unikprince:

Akpabio is hale and healthy, let him go into the ring.

go and force him, none of my business by the way.

freeze001:
First, Akpabio is not dead, he has made a conscious decision to step down from the race. Secondly, it is the law, they are not playing God. Whoever you think they would pick would not have fulfilled all the statutory requirements required to a valid candidate so if INEC foolishly admits a replacement and APC is declared winner, it will be successfully challenged at the tribunal. In fact, other contestants can even challenge the validity of such replacement and the court will grant it because there are laid down procedures clearly stipulated by law.
If it is allowed for anyone to drop out midway just because he has better options then political godfathers will cash in big time; they will present a 'popular candidate' to swing votes, mastermind some crap to truncate the process whilst preserving votes earned, then present themselves to 'continue' the race and people will have no choice than to accept such crass imposition. Is that what you want?

huh? Why are you excited with your epistle? Dead or alive ant candidate has the right to withdraw, and the party reserves the right of substitution, not inec, read the electoral acts, before you make comments in public fora, how did you think Bello got there in Kogi?

masseratti:
huh? Why are you excited with your epistle? Dead or alive ant candidate has the right to withdraw, and the party reserves the right of substitution, not inec, read the electoral acts, before you make comments in public fora, how did you think Bello got there in Kogi?

No! No party has the right to substitute at any time they like.
You probably read the electoral act without understanding it.

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wingmanIII:

No! No party has the right to substitute at any time they like.
You probably read the electoral act without understanding it.

I did.. And in it a candidate can withdraw due to circumstances, death, hill health,or "in capacity" you can't force someone to stand for an election, if that's the case the party can substitute, but to be fair, this issue needs to be tested in the courts to Supreme Court, until then this argument is unnecessary, my own take is that INEC has done something similar before, they av set a precedence and if they are now saying this, they need to tell the public why, or else if the other party should contest this, with a good lawyer, they will trounce INEC.

masseratti:
I did.. And in it a candidate can withdraw due to circumstances, death, hill health,or "in capacity" you can't force someone to stand for an election, if that's the case the party can substitute, but to be fair, this issue needs to be tested in the courts to Supreme Court, until then this argument is unnecessary, my own take is that INEC has done something similar before, they av set a precedence and if they are now saying this, they need to tell the public why, or else if the other party should contest this, with a good lawyer, they will trounce INEC.

What happened in Kogi was not substitution. Bello, being the 2nd in the gubernatorial primaries, stepped into the shoes of the late candidate since there cannot be a vacuum.
Imagine a party substituting a candidate 2 days to an election, will inec now reprint ballot papers overnight? Inec has to draw a line somewhere, if not there will be utter chaos.

masseratti:
I did.. And in it a candidate can withdraw due to circumstances, death, hill health,or "in capacity" you can't force someone to stand for an election, if that's the case the party can substitute, but to be fair, this issue needs to be tested in the courts to Supreme Court, until then this argument is unnecessary, my own take is that INEC has done something similar before, they av set a precedence and if they are now saying this, they need to tell the public why, or else if the other party should contest this, with a good lawyer, they will trounce INEC.

Parties are free to submit names of candidates and substitute within a specified deadline and after that, no more. INEC specifies that deadline which all parties must comply with. That is why parties that submit names of candidates after that stand disqualified. It is also why when Oby Ezekwesili bowed out of the presidential race after that window closed, INEC replied that she cannot be removed and will remain on the ballot. No need for your opinionated grand standing, the courts will rule based on the law as it is.

solmusdesigns:




Akpabio wont be foolish enough to leave Niger delta ministry for Senate.. with a budget of 50 to 70 billion for his ministry even if he gets a kick back of 5% he is better than most senators, infact his annual estacode and travell allowance is times ten of what any senator would hope to earn

A constituency is maximum of 3 local government, His current ministry has jurisdiction over 6 states, if any INEC official comes to disturb Akpabio i think he needs to chase them with thugs

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...but do not also forget that a minister must give account of his ministry's allocation, which means he steals with caution while Senators do not account for the huge constituency fund allocated to their constituencies.

No minister can afford to live the luxurious lifestyle most Senators live especially with "MR INTERGRITY" AS PRESIDENT.

My opinion though.

solmusdesigns:




Akpabio wont be foolish enough to leave Niger delta ministry for Senate.. with a budget of 50 to 70 billion for his ministry even if he gets a kick back of 5% he is better than most senators, infact his annual estacode and travell allowance is times ten of what any senator would hope to earn

A constituency is maximum of 3 local government, His current ministry has jurisdiction over 6 states, if any INEC official comes to disturb Akpabio i think he needs to chase them with thugs

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Maximum you say?

Have it in mind that a senator is an elected position, while a minister is not. Politically, a senator is more relevant than a minister who's just an appointee.

solmusdesigns:




Akpabio wont be foolish enough to leave Niger delta ministry for Senate.. with a budget of 50 to 70 billion for his ministry even if he gets a kick back of 5% he is better than most senators, infact his annual estacode and travell allowance is times ten of what any senator would hope to earn

A constituency is maximum of 3 local government, His current ministry has jurisdiction over 6 states, if any INEC official comes to disturb Akpabio i think he needs to chase them with thugs

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Maximum you say?

Have it in mind that a senator is an elected position, while a minister is not. Politically, a senator is more relevant than a minister who's just an appointee who can be fired at president's discretion.

mushystuff:

Parties are free to submit names of candidates and substitute within a specified deadline and after that, no more. INEC specifies that deadline which all parties must comply with. That is why parties that submit names of candidates after that deadline stand disqualified. It is also why when Oby Ezekwesili bowed out of the presidential race after that window closed, INEC replied that she cannot be removed and will remain on the ballot. No need for your opinionated grand standing, the courts will rule based on the law as it is.

The post above is exactly my point. INEC makes the rules as empowered by the Constitution and the Electoral Act. By the rules, candidates can withdraw or /be substituted within a time frame prescribed by INEC. Once the deadline passes, parties are foreclosed from submitting names or swapping. Read this: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/307585-ezekwesili-cant-withdraw-from-presidential-race-now-inec.html

Here, INEC rejected Ezekwesili's withdrawal from the presidential race because of the same rule. Note that elections have already been conducted and this is a re-run, no one will be allowed to come and inherit votes, they are not transferable. I believe INEC's response in addition to non-substitution, should have been that Akpabio is not allowed to withdraw at this time because deadlines for withdrawals and substitutions have passed. For Kogi, I mentioned somewhere on this thread that his emergence is an anomaly that no one has really bothered to challenge.

masseratti:
huh? Why are you excited with your epistle? Dead or alive ant candidate has the right to withdraw, and the party reserves the right of substitution, not inec, read the electoral acts, before you make comments in public fora, how did you think Bello got there in Kogi?

Its a big lie... APC can replace its candidate, INEC allow them to replace the a dead candidate with there choice in the case of KOGI

Brandstudio01:

And why will anyone think of fielding a new candidate for a Re-run?

Sometimes you wonder why those who understand clear the law of the land behaves like Street people

What could really be the problem with our politicians?

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U forgot this is new era, anything can happen.

freeze001:


The post above is exactly my point. INEC makes the rules as empowered by the Constitution and the Electoral Act. By the rules, candidates can withdraw or /be substituted within a time frame prescribed by INEC. Once the deadline passes, parties are foreclosed from submitting names or swapping. Read this: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/307585-ezekwesili-cant-withdraw-from-presidential-race-now-inec.html

Here, INEC rejected Ezekwesili's withdrawal from the presidential race because of the same rule. Note that elections have already been conducted and this is a re-run, no one will be allowed to come and inherit votes, they are not transferable. I believe INEC's response in addition to non-substitution, should have been that Akpabio is not allowed to withdraw at this time because deadlines for withdrawals and substitutions have passed. For Kogi, I mentioned somewhere on this thread that his emergence is an anomaly that no one has really bothered to challenge.

I don't know about ezekweli case, just like Bello case, this can be challenged too by the parties involved.

mushystuff:


Parties are free to submit names of candidates and substitute within a specified deadline and after that, no more. INEC specifies that deadline which all parties must comply with. That is why parties that submit names of candidates after that stand disqualified. It is also why when Oby Ezekwesili bowed out of the presidential race after that window closed, INEC replied that she cannot be removed and will remain on the ballot. No need for your opinionated grand standing, the courts will rule based on the law as it is.

ok got your point.

wingmanIII:


What happened in Kogi was not substitution. Bello, being the 2nd in the gubernatorial primaries, stepped into the shoes of the late candidate since there cannot be a vacuum.
Imagine a party substituting a candidate 2 days to an election, will inec now reprint ballot papers overnight? Inec has to draw a line somewhere, if not there will be utter chaos.

ok ooo I din hear.

RichDad1:

Because it’s a party sponsored post. The party owns the mandate not the Individual.
Better face your HTML5 business.

Party sponsored and no rules guiding substitution.. Bah..

RichDad1:

Because it’s a party sponsored post. The party owns the mandate not the Individual.
Better face your HTML5 business.

So how does that mandate work out?

You fix and withdraw candidates at your party's whim?

poiZon:

U forgot this is new era, anything can happen.

If you have been following Nigerian politics of late, you should know that APC can't do anything about it..

How far Zamfara?

Where was their Candidate..

ZOO politics as usual...When will people see the light and demand for referendum and real CHANGE

solmusdesigns:




Akpabio wont be foolish enough to leave Niger delta ministry for Senate.. with a budget of 50 to 70 billion for his ministry even if he gets a kick back of 5% he is better than most senators, infact his annual estacode and travell allowance is times ten of what any senator would hope to earn

A constituency is maximum of 3 local government, His current ministry has jurisdiction over 6 states, if any INEC official comes to disturb Akpabio i think he needs to chase them with thugs

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Hmmm

Rollymax77:
Apc should just support the next most popular candidate and party and booth pdp out.

Zombie....I'm sure you did not even read the post at all