tesppidd:
Tinubu is free to decamp if he feels Buhari has pocketed APC.

Wike has pocketed PDP and Umahi felt he needed to leave and he did!

Osilama1:
well let's see how APC ll get ebonyi in 2023... Why didn't he use APC platform in his second tenure elections if e sure for am...

tesppidd:
One doesn't need a course in law to see that there is no constituional requirement for a governor to remain in one party.

Even a layman understands this.

Instead of NJC to caution this judge, they are busy attacking Umahi for "talking about the judge anyhow"

Judges - the most corrupt yet hollier than thou set of people in this country.

fergie001:


Cc: peacecore

Peacecore:
The day wey Britain go catch dis guy 4 abuse of language go tough.

Peacecore:
U should've asked urself why Dave appealed immediately while d house of assembly members are yet to do so. After analysing dia own case by senior lawyers, n their is no constitutional back up or technicality for dem 2 retain dia sits, den d they'll appeal d case late, n drag feet till dia tenures ends next year. Remember, it's not an election matter that have time frame.

powerfulguy:

https://thenationonlineng.net/umahi-deputy-appeal-sack-ruling/

Moferere:
I thought he said the judgement is of no effect

sandymikky:

But why do we have parties logos and not candidates' pictures in the ballot paper?

Nonpartisan1:
Justice Inyang Ekwo is a PDP judge. All his rulings/ Judgements since 2015 has been against the APC and the federal government.

The earlier the NJC sacks or suspend him, the better for the judiciary.

Abujason:


He ran and won as a candidate of a political party - not as an independent. The party that sponsored him has legitimate grounds to reclaim their mandate.

tesppidd:
APC don't need Ebonyi for governorship.

They need a substantial number of votes for the Presidency.

With David Umahi and his political structure working for the APC candidate; the results could go from something like

PDP 400,000 APC 60,000 in 2019 to

PDP 300,000 APC 160,000 in 2023.

That's a good addition.

Osilama1:
no make APC win with gorvenor 2023 umahi structure na... Even last elections APC had gud results presidential so I don't know what u are yapping about... Umahi isn't sensible enough to jump to APC... PDP should hot him well till his tenure finishes

tesppidd:
This one you are talking is either from your kitchen or from your beer parlour.

A country is governed by a document called a constitution..
Not from sentiments or individual logic.

Where in the constitution says that a governor or president will lose his seat if he defects??

Tell me.

tesppidd:
This one you are talking is either from your kitchen or from your beer parlour.

A country is governed by a document called a constitution..
Not from sentiments or individual logic.

Where in the constitution says that a governor or president will lose his seat if he defects??

Tell me.

tesppidd:
Even 1 more vote to the presidential election is a good addition.

APC controlling Ebonyi is a plus to them no matter how you want to twist it.

So relax and wipe your tears...

And btw Umahi stays till the very last day

kentrowiz:


The constitution does not contain all laws governing the country and all the laws governing Nigeria are not only in the constitution.

Also, the court also gives judgements according to the arguments framed before them and not ouside if that. In this instance, PDP lawyers did not argue the legality of his defection but the fact that the votes cast in the election belongs to the party and not the individual, which is an argument that is legally correct.

Check the Supreme Court judgment on Kogi Apc when Yaya Bello was substituted as the governorship candidate. You know the gist that time now.

The judge's precedence here is the judgements of the Supreme court which the appeal court do not have discretion over even if they feel it's wrong. The case will get to the Supreme court and until the judges of the Supreme Court over rule themselve, is when we can all say that the judge is wrong. Until then, he has made a beautiful legal submission.

Osilama1:
u [s]must be sick that one choose not to support a Man who ditched a Party that made him is tears some of u are unfortunate in thinking...[/s]

JONNYSPUTE:
... Beer parlour analysis.
Consult the combine effect of section 188 and 189 and tell us where the judge manufactured his judgement from.
Note that the judge is morally right but constitutionally wrong.
We will see after the appeal.

JONNYSPUTE:
... Beer parlour analysis.
Consult the combine effect of section 188 and 189 and tell us where the judge manufactured his judgement from.
Note that the judge is morally right but constitutionally wrong.
We will see after the appeal.

kentrowiz:


Read the Supreme Court decision on Faleke v INEC & anor, 2016. It's a unanimous decision of the seven man Supreme Court panel. That should guide you.

kentrowiz:


Read the Supreme Court decision on Faleke v INEC & anor, 2016. It's a unanimous decision of the seven man Supreme Court panel. That should guide you.

WATCHOVER:

Most of you fail because you emotionally read to pass but not to learn, immunity covers the governor only on Civil case aside that most especially in this decamping issue the judge made the right call, the only thing that people will say that will look sympathetic is the Judgment came late aside that the Judge was right

JONNYSPUTE:
... They are not same bro. Mind you that the Nigerian constitution is the highest law in the country and if any other law comes in variance with it,that law will be null and void and I stand now to tell you that there's nowhere in our Constitution where it says that a sitting president,his deputy, sitting govonor or his deputy can be sacked for defection. If there is,then they wouldn't be defections .

kentrowiz:


Our constitution is silent on the issue, it did not expressly prohibit or legalize it. That's why the court has the utmost discretion on the matter. That's why I referred you to Faleke's case. It would help if you read through it bro.