DAVIDMOE:
Election Tribunal judgement has been slated to take place on 6th of September. What are you expecting from this election petition judgement?

Do you think there will be a rerun or petitions by election losers will be quashed?

Ekpenuwa:
Make LP just rest na everything don set for JAGABAN that's why he go Indian go chill make anybody nor suspect am Obi should go and prepare for the Next 8 years coming Election (EMILOKAN)....

Nelly272:
you no get sense at all

DAVIDMOE:
What are you expecting from this election petition judgement?

Sanmax:



You are wrong,
INEC SHOULD CONDUCT ELECTIONS ACCORDING TO THE ELECTION GUIDELINES AS STIPULATED IN THE CONSTITUTION.

ELECTION MATTERS AND DISPUTE SHOULD BE RESOLVED BY COMPARING FORM EC8A AND IREV TO FIND OUT OF THEY TALLY. THAT IS THE STIPULATION.
LET ME KNOW HOW THE JUDICIARY WILL RULE THAT THOSE BLURRED AND NONSENSE PICTURES UPLOADED ON IREV IS NOT GOOD EVIDENCE THAT TINUBU WAS SELECTED. THAT IS ALL I AM WAITING FOR,

ugodson:
From my observation, its likely they will give it to tinubu. War go happen o

sirchim:
And what happened to the promised transmission of our results in real time? Mek una dey fear God abeg, ba ku da gaskiya, walahi!

adioolayi:
Wetin be this

Sane Nigerians know that INEC messup the electioneering processes as they failed to keep to their own rules... especially on transmission of presidential election results to IREV in real time as promised by them.

The questions now bothers on if petitioners have been able to convince the Judges that these lapses from INEC is so significant that it has cost their client heavily and it's the reason their client lose the election.


Well, from what I read during trials...I don't think the petitioners have been able to convince me, not to talk about the Judges.

Tinubu wins this. Not about sentiments or emotions

Fiscus105:



He won indeed, but to be fair enough, that 25% requirement in Abuja , wasn't satisfied according to electoral law, thoug the judges will overlooked it.

adecz:



If we follow the nasty antecedents of
the judiciary during the APC era, we
expect a favorable ruling for Tinubu and
await the blowback from the public or
the army....


Mark my prophetical words😎😎😎😎

blaise26abj:


For presidency , there should be a waiting period for all electoral issues are determined . An illegitimate presidency will influence the judiciary in a corrupt system like nigeria .

This is not even about Tinubu . It is about future situations . Even if I am the one , once sworn in as president ( in this kind of system ) , Walahi no judge will rule against me . If na to open national treasury to do it , it must be done .

seunmsg:
The useless and baseless petitions will be dismissed with heavy fines imposed on Atiku and Obi for bringing such a frivolous case before the court.

Atlantis585:
There will be reruns in select number of states. The states will be chosen to give advantage to the crook in Aso Rock.

And that is the reason military coups happen. It’s long overdue in Nigeria.

agabusta:


Make you sef dey fear God. So the fact that electronic transmission did not happen automatically means that the results were changed??

If indeed results were changed, why has anybody been unable to produce evidence of manipulated results save only for that of Rivers state??

Has anybody been able to present any alternative result that will markedly influence the outcome of the election??

Interestingly, I didn't even vote for the APC, but I just detest emotionally laden arguments without proper facts.

All the other parties have agents in virtually all the polling units in Nigeria. No case has been presented in courts based on irrefutable manipulated numbers. Everybody is just dancing around.

I also cried wolf after the election did not favour my candidate and was hoping the courts remedy the situation. But I calmed down after checking the 5 polling units surrounding my area that I wrote down the results personally. I checked online on the IREV and the polling unit results I took corresponds to what was uploaded online.

Have you checked yours and those around you?? Was there a difference? If you add all the polling unit results together to get that of the ward? Was there a difference with what was declared?? If you add all the ward results together to get that of the local government, did you observe any significant difference with what was declared? And if you now go further to add all the local government results together to get that of the state, was the outcome different from what was declared by INEC? This is how to dwell on facts. Not just shouting about electronic transfer without any facts as to the origin of manipulation. Even the so called electronic transmission is the easiest to manipulate by hackers.

What I expected to see at the tribunal are evidences to show polling unit results were manipulated at ward collation level/local govt level and state collation with proper facts and figures.

But what we had was just a merry-go-round case based on technicalities and seeking disqualification. Pure waste of intellect.

Drsmartphilips:
for east

agabusta:


So you expect rerun to be declared in states without substantial issues? If yes, then you are biased and as such part of the Nigerian problem.

obailala:
Doing Nothing! i.e. if the Tribunal ignores all the clear points raised and just outrightly dismisses the case, that would set a dangerous precedent.

Without delving too deep, the 25% in Abuja is a clear basis to call for a run-off, the constitution was very clear on that. If the Tribunal ignores that, then it would be setting a very dangerous precedent which would rubbish the integrity of the Judiciary and the constitution.

Halo22:
There's nothing there to predict, Obi won the election convincingly, but the Nigerian factor will take place with its so-called technicalities.

agabusta:


Abuja residents are not more important than other people in Nigeria. You people are just clutching at straws.

The constitution stated 1/4 votes in 2/3rd states 'and' the FCT. Which can be interpreted as ...inclusive of the FCT. Try and read up mischief rule of statutes of interpretation of laws.

The constitution and judgments in the past has clearly stated that Abuja FCT will be regarded as other states with respect to its jurisdiction.

Horus:


There is also the possibility of a Military Coup d'Etat according to the result

obailala:
Abuja residents aren't the ones who wrote the Nigerian constitution which clearly stated in English language that they be treated as specials. 'And', 'Including', 'inclusive, we cant turn that simple English statement on its head simply because it doesnt favour some sacred cows who 'own' the system; that would set a very dangerous precedence which could rubbish a lot more things in the constitution.

Sometimes I just sit back and wonder, had it been Peter OBI was the one pronounced winner but he couldn't gain 25% in FCT, had it also been OBI was the one with the $460,000 drug kingpin forfeiture case, I cant even imagine how the smart and ferocious APC e-warriors would have shredded him to pieces. But see how you all are now preaching to Nigerians how these things don't matter

Meanwhile, can you kindly point me to the electoral judgment that stated that the FCT is equivalent to states in electoral matters. I'm patiently waiting!

The status of the FCT is set out in section 299 of the Constitution as follows:

“The provisions of this Constitution shall apply to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja as if it were one of the States of the Federation”.


In Bakari v. Ogundipe (2021) 5 NWLR (Pt.1768) 1, the supreme Court held that by virtue of section 299(a) (b) of the Constitution, the provisions of the Constitution shall apply to the FCT, Abuja as if it were one of the States of the Federation.

In Baba-Panya v. President, FRN (2018) 15 NWLR (Pt. 1643) 423, the Court held that the FCT, Abuja is to be treated like a State and it is not superior or inferior to any state in the Federation.

Buhari v Obasanjo (2005) 13 NWLR Pt 941 Pg 1; Okoyade Vs FCDA LPELR – 41123 9CA)

Falana noted that after the Supreme Court handed down the case of Buhari v Obasanjo (supra) on July 1, 2005, the status of the Federal Capital Territory was subjected to judicial interpretation by the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.

Specifically, both appellate courts have interpreted section 299 of the Constitution, which states that the provisions of the Constitution “shall apply to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja as if it were one of the States of the Federation”.

Okoyode v Federal Capital Development Authority LPELR-41123(CA), is the first case to confirm the FCT’s legal status. In that case, Rowland J.C.A held: “It is therefore doubtless clear that by virtue of Section 299 of the Constitution of the Federation, the Federal Capital Territory is in law a State. In others words, the Federal Capital Territory should be treated as one of the States in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

Falana described as illogical, the position being canvassed by some lawyers meant to confer a special status on the FCT in the calculation of the results in a presidential election.

He said such also meant that the votes of the six area councils in the FCT are greater than the votes cast in the states with over 30 or 40 local governments.

He argued that the absurdity of the argument becomes manifest when it is said that a candidate who has majority of lawful votes and 100 per cent of the votes cast in the 36 states of the Federation cannot be declared the winner of the election unless he scores not less than one quarter of the votes cast in the FCT!

“The contention ought to be rejected outright as the drafters of the 1999 Constitution did envisage that the FCT will be placed on a higher pedestal than any of the remaining 36 States of the Federation.

“In view of the clear provision of Section 299 of the Constitution and the relevant judicial authorities the FCT is to be treated as one of the States of the Federation. No more, no less. Accordingly, the FCT is equal but not higher than any of the remaining 36 states”, Falana

Baatunde:


Wait until when? You know the whole process up to the Supreme Court can take up to two years? I So who will be in charge for that two years I ask you and will that be deducted from the over four years or added to it when the case is finally concluded? In law, the statues quo is maintained until proven otherwise and that is the principle of innocent until proven guilty. NO system is ever perfect, you just have to go with the least problematic option

agabusta:


A case law does not necessarily have to be an electoral one. You guys are just giving yourselves false hopes. Historical judgements will not differ from what we'd get tomorrow.

By tomorrow, your eyes will be clear. Please I beg you, don't come here and scream bribery over your illogical interpretation, which has no precedence.


Related interpretation.

obailala:
I'm not giving myself any false hope cos everyone already knows the Nigerian system is desperately corrupt and rigged to favour the highest bidder. So I'm not giving myself any hope here; I'm only just stating what is a clear fact and what the outcome should be had Nigeria been a society that reveres the rule of law. This issue is only being debated cos we're in Nigeria where anything goes...

All the legal examples you gave cited Section 299 of the constitution which happens to be a general provision. But Section 134(2) which mentions "...AND FCT..." is a specific provision specifically guiding presidential elections. I'm not a lawyer but one thing I know for certain is that general provision cannot supersede or override a specific provision.

Even Tinubu's camp knows the 25% provision to be a problem, reason Tinubu had to warn the PEPT that overturning an election just cos of the FCT 25% clause could plunge the nation to anarchy; what Tinubu basically implied is that "Yes the full requirements were not met, but for the sake of avoiding anarchy, let's overlook minor issues." It's up to the courts to tell us whether emotions and subtle threats supersede the constitution.

adecz:


Cooked up "majority votes"😕😕😕

agabusta:


You keep saying this without showing how?

How??

By which states? By what number of votes?

Halo22:
What are you saying? Let them open the Irev, then u will see that Obi won over 25 states.