AdaojoTheUrchin:
That's settled already. For you to be declared winner you must win 25% in the FCT. It is a constitutional requirement. FCT has s special status. APC weren't expecting to perform so badly in FCT being the incumbent party, so it took them by surprise.

Yakubu Mahmoud declared Tinubu in error and put the Judiciary on trial by saying 'Go to court', because he believes there are corrupt Judges who are pro-Tinubu and who would stand logic on it head. Will the Courts prove him right? The world watches keenly.

GreyLaw:


My brother don't use emotions to interpret this section of the constitution. Hillary Clinton won more votes than Trump but Trump became president due to the higher electoral college voted.

The FCT is not a state. They don't have a governor. They don't have a house of assembly. It is akin to the US electoral college votes. When you use "and" it means additional to. It is different from "including". Moreover the supreme Court already explained this same matter in 2007/2008 in the case between Buhari and Yaradua. And they said you must get at least 25% of the votes cast in the FCT.

APC made a mistake. They probably forgot to fight hard in the FCT. I don't know how they made such a mistake.

AntiChristian:
This has been in contention for a while and will still be till a stand is given at the supreme court of Nigeria.

Recently on a Broadcast on Channels, the Vice Presidential aspirant of the Labour Party Datti Baba Ahmed urges the President and the Chief Justice of Nigeria not to participate in the swearing in of the president elect Bola Tinubu on May 29, 2023.

On this thread on twitter, I found some supporters using Chat GPT to derive judgement in this matter.

Find these attached!

What do you thing about Chat GPT with respect to the question asked?

AntiChristian:
This has been in contention for a while and will still be till a stand is given at the supreme court of Nigeria.

Recently on a Broadcast on Channels, the Vice Presidential aspirant of the Labour Party Datti Baba Ahmed urges the President and the Chief Justice of Nigeria not to participate in the swearing in of the president elect Bola Tinubu on May 29, 2023.

On this thread on twitter, I found some supporters using Chat GPT to derive judgement in this matter.

Find these attached!

What do you thing about Chat GPT with respect to the question asked?

Jokay07:
Section 134(2) that a candidate must (a) have the highest number of votes cast at the election; and (b) have not less than 25% of total votes cast in at least two-third of all the States in the Federation and the FCT, Abuja.

What does the Constitution mean by 25% of votes in all the States in the Federation and the FCT, Abuja (FCT) and how should this be interpreted? These are the questions sought to be answered here.



Before we proceed to review and give an interpretation to these provisions, we must bear in mind that the Constitution is not read and interpreted like any other book, there are rules for interpreting the Constitution and we will now examine same.

RULES FOR INTERPRETATION OF THE CONSTITUTION

In the 2022 decision of FRN v Nganjiwa3 the Supreme Court, while relying on some of its earlier decisions, reiterated the settled position on how to interpret provisions of the Constitution as follows:

(a)Where the words of the Constitution are clear and unambiguous, a literal interpretation will be applied.

(b) Where there is ambiguity in a literal interpretation, a holistic interpretation would be resorted to.

(c) All sections must be read together and purposively so that no section is rendered redundant or superfluous.

(d) If the words remain ambiguous, the intention of the makers of the Constitution must be discovered to determine the mischief sought to be cured.

(e) The Court is entitled to consider how the law stood when the statute was passed, what the mischief was for which the old law did not provide and the remedy which has been provided by the new law.

Hence, the Constitution is to be interpreted purposively and holistically and where a literal reading of the Constitution leads to absurdity, recourse must be made to the mischief which the law seeks to cure.

It is important also, that we consider how the Courts have interpreted these provisions of the Constitution, although on dissimilar facts, as this will guide us on how the Courts are likely to interpret these provisions even though on a different set of facts.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS ON SECTION 134(2) AND SECTION 299

The Court of Appeal in Okoyode v FCDA4 had cause to interpret Section 299 of the Constitution on whether the FCT was a State and in its decision stated that the FCT should be treated as one of the States in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In essence, the question submitted to the Court was whether the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) was an agency of the Federal Government of Nigeria. The Court in answer stated that the FCDA was an agency of the FCT which is a separate unit from the Federal Government and should rather be seen as a State and a separate administrative unit distinct from the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
COPIED


Point 2
Going by the analogy above. It's been established by a competent court of law that FCT should be considered as a state.
Proving further,
Mathematically.
Getting 25% votes in Two third (⅔) of 36 State apart from FCT is 23.9 or 24 states approximately.

But, Getting 25% votes in Two third (⅔) of 36 State (+), (and) including from FCT is 24.6 approximately 25 states

Conclusion.
Interpretation of the said constitution even prove further that wining or getting 25% in FCT is not a must.

Bryan88:
stupid people with stupid reasoning and questions...FCT na state yet there was no guber election in FCT and yet some1 dey ask is FCT na state? No, no be state, na local govt...mumu afonjas everywhere. Abi u don ever here anytin like governor of Abuja state b4? Mumu people.

Rickmann:


Do Nigerians not reside in the fct?
Aren't they entitled to vote.

AntiChristian:


This confirms Chat GPT below;

sharpwriter:

In other words, the head of computer now don correct pass human own. Kai naija

AdaojoTheUrchin:


Go and argue with ChatGPT's Artificial intelligence (AI) who simply translated your constitution verbartim as written. It was not written in Fulani or Yoruba.

Jokay07:


Lolz. Wtf!!
You are using AI to interpret the constitution?
Is that what Peter obi would present in Court?

Can you tell the AI to interpret the ⅔ of 36 states and ⅔of 36 States and FCT?

AntiChristian:
And lastly someone asked Chat GPT to interpret Section 299 of the constitution if it means FCT is a state:

Question
According to section 299 of the constitution is FCT regarded as a State?

Answer
Section 299 of the Nigerian constitution provides that "The Provision of this constitution shall apply to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja as if it were one of the states of the Federation"

Based on this provision, it can be inferred that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is not regarded as a State in Nigeria, but is treated as if it were one of the states of the federation for the purpose of the application of the constitution. This means the constitution applies to the FCT the same way it applies to other states of the Federation, with certain modifications and exceptions as may be necessary due to its unique status as the capital territory of Nigeria.

In my own opinion, i think this above nails it!

lionshare:
Lets assume that you are correct; mention one country in the entire world where the president must win certain percentage of the votes in the capital city to be elected?

AntiChristian:








Are you sure? You may be right and wrong at the same time!

And lastly someone asked Chat GPT to interpret Section 299 of the constitution if it means FCT is a state:


Question
According to section 299 of the constitution is FCT regarded as a State?


Answer
Section 299 of the Nigerian constitution provides that "The Provision of this constitution shall apply to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja as if it were one of the states of the Federation"

Based on this provision, it can be inferred that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is not regarded as a State in Nigeria, but is treated as if it were one of the states of the federation for the purpose of the application of the constitution. This means the constitution applies to the FCT the same way it applies to other states of the Federation, with certain modifications and exceptions as may be necessary due to its unique status as the capital territory of Nigeria.

In my own opinion, i think this above nails it!

Importnaire:
It's a state because some of us are origin. Our state of origin is FCT

AntiChristian:


The bone of contention that needs to be determined is if FCT can be regarded as a state in the constitution!
And Section 299 has been interpreted by the AI.

And that has been interpreted in reality too.

Background
In 1979, Shehu Shagari was ruled to have won the Election and this was confirmed by the supreme court despite needing 25% of votes in Lagos (then FCT) to have won!

Awolowo won Lagos (as FCT then) with 82.3% votes while Shagari had a meagre 7.18%.

Lagos was counted with other states!
2/3 of 19 = 12.66

Awolowo wanted an approximation to 13 so that Shagari would not win!
But Shagari won since he had that 12.66!

And there are other related court rulings that supports that chat gpt conclusion!

AntiChristian:


The bone of contention that needs to be determined is if FCT can be regarded as a state in the constitution!
And Section 299 has been interpreted by the AI.

And that has been interpreted in reality too.

Background
In 1979, Shehu Shagari was ruled to have won the Election and this was confirmed by the supreme court despite needing 25% of votes in Lagos (then FCT) to have won!

Awolowo won Lagos (as FCT then) with 82.3% votes while Shagari had a meagre 7.18%.

Lagos was counted with other states!
2/3 of 19 = 12.66

Awolowo wanted an approximation to 13 so that Shagari would not win!
But Shagari won since he had that 12.66!

And there are other related court rulings that supports that chat gpt conclusion!

AntiChristian:


The bone of contention that needs to be determined is if FCT can be regarded as a state in the constitution!
And Section 299 has been interpreted by the AI.

And that has been interpreted in reality too.

Background
In 1979, Shehu Shagari was ruled to have won the Election and this was confirmed by the supreme court despite needing 25% of votes in Lagos (then FCT) to have won!

Awolowo won Lagos (as FCT then) with 82.3% votes while Shagari had a meagre 7.18%.

Lagos was counted with other states!
2/3 of 19 = 12.66

Awolowo wanted an approximation to 13 so that Shagari would not win!
But Shagari won since he had that 12.66!

And there are other related court rulings that supports that chat gpt conclusion!

AntiChristian:


We are not here to abuse/curse but to interpret the law as much as we can. We are not lawyers and Supreme Court has the final say in this regards!

FCT can be a state WITHOUT HAVING LG/Governor/Guber elections due to the special privilege it has.[/b]whc kain yeye law & court 4 this con3?

[b]I think Chat GPT below summarizes this:

GreyLaw:


My brother don't use emotions to interpret this section of the constitution. Hillary Clinton won more votes than Trump but Trump became president due to the higher electoral college voted.

The FCT is not a state. They don't have a governor. They don't have a house of assembly. It is akin to the US electoral college votes. When you use "and" it means additional to. It is different from "including". Moreover the supreme Court already explained this same matter in 2007/2008 in the case between Buhari and Yaradua. And they said you must get at least 25% of the votes cast in the FCT.

APC made a mistake. They probably forgot to fight hard in the FCT. I don't know how they made such a mistake.

vedaxcool:
Tell chat GPT to swear Peter Obi in Nah!

Teddy0147:


Una too dull for this country…. It’s say 25% of 24 state out of the 36 state + fct which will make 37 state

FCT is not among the 36 state if you can make 25% in FCT it’s valid and will be added to the 36 state


So if a candidate win only FCT and lost the rest 36 state to his opponent that means the election is void Abi…?

Akwamkpuruamu:


Simple analogy, to gain admission you need five credits and English and maths. Can u gain admission without English,, even if you pass other subjects with A1?

AdaojoTheUrchin:
That's settled already. For you to be declared winner you must win 25% in the FCT. It is a constitutional requirement. FCT has s special status. APC weren't expecting to perform so badly in FCT being the incumbent party, so it took them by surprise.

Yakubu Mahmoud declared Tinubu in error and put the Judiciary on trial by saying 'Go to court', because he believes there are corrupt Judges who are pro-Tinubu and who would stand logic on it head. Will the Courts prove him right? The world watches keenly.

AdaojoTheUrchin:


The constitution is the constitution. It is what you have been killing people and IPOB to defend for donkey. You cannot approbate when it suits you and reprobate on the sane issue when it also suits you.