₦airaland Forum

Austino50:
Its late now because the case has already been decided and you can not add or subtract at this level of appeal, even to the level of supreme court. Any bribe given to you is your own free share of the state resources it will not add any value to their so called appeal

Babzrockman:
Either alert or brown envelope one must have been served... Useless people everywhere..
I know the judgement will not have serious effects

Yenagoa- The Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP) in Bayelsa State, on Thursday, washed its hand off the ongoing case on the alleged unlawful exclusion of the party’s candidate from the November 16, 2019 governorship election.

Pastor Sapere-Obi Endukakpo, the state secretary of the ANDP, said during a press conference at the Nigeria Union of Journalists Press Centre in Yenagoa on Thursday that the party was never a party to the petition filed before the tribunal.

Endukakpo, who was flanked by the state Publicity Secretary, Charles Krotezi, and the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Fortune Oyadongha, said the ANDP had unanimously adopted Diri during the run-up to the poll.

He said the ANDP could not, therefore, have dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before the tribunal to complain about the alleged unlawful exclusion of the party’s candidate from the election.

Endukakpo said, “As at the time of the said elections, the party was still in its formative stage and yet to create structures necessary to run a successful campaign.

“Consequently, the party at the state level, in consultation with the National Executive, in its wisdom, opted to endorse the candidate whose vision and manifesto best mirrored the aspirations of the ANDP for a greater Bayelsa State.

“In that consideration, we met and agreed to support the candidature of His Excellency, Senator Douye Diri, of the Peoples Democratic Party.”

He recalled that the ANDP officially communicated its intentions to Diri in a letter dated November 4, 2019 and also published same in some national dailies, stressing that the judgment of the election petition tribunal sacking the governor “came to us as a rude shock.”


Endukakpo further said,”For clarity and emphasis, the ANDP did not conduct primaries, neither did we agree on a consensus candidate simply because the elections came too soon for the party to put structures required in place.

“Therefore, the party, having previously adopted Senator Diri, could not have gone to the tribunal to complain of unlawful exclusion.”

He also stated that the purported candidate of the ANDP is unknown to the party “as he is not a card-carrying member”, challenging him to produce his membership card “if he maintains this charade.

Djrufus:
don't even bother urself, the judgement is clear...A fresh election to be conducted and ANDP should be on the ballot. So it means the excluded ANDP should be added to the list of qualified candidates before the election which APC was never qualified

tuniski:
Apc will not and cannot be on the ballot whatever name the election is called.

garfield1:
The grounds of appeal are weak

quickberry:
Wait till judgement is delivered on the case

quickberry:
Wrong

duro4chang:
I was thinking the matter is between INEC and the other party. INEC might spoil case for Diri . He should work with INEC.

ORIENTATION101:
you re this your 10yrs old rhetorics

You should be bothered that diri lawyers re making mockery of their case
You expect appeal court to set aside tribunal judgment for that watery shit diri lawyers put together: D

quickberry:
It's only the courts that can disqualify a candidate

Confirmedzombie:
As a senior lawyer, and based on the grounds of Appeal, i can conclude that the judgement of majority of the tribunal will be upheld.

The grounds contended by the counsel of Diri lacks merit and cant fly.

I urge Diri to begin to prepare for a fresh election.

quickberry:
The replacement is not below 35, the bone of contention is that the name was submitted after the deadline for replacement of candidates.

quickberry:
The question should be; does INEC have the right to disqualify the party from participating in the election?

quickberry:
The lady is not below 35

quickberry:
Majority or minority?

kcnwaigbo:
Did the ANDP substitute candidate outside the timeframe provided by the law?

quickberry:
He contended that INEC never rejected or disqualified the candidates of ANDP in its September 13, 2019 letter but merely informed the party that the nomination of its candidates “was invalid for the reason of their being underage and below the constitutional age threshold”.

Dead on arrival.

INEC through Mr. Festus Okoye, this morning, admitted that they disqualified the ANDP from participating in the election.

garfield1:
Unfortunately

garfield1:
Oga,inec cannot disqualify as far as they submitted before the deadline.only the courts can.simple

fergie001:
AAA593, Orientation101...Did the two of you come here to educate yourselves or wrestle?

STOP IT

ORIENTATION101:
you re the one to borrow yourself sense.

What is the meaning of the word void ab initio?

ORIENTATION101:
you re the one decieving your self.

Bayelsa 2019 election never existed according to court ruling yesterday .the election is now " void ab initio"