helinues:
...How can a political party who was short of ten thousands of polling agents proof his case in court without the polling agents as witnesses....

5. Conclusion:
Forfeiture is a punishment for a crime committed. Narcotics trafficking is also a serious offence that attracts severe punishment.

“A person who has forfeited property on the basis of a crime cannot be entitled to indemnity. Forfeiture is a form of punishment. There is no indemnity in our criminal procedure,” the court further stated in a majority decision delivered. - Chief Justice Olukayode Ariwoola.

Dual Citizenship Is Barred For Critical Office Holders!

Dual citizenship, or multiple citizenship, is when a single person is legally recognized as a citizen of two or more countries at the same time. Dual citizenship is permitted in Nigeria but persons with dual citizenship are barred and are constitutionally ineligible to run for the following offices: House of Representatives or Senate, Section 66(1)(a); House of Assembly, Section 107(1)(a); Office of the President, Section 137(1)(a); and Office of Governor, Section 182(1)(a). This is the position of the constitution!

However, the importance of this issue was raised ahead of the APC presidential primary last year when human rights activist, Mr Kayode Ajulo, wrote a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari and the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, on the danger of picking a candidate with dual citizenship or past criminal record.

In a letter titled, “Secret Memo to the President and Leadership of the APC on the Eligibility of Persons to Contest for the Office of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” dated May 22, 2022, Ajulo said it was important for the APC to get its act together so that the party would not lose its deserved victory.

Ajulo asked the APC to take into consideration the 1999 Constitution specifically Chapter VI, Part 1, Section 131 and which outlines the basic requirements to be met by a candidate to be eligible for an election into the office of the President in Nigeria. Ajulo said, “Section 137 of the same constitution as amended, goes further to illuminate this matter by providing for several situations which doth render a candidate ineligible to be elected as the President, stating that a candidate will be ineligible: If he/she has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a country other than Nigeria or has declared allegiance to such other country.”

In a July 31, 2017 article titled, “Can A Political Leader Hold Dual Citizenship And Avoid Conflicting Loyalties,” by Andy J. Semotiuk and published by Forbes, Semotiuk noted that a high office holder cannot have dual citizenship since that could result in conflict of interests. It is this conflict of interests that motivated the writers of our constitution to bar individuals with dual citizenship from office of president, governor or lawmaker!

Only a true patriot can be allowed into such offices. Any man who has such duality can wreck our country and flee to his alternate country. God forbid that. This alleged matter of Bola Ahmed Tinubu dual citizenship ought to be thoroughly scrutinised if we are serious as a nation of laws.

Racoon:
Warped reasoning as usual. Does a party needs all it polling agents to prove a brazen criminality and electoral robbery of an election? You lots a just shameless and despicable. Imagine if Peter Obi was Tinubu in this fraudulent 2023 election.

Racoon:

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Racoon:
Warped reasoning as usual. Does a party needs all it polling agents to prove a brazen criminality and electoral robbery of an election? You lots a just shameless and despicable. Imagine if Peter Obi was Tinubu in this fraudulent 2023 election.

helinues:


Chai, Racoon, you know on a normal day, you are not supposed to be putting mouth about politics matter cos it's obvious you don't know how it works based on almost 95% of things you have supported which are just the opposite of reality. The whole page will full of I should start listing them.

Has Obi or Atiku come out with their own figure of how they won the election? Why have they not if they had a standard collation center during counting of votes which their agentsisy have supplied them with the results on ground.

So na BBC conducted election to have said Peter Obi won? Then why not ask BBC to declare Obi the winner?

See, politics is not about emotions. Both Obi and Atiku have no case. Their petitions will be tossed in the trash can. You can take that to the bank for cash out

Ratello:
*What You Must Know At The Ongoing Presidential Election Tribunal*

There are sections in the constitution that addresses the issue of disqualifications.

*1. Foreign Nationality*

The "constitution" says if a person has acquired another nationality, he is not suitable to contest for the office of President. The constitution wants us to have a president whose allegiance solely belongs to Nigeria. It's a big security issue to have a president who has pledged allegiance to another country. It's like having an employee whose allegiance belongs to another company. Such employee will work against the interest on his current employer.

*2. Forged Credentials*

There is another section in "our Constitution" which says that a candidate who has submitted forged credentials can not contest for president. Forgery is a criminal offence and it has many dimensions (age falsification, identify theft, impersonation amongst others).

*3. Criminal Record*

Our Constitution forbids someone with previous criminal activities from contesting. It's in the constitution and I will get u the relevant sections. Tinubu's criminal records encompasses drug trafficking and money laundering. These are not minor offences. If our judiciary clears Tinubu, it implies that yahoo boys and hush puppi or whatever his name is can contest for president.

*4. Non Disclosure In Personal Particulars*

In Tinubu's nomination form (EC9), Tinubu lied on oath about these facts. Lying on Oath is perjury.

*5. Conclusion*

It's super certain that all or 3 of the above issues raised will lead to Tinubu's disqualification.

Forfeiture is a punishment for a crime committed. Narcotics trafficking is also a serious offence that attracts severe punishment.

It must be noted that notarized documents of the judgement of the US District Court was gotten and it has been submitted.

Note the word "notarized".

What was submitted is not a downloaded copy but a document that was signed and given to Atiku's lawyers, tendered in court and admitted as evidence.

Lastly, we must remember that we are in court for 7 issues and not 1.

These are the issues:

1. Eligibility of Tinubu to contest at the time of the election.

2. INEC non compliance with their own guidelines and the electoral act.

3. Electoral corruption.

4. Majority winner of "lawful votes."

5. Margin of lead

6. Geographic spread votes scored (25% in 24 states).

7. Constitutional interpretation of 25% in FCT.

I don't see any judge waving aside these evidences for Tinubu.

Thank you.

Ratello:


Did you read what you type at all? Evidences abound on what transpired that day and Atiku and his team have done justice to prove that INEC was in cahoot with Tinubu/APC to rig that election and you wondered why INEC is acting like an extension of APC in the law court, yet you still didn't grab it. INEC will open their defenses tomorrow let's see your reactions to their ridiculous defenses too as from tomorrow then we can tell where you truly belong. If the court should do otherwise, Nigeria may become ungovernable in the coming days.....Tinubu is a disaster already....

helinues:


Chai, Racoon, you know on a normal day, you are not supposed to be putting mouth about politics matter cos it's obvious you don't know how it works based on almost 95% of things you have supported which are just the opposite of reality. The whole page will full of I should start listing them.

Has Obi or Atiku come out with their own figure of how they won the election? Why have they not if they had a standard collation center during counting of votes which their agentsisy have supplied them with the results on ground.

So na BBC conducted election to have said Peter Obi won? Then why not ask BBC to declare Obi the winner?

See, politics is not about emotions. Both Obi and Atiku have no case. Their petitions will be tossed in the trash can. You can take that to the bank for cash out

helinues:
So far so good, the petitioners have not presented any substantial evidence showing how they won the election or how they were rigged.

How can a political party who was short of ten thousands of polling agents proof his case in court without the polling agents as witnesses.

We are only waiting for the formality from both tribunal and SC which is the election would be upheld

sapele914:
You Lazy minded things are still deceiving yourselves?

After all said & done, you ratello & them will claim that it is others that kept you in poverty, when it is quite obvious that you have refused to use the little common sense opportunity you still have left, before it expires?