what the APC got in Zamfara State was a judgement that didn’t translate to justice, considering the way the people of the state voted for the party and its candidates.

He, however, declined comments when asked whether the party would sanction its members that took it to Court in Zamfara.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/331988-zamfara-oshiomhole-faults-supreme-court-says-judgement-imposes-total-strangers-on-state.html


Oshomolebruku. should charge for treason for planning to overtake judiciary like his master
Re: Zamfara: Oshiomhole Faults Supreme Court, Says Judgement Imposes Total Strangers by ogubolokento(m): 12:38pm On May 28, 2019
[quote author=engineerboat post=78780918]Zamfara: Oshiomhole faults Supreme Court, says judgement imposes total strangers on state

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has described as injustice, the Supreme Court judgement, which upturned the party’s electoral victory in Zamfara State on grounds of technicality.

He stated this while speaking with journalists at the party’s national Secretariat in Abuja on Monday, in his reaction to the development after the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) meeting.

The five-member panel of the Supreme Court justices, in a unanimous judgement on May 25, declared that the APC in Zamfara had no candidates in the 2019 general elections.

This, it explained was because the party failed to conduct recognised primaries in accordance with party rules.

In the lead judgment by Justice Paul Galinji, the apex court held that all votes cast for the APC during the general elections in Zamfara were “wasted votes”.

He declared that all political parties with the second highest votes in the elections and with the required spread, were elected to various elective positions in the state.

Mr Oshiomhole stressed that the Supreme Court ruling amounted to imposing total strangers on the people of Zamfara.

He added that the right thing the court should have done, is to call for a repeat of the elections if the party fell short of electoral laws.

He, however, maintained that since it is impossible to appeal the Supreme Court ruling, the party will take its case the God.

On the votes cast for the APC at the elections which the court said were wasted votes, Mr Oshiomhole recalled that at the time the votes were cast, a High Court had ruled that the party’s candidates were validly nominated.

“There is something I learnt from Lord Denning, a famous British Supreme Court Justice that the law has to be interpreted taken into account the intention of the lawmakers, and try to deliver justice in its purest form.



“So, there is no justice when on grounds of technicalities, you impose on the people of Zamfara, not just a man or a woman, but a whole party candidates from Governor to Senate and others that they didn’t elect.

“If the court thought we were wrong, justice would have demanded that we repeat, but you cannot use technicalities because we are in a democracy.

“There is nothing democratic when the court imposing strangers to govern a people, but we understand that after the Supreme Court, we can only take our case to the Court of God, to that extent we must obey the Court,” he said.

He further maintained that what the APC got in Zamfara State was a judgement that didn’t translate to justice, considering the way the people of the state voted for the party and its candidates.

He, however, declined comments when asked whether the party would sanction its members that took it to Court in Zamfara.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/331
Re: Zamfara: Oshiomhole Faults Supreme Court, Says Judgement Imposes Total Strangers by ogubolokento(m): 12:40pm On May 28, 2019
A failed govt,failed party,failed chairman and failed primaries is your answer..... APC THE STRANGER

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Re: Zamfara: Oshiomhole Faults Supreme Court, Says Judgement Imposes Total Strangers by okpanachipeter: 12:55pm On May 28, 2019
Osho Baba's memory is short to the extent that he has forgotten he became a strange governor of Edo State via court pronouncement. Pls, some one should remind him.
Re: Zamfara: Oshiomhole Faults Supreme Court, Says Judgement Imposes Total Strangers by Richiez(m): 1:13pm On May 28, 2019
Strangers yet indigenes of Zamfara and citizens of Nigeria grin
Re: Zamfara: Oshiomhole Faults Supreme Court, Says Judgement Imposes Total Strangers by EdenH: 1:28pm On May 28, 2019
ngadaAwo:
i have not seen my bro
ngeneukwenu cilicmarin Clerverly
you are yet to hear dat BMC hasnt been paid their 30k stipend for 4months now? they hv got no money to subscribe, thus their absence. Hunger deh show dem pepper

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Re: Zamfara: Oshiomhole Faults Supreme Court, Says Judgement Imposes Total Strangers by BabaO2: 2:10pm On May 28, 2019
AceRoot:
Reading what the National Chairman of the APC had to say, showed his timeless disingenuousness.
I am also afraid of the vibrancy without any brilliance of his person. Most definitely some qualities of a ruler, and not a leader.
z
Sentiment apart, election supposed to be canceled, not awarding it to pdp, it was an intra party fault
Re: Zamfara: Oshiomhole Faults Supreme Court, Says Judgement Imposes Total Strangers by engineerboat(m): 2:18pm On May 28, 2019
BabaO2:
z
Sentiment apart, election supposed to be canceled, not awarding it to pdp, it was an intra party fault

So we should wait for APC to conduct another primary again.

Una no well

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Re: Zamfara: Oshiomhole Faults Supreme Court, Says Judgement Imposes Total Strangers by GeorgeTheCoder: 2:19pm On May 28, 2019
What about Kogi ? Was that not the case there as well ?
Re: Zamfara: Oshiomhole Faults Supreme Court, Says Judgement Imposes Total Strangers by tyrone07(m): 2:26pm On May 28, 2019
Oga goan die!!!!!

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Re: Zamfara: Oshiomhole Faults Supreme Court, Says Judgement Imposes Total Strangers by Cholison(m): 2:26pm On May 28, 2019
Oshio is a scam, this party position has exposed him as a crow that needs serious brain surgery.

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Re: Zamfara: Oshiomhole Faults Supreme Court, Says Judgement Imposes Total Strangers by Sogachuks(m): 2:27pm On May 28, 2019
Are you from Zamfara? Oga go and put your house in order and stop making noice. Go and talk in Imo state make God purnish you. Rochas has told you in FEC meeting. Oga Park well make we see better person.

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Re: Zamfara: Oshiomhole Faults Supreme Court, Says Judgement Imposes Total Strangers by Sogachuks(m): 2:29pm On May 28, 2019
BabaO2:
z
Sentiment apart, election supposed to be canceled, not awarding it to pdp, it was an intra party fault
So whose fault and how does that affect Us?
Re: Zamfara: Oshiomhole Faults Supreme Court, Says Judgement Imposes Total Strangers by chinedumoooo: 2:52pm On May 28, 2019
Shame on you and resign shamefully.
You are a total disgrace to the party in general.
Re: Zamfara: Oshiomhole Faults Supreme Court, Says Judgement Imposes Total Strangers by olaswim: 5:39pm On May 28, 2019
Osho na mumu.... Does he think supreme court Judge na him ni...... Rubbish

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