Ventura1:
You cannot aggregate rigging, it has to be proven PU by PU, and that is extremely difficult.

Jeffy1206:
you forgot something that the difference between 1st and 3rd is just 2.4m votes which can easily be overtaking. Remember Kwankwaso saying that he will be ahead of tinubu if votes weren't allocated to him by inec. He knew still that he didn't win that's why he decided not to go to court.

CondenseMilk:
APC said that PO should go to court. Now that PO is in court you want the judge to dismiss the case?


Never!

seanfer:



Obi was not substitute.. He is the sole candidate for the primary election

Eniitankorede:

Many of you are legally illiterate. If you know the law, you will see that their counter argument is very strong and compelling. How can Obi contest election when he was not a member of LP? How can Obi claim irregularities without giving evidence on polling unit basis? Answer those questions based on the law.

seunmsg:


Serous cost for wasting everybody’s time.


The APC equally argued that the petition was improperly constituted having failed to join Atiku Abubakar and PDP who were necessary parties to be affected by the reliefs sought

“By Paragraph 17 of the petition, the petitioners, on their own, stated that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar came second in the presidential election with 6,984,520 votes as against the petitioners who came third with 6,101,533 votes;

“At Paragraph 102 (ii) of the petition, the petitioners urged the tribunal to determine that 1st petitioner scored the majority of lawful votes without joining Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in the petition.

“For the tribunal to grant prayer (iii) of the petitioners, the tribunal must have set aside the scores and election of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar,

“Alhaji Atiku Abubakar must be heard before his votes can be discountenanced by the tribunal,” it said.


This point alone has destroyed Peter Obi’s petition. The quacks who filed Obi Obi’s petition will be sweating after reading this technical point. Wole Olanipekun is damn good in destroying cases on technical grounds.

To delusional obedients, it’s game over. Obi’s watery case has been shredded to pieces.

Eniitankorede:




We have evidence that shows Obi resigned on 20th May 2022 from PDP. As at that time he was not an LP member, and he contested for presidency of LP. This is a nullity in law.

Venerable612:


You know the Law!

Well said!

The preliminary objections are quite punchy - sammarily:
1. Peter Obi does not have locus to contest the election and bring the petition at all;

2. failure to add Atiku/PDP to the petition is a huge miss, as PO can’t be declared winner if at all he is successful without first discountenancing Atiku’s votes;

3. no pleadings on polling units disruptions individually; and

4. PO’s petition is fraught with pre-election matters - and the Tribunal itself does not have jurisdiction to hear the matter.

Law is interesting! Let’s see how this place out and watch out for the Defence & potential cross petition.

Eniitankorede:




I have read it in INEC regulations and electoral law. It is not the job of INEC to verify certificates and facts of the eligibility of a candidate. The candidates just need to make statements of facts which confirm their eligibility. It is the job of opposition to challenge such facts in court.

onuman:



Sensible persons do not support an old and obviously mentally handicapped Tinubu who was involved in drug trafficking offences and certificates forgery to win a case to become president of a country, in a court of learned judges, and through a most deceptive, fraudulent and backward election process where the election umpire contravened the Electoral Act.

Clevite:


You're damn correct!

On another platform, I had discussed this issue of not joining Atiku and the fatal effect it may have on Obi's petition. That's even before Obi filed the petition, at the time he was only focused on challenging Tinubu.

For Obi to rightful get himself declared 1st from 3rd position, he has two hurdles to cross. That is, he has both Tinubu and Atiku to contend with.

He would have to prove that the number of votes secured by Atiku earning him the 2nd place were not validly gotten.

And he can't successfully do that without joining Atiku and PDP as interested parties. They have to come and defend themselves and their votes.

The Tribunal will never nullify a candidate's votes and 2nd position behind him. The court will not decide against the interest of a necessary party that is not brought before it. That would be a gross violation of the principle of fair hearing.

As it is now, Atiku's 2nd position remains unchallenged before the Tribunal. And that may be highly fatal to Obi's case.

DMerciful:
If there's substitution window, clearly anybody can be substituted by the party because substitution is after a name has been submitted. So if someone can be substituted later and be valid, why will someone earlier be invalid?

Roboto11:
Responding, the APC asked the court to dismiss the suit on the ground that Mr Obi, the 1st petitioner, lacked requisite “locus standi” to institute the petition because he was not a member of LP at least 30 days to the party’s presidential primary to be validly sponsored by the party.

It said: “The 1st petitioner (Obi) was a member of PDP until May 24, 2022.

“1st petitioner was screened as a presidential aspirant of the PDP in April 2022.

“1st petitioner participated and was cleared to contest the presidential election while being a member of the PDP.

“1st petitioner purportedly resigned his membership of PDP on May 24, 2022 to purportedly join the 2nd petitioner (Labour Party) on May 27, 2022.

“2nd petitioner conducted its presidential primary on May 30, 2022 which purportedly produced 1st petitioner as its candidate, which time contravened Section 77(3) of the Electoral Act for him to contest the primary election as a member of the 2nd petitioner

ChybuzzDD:


That technicality was that the appellant was not an LP aspirant, just as Tinubu is not an LP aspirant

I don't why you guys like running away from facts.

soojar:


APC lawyers seem good at fishing for technicalities. I'm particularly intrigued about your point 2, I don't know how Obi's lawyers missed that. I'm really looking forward to how that point will be argued.



We learn everyday

OKOATA:
I be kid thanks, but druglord won't rule Nigeria.

Antipob777:


As a senior lawyer I will go with APC defence. Even b4 the election I noticed obi was not qualified to contest but the parties PDP and APC allowed him contest as to use it against him at the tribunal should such arise.

Those commenting and saying the APC defence is watery should prove to us that it is watery.

According to the electoral Act 2022, obi was never qualified to contest in the first place.

Obi came 3rd in the election and as such ought to have joined PDP and Atiku in his petition.

To me APC has a good defense here but it's left the tribunal to decide.

I urge obi supporters to comment with facts and not sentiments as usual.

APC defense it a TECHNICAL KNOCKOUT for Obi

27Pushing30:


Read the electoral act... google is your friend.

It is based on the electoral act that LP did a Bye-primary election for senatorial.

Omo make una read that electoral act o. It is quite clear.

The era of jumping from one party to the other will soon end in Nigeria.

mauchiz:
I don't understand Apc,
I think they are afraid of something,if not why are they saying this?

soojar:


What he is trying to say is that there is nothing like Interim in the constitution and it doesn't exist in the electoral process. Going by the law the person holding the certificate of return MUST be sworn in pending the conclusion of the case before the tribunal/supreme court.

Except you are saying rule of law should not be followed in which case you can be asking for interim government or coup or recolonization by the western world or war etc. If it is rule of law you want to follow, then let's concentrate on the cases in court, as for May 29th, a president must be sworn in.



We learn everyday.

CondenseMilk:


with a tenable reason oga

CondenseMilk:
APC said that PO should go to court. Now that PO is in court you want the judge to dismiss the case?


Never!

CondenseMilk:
APC said that PO should go to court. Now that PO is in court you want the judge to dismiss the case?


Never!

Clevite:
The battle begins. Bola Tinubu and APC have entered the ring. They entered on technical ground. An attempt at technical knock-out, at first round!

PassingShot:

At the minimum, one would expect some of you to be reasonable and discerning.

A primary school kid should know that it is impossible to conclude an election petition case in three months let alone in a month and half.

Tinubu is our president for the next 4 years at the minimum.

CondenseMilk:


But you are to present facts on ground for dismissal or objection.

Did you read the statement by APC at all?

Everlastingson:


Stop lying. An election petition
can and should be concluded within 3 weeks. Ask Kenya you lying hypocrite

PassingShot:

At the minimum, one would expect some of you to be reasonable and discerning.

A primary school kid should know that it is impossible to conclude an election petition case in three months let alone in a month and half.

Tinubu is our president for the next 4 years at the minimum.

DMerciful:
I just dey laugh you.

jchioma:
Apc is trying to rely on technicalities in the face of raw facts and evidence of massive rigging and irregularities? Kolewerk!

seanfer:


Watery to you. Please can you fault any of the points raised in the response?