Me:
I need more clarity on section 134(2) of the Nigerian constitution

Chatgpt:
Section 134(2) of the Nigerian Constitution sets out the requirements for a candidate to be duly elected as the President of Nigeria. The section states that where there are more than two candidates running for the presidential election, the candidate with the highest number of votes cast at the election will be deemed to have been duly elected if he or she meets two additional criteria.

The first criterion is that the candidate must have not less than one-quarter of the votes cast at the election in each of at least two-thirds of all the states in the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. In other words, the candidate must have a broad base of support across the country to be considered duly elected.

The second criterion is that the candidate must have the highest number of votes cast at the election. This means that even if the candidate meets the first criterion, they will not be deemed to have been duly elected if they do not have the highest number of votes cast at the election.

It is important to note that these criteria only apply where there are more than two candidates running for the presidential election. If there are only two candidates, the candidate with the highest number of votes will be deemed to have been duly elected.

Me:
Can Abuja in anyway be exempted from the first criterion?

Chatgpt:
No, Abuja cannot be exempted from the first criterion as set out in Section 134(2) of the Nigerian Constitution. The Constitution specifically requires that a candidate for the presidential election must have not less than one-quarter of the votes cast at the election in each of at least two-thirds of all the states in the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Therefore, the candidate must obtain at least one-quarter of the votes cast in Abuja as well as in at least two-thirds of all the other states in the country to be considered duly elected as the President of Nigeria.

It is worth noting that the Constitution is the supreme law of Nigeria, and its provisions are binding on all persons and authorities in the country. Any attempt to exempt Abuja or any other state from the requirements of the Constitution would be unconstitutional and invalid.

Me:
What if a candidate gets 25% of valid voted in all 36 states but doesn't get 25% in the FCT, can they be constitutionally declared winner?

Chatgpt:
No, if a candidate gets 25% of the valid votes in all 36 states of Nigeria but does not get 25% of the valid votes in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, the candidate cannot be constitutionally declared the winner of the presidential election.

This is because the requirement as set out in Section 134(2) of the Nigerian Constitution is that a candidate for the presidential election must have not less than one-quarter of the votes cast at the election in each of at least two-thirds of all the states in the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The phrase "each of at least two-thirds of all the states" means that the candidate must obtain the minimum required votes in all the states that make up at least two-thirds of all the states in Nigeria, which is 24 states. Abuja, as the Federal Capital Territory, is also included in this requirement.

Therefore, if the candidate does not meet the requirement of having at least one-quarter of the votes cast in the FCT, Abuja, the candidate cannot be deemed to have been duly elected as the President of Nigeria, even if they meet the requirement in all other states of the federation.

Maestro23:
Me:
I need more clarity on section 134(2) of the Nigerian constitution

Chatgpt:
Section 134(2) of the Nigerian Constitution sets out the requirements for a candidate to be duly elected as the President of Nigeria. The section states that where there are more than two candidates running for the presidential election, the candidate with the highest number of votes cast at the election will be deemed to have been duly elected if he or she meets two additional criteria.

The first criterion is that the candidate must have not less than one-quarter of the votes cast at the election in each of at least two-thirds of all the states in the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. In other words, the candidate must have a broad base of support across the country to be considered duly elected.

The second criterion is that the candidate must have the highest number of votes cast at the election. This means that even if the candidate meets the first criterion, they will not be deemed to have been duly elected if they do not have the highest number of votes cast at the election.

It is important to note that these criteria only apply where there are more than two candidates running for the presidential election. If there are only two candidates, the candidate with the highest number of votes will be deemed to have been duly elected.

Me:
Can Abuja in anyway be exempted from the first criterion?

Chatgpt:
No, Abuja cannot be exempted from the first criterion as set out in Section 134(2) of the Nigerian Constitution. The Constitution specifically requires that a candidate for the presidential election must have not less than one-quarter of the votes cast at the election in each of at least two-thirds of all the states in the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Therefore, the candidate must obtain at least one-quarter of the votes cast in Abuja as well as in at least two-thirds of all the other states in the country to be considered duly elected as the President of Nigeria.

It is worth noting that the Constitution is the supreme law of Nigeria, and its provisions are binding on all persons and authorities in the country. Any attempt to exempt Abuja or any other state from the requirements of the Constitution would be unconstitutional and invalid.

Me:
What if a candidate gets 25% of valid voted in all 36 states but doesn't get 25% in the FCT, can they be constitutionally declared winner?

Chatgpt:
No, if a candidate gets 25% of the valid votes in all 36 states of Nigeria but does not get 25% of the valid votes in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, the candidate cannot be constitutionally declared the winner of the presidential election.

This is because the requirement as set out in Section 134(2) of the Nigerian Constitution is that a candidate for the presidential election must have not less than one-quarter of the votes cast at the election in each of at least two-thirds of all the states in the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The phrase "each of at least two-thirds of all the states" means that the candidate must obtain the minimum required votes in all the states that make up at least two-thirds of all the states in Nigeria, which is 24 states. Abuja, as the Federal Capital Territory, is also included in this requirement.

Therefore, if the candidate does not meet the requirement of having at least one-quarter of the votes cast in the FCT, Abuja, the candidate cannot be deemed to have been duly elected as the President of Nigeria, even if they meet the requirement in all other states of the federation.

So, Chatgpt is now the interpreter of the law of the country?

Some of you do have acute low self-esteem to think that a technology still in a learning phase should be the guidance of over 220 million people. Wake up

More...

Hmmmmm

una no dey taya!

How many states does Nigeria have ? 36 states and FCT. So it as always been "and".. use this to interpret 24 states "and" FCT. It will help your Knowledge

I don't need Chatgpt to tell me that Tinubu a known drug lord can never be president of Nigeria not to talk of winning a presidential election where PO is one of the contestants.

Ask ChatGPT about section 299 that said "Abuja should be considered as one of the states of the federation for the purpose of an election" and get back to us.

Thank you.

Mhurfhy:
I don't need Chatgpt to tell me that Tinubu a known drug lord can never be president of Nigeria not to talk of winning a presidential election where PO is one of the contestants.

Tinubu is your president till 2031.

spiritedtete:
How many states does Nigeria have ? 36 states and FCT. So it as always been "and".. use this to interpret 24 states "and" FCT. It will help your Knowledge

Keep quiet please. The moment it comes to your party, you will lie, cheat, falsify, denigrate just to push a partisan agenda. You are a liability to mankind. The constitutional requirement is very clear, "36 states and Abuja" is very clear to the even the blind and audible to the deaf but criminals and partisan people will be dancing all kinds of Awilo around it to thwart the truth, may God forgive you all.

It baffles me how someone will post this trash on social media. ChagGpt to interpret constitution? It can only be a Zombidiot.

Chatgpt is now a nigerian court of competent jurisdiction abi Lmao
Keep deceiving yourself

Have you asked yourself this question, in which ground should Abuja has such outstanding status when it is clear that most of the elected government officials who possibly reside in Abuja, including the president, usually travel to their respective states to cast their votes during election leaving mainly the indigenous people to vote in FCT, on that note, do indigenous people of FCT have liquid gold flowing in their veins which makes them different from other Nigerians.
The status you guys are trying to create for Abuja people in your wrong interpretation is electoral college status and i don't think those who put down the constitution were ignorant of that when they were writing the constitution because if that was their intentions it would have been simply stated using the rightful phrase/language.

Olabestonic001:



So, Chatgpt is now the interpreter of the law of the country?

Some of you do have acute low self-esteem to think that a technology still in a learning phase should be the guidance of over 220 million people. Wake up

Only an Obidient Zombie would have published the nonsense.

Chatgpt Indeed.

Olabestonic001:



So, Chatgpt is now the interpreter of the law of the country?

Some of you do have acute low self-esteem to think that a technology still in a learning phase should be the guidance of over 220 million people. Wake up

No it means the software can efficiently interprete English without bias

optimusprime2:

No it means the software can efficiently interprete English without bias

Exactly

dinachi:

Keep quiet please. The moment it comes to your party, you will lie, cheat, falsify, denigrate just to push a partisan agenda. You are a liability to mankind. The constitutional requirement is very clear, "36 states and Abuja" is very clear to the even the blind and audible to the deaf but criminals and partisan people will be dancing all kinds of Awilo around it to thwart the truth, may God forgive you all.

You are talking like a pained sore loser... I am an objective person I don't have a preferred candidate because Nigeria will always be no matter who rules. However somethings are unarguably obvious. And you shouldn't be blinded by sentiment. And this issue had been resolved over 20 years ago by the supreme Court of Nigeria.

optimusprime2:

No it means the software can efficiently interprete English without bias

Can you reference 3 countries that rely on such to interpret its constitution?

They're called obidiotssssss for a reason.

Olabestonic001:


Can you reference 3 countries that rely on such to interpret its constitution?

Bros if we go that direction, in 2008 the supreme Court already interpreted this 25% in FCT when Buhari took INEC to court, so there's no need to cross reference interpretations, when Nigeria's judiciary already did it.

https://www.arise.tv/supreme-courts-judgement-in-2008-mandated-a-candidate-to-score-at-least-25-in-the-fct-aondoakaa/

However we are waiting for the court to interprete in this case.

optimusprime2:


Bros if we go that direction, in 2008 the supreme Court already interpreted this 25% in FCT when Buhari took INEC to court, so there's no need to cross reference interpretations, when Nigeria's judiciary already did it.

https://www.arise.tv/supreme-courts-judgement-in-2008-mandated-a-candidate-to-score-at-least-25-in-the-fct-aondoakaa/

However we are waiting for the court to interprete in this case.

The Supreme Court can rule against it's earlier stand (an example was in the US abortion case of Roe v Wade.

Will you take it if the Supreme Court, in its wisdom, rules against the Abuja 'Super vote' reasoning?

Olabestonic001:



The Supreme Court can rule against it's earlier stand (an example was in the US abortion case of Roe v Wade.

Will you take it if the Supreme Court, in its wisdom, rules against the Abuja 'Super vote' reasoning?

I am not in any way going against "The Law"
All I stated was;

1- The Supreme Court already interpreted this in 2008.

2- It's clear enough to understand without bias

Once again I conclude that we await the court...

But note this, if this 25% issue needed further interpretation, why did INEC go ahead and announce results in such an instance of ambiguity? Shouldn't this interpretation have been done before announcement of the winner?

optimusprime2:


I am not in any way going against "The Law"
All I stated was;

1- The Supreme Court already interpreted this in 2008.

2- It's clear enough to understand without bias

Once again I conclude that we await the court...

But note this, if this 25% issue needed further interpretation, why did INEC go ahead and announce results in such an instance of ambiguity? Shouldn't this interpretation have been done before announcement of the winner?

You assume that INEC agrees with you about Abuja's votes being supervotes. INEC does not believe you need 25% in Abuja to be declared the presidential election winner.

The 25% in the FCT debacle is Peter Obi's argument, and our law states that INEC is correct by default until proven otherwise. So, INEC does not need any court pronouncement because none was before the courts (as at the time of the vote counting), nor were INEC accepting Abuja voters as being 'more' than other Nigerian voters.

So, INEC had no grey understanding and did not need a court to clarify anything.

Olabestonic001:



You assume that INEC agrees with you about Abuja's votes being supervotes. INEC does not believe you need 25% in Abuja to be declared the presidential election winner.



So, INEC had no grey understanding and did not need a court to clarify anything.

Are you implying that INEC basically wrote the Electoral act?
And they can do and undo even if it goes against the Electoral act...

The 25% in the FCT debacle is Peter Obi's argument, and our law states that INEC is correct by default until proven otherwise. So, INEC does not need any court pronouncement because none was before the courts (as at the time of the vote counting), nor were INEC accepting Abuja voters as being 'more' than other Nigerian voters.

Just to remind you on how the Judicial arm of Government works, whatever the supreme Court dictates, "becomes the law" and once again this issue was interpreted by a dictation of the supreme Court in 2008... meaning it stood as the law until an ammendment...

Trust me, if this wasn't a case, then there would have been no petition on this regard.

alizma:
Have you asked yourself this question, in which ground should Abuja has such outstanding status when it is clear that most of the elected government officials who possibly reside in Abuja, including the president, usually travel to their respective states to cast their votes during election leaving mainly the indigenous people to vote in FCT, on that note, do indigenous people of FCT have liquid gold flowing in their veins which makes them different from other Nigerians.
The status you guys are trying to create for Abuja people in your wrong interpretation is electoral college status and i don't think those who put down the constitution were ignorant of that when they were writing the constitution because if that was their intentions it would have been simply stated using the rightful phrase/language.

Abuja indigine are less than 5percent in Abuja, the major people in Abuja are Nigerians from different states, Abuja is mini Nigeria and no political party have structure in Abuja so any vote in Abuja reflect the 25percent will of the people of Federal republic of Nigeria

chatGPT just interpreted a simple English

Gbogbowa:
Abuja indigine are less than 5percent in Abuja, the major people in Abuja are Nigerians from different states, Abuja is mini Nigeria and no political party have structure in Abuja so any vote in Abuja reflect the 25percent will of the people of Federal republic of Nigeria

What is the percentage of the indigen of Lagos in Lagos?

optimusprime2:


Are you implying that INEC basically wrote the Electoral act?
And they can do and undo even if it goes against the Electoral act...




Just to remind you on how the Judicial arm of Government works, whatever the supreme Court dictates, "becomes the law" and once again this issue was interpreted by a dictation of the supreme Court in 2008... meaning it stood as the law until an ammendment...

Trust me, if this wasn't a case, then there would have been no petition on this regard.

INEC is assumed right until proven wrong.

As for 25% FCT issue, we have never had such a case, and we will wait on the Supreme Court to decide if Abuja now have veto votes. This will help strategies to shift.

Maestro23,

1) You maliciously didn't include in your input that all votes in Nigeria are equal and Abuja residents have no two heads .

2) Even the designers of the AI called chatGPT have consistently said that the AI is still learning and prone to many mistakes.

3) IPOB/OBIDIENTS will continue to create thread after thread in Nairaland on Tinubu for the next 8 years


https://www.makeuseof.com/openai-chatgpt-biggest-probelms/