₦airaland Forum

jamace:
Audu's death is a "force majeure". And since all electoral requirements were fulfilled by Audu and Faleke before the commencement of the election, Faleke should be allowed to conclude the race in the interest of fairplay, equity and justice. Yahaya Bello who is the new entrant in the race should be Faleke's running mate. Period.

glossy6:
The post said 9yrs old in JSS 2. Mine was 10yrs in JSS 2 and I was not too comfortable

jamace:
No qualms. Just give him his due.

glossy6:
A boy won a game at a birthday party I attended with my kids yesterday and was asked his name, age and class.

He said he is 9yrs old and in JSS 2. We were surprised. In the course of trying to get him to answer some questions relating to his school his brother came out. Guesd what? He is 10 years and in JSS 3.

They both have the same trend. How did they get there? Wait ooh, they will complete their secondary education by 13 years. What of the minimum entry age into university of 16yrs? What of psychological developments?

What is your take on this? Before now I thought that my 12yrs old child in SS1 is too fast and my husband thought of steeping her down last two years until I met those kids.

jamace:
Of course, yes. Some people should not use "force majeure" to settle political scores.

jamace:
Faleke has a strong case. All requirements were fulfilled before the commencement of the election. He is to continue the mandate of the party. If the party sees him as inconsequential in the race, then he should step down.
Fresh primaries and fresh election by all political parties would be the way to go should Faleke be relegated to the background.

pus22:
Yahaya bello will never be governor. The writter is an illiterate.don't let him waste his money.

Falake is already Governor elect depending.

Deputy means a replacement. And who is a replacement for Audu. Falake.


Inec will reject any other candidate who is not falake. Election.

Falake most face wada in the remain
As far as the las is concern falake is the governor elect depending

princejayboss:
Malami is the cause of all this nonsense


That's what you get from AGF who can't interpret the constitution properly yet someone made him AGF..

But wait.... If audu son is 43years...... What was Audu age

PDP vows to challenge decision How party settled for first runner-up
Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja and Atabor Julius in Lokoja

Amid a jumble of claims and court cases in the wake of the inconclusive governorship election in Kogi State, the All Progressives Congress has chosen Alhaji Yahaya Bello as replacement for Abubakar Audu, the party’s governorship candidate who died last Sunday, a day after the election he was poised to win.


The party will present Bello to the public on Monday at its national headquarters in Abuja after a meeting of its national working committee (NWC) expected to hold Sunday night, THISDAY has learnt


THISDAY also learnt that the APC national leadership had on Friday sent representatives to aggrieved contenders for the governorship slot, including Audu’s running mate, Mr. Abiodun Faleke, and the late Audu’s family in an attempt to appease critics of Bello’s choice. Bello came second at the APC governorship primary that produced Audu.
But the national publicity secretary of Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Olisa Metuh, said his party would challenge the APC’s latest decision in court.


Audu had defeated incumbent Governor Idris Wada of PDP in the Kogi State governorship poll held penultimate Saturday, but with a margin lower than the number of registered voters in 91 polling units where elections were cancelled. This necessitated the declaration of the election as inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission, in line with the Electoral Act. INEC fixed December 5 for a supplementary election in the 91 units to determine the winner of the poll and allowed APC to replace its deceased candidate.


The election process got complicated after Audu died shortly after the declaration of the poll as inconclusive by INEC. His death created a void that has been the subject of multifarious court actions by Faleke and Wada, each of who sought to be declared winner of the poll. This was in addition to Audu’s son, who was being supported by some party members to replace his father for the planned supplementary election.


But APC has decided to pick Bello as Audu’s replacement. It was gathered that the leadership of APC took rapid steps to arrive at the choice of Bello and also ensure that his name was submitted to INEC before the close of work on Friday.


A reliable source and supporter of Bello, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the issue, told THISDAY yesterday that the party moved swiftly to try to circumvent a possible court injunction by the PDP that could stall APC’s attempt to substitute another candidate for Audu.


“The party had to apply common sense under the prevailing circumstances since any plan for primary will entail giving INEC 21 days’ notice, which is not feasible. Also we had to consider two available options, which are that we either say, let’s allow the deputy candidate to inherit it or get the man who came second in the earlier primary to succeed him," he said.


The source confirmed that major stakeholders of the party, including President Muhammadu Buhari, legislators, and the top echelons of the party were privy to the decision to submit Bello's name to INEC, as they were either notified or consulted on the matter.


He said, “But the first option fell short of meeting the legal requirement, which is that one has partaken in the primary to be able to contest the governorship. So we have to consider the other alternative, to go back to the validly held, above board, and transparent primary to pick the runner-up as a replacement.


“The timing of the death of the APC governorship candidate made it almost impossible for the party to consider going into fresh primary, except, of course, to fall back on the earlier primary election, which was done transparently. After consulting very widely with legal experts on various scenarios that are likely to play out, it dawned on us that Bello will be the only viable option.”
The source described the decision as the most sensible and rational option under the circumstances, adding that it is the most legally defensible action considering the legal quagmire the Kogi governorship election presented.


“It is certainly disarming; it came as rude shock, straight out of the blues. It has been a very major blow to the party and, I am sure, to the entire people of Kogi State. It could not have come at a more inconvenient time. It has brought about with it constitutional and legal challenges. But we are now on the clear path to returning normalcy to the situation," the source added.


By forwarding Bello’s name to INEC as replacement for Audu, the APC might have set the stage for legal tussle with other contenders. Faleke has written INEC to declare him winner of the November 21 election rather than go to a supplementary poll. Wada is in court challenging INEC’s decision to allow APC change its candidate and to seek to be declared winner of the election.
But the court actions do not seem to be APC’s greatest bother.


Another source in the party said, “Once APC goes through the supplementary election, wins and its candidate is sworn in as governor by January, the party can now relax to face any outcome of the legal actions, even if it means ordering for a re-run, it will be a formality.”
He said that was why the party felt rather than take the risk of doing another primary with an, obviously, controversial timing, it was better to pick Bello. And to ensure a quick resolution of the matter, the source said, the party decided to limit its consultations to few top leaders, governors and its North-central caucus in the National Assembly


It was learnt that the national leadership of APC had engaged Faleke and his team of legal advisers at the weekend in Abuja to try to dissuade him from taking any further action that may be injurious to the chances of the party at the December 5 supplementary poll.
But Metuh said the APC’s decision would be challenged in court, stressing that the votes of the deceased candidate cannot be transferred to a person who did not participate in the governorship election.


Meanwhile, some persons believed to be supporters of APC in the Eastern zone of the state, blocked the Itobe end of the Niger Bridge yesterday and disrupted traffic for hours to protest the decision of APC to settle for Bello.

TolstoyFan:
The All Progressives Congress (APC) running mate in the deadlocked governorship election in Kogi State, Mr. Abiodun Faleke has opposed the party’s choice of Alhaji Yahaya Bello as replacement for the late Prince Abubakar Audu. This disclosure was made known in a second letter written by Faleke yesterday to the party’s national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun. According to Faleke, he is not prepared to give up his ‘mandate’ for any reason whatsoever.


Faleke in the four page letter written by his counsel, Chief Wole Olanipekun and entitled RE: JUST CONCLUDED GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION IN KOGI STATE -APC SHOULD NOT SIDETRACK JAMES ABIODUN FALEKE OR SUPER IMPOSE ON HIM ANY OTHER PERSON OR CANDIDATE, said:



“While reiterating and adopting the position of our client as highlighted, expressed and conveyed in our first letter, permit us, most humbly, but frankly to add the following points on behalf and instruction of our client, that is to say:

(i)The Issue involved is that of constitutional, formal and legal imperatives, rather than political expediency. In the eyes of the Constitution and the law, our client is the governor-elect of Kogi State. There is no gainsaying this fact. It is a truism that cannot be discounted.

(ii) It is the duty of the APC to champion the actualization of its mandate, as well as that of our client. In this wise, we most humbly advise and caution that the party should be minded of the Ides of November, because the idea being sold to the APC by the INEC to go and hold a supplementary primary election for the purpose of bringing forth a governorship candidate to contest a supplementary election in 91 polling units is saturated with deleterious legal and constitutional landmines. We posit without any hesitation that at this stage, INEC and all the political parties that took part in the concluded election have reached a point of no return. Thus our client can neither be jettisoned by the APC, nor can a new or fresh candidate be imposed on him as his Principal. The law also does not recognize this type of supplementary election in 91 polling units, with total number of eligible voters with PVCs not more than 25,000 or thereabout. Otherwise, if the law and Constitution allow it, Kogi State would end up holding a supplementary election, which would also produce a supplementary governor. Put bluntly, there cannot be any legitimate Governor of Kogi State who would emerge from the supplementary election (outside our client) with a maximum of 25,000 votes, assuming all the registered voters with PVCs cast their votes for the anticipatory supplementary governor will also be likened to a Governor of 91 polling units. May we quickly draw your attention to Section 179 (2) (b) of the 1999 Constitution which states:

“(2) A candidate of an election to the office of Governor of a state shall be deemed to have been duly elected where, there being two or more candidates-

(b) He has not less than one-quarter of all the votes cast in each of at least two-thirds of all the local government areas in the state.”

Continuing, he said: “It was the contention of PDP that the then Deputy Governor-elect, Boni Haruna automatically became and assumed the position of governor-elect. The PDP took the matter to court and, at the end of the legal pilgrimage, the Supreme Court agreed with the PDP. Then the Deputy Governor-elect, Boni Haruna, not only assumed position as Governor, but spent two terms in office. With very high respect, we do not expect the APC to do less.

“When the late Umaru Yar’Adua was terminally sick, some leading members of your party in coalition with some decent forces in the country, bandying the ‘doctrine of necessity’ championed the cause of the then Vice President, Goodluck Jonathan to be appointed President. At the end of it all, the National Assembly acceded to this clarion call and Vice President Goodluck Jonathan metamorphosed to acting President. Thereafter, he became substantive President for six years. The point being made by us is that if we could rely on the doctrine of necessity and maximally utilize same to make Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, the sitting President, it then goes without saying that both INEC and the APC must submit themselves to the doctrine of constitutional imperative and/or necessity to allow our client to be Governor -elect of Kogi State."


http://dawntodusknews.com/kogi-2015-faleke-writes-oyegun-rejects-yahaya-bello-as-audus-replacement/

Kakakino:
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Following the decision of chosen Yahaya Bello (Fair Plus) as the APC candidate to replace Late Prince Abubakar Audu, Sirbest A Social Elite from Kogi posted this on his timeline..

THE FACTS THAT YAHAYA BELLO (FAIR PLUS) IS NOT WORTHY OF POSSIBLE REPLACEMENT FOR PRINCE ABUBAKAR AUDU....

1. Yahaya Bello was among the the aspirant of Kogi state Governorship mandate, he partook in the primary in which he became runner up to late Prince Abubakar Audu, he refused to accept the defeat by plotting devilish act on Prince Abubakar Audu by saying he is wanted by EFCC of a looted 11 billions naira, mean while it was a propaganda .. Is he worthy?

2. After Yahaya Bello failed on the allegation formed on Prince Abubakar Audu, he then now went again and formed anti party in which he defected to See, check on the below images you will see the fact, after he knew nothing good will come out of it, he then now withdrew back to APC.... Is it good forming anti party?... Is he worthy?

3. Yahaya Bello did not participate in all the campaign rally done by Prince Abubakar Audu/Faleke, he willingly refused to participate in the electioneering campaign due to his devilish mindset.. For cry loud sake is it good for someone who refused to participate in the campaign rally of Prince Abubakar Audu to be replaced in the vacant seat left due to death of Prince Abubakar Audu?.... Is he worthy?

4.Yahaya Bello collected 130 million naira from Captain Idris Ichala Wada for the purpose of delivering the Ebiras local governments in which he succeeded that in Okene, Yahaya Bello Fairplus loosed to the opposition party in his local government, Yahaya Bello Fairplus loosed to the opposition party in his ward, Yahaya Bello Fairplus loosed to the opposition party in his polling unit... Is he worthy?

4. Yahaya Bello Fairplus refused to attend the flag off at Okene his own local government due to his devilish mindset where as the vice president Yemi Osibanjo, APC party leaders, Committee etc all attended the flag off.... Is he worthy?

5. Yahaya Bello Fairplus due to his devilish mindset to destroy Kogi state, he went by bribing the INEC to nominate him as the possible replacement for late Prince Abubakar Audu without the notification of the APC leaders, committee which led to Igala people of Kogi state on Saturday took to the streets to protest over the replacement of late Prince Abubarkar Audu with Yahaya Bello {a.k.a fairplus} of Ebira. The protesting youths blocked Ayangba-Abuja road by Itobe over nomination of Bello as APC governorship candidate... Is he worthy?

WE THE KOGI IGALA YOUTHS CALL ON OUR LEADERS AT THE TOP, BOTH AT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL, STATE LEVEL AND FEDERAL LEVEL TO COME TO OUR AIDS, WE DON'T NEED YAHAYA BELLO FAIRPLUS....

SOURCE: http://www.topwaysng.com/2015/11/kogi-election-yahaya-bello-is-not.html

Cc: Lalasticlala, Ishilove

Jonwesley:
With the Igala dominated house, this man faces impeachment. Recall that this same Bello upon loosing the primary elections, started anti party activities and was even canvassing for votes for Wada in the same election that he has become beneficiary now.

The ghost of Audu will not allow him to sit in that Government house because Audu was fully aware of his antics and will not rest in peace.

If only he had known that events will turn out like this, he should have maintain decorum.

How can he become a beneficiary of the process which he was found frustrating?

Herald47:
you are talking about iga oilfield in uzo uwani l.g.a of enugu,this one i'm talking about is in nsukka l.g.a,try google search and you find more details about it.

The Death of Prince Abubakar Audu the APC governorship candidate for the November 21 poll in the Kogi state gubernatorial election after the announcement of the inconclusive poll results threw Nigeria’s Socio-political/Legal community into a state of confusion as different opinionated fellows raised different arguments on who would become governor. The independent national electoral commission had announced the poll results as inconclusive due to the the fact that the areas were election results were cancelled had more voters than the margin between the APC’s Prince Abubakar Audu and the PDP’s Captain Idris Wada.
https://www.lawyard.ng/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/11053052_10153459060049583_2244089598744208767_n-500x333.jpg
Abubakar Audu
Many social commentators had challenged the basis of INEC branding the Poll as Inconclusive simply because mathematically the gap between the APC and the PDP cannot be met due to the fact that out of the 49,000 eligible voters in the 91 Polling units only 25,000 to 36,000 had collected there PVCs. The PVCs unfortunately are not recognized by the electoral act as only registered voters are recognized. Section 181(1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria states that
“If a person duly elected as Governor dies before taking and subscribing the Oath of Allegiance and oath of office, or is unable for any reason whatsoever to be sworn in, the person elected with him as Deputy governor shall be sworn in as Governor and he shall nominate a new Deputy-Governor who shall be appointed by the Governor with the approval of a simple majority of the House of Assembly of the State.”

Unfortunately for Abiodun Faleke the deputy Governorship candidate of the APC and the Lawmaker representing Ikeja Federal constituency at the Federal house of representative, this section does not avail him neither can he claim privilege of its meaning as the election is yet to be concluded. This Situation is a major test of Nigeria’s statutory authorities and its Jurisprudence as the constitution or the Electoral Act 2010 as amended does not provide express provisions for this kind of event. In simple terms if Prince Abubakar Audu had died after the Electoral Commission had declared him elected, Faleke would have been the substantive governor of the state.
Section 221 of the constitution states that
“No association, other than a political party, shall canvass for votes for any candidate at any election or contribute to the funds of any political party or to the election expenses of any candidate at an election.”
This section effectively settles the question of what happens to the votes accruing to the APC and Prince Audu as a votes incurred in an election belong to a political party. Also it was established in the case of Rotimi amaechi vs INEC And the PDP that the votes of a party remain the same irrespective of a candidate put forward by the party and all other rules guiding valid nomination of candidates are followed by the party.
The Electoral Act 2010, Nigeria’s legislation governing the Running, conduct of election as well as the powers of the independent national electoral commission also has a say in this tussle playing up in Kogi state. The Electoral act in S33 states
“No Political Party shall be allowed to change or substitute its candidate whose name has been submitted pursuant to Section 32 of this of this Act, except in the case of death or withdrawal by the candidate”
Whilst it’s clear to see that no political party shall substitute a candidate whose name has been earlier submitted except in situations such as death or the withdraw of a candidate, a political party (In this case APC) has the power to substitute a dead candidate at any given time before a candidate has being declared elected by the electoral body has already stated in Section 181(1) of the 1999 constitution. Now the provisions of Section 36(1) requires careful perusal as it goes thus
“If after the time for the delivery of nomination paper and before the Commencement of the poll, a nominated candidate dies, the Chief National Electoral Commissioner or the Resident Electoral Commissioner shall, being satisfied of the fact of the death, countermand the poll in which the deceased Death of a candidate was to participate and the Commission shall appoint some other convenient date for the election within 14 days”
Bello with PMBWith the APC officially notifying INEC of the death of its flagbearer, INEC countermanded the polls in which Prince Abubakar Audu was to participate ( The Polls in this case was the 91 polling units spread across in the 3 senatorial districts) And Notified the APC to replace its Candidate in the November 21 elections. The Electoral umpire having fixed the date of the elections to hold in 91 Pus is expected to accept the new candidate of the APC. Any aggrieved party is advised to go to court so as to expand the jurisprudence inherent in the Nigerian Legal system and if possible demand is right.
It’s noteworthy to mention that any mistake by the APC and INEC could lead to the PDP taking advantage of such loophole. S 87 of the Electoral act plays a pivotal role in delimiting the pool of candidates through which APC can pick its candidates from. The All progressives Congress had held a Direct primaries for the selection of its governorship candidate and Alhaji Yahaya Bello emerged as the runner up. Permit to reproduce the provisions of S87 (1) (2) and (9) of the Electoral act
“-(1) A political party seeking to nominate candidates for elections under this Act shall hold primaries for aspirants to all elective positions.
(2) The procedure for the nomination of candidates by political parties for the various elective positions shall be by direct or indirect primaries.”
Alhaji Bello gains the advantage of this section has he participated in the primaries as well as screening stages conducted by the parties, the Deputy governorship candidate could have had the seat comfortably and staked a better claim if he had contested the primaries but its quite disheartening to find out that he didn’t S87(9) disqualifies him effectively
Where a political party fails to comply with the provisions of this Act in the conduct of its primaries, its candidate for election shall not be included in the election for the particular position in issue.
Section 141 of the electoral act also disqualifies any other candidate inclusive of Faleke, Mohammed Audu, Echocho and a host of others that may be interested in the governorship ticket as it reads thus
“An election tribunal or court shall not under any circumstance declare any person a winner at an election in which such a person has not fully participated in all the stages of the said election.”
On this basis it is not too difficult to see on what premise the All Progressives Congress bases its choice of Alhaji Yahaya Bello the Runner up in the APC Governorship primaries as its substitute for the late Prince Abubakar Audu

Herald47:
I read an article on the enugu thread and also on the nationonline news that huge gas deposit( 70% ) and some crude oil( 30% ) were discovered in nsukka,enugu state and it is estimated to last more than 50years.
Someone should please help me with detailed info,especially those within enugu.

laudate:
Why can't an Okun man rule the state? Is it a taboo?? Are Ebiras and Okuns not part of Kogi State, too? Even if Faleke has lived in Lagos, he is not a stranger to Kogi State, and he knows most of the problems that people in Kogi State have suffered. Even Yomi Awoniyi, wasn't he resident in Lagos, before he became Wada's deputy?

The issue is not whether a person lives in Kogi or not, but if he has the skills, the capacity, vision, energy, intelligence, dynamism and will to transform the state, just like Fashola did in Lagos, and Akpabio did in Akwa Ibom.

I have plenty of Igala folks in my extended family, but honestly you guys need to stop this parochial perspective, and think about what is best for the state!

Magnitki:
No political experience. Btw, how did he become so rich from civil service within such a short time? I hope it's not juju money. Is there so much money in RAMFAC to steal as an accountant?

TonyeBarcanista:
Why should he withdraww his case? He must pursue this case to logical end. Yahaya Bello should lobby for Deputy instead. This illegality won't stand!

donphilopus:
Igarra in Edo State. We speak Etuno very similar to Ebira and Koton Karfi in Kogi.

Augustbreak:
Bello should be ashamed.After delivering his Local government to Pdp and being part of wada's sponsors because he lost the primaries.He even took Audu to court.Now he is using the same Audu and Apc votes to become the governor.A position he didn't labour for.God is on his throne watching.And poeple here are screaming that he deserves it,how funny.Not even Faleke that was with Audu all the way ro deserve the victory.I hope it ends well.

enieme:
All afternoon I've been goingbthroigh pages and pages on her blog.
I've reachedvthe conclusion that she wasn't raped. No it was an obsession she had for the guy but he used her.
He took advanradvantage of the fact that she couldn't do without him and ththis made her do things sexually amusing to him even if it involved third parties.
Gradually it became violent, but she sill stuck cos she was scared of looking him.
She was a 17 year old iidiot but he was a 25 year old hasshole that knew better but just decided to use her anyway as he pleased.
I feel for her cos I can very much relate to her stor. My own person all experience. I was 15 going on 16 and he was 26 or 27 there about.
there's a lessonin her story for every teenager.
But I still think she screaming rape now is wrong, after all on her blog she wrote that she called him after he announced to her he was getting married. And she stated that she loved him and still don't hate him and that she had foeforgiven him

TonyeBarcanista:
Nonsense! Faleke should go to court and challenge this illegality. It must not be allowed to stand!

IzonOwei:
The guy don run snap pix sharp sharp....incompetence might just be his second name..

Acidosis:
You're sick bro


How do you detect corruption online?


This man has done well for himself in BUSINESS. Don't you wonder why they call him FAIR PLUS? Do a simple search on GOOGLE please.


I'm certain you're a PDP like me. Look here, I am a PDP fanatic but I can tell you truthfully that our present Governor (Wada) is the ultimate failure. He is a greater failure than Mohammed Audu and his family.


I am PDP and I endorse FAIR PLUS.

baby124:
It is not a risk, and nothing will happen if he plays his cards right and chooses the right deputy. All these prophets of doom are saying so for their own pockets. That Governorship is Faleke's. Who cares about going against party? Did the senate president not do the same? Yet the ones that supported the senate president in what he did are trying to stop Faleke from legitimately claiming his candidacy. Rubbish.

donphilopus:
I heard Yahaya Bello's name has been submitted by the Party to the INEC at exactly 12:45pm today.