The Court of Appeal sitting in Jos, Plateau State yesterday affirmed the judgement of Election Petition Tribunal that sacked the lawmaker representing the Bassa/Jos North Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Musa Agah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to return Muhammad Alkali of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) as the validly elected candidate in the February 26, 2022 bye-election.


The tribunal had in September, 2022 held that the PDP candidate was not validly nominated by his party, having a subsisting judgment of a High Court that the PDP had no valid structure in Plateau State to nominate a candidate.

The tribunal also ruled that there was over-voting in the results declared by INEC that announced Agah as the winner of the bye-election.

But the PDP candidate and his party approached the appellate court and urged it to dismiss the judgment of the tribunal.


Ruling on the case yesterday, the Court of Appeal upheld the judgement of the tribunal and insisted that the nomination of the PDP candidate was an error as the state chapter of the party lacked the structure to produce a candidate for the election.

According to the Appeal Court, the PDP took very important things for granted when it failed to comply with an earlier judgement which directed the party to go back and do the right thing by constituting legally acceptable EXCO of the party.


The Appeal Court presided over by three Justices headed by Justice Teni Hassan, therefore, ordered INEC to withdraw the Certificate of Return earlier issued to Agah of the PDP, and issue the same to Gwoni Mohammed of the PRP as the legally elected candidate for the election.

On the issue of over-voting during the election, the appellate court ruled that the claim could not be substantiated...
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Nothing like massive blow.

Though no further appeals but I don't buy " held that the PDP candidate was not validly nominated by his party, having a subsisting judgment of a High Court that the PDP had no valid structure in Plateau State to nominate a candidate" The courts just messing up issues with counter rulings. 2023 here we come by God's grace

The import of this judgment is that pdp has no known candidates in plateau.everything done by pdp in plateau is null and void.the guber fight is between nentawe of apc and dakum of pdp.muftwang is legally nonexistent

slivertongue:
Nothing like massive blow

It is sir.pdp gains in the huge jos north LGA is gone.tinubu will take it while Peter obi takes jos south LGA.both will share jos east and bassa.nothing for atiku cc penguin2

garfield1:
The import of this judgment is that pdp has no known candidates in plateau.everything done by pdp in plateau is null and void.the guber fight is between nentawe of apc and dakum of pdp.muftwang is legally nonexistent

Stop patronizing cheap logic

Let's focus APC and LP for now

How he take solve the problem of rasing dollars

garfield1:


It is sir.pdp gains in the huge jos north LGA is gone.tinubu will take it while Peter obi takes jos south LGA.both will share jos east and bassa.nothing for atiku cc penguin2

Supreme Court has sat on the judgment from court of appeal for only God knows why. The courts claim he was elected before the PDP obeyed the judgment sacking the previous exco. Beyond PDP there are other parties. But pls have fears on the outcome of the case against the APC candidate, it's like that of Taraba. The case was filed since July but court is delaying it thus his inability to start strong.

slivertongue:



Stop patronizing cheap logic

There is a court order to that effect

jenniferjude613:
Let's focus APC and LP for now

Yes pdp is dead

garfield1:


There is a court order to that effect

When was the court order?

slivertongue:


Supreme Court has sat on the judgment from court of appeal for only God knows why. The courts claim he was elected before the PDP obeyed the judgment sacking the previous exco. Beyond PDP there are other parties. But pls have fears on the outcome of the case against the APC candidate, it's like that of Taraba. The case was filed since July but court is delaying it thus his inability to start strong.

The case in plateau apc borders on delegates election which is non justiciable

slivertongue:


When was the court order?

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://thisnigeria.com/court-stops-pdp-from-participating-in-plateau-lga-polls/&ved=2ahUKEwjc1sr0z4f7AhV7i_0HHZrUAVkQFnoECAsQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2rvv0KJlf4t4j4EaBylmEv

That's sept 2021....on Nov,2020 justice sp gang ordered them to conduct elections for congress which they failed to do till now

garfield1:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://thisnigeria.com/court-stops-pdp-from-participating-in-plateau-lga-polls/&ved=2ahUKEwjc1sr0z4f7AhV7i_0HHZrUAVkQFnoECAsQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2rvv0KJlf4t4j4EaBylmEv

That's sept 2021....on Nov,2020 justice sp gang ordered them to conduct elections for congress which they failed to do till now

You see you ain't up to date. First the d PDP headquarter took over the state exco and subsequently organised an election in line with the judgment. But here you are misinforming the public.

garfield1:


The case in plateau apc borders on delegates election which is non justiciable

The same with Taraba. No delegate election, the delegate list was not made public and at the convention an individual single handily authored the list of those who voted including retired top civil servants.

slivertongue:


The same with Taraba. No delegate election, the delegate list was not made public and at the convention an individual single handily authored the list of those who voted including retired top civil servants.

Fergie, you know that is not justiciable

slivertongue:



You see you ain't up to date. First the d PDP headquarter took over the state exco and subsequently organised an election in line with the judgment. But here you are misinforming the public.

The judgment of Nov 2020 by gang hasn't been vacated.same for this appeal judgment

garfield1:


It is sir.pdp gains in the huge jos north LGA is gone.tinubu will take it while Peter obi takes jos south LGA.both will share jos east and bassa.nothing for atiku cc penguin2

See as this IGBO man dey use mouth dey dash Peter Obi votes from Jos. Jos is North and the North will never allow any IGBO Man rule this Country.

Where is okoroawusa

garfield1:
The import of this judgment is that pdp has no known candidates in plateau.everything done by pdp in plateau is null and void.the guber fight is between nentawe of apc and dakum of pdp.muftwang is legally nonexistent

Prof Patrick Dakum of labour party

Nokio1:

Prof Patrick Dakum of labour party

Yes but he has a serious court case against amb arab

garfield1:
Where is okoroawusa

I dey

garfield1:


The judgment of Nov 2020 by gang hasn't been vacated.same for this appeal judgment

You are not updated.

Down pdp

shortIGBOman:


See as this IGBO man dey use mouth dey dash Peter Obi votes from Jos. Jos is North and the North will never allow any IGBO Man rule this Country.

Eyaaaah

Confusion of the mass defection hitting APC in the north has made you not remember that Garfield1 is not Igbo and is like number one Tinubu supporter on Nairaland.

The only difference is that he’s not brainless because he tries to be realistic and say things as they are to a great extent.