By TonyeBarcanista

Wednesday, October 30, 2019, the Supreme Court of Nigeria, in a unanimous decision, dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressive Congress in the February 23, 2019 presidential election.

The seven-member panel justices that gave the judgement was led by the Honorable Chief Justice of the federation, Justice Muhammed Tanko with honourable Justices, Rhodes-Vivour, Amiru Sanusi, Uwani Abaji, Ejembi Eko, John Inyang Okoro and Olukayode Ariwoola making up its members.

The apex court did not state reasons for the judgement, it however left the camp of the president and ruling party in celebratory mode, while members of the camp of the appellants left the court room sadder than when they came for hearing.

Notwithstanding of the feelings of the interested parties, there are some issues that need to be discussed, these issues bothers on discarding traditions of the court by the CJN Justice Muhammed Tanko.

Firstly, the noninclusion of honorable justice Mary Odili and honorable justice Sylvester Ngwuta as members of the panel of justices that heard the appeal raised concern as both justices are senior members of the Supreme court bench, and the CJN, by so doing, discarded the age long tradition of having the most senior seven justices to hear presidential petition appeals at the Supreme court.

Secondly, composition of members of panel that heard the appeal did not reflect national spread as it excluded justices from the southeast geopolitical zone in the seven justices that heard the appeal. The panel has two justices each from the northwest and southwest geopolitical zones, one each from northcentral, northeast and south south zones and zero from the southeast zone. This is also against the age-long tradition of the apex court. More worrisome is the fact that justice Sylvester Ngwuta, a senior jurist at the apex court from the southeast zone was excluded.

Thirdly, the speed at which the appeal was heard and discarded left observers worried. This is because the names of the seven-member jurists that heard the appeal were only unveiled few minutes before commencement of hearing and the verdict was given less than thirty minutes after conclusion of hearing- all these happened same day and it is unprecedented in the history of presidential appeals in Nigeria. This left Nigerians to wonder whether the whole process was mere academic exercise as the court seemed to have reached a verdict even before parties argued their briefs.

Though the public await the reasons for the decision of the apex court, the question on the lips is of everyone is whether justice was dispensed or miscarried. This can only be answered by the conscience of the seven justices that heard the appeal.

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So this is finally over. Let's move into something more productive.

TonyeBarcanista:
By TonyeBarcanista

Wednesday, October 30, 2019, the Supreme Court of Nigeria, in a unanimous decision, dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressive Congress in the February 23, 2019 presidential election.

The seven-member panel justices that gave the judgement was led by the Honorable Chief Justice of the federation, Justice Muhammed Tanko with honourable Justices, Rhodes-Vivour, Amiru Sanusi, Uwani Abaji, Ejembi Eko, John Inyang Okoro and Olukayode Ariwoola making up its members.

The apex court did not state reasons for the judgement, it however left the camp of the president and ruling party in celebratory mode, while members of the camp of the appellants left the court room sadder than when they came for hearing.

Notwithstanding of the feelings of the interested parties, there are some issues that need to be discussed, these issues bothers on discarding traditions of the court by the CJN Justice Muhammed Tanko.

Firstly, the noninclusion of honorable justice Mary Odili and honorable justice Sylvester Ngwuta as members of the panel of justices that heard the appeal raised concern as both justices are senior members of the Supreme court bench, and the CJN, by so doing, discarded the age long tradition of having the most senior seven justices to hear presidential petition appeals at the Supreme court.

Secondly, composition of members of panel that heard the appeal did not reflect national spread as it excluded justices from the southeast geopolitical zone in the seven justices that heard the appeal. The panel has two justices each from the northwest and southwest geopolitical zones, one each from northcentral, northeast and south south zones and zero from the southeast zone. This is also against the age-long tradition of the apex court. More worrisome is the fact that justice Sylvester Ngwuta, a senior jurist at the apex court from the southeast zone was excluded.

Thirdly, the speed at which the appeal was heard and discarded left observers worried. This is because the names of the seven-member jurists that heard the appeal were only unveiled few minutes before commencement of hearing and the verdict was given less than thirty minutes after conclusion of hearing- all these happened same day and it is unprecedented in the history of presidential appeals in Nigeria. This left Nigerians to wonder whether the whole process was mere academic exercise as the court seemed to have reached a verdict even before parties argued their briefs.

Though the public await the reasons for the decision of the apex court, the question on the lips is of everyone is whether justice was dispensed or miscarried. This can only be answered by the conscience of the seven justices that heard the appeal.

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Did pdp appeal kano judgement?

kelvinginzie:


Did pdp appeal kano judgement?

I can't say honestly

@ OP, I partially agreed with you that both Justices Mary Odili & Sylvester Ngwuta should have been among the Justices that ought to have heard the case filed by PDP but including would have ended up been a waste of time & days because APC would have resisted both of them the same way PDP resisted the President of the Court of Appeal from hearing the election petition at the Court of Appeal especially Justice Mary Odili because her husband is a well known person in PDP.

But reasons were given for the judgment now... unless you were not in the court or you did not read it

Anyway case closed...

UAE123:
@ OP, I partially agreed with you that both Justices Mary Odili & Sylvester Ngwuta should have been among the Justices that ought to have heard the case filed by PDP but including would have ended up been a waste of time & days because APC would have resisted both of them the same way PDP resisted the President of the Court of Appeal from hearing the election petition at the Court of Appeal especially Justice Mary Odili because her husband is a well known person in PDP.

At least, they should have been on panel

He's back to his letter writing.

Dem don sack am for work be dat.

TonyeBarcanista:

At least, they should have been on panel

. That was the reason I said partially agreed with you but both you & I know their sitting to hear the case would have been resisted by APC & it's supporters the same way PDP did during the petition at the Court of Appeal. I believe it was done so as to avoid time & days wasting

TonyeBarcanista:

At least, they should have been on panel

What is good for Bulkachuwa is good for Odili.

The appeal was very dead on arrival. Hence it was discarded with the speed of lightning. Atiku/Obi is the greatest scam of the century. how do you discard the real issue of election rigging and expect justices of the Supreme Court to terminate a Presidential election base on trivial issues like "buhari did not go to primary school, buhari did not go secondary school, bla bla bla bla? who does that. A man that rose through the ranks to become Head of State of Nigeria, Minister of Petroleum, Governor of North Eastern region, what do you expect? Buhari tendered a photograph of himself and his class mate, this did not make them think twice. Do you know the hell of trouble it takes to take a photograph back in 1961? or are you saying the picture was doctored? Trash.

TonyeBarcanista:
I can't say honestly

Pdp is not a serious party
They take too many things for granted
Secondus should resign

The case had no merit (even in the eyes of a layman). What exactly were you expecting the Supreme Court to crack their heads over? That Buhari doesn't have educational qualifications, or that INEC transmitted results to an imaginary server? The speed with which a case is decided depends on the complexity of the issues raised.

Sentiments aside, the case didn't hold water.

As for the process of picking members of the panel, I think the discretion rests solely on the CJN. You wouldn't seriously expect him to appoint people he knows to have some kind of vested interest or the other in the case to serve as Judges on the same case.

So finally Atiku is no more Cumming ...Meanwhile
Since the beginning of this year no girl has ever told me "You're my world" not even "My village" Nawa o

...... GO BACK AND WRITE ABOUT THE ERA OF THE EX-RULING PARTY CALLED PDP........

Nawa ooo!!!




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Atiku lost. He was server scammed

UAE123:
@ OP, I partially agreed with you that both Justices Mary Odili & Sylvester Ngwuta should have been among the Justices that ought to have heard the case filed by PDP but including would have ended up been a waste of time & days because APC would have resisted both of them the same way PDP resisted the President of the Court of Appeal from hearing the election petition at the Court of Appeal especially Justice Mary Odili because her husband is a well known person in PDP.

The PDP messed it oo. The moment they went to the medoa talking about what judges they wanted, they made those judges look compromised and sympathetic to them.

They eroded the personality of the judges and it makes the judges in a way, ineligible to sit on the panel

UAE123:
. That was the reason I said partially agreed with you but both you & I know their sitting to hear the case would have been resisted by APC & it's supporters the same way PDP did during the petition at the Court of Appeal. I believe it was done so as to avoid time & days wasting

It would have been different if they were on the panel and APC ask them to recuse themselves

wwwihy:
But reasons were given for the judgment now... unless you were not in the court or you did not read it

Anyway case closed...

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Probably some underground has been made by the evil men in both APC and PDP. Agreement like, when you're done you will support us too. Remember Gandollar and Red cap man are both together for many years before things turn upside down.

kelvinginzie:


Pdp is not a serious party
They take too many things for granted
Secondus should resign

Once Atiku lost his polling unit, everybody knew it is finished.

That Dubai Server argument was also a big insult on every Nigerian Voters.

PDP messed up big time.

That's all I can say.

voltron14:
He's back to his letter writing.

Dem don sack am for work be dat.

which work. Na him appoint himself to imaginary roles na

the whole process was mere academic exercise as the court seemed to have reached a verdict even before parties argued their briefs.

Buhari the tyrant is setting a bad precedence, he has jettisoned a lot of due processes in other to suit his Evi ways.

Leaving Justice Mary Odili behind is understandable because of what PDP did during the time of Appeal court's president time. But leaving justice Ngwuta is a slap on the face of Nigerian judicial system