The factional Osun State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Dotun Babayemi, has said he may seek redress at the Supreme Court after losing at the Appeal Court yesterday.

Babayemi and Governor-elect Ademola Adeleke had been elected at parallel primaries that were held at WOCDIF Event Centre and Osogbo Township Stadium.

He sued the PDP, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Senator Adeleke over the election.

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Babayemi’s spokesperson Kayode Oladeji said his principal and his team were evaluating the Appeal Court judgment to know the next line of action to take.

In a statement, he said: “Consequent upon the judgment of Federal Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, Ondo State, Prince Babayemi, who is seeking the validation of his candidature as the authentic governorship candidate of the Osun State PDP, has asserted that he is evaluating all available options and shall act in the best interest of our people.

“He maintained that unless some factors that necessitated the litigation were looked into by the party hierarchy, he might explore redress at the apex court of the land, being the Supreme Court.”



https://thenationonlineng.net/babayemi-to-challenge-adelekes-candidature-at-supreme-court-if/amp/

Again??

Check number 5

TAKE NOTE OF THE FOLLOWING VITAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW ELECTORAL ACT 2022!!!

You should note and know the following:

1. No manual accreditation.

2. No use of incident forms.

3. All accreditation is electronic.

4. Accreditation is Bimodal meaning facial recognition and finger printing.

5. No pre-election cases after conclusion of Elections..

6. No election cases after swearing into office of the winner.

7. All results must be uploaded to INEC official website at the polling units before taking it to the ward, constituency,LGA or state collation center.

8. If the number of votes cast is more than the accredited voters, the polling unit result is cancelled.

9. No more agreement between parties to share the remaining ballot papers that were not used.

10. No more massive thump printing and stuffing of ballot boxes. If you like go and steal ballot boxes you are wasting your time. You cannot change the result.

press9jatv:
Check number 5

TAKE NOTE OF THE FOLLOWING VITAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW ELECTORAL ACT 2022!!!

You should note and know the following:

1. No manual accreditation.

2. No use of incident forms.

3. All accreditation is electronic.

4. Accreditation is Bimodal meaning facial recognition and finger printing.

5. No pre-election cases after conclusion of Elections..

6. No election cases after swearing into office of the winner.

7. All results must be uploaded to INEC official website at the polling units before taking it to the ward, constituency,LGA or state collation center.

8. If the number of votes cast is more than the accredited voters, the polling unit result is cancelled.

9. No more agreement between parties to share the remaining ballot papers that were not used.

10. No more massive thump printing and stuffing of ballot boxes. If you like go and steal ballot boxes you are wasting your time. You cannot change the result.

Ni 5 is still in order. It implies that the suit cannot come after the election but it has been before the election, having been at the federal high court, appeal court and now heading to the supreme court.

Dotun Babayemi will be disgrace and shamed in the Supreme Court of justice in Abuja. Dotun Babayemi is a disgrace to the bar.

Dotun Babayemi case will be dismissed in the Supreme Court of justice for lacking merit. Dotun Babayemi is a clueless bunch of failure and loser.

Cc mynd44 cc Seun cc OAM4j cc lalasticlala cc fynestboi cc justwise.

This Dotun should save himself a little honors left

The guy no well, if he was the flagbearer he would not have won the Saturday election. He should just accept his fate and move on. Anyway on Peter Obi mandate I stand

famouscargo4u:


Ni 5 is still in order. It implies that the suit cannot come after the election but it has been before the election, having been at the federal high court, appeal court and now heading to the supreme court.

dotun Babayemi will lose the case in the Supreme Court of justice for lacking merit. The approved venue for the Pdp governorship primary election is stadium and the primary election is been supervised by the Pdp NWC. He just want to drag Pdp to his failures niiii. Dotun Babayemi will lose his case in the Supreme Court of justice. He’s a clueless loser and failure.

Prince111111:
This Dotun should save himself a little honors left

he won’t do that bro. Dotun Babayemi will failed woefully beyond redemption. He’s a clueless loser and failure. Dotun Babayemi never understand law, he’s a disgrace to the bar.

press9jatv:
he won’t do that bro. Dotun Babayemi will failed woefully beyond redemption. He’s a clueless loser and failure. Dotun Babayemi never understand law, he’s a disgrace to the bar.

yes you are right

Prince111111:
yes you are right

yes soo. Dotun Babayemi case will be dismissed for lacking merit in the court of competent jurisprudence. Dotun Babayemi is a disgrace to the bar.

The national leadership of the party is saddle with the responsibility of conducting Gubernatorial party primary. Any primary conducted by the unauthorized organ of the party is null and void. And it is in violation of the new electoral act 2022 as amended.

Appeal court rules!!

Osun Governor-Elect, Adeleke Raises Alarm Over Oyetola, Allies Over Looting, Diversion Of Govt Assets

The Governor-elect of Osun state, Senator Ademola Adeleke has warned Governor Oyetola and his allies against diversion and looting of government assets and public properties, alerting the general public to clandestine moves to convert public properties to private ownership and bankrupt state finances ahead of change of government.

This was revealed in a press statement issued and signed on Thursday by the Spokesman to governor-elect, Mallam Olawale Rasheed.

The statement reads, “The attention of the office of the Osun State Governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke has been drawn to unwholesome criminal activities by some government functionaries and appointees under the watch of Governor Gboyega Oyetola directed towards pilfering of state assets, conversion of public assets into private ownership, illegal awards of licences and incurring of superfulous loans and expenditure.

“We have it on good authority that Osun state assets within the state, Kogi, Lagos, Abuja and outside the shore of the country are being tampered with for private acquisition. We have detailed reports of several properties currently being processed for ownership transfer involving serving commissioners and top government officials, hence serious warning to those involved in the illegal deals.

“Emerging reports also indicate several shady conducts ongoing within the state finance ministry Aside N17 billion loan allegedly taken by the Governor to prosecute the lost election, we are inundated with credible reports of emergency contract awards, hurried processing of payments vouchers and a grand agenda to incurr further debt under the guise of project implementation. There is an elaborate plot to further bankrupt the state to complicate governance under the new administration.

“We want to use this medium to warn all those involved in this criminal endeavour to desist from these nefarious activities as we will hold everybody accountable for their conduct. Let it be known to the Governor and his team that we have the complete records and inventory of Osun state assets. We are in possession of records of what was handed over to the Governor by his predecessor as well as true state of Osun finance and properties.

“Therefore, we put on notice that any attempt to divert state properties and muddle up Osun finances will be visited with full measure of accountability.

“Every government official from top to bottom will be called to account for their deeds and handling of government’s assets. We specifically warn bureaucrats to safeguard their career by refusing to collaborate with any appointed and elected officials engaging in such criminal conduct.

“We also wish to alert the public on this subject matter. Let the public be aware that our common patrimony is being tampered with by an administration they just voted out of office. We promise to follow this matter closely and ensure that Osun assets remain secure and protected for the benefits of the public” , the statement concluded.

It is on this premise that the general public and the good people of Osun State are hereby alerted to the dastardly plan by Governor Oyetola and some of his officials, and for the public to report any such criminal moves which they may sense regarding this public alert.



http://www.osundefender.com/osun-governor-elect-adeleke-raises-alarm-over-oyetola-allies-over-looting-diversion-of-govt-assets/

Except Imole has learnt not to give shishi from Peter Obi, I suggest he gives Prince Babayemi some change make him body calm down.

I’m saying this make him no go Supreme Court now, Ariwoola, Tinubu’s man, will see one technicality upon which to rule in Babayemi’s favour thereby stealing Adeleke’s mandate again.

And I’m sure Tinubu and Oyetola are bankrolling him. So immediately he gets judgment, na to either join APC or start working vigorously for Tinubu and even retain Alpha Beta as tax consultancy firm for Osun govt - the things Osun people voted against.

Adeleke settle this man.

Penguin2:
Except Imole has learnt not to give shishi from Peter Obi, I suggest he gives Prince Babayemi some change make him body calm down.

I’m saying this make him no go Supreme Court now, Ariwoola, Tinubu’s man, will see one technicality upon which to rule in Babayemi’s favour thereby stealing Adeleke’s mandate again.

And I’m sure Tinubu and Oyetola are bankrolling him. So immediately he gets judgment, na to either join APC or start working vigorously for Tinubu and even retain Alpha Beta as tax consultancy firm for Osun govt - the things Osun people voted against.

Adeleke settle this man.

The national leadership of the party is saddle with the responsibility of conducting Gubernatorial party primary. Any primary conducted by the unauthorized organ of the party is null and void. And it is in violation of the new electoral act 2022 as amended.



Appeal court rules!!

press9jatv:



The national leadership of the party is saddle with the responsibility of conducting Gubernatorial party primary. Any primary conducted by the unauthorized organ of the party is null and void. And it is in violation of the new electoral act 2022 as amended.



Appeal court rules!!

I’m not contesting the merit of the case.

I’m talking about Supreme Court exploiting one stupid technicality somewhere.

Remember that Adeleke won at the Tribunal and Appeal Court the last time but Supreme Court on the stupid technicality of one of the Judges being absent from court one day.

That’s what I’m talking about.

Penguin2:


I’m not contesting the merit of the case.

I’m talking about Supreme Court exploiting one stupid technicality somewhere.

Remember that Adeleke won at the Tribunal and Appeal Court the last time but Supreme Court on the stupid technicality of one of the Judges being absent from court one day.

That’s what I’m talking about.

Adeleke only won at the tribunal court in Osogbo in 2018 but the clueless mandate robber Oyetola manoeuvre to win in the appeal court and Supreme Court on technicalities over the judge that didn’t attend the seat in one of the sitting in the tribunal court then in 2019.

2022 Osun State governorship Election petition tribunal

*An election petition tribunal has no power whatsoever to sit beyond 180 days from the date of the filing of the petition.
* Appeal Court in an election matter has no jurisdiction to entertain an appeal beyond 60 days from the date of the delivery of judgement of the tribunal appealed against.

Thus, by implication, once an election petition is filed, or an appeal is lodged against the decision of an election tribunal, both the petitioner / appellant, the respondents themselves as well as the tribunal itself would be counting days and dates because the matter should be determined on or before the expiration of the duration prescribed by, Sections 285 (6) and (7) of the Constitution and 134(2) and (3) of the Electoral Act.
One unique factor about these Sections of the law is that they use the word “shall” which connotes an obligation, compulsory and hence same is mandatory and must be strictly complied with. (See Onochie v Odogwu (2006) 6 NWLR (975)65SC, Ngige v Obi (2006)14NWLR (PT999)1CA, Vibelko (Nig) Limited v NDIC (2006) 12 NWLR (PT994) 280CA.

Another Constitutional provision worthy of note herein is Section 285(. In the first instance, Section 285( of the Constitution only avails the Court of last instance. Thus in governorship appeal, it applies only to the Supreme Court and in the case of the National and State Houses of Assembly at the court of Appeal which is the final terminus.
This provision did not give any further time to an election tribunal since the limitation rule enshrined in Section 285(6) and (7) of the Constitution, and Section 134(2) and (3) of the Electoral Act, requires the delivery of judgment “in writing” within the stipulated time. A “judgment in writing” presupposes a written and concluded judgement. Furthermore, a court that gives its decision and adjourns to another date to give reasons for its decision cannot be said to have concluded that matter until such reasons are given.

Therefore, it is submitted that in an election matter where the final court of appeal decides to deliver its decision and fixes another date to give the reasons for that decision, it must perform that task within the stipulated time of 90 days allowed by law.
Now, the question is whether on electoral matters, can the election tribunal or Appeal Court extend the time for its sittings in the interest of justice beyond the time prescribed by law.
The answer is NO because such extension is unconstitutional and illegal in the eye of the law. Besides ignorance, sentiment and emotion are no excuses in law. That is why it behoves on the petitioners and their counsels to get their acts right before filing petitions against election results to make their case watertight and strong. Such acts include having correct witnesses, incontrovertible evidences, and following due processes as enshrined in the law to avert losing out on technicalities. Paragraph 45(1) of Schedule 1 of the Electoral Act empowers the tribunal to extend time for doing any act or taking any proceedings on such terms as the justice of the case may require. This provision, however, did not avail a tribunal which finds itself running out of time as this paragraph is made subject to Section 134 of the Electoral Act which fixes the time limit of the tribunal. Besides, Paragraph 45(1) of Schedule 1 of the Electoral Act is inferior to Section 285 of the Constitution and thus cannot override the Constitutional provision (See Section 1 of the Constitution).
In the same vein, the said paragraph 45 of the First Schedule of the Electoral Act is inferior to Section 134 of the Electoral Act and thus cannot alter, override, supersede or amend it. Besides, it is not a known legal norm that a Court should extend its own lifespan in matters which have been fixed by law neither would an appellate court have such power either to grant such extension to a tribunal.
Therefore, it is obvious that extension of time is not in the contemplation of both Section 285(6) and (7) of the Constitution and Section 134 (2) and (3) of the Electoral Act.
So, it is worrisome and baffling where the Justices of Appeal Court in some states, especially as regard to cases emanating from Anambra tribunals derived the constitutional power to order for retrial of such cases at the tribunals after the constitutional 180 days provided in the Constitution for such have elapsed.
Such decisions are against the Constitution that created the Appeal Court in the first instance. It is obvious in law that every judgment must be based on the provisions of the law and judicial precedents which are lacking in this case.
There is urgent need for proper interpretation of the Section 285 of the Constitution by the Supreme Court, even though it is unambiguous. But it appeared the justices of the Appeal Court have lost their bearing legally.
No matter whatever informed their decision, such decisions for retrial of cases at the tribunals after the stipulated 180 days were illegal; null and void as far the amended 1999 constitution is concerned.
It is obvious that if some petitioners are given one year, they will still not prove their cases beyond reasonable doubt, those with good and watertight petitions could prove their cases within 180 and 60 days at the Tribunal and Court of Appeal respectively.
The actions of the Appeal Court call for concern and investigation before they plunge the judiciary into another round of crisis, especially with the prevailing crisis of confidence in the sector already.
Mr ISIEGBOR OGEBOR, a legal practitioner wrote from Warri, Delta State.

TAKE NOTE OF THE FOLLOWING VITAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW ELECTORAL ACT

You should note and know the following:

1. No manual accreditation.

2. No use of incident forms.

3. All accreditation is electronic.

4. Accreditation is Bimodal meaning facial recognition and finger printing.

5. No pre-election cases after conclusion of Elections..

6. No election cases after swearing into office of the winner.

7. All results must be uploaded to INEC official website at the polling units before taking it to the ward, constituency,LGA or state collation center.

8. If the number of votes cast is more than the accredited voters the polling unit result is cancelled.

9. No more agreement between parties to share the remaining ballot papers that were not used.

10. No more massive thump printing and stuffing of ballot boxes. If you like go and steal ballot boxes you are wasting your time. You cannot change the result.

The people's votes are counting now. If you didn't serve the people well when in public office or you are not popular (i.e the people interest centred). If you fail to work in your constituency and rely on rigging, you are wasting your time .

This one wants to be further disgraced

The primary held at WOCDIF that produced appellant as the winner is illegal and unconstitutional. The court order in which the appellant premises the validation of his primary on has been set aside by the superior court. The appellant is not a party to the said order he is seeking its enforcement. Also, court lack jurisdiction to dictate the affairs of the political party. The decision of the appellant not to participate in a constitutionally organized primary of the party is a gross violation of party constitution and the new electoral law 2022 as amended…..

Appeal Court Rules!!!