₦airaland Forum

MXrep:
I don't know why yoruba claim political wizardry just because they rode on Buharis fanatical and violent northern deliquents to put a mere comissioner in aso rock. Go and check Dogaras committee appointment and see where his alliance lies, even Gbaja started protesting. Tambuwal also support Saraki's rebel and they will rebel against imposition of el rufai. Kwankwaso has always rushed to Awka to seek alliance with Ngige in the last election http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/daily/news/34507-kwankwaso-delegation-woos-ngige-for-vp and that alliance is still very much intact. He is also likely to rebel against el rufai imposition.
GEJ is a different case, there was a generall feeling that the north has been shortchanged and that made everybody hurriedly accepted the long rejected Buhari, that factor will not be there anymore

Where did u see any claim in my post? You guys better shed this toga of inferiority complex. Instead of commenting on the issue, u are talking about an irrelevant political wizardry that didn't feature in my post.

For your information, everyone has an ambition. Dogara just like Saraki is a very smart man with an ambition. He will never sacrifice his ambition for a Saraki. Moreso, since PMB is more favourably disposed to him than Saraki.

Dogara has already fallen in line and has been pardoned by the APC chiefly due to his differing to PMB. He sincerely admires PMB.

Tambuwal can be convinced to go for a 2nd term instead of presidency during permutation stages. All of them respect PMB a lot. It all depends on PMB.

Kwankwanso has been somehow rendered irrelevant thru the senate APC chieftains pushed him to. He is also a stubborn Aboki just like Saraki, and both of them will not step down for the other. They'll both share their support base.

Nobody talked about imposing El-Rufai. He may emerge thru a valid primaries. And that is if PMB is no longer contesting.

The direction APC will take depend mainly on PMB, supported by his SW Tinubu machinery, Amaechi and the rest of them in the SS.

Okwyjesus:
Me like this two guys minus corruption. Igbos will line up for this ticket if alliaince finally come out of it.

Of course Igbos will definitely line up for the duo. Which is based on emotions and not sound judgement. This pair will make APC jettison Okorocha as Igbos will not vote for him. APC's hope will therefore fall on their support in the North and SW.

Igbos sentimentally supporting this pair does not mean they will achieve victory. The last election has shown us that. Even though, the Igbos and the SS were 90% behind GEJ, he still failed just because he only had the majority support of the two regions.

Buhari won becos he had the majority support of 4 zones.

Frankly speaking, this ticket can only boast of majority support in the SE. SW will never vote for Saraki en-masse.

Either Buhari or an El-Rufai will conveniently clean out the votes of the NW and NE, which has an enviable voting population.

The votes of the NC, SW and SS will be fought for seriously.

While Saraki/Ekeremadu may edge out a slim victory in the SS if Akpabio supports them to the core, this will be put at a manageable level by Oshiomole, Sylva, Udoma, Amaechi, and others who hold forth for APC in the SS. I also have a great feeling that Ogboru of Delta would have decamped to the APC by then.

El-Rufai /Buhari while still retaining Osinbajo as Vice will edge out the votes of the SW.

The NC will be a battle ground zone which will be equally shared.

If per adventure the desperate & treacherous Saraki get hold of the ticket of the PDP and Buhari decides not to contest, this may even brighten the chances of a SW candidate combined with a Northern VP.

APC fielding a Fashola/Dogara may be the end result. This pair will flog Saraki/Ekeremadu hands down.

Fashola is loved in the SW. And if he performs well in his current assignment, which he sure will, based on his brilliance and antecedents. The sky will be his limit.

Dogara is a smart cool chap. Who I think PMB will like to work with. With PMB and El-rufai supporting him and campaigning for him seriously in the North, he will deliver majority votes of the NC, NW and NE.

Dindondin:
Price of domestic gas should pls drop

It has started dropping. I used to fill my 12.5kg with 3k. The last I filled it, it has dropped to 2500. And i'm sure it'll drop further.

kcmichael:
[s]We now have a babel of voices concerning judgments on electoral matters before the courts. The Tribunals and Court of Appeal are singing discordant tunes, allowing political considerations to be the centrepiece of their decisions.
The situation has so degenerated that a relationship with the centre gives one a clear advantage in any electoral matter before the lower courts. Without doubt, the oil-rich states of the Niger Delta are worse hit by this sad development in the nation’s judiciary.
Rivers State has suffered the most in the current wave of judicial indiscretion at the lower bench. Once the matters involve Rivers State, the Electoral Act and the constitution are thrown out of the windows. Cases decided elsewhere based on the law are disregarded when it comes to Rivers State.
The Court of Appeal has decided on all the National Assembly elections in Rivers State and judgements have been entered for the Governorship and State Assembly Elections.
In its judgment on the governorship election, the Court of Appeal claimed that there was no election anywhere in Rivers State. The court claimed that it arrived at its decision on the strength of the use of the card readers and the testimonies of just 56 witnesses.
The judgments of the Court of Appeal on all the elections in Rivers State are flawed in all respects. However, nothing can be done for the victims of the judicial error as regards the National Assembly and State Assembly elections. They will have to make the sacrifice of approaching their constituents again for the revalidation of their earlier mandate.
However, with the unfolding scenario, it is necessary to use the the disposition of the Court of Appeal to actually analyse the situation in the state.
First, the judgments churned out by the Court of Appeal have proved for the very first time, that the elections in Rivers State were held in compliance with the Electoral Act and the constitution. The fact that the Court of Appeal has upheld State Assembly elections from constituencies in all the three senatorial districts of the state show that the APC lost fairly and Governor Wike was duly elected by lawful votes cast. Out of the 32 State Constituencies , the Appeal Court upheld elections in 11 State Constituencies. That represents roughly 35 percent of the State. Yet the same Court said that the governorship election did not hold. This error is regrettable.
In one of the state constituencies upheld by the Appeal Court, that is the Port Harcourt Constituency 1, the Court held that Victoria Nyeche of the APC defeated Jones Ogbonda of the PDP in a legally conducted election. Recall that both the Governorship and State Assembly elections held on same day.
The same Appeal Court held that elections held successfully in Okrika State Constituency, Etche 1 State Constituency, Ahoada West State Constituency, Ogu/Bolo State Constituency , ONELGA 2 State Constituency, Oyigbo, Khana,Phalga 1 ,Abua/Odual and Okrika constituencies.
These were constituencies where the APC claimed violence caused elections not to the hold. Two of these constituencies, ONELGA and Ahoada West were celebrated by the APC as hotbeds of electoral violence and irregularities.
If the Appeal Court has finally admitted that elections held in these constituencies, it goes to prove that no diligent judicial review was done before the decision to annul the Rivers State Governorship Election was taken.
The controversial decisions of the Appeal Court panel on Rivers election have been premised on faulty lines already disregarded by other panels of the Appeal Court and the Supreme Court. First, the Court of Appeal panel for Rivers elections shifted the burden from the petitioners (APC ) to the respondents (PDP ).
An Appeal Court Panel sitting in Makurdi on the appeal filed by Prince Terhemen Tarzoor against the decision upholding the election of Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom held thus:
“The complaint of the Appellant under this issue is that the Tribunal had misplaced the burden of proof on him when it said that he must win his case on the strength of his own case and not on the weakness of the Respondents’ cases or defence, was on the assertion made that the 2nd Respondent did not conduct a primary election at all for the nomination of the 1st Respondent as a candidate to contest the election in question. The Appellant calls and labels the said assertion or allegation, as a negative assertion which he has no duty to prove under the law. However, as demonstrated earlier, an assertion or allegation, can be either negative or positive, but once made by a party in a case, he owes and bears the legal burden of proof, which is fixed and static, to prove same if he expects a court or tribunal to, on its basis, make a declaration of right he claims in the case in his favour. It is a clear misconception, with due respect to counsel, to argue that the Respondents who had denied the assertion made by the petitioner as the vital and crucial point and fulcrum of his case, had the legal burden of proof of such an allegation against them merely on the basis of their denial of the assertion or allegation".
But in the state of all Rivers State elections decided so far, the Appeal Court panel moved the burden from the APC to the PDP.
In the case of the governorship election, the Rivers State APC only called only 56 witnesses. Majority of these witnesses had nothing to do with the governorship election at the polling unit. They were soldiers, mobile policemen and DSS operatives detailed by the Security High Command to lie in court. Even where the exact officers who personally provided security for the elections testified, they were ignored.
Even at that, these few 56 witnesses' testimonies in line with the Supreme Court position on the required proofs to void an election represent just 56 polling units out of the 4442 polling units for the entire state. It is unheard of that courts would rely on gossips or hearsay to decide electoral matters.
According to the Supreme Court, a petitioner can only prove that elections did not hold by calling a voter per polling unit to prove his case. Therefore, a petitioner cannot rely on blanket frivolous allegations like APC have done to get judgment in an electoral dispute.
Deciding the election petition filed by Senator Ucha against the election of former Governor Elechi of Ebonyi State in 2012, the Supreme Court declared:
“The results declared by INEC are prima facie correct and the onus is on the petitioner to prove the contrary. Where a petitioner complains of non-compliance with provisions of the Electoral Act, 2010 (as amended), he has a duty to prove it polling unit by polling unit, ward by ward and the standard of proof is on the balance of probabilities and not on minimal proof. He must show figures that the adverse party was credited with as a result of the non-compliance, Forms EC8A, election materials not stamped/signed by Presiding Officers. He must establish that non-compliance was substantial, that it affected the election result. ".
Now, there is the issue of the qualification to contest the Rivers State elections in the state first place. Section 85 (1) spells out clearly that a political party must give INEC 21 days notice before holding a valid primary. Failure to do this implies that no primary was held. It was on the premise of the APC’S failure to observe Section 85 (1) that the Appeal Court panel upheld the election of Prince Nnam Obi of representing ONELGA /Ahoada West at the House of Representatives. It was also on the basis of Section 85 (1) that the same Appeal Court dismissed the appeal of Labour Party against the election of Governor Wike.
Only this week, the Court of Appeal nullified the election of Senator Uche Ekwunife of the PDP on the strength that she was not validly nominated.
According to the Appeal Court panel that sat in Enugu :
“Nomination is part and parcel of qualification to stand for an election and since an election can be challenged on the grounds of lack of qualification, it follows that the appropriate forum to challenge it after the election is held is the Election Tribunal".
However, the Appeal Court panel that that considered all the appeals on the Rivers State elections deviated from this norm. Instead, they chose to support the illegality wherein the APC conducted no valid primary in the state. Based on the Electoral Act, APC had no governorship candidate, no National Assembly candidates or State Assembly candidates.
Finally, there is the issue of card reader accreditation. The Appeal Court panel for Rivers elections elevated the card reader accreditation above the Electoral Act and the constitution. The Electoral Act spells out the process of accreditation during an election.
The electoral dispute between Jimi Agbaje (PDP ) and the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode (APC ) is the most prominent case to cite on the issue of card reader accreditation. The Appeal Court threw out Agbaje's appeal in a considered opinion.
Justice Ogbuinya, the presiding judge of the Appeal Court panel held that: “The paragraph (13b) displays a vitriolic attack on the irregularities germinating from the improper or non-use of the smart card readers in the polling units.
“As it is, it has no life of its own as a ground. It endeavours to introduce the defects in the use of smart card readers. The evolution of the concept of smart card reader is a familiar one. It came to being during the last general election. On this score, it is a nascent procedure injected into our infant and fledgling electoral system to ensure credible and transparent election.
“The extant Electoral Act (2010) which predates the concept (of card reader) is not its parent or progenitor. Since it is not the progeny of the Electoral Act, fronting it as a ground to challenge any election does not have its (the Electoral Act’s) blessing, nay Section 138 (1) of it.
“Put simply, a petitioner cannot project the non-presence or improper use of smart card reader as a ground for questioning an election. It does not qualify as one."
The preceding paragraphs on the Lagos State Governorship Dispute between the PDP and the APC rests the issue on card reader accreditation. It brings to the fore the errors that invalidate the Appeal Court judgments on Rivers elections.
In Delta State, the Appeal Court similarly dismissed the card reader as the basis for the nullification of an election in the appeal filed by Great Ogboru of Labour Party who challenged the election of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa.
Justice Abba-Aji in the lead judgment of the Court of Appeal held that Ogboru merely relied on records of the card reader accreditation without demonstrating the documents by credible evidence.
She held that Ogboru never challenged the evidence of the respondents and even his own witnesses that the card readers had challenges in many part of the states and that apart from the use of card reader, there was also manual accreditation.
While the National and State Assembly elections have come and gone, the judiciary still has the opportunity to remedy its dwindling image in relation to the Rivers State Governorship Election.
The onus to address the errors of the Appeal Court panel that sat on Rivers State elections rests squarely with the Supreme Court. These erroneous judgments of the Appeal Court panel should be confined to the dustbin of history. They have damaged the electoral jurisprudence, but the Supreme Court must come to the rescue. Irrespective of whose political ox is gored, the Supreme Court must rise to the occasion.
From all indications, immediate past Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi has concluded plans to use Rivers State as a collateral to remain relevant in Abuja after squandering over N3trillion in the worst governance tragedy of our time. Amaechi and his political crooks who have been fingered in the worst judicial misrepresentation of all time. The National Judicial Council should act on the petition filed against the Appeal Court panel that failed the Justice system. This is the only that the reforms the Chief Justice of Nigeria promised dissatisfied Nigerians will be effected. Indicted Amaechi is using these illegally acquired funds to compromise the judiciary. The facts are with the EFCC and Nigerians are waiting for the Commission to act.
Simeon Nwakaudu,
Special Assistant to the Rivers State[/s] Governor, Electronic Media.

Crap.

This guy is just writing so that Wike will see that he is working.



The burden of proof at the appeal must indeed fall with Wike/PDP as they are the ones alleging that the Tribunal erred in law by its ruling.

At the Tribunal the burden of proof lies with the APC/Dakuku as they are ones alleging that the election did not substantially comply with the electoral Act.

OP kindly note the use of substantially. You don't have to prove that elections was 100% faulty. If u are able to proof that it was at least 60% faulty, judgement may be to your favour.

kaypling:
You really think these guys argue to make sense? He too knows he's not making sense but he needs to spew his nonsense to meet his daily "Buhari is bad" Nairaland comment quota

I just don't understand this their hate mode. They seems to be going more into a hate frenzy as this govt is making more progress, which should not be the case.

They seriously need help.

Osezua:
It only goes to show and tell you that the very reason they struck was to destabilize GEJs govt. he is out of power now so no more justification for bombing.

You are an unstable individual. You first claimed attacks were happening but unreported.

When u were countered by valid claims u are now going another silly line that they are no longer attacking cos GEJ is out which even contradicts ur earlier stance of Buhari's ineptitude in the terror war.

Are u sure u are not high on something??

NwaNimo1:
Change!

www.nairaland.com/attachments/3214948_christmasribbonpngribbon1gi25daysofchristmas_png970c6d28d5f95e264ca8e3feaad239d8

www.nairaland.com/attachments/3216675_pushingplane_jpeg2c59fa528db6adfa5a81386180a1a052

Aero has been fined for the first pix. The airport authorities claimed they didnt authorize disembarking using the ladder.

The 2nd picture is fake. It has been on the internet for quite a while. This your attempt to nail the PMB administration at all cost will surely backfire.

At worst, he will retain his support base which is still majority if u keep on criticizing him unnecessarily the way you guys are going about it.

LMAO! The election in that Rivers was a total sham.

Achuwa1:
Are u sure that faleke & co. doesnt have a hand in audu's death because he is doing as if it is a do or die thing,,,maybe,he doesnt want to loose on both ends ,,,but it will be painful if it is true sha,after killing & not still getting the mandate.

It's only in Nigeria this crappy statements come up. Someone is trying to defend his rights and u saying it's 'do or die'.

Has he caused any wahala?? He has filed a case at the court as a gentleman seeking judicial interpretation. It is his right. Let him be.

Infact, judicial pronouncement on the issue will even help strengthen our electoral laws, by filling up the lacuna in the electoral system made obvious by the death of Audu. Faleke as such is even helping to strengthen our laws indirectly.

This guy sure has a good case.

His lawyers should have added an extra relief, stating that "even if INEC is to proceed on a supplementary election to conclude the election, he is the only legally qualified candidate to proceed and conclude the process, as a joint partner of the Audu/Faleke ticket.

By hinging his case basically on that INEC should have declared the election concluded and not proceed to supplementary seems too precarious. If the court faults that premise, it may scatter the whole case.

I hope it is still Wole Olanipekun that filed the case for him. That is one intelligent and smart lawyer, who should be able to give him victory if feasible.

Faleke to tribunal: declare me Kogi governor-elect


•Wants order that the Nov. 21 polls was conclusive
•Seeks withdrawal of Bello’s Certificate of Return

The running mate to the late Abubakar Audu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 21 governorship poll in Kogi State has asked the Election Petitions Tribunal to declare him governor-elect.

In documents filed before the tribunal by his counsel, Hon. James Abiodun Faleke is seeking 12 reliefs, including four orders compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reverse itself on several decisions concerning the November 21 polls as from the day Audu died.

Among the reliefs being sought is a declaration that the election to the office of governor of Kogi State of November 21 was valid and that he should be presented with a Certificate of Return as the lawful winner of the election.

Faleke argued that the supplementary election of December 5, upon which Alhaji Yahaya Bello was declared as governor-elect, was unnecessary. He argued that Bello was not qualified to contest in the first place.



In the petition which he submitted to the clerk of the tribunal at about 12.20 p.m. in Lokoja on Monday, accompanied by Mohammed Audu, son of the late Audu, Faleke listed INEC and Bello as first and second respondents respectively.

He said: “The second respondent, who did not register as a voter, who did not vote at the election, who did not present himself to the electorate for votes at the election, who did not participate as a candidate at the election of November 21, 2015 and who did not nominate another candidate as his associate for his running for the office of governor, who is to occupy the office of deputy governor was declared the winner of the election by the first respondent on December 5, 2015.”

With 25 documents attached in support, Faleke listed two grounds for his petition; the second respondent was, at the time of the election, not qualified to contest, and was not duly elected by the majority of lawful votes cast at the election.

Faleke also observed that INEC “did not publish any list of candidates who purportedly participated at the supplementary election held on December 5, 2015”.

He said Yahahya Bello scored only 6,885 votes at the supplementary election held on December 5, far less than the 240,867 votes he (Faleke) and Audu got on November 21.

Faleke added that INEC added the scores of Dec. 5, to the one of Nov. 21 to get the 247, 752 “which it eventually announced before wrongly and unduly returning the secomd respondent as the winner of the election.”

He continued: “The second respondent did not register as a voter in his ward and/or at all for the governorship election in Kogi State. He did not nominate or submit to INEC any candidate as his associate for his running for the office of Governor of Kogi State as mandated by the Constitution.”

Faleke also noted that Form CF002B (ii) submitted by Bello to INEC “on or about November 27, 2015 has no deputy governorship candidate who was to contest along with him.”

He said he protested INEC’s decision to declare the November 21 election as inconclusive and also informed the first respondent in writing that he was not running, “and would not run, contest or participate in the supplementary election of December 5, 2015 as the associate or deputy governorship candidate of the second respondent.”

He is seeking that it may be determined and thus declared by the tribunal:

That election to the office of Governor of Kogi State was already conducted, completed and concluded by the 1st respondent on November 21, 2015.

That the 1st respondent’s decision and proclamation that the governorship election held in Kogi State on November 21, 2015 was/is inconclusive, are unconstitutional, illegal, unlawful, arbitrary, null and void, and ultra vires the powers of INEC.

III. That the 1st respondent was under a duty to declare and pronounce the winner of the concluded governorship election of Kogi State held on November 21, 2015 and make a return accordingly.

That upon the death of Prince Abubakar Audu before taking the oath of allegiance and oath of office, the petitioner who was elected with him as Deputy Governor should be sworn in as Governor of Kogi State.

That the 2nd respondent was at the time of the election to the office of Governor of Kogi State on November 21, 2015, not qualified to contest the election.

That the 2nd respondent was not qualified to contest the office of Governor of Kogi State on December 5, 2015.

VII. That the second respondent was not elected as Governor of Kogi State by majority of lawful votes cast.

VIII. That the return of the 2nd respondent by the 1st respondent on December 5, 2015 is unconstitutional, illegal, unlawful, undemocratic, arbitrary, null and void, and also ultra vires the powers of INEC

An order setting aside the 1st respondent’s decision and declaration that the governorship election held in Kogi State on November 21, 2015 is inconclusive.

An order setting aside the Certificate of Return issued by the 1st respondent to the 2nd respondent and dated December 7, 2015.
An order mandating/directing the 1st respondent to issue forthwith, to the petitioner, a Certificate of Return as the person duly elected as Governor of Kogi State pursuant to the election held on November 21, 2015.

XII. An order of injunction restraining the 2nd respondent from:

(a) Parading, representing or holding himself out as the Governor-elect

(b) Parading himself as Governor of Kogi State based on the Certificate of Return issued to him by the 1st respondent and dated December 7, 2015.

On Monday, Faleke told reporters that he was confident justice would be done in the matter and that he did not join his party, the APC as a respondent in the suit.

http://thenationonlineng.net/declare-me-governor-elect-faleke-tells-tribunal/

Cc: lalasticlala, Ishilove, OAM4J, Mynd44

APCLyingBastard:
Since I was born in this Nigeria I know of only 4 religious holidays - Christmas, Easter , Eid el Kabir and Eid el Malaud.

Just today Buhari has added another religious holiday by declaring December, 28 a public holiday.

According to Buhari we will observe mohammed's birthday for the first time in the history of Nigeria. The Federal govt has declared December 28 as a public holiday to celebrate mohammed's birthday.

Waiting for them to declare Friday a work free day and Sunday the beginning of the work week. They can also replace our Gregorian calender with that of the Islamic calender and take us to 1426 since we are heading to the stone ages.

Yeye

Senseless post. Monday 28th was declared public holiday because of boxing day that fell on a Saturday.

Brookcherith:
Taraba Governorship:
Appeal Court Reserves
Judgment On Ishaku’s
Election
Agency Report
— Dec 21, 2015 4:49 pm | Leave a
comment
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday
reserved judgment in an appeal filed by
Gov. Darius Ishaku of Taraba against the
nullification of his electoral victory by a
tribunal.
Justice Abdul Aboki said the court would
later announce the date for the judgment
in the appeal.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
recalls that the appeal by Ishaku
followed the judgment of the Taraba
Governorship Election Petition Tribunal
on Nov. 7 and awarded victory to Mrs
Aisha Alhassan of APC.
Mr Kanu Agabi (SAN), Counsel to Ishaku,
raised four issues in the appeal.
He said the petition was not
accompanied by valid statements as the
respondents claimed that it was the fault
of the registry.
Agabi said the respondents claimed that
the election was marred with corruption
yet claimed victory in the election.
He said the respondents also pleaded
that Ishaku was not sponsored by the
party but later agreed that his
sponsorship was not supported by any
fact.
He complained that 51 witnesses of the
appellant were not reviewed by the
tribunal and urged their lordships to allow
the appeal.
Mr Solo Akuma (SAN), Counsel to
Peoples’ Democratic Party PDP and Mr
Joseph Daudu (SAN), Counsel to INEC
urged the court to allow Ishaku’s appeal.
However, Mr Abiodun Owonikoko (SAN),
Counsel to Alhassan, filed a cross appeal,
saying INEC had no right to clear a
candidate for election.
He urged the court to dismiss Ishaku’s
appeal and uphold the tribunal’s
judgment. (NAN)

I don't understand all these conflicting news oh. Maybe u should post this as a fresh topic.

Silly inference from d words of the legal luminary

all4gud:
Did Ameachi used Rivers people's to sponsor APC presidential campaign.? If yes, then that's what we are talking about.

That too is one of your many propaganda. Amaechi did not spend more than the Lagos crew. You guys are just talking unnecessary. Amaechi did not spend more than the Northern hordes that supported PMB. Ameachi spent mainly to make APC a household name in Rivers. And for Dakuku.

Did Rivers exclusion from the Federal PDP during 2015 election affect the funds to dem GEJ team??

Amaechi's absence never affected them financially, it affected them in some other ways.

okosodo:
LOL. This time it will be epic like APC-1280 PDP-482509

No problem with that. So far it is legitimately earned.

Lytech:
seems yu know what i dont know..
Am from ogun state,so u cant tell me much abt my state,i serve in osun state even as at when rauf aregbesola election was to hold..
Tell me one good reason why osun state workers will vote for a man owning them almost 2month salary,tell me one good reason why a civil servant will vote for a man who pay their salary which due on the 30th of every month on the 18th of the following month,tell me why a salary earner will vote a man who abolish freedom of speech among his populace(all civil servant dare to talk anyhow against his governance will be sacked),tell me one good reason why a common man will vote for a man who use almost 3yrs to construct a community road,tell me why a common man will vote a man who cant provide a quality teachers for their wards in school(he depend heavily on corpers),tell me why a common man will vote a man who try to islamize osun state,tell me why a common man will vote for a man who use larger resources of the state to campaign during his election...

My brother,dont judge basically on what u hear on air,try ur visibility study.... Anyone from osun state should proof me wrong if any of my point are lies.

Am not disputting the nullification of akwa ibom election,bt the question is are all Apc governors saint,why is anyone yet to put to book among them since PMB assumed office

Most of these things you are saying about Aregbesola happened after he has already won the 2nd term ticket. There is no way Aregbesola can significantly manipulate that election. I'm telling you. Infact PDP has that election under wraps, it was the popularity of Aregbesola that saved him. Aregbesola was actually very popular during his first term and he did a lot in terms of infrastructure and feeding school children. It was during his 2nd term that he messed up big time. Look at you talking about Islamizisation. Why not first tell us the percentage of Christians/Muslims in Osun state, before using that as a yardstick why he shouldnt have won. So Aregbesola rigged under a GEJ govt and APC still won the case still under same GEJ govt??

All APC governors are definitely not saints. But as i mentioned to you earlier that you are still not getting, substantive manipulation is the only point that make an election to be nullified. Go and read the Electoral Act. Pockets of foul play does not really count.

And what made you think I'm not connected to Ogun and Osun state??

Lytech:
and same whole country dont witness the shame called election conducted in ogun state and osun state....
Dont be bias my brother,stop shying away from the truth...av never for once been into politics and will for no reason join them....bt am saying this coz i dont want the future of urs,mine and other reading this to be at stake..... We are in a democratic era not dictatorship era

It is you that is showing signs of bias.

Looking at Osun state election. That election was heavily militarised by the GEJ administration. Infact DSS agents wearing masks took over significant parts of the state, and Rauf Aregbesola still emerged winner. There may be pockets of violence here and there, but generally, Rauf Aregbesola won Omisore squarely. Omisore is only popular in the local govts where he hails from.

Now going to Ogun
No election can be 100% perfect in Nigeria. What tribunal looks at is substantive manipulation of the process. If the alledger is able to prove beyond reasonable doubt in court that there is substantive manipulation of the election, then the election will be nullified. You are only deceiving yourself if you claim there is substantive manipulation of election in Ogun state in the last election. Ajimobi was still more popular than the PDP candidates. And dont forget that there was internal crisis in the PDP before the election.

The manipulations that occurred in Akwa Ibom and Rivers states was audible to the deaf and visible to the blind. It is only those who are deceiving themselves that do not acknowledge this fact. I for one know that PDP will still win Akwa Ibom state. But that does not mean we should be supporting the sustenance of such level of brigandage that was displayed during the last election.

I bet you didnt read the submission of the court of appeal. The court stated that there was no collation of results and the court further stated that where there is no evidence of collation of results, there cannot be said to be election in such a place!

sirAmeh:
I do not have issue with you, if u want to debate with me,do it with fact. Don't come here and argue with sentiment, moreover I am not a pdp card carry member.

Infact it is your own post that is riddled with sentiments. Who is talking on whether you are PDP or not?? I picked u up only on your statment which seems more like a lamentation than putting forward strong argument.

Sincerely, your analysis is very watery. Law is more complicated and intriguing than the one line sentimental statement you earlier put up.

If indeed you wanted your argument to be logical, you should have quoted relevant sections of the electoral act and case laws to back it up.

sirAmeh:
let me give you a case study, in benue state, the present governor de camp to his present party a day before the primary without passing through electoral process. But when the pdp candidate when to court,his case was thrown out for lack of merit. when it is clear that he is not the candidate of his party.

You sabi the justices of the Tribunal and Appeal court na. see the watery analysis sef. mtschewww

Koolking:
No state belongs to any party, not even Lagos to APC. Nigerians are wiser now. Nigerians have no business voting Parties nowadays but personalities. From all indications, Jimi Agbaje won the last election in Lagos, but APC rigged themselves in.

If the people of Akwa Ibom State are attuned to Udom Emmanuel as a person, he will be voted in again, otherwise APC personality will carry the day. The best parties can do to win the day is massive rigging for their candidate.

It's a big misconception believing that parties own states in Nigeria. Perhaps, it was not true before now. Not anymore

Jimi Agbaje did not win the Lagos election. But he put up a good showing. I was very much on ground in Lag during the last election.

all4gud:
The Judges are pleasing their pay masters. There's no problem about that ;it's non of my business. The oil money that the APC are dying for in Rivers, Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom state aimed to be used in 2019 will not work out for them.
These states are core PDP states.

Udom is right. Umana is left

Which oil money are you guys even crying about?? Allocation for states comes from the FGN.

Lytech:
apc in akwa ibom only succed bcoz they r the ruling party....
There were enough evidence turn down in the election that brought ogun state governor to power....
My brother,wise up...Buhari want to monopolize nigeria politics just for easy rigging come 2019.... Embrace opposition in Nigeria politics,these are only the people who can speak up and challenge the government in power ....common man will rot in jail if u dare talk anyhow....
Lets reason together,y is it only state been govern by opposition party has issue with the election that brought them to power.... Why?

When the elections were conducted they were the ruling party. And the whole country witnessed the sham called election in Akwa Ibom and Rivers state.

VISTIN:
The plot to Islamise Nigeria by APC. No right thinking Nigerian will expect APC to match PDP in the SS in a clean election.

The same reason why everyone has been wondering why PDP needs to engage in the brigandage of that election in Rivers and Akwa Ibom state.

sirAmeh:
If they are saying there was over voting in the election,what are we to call the under age voting and over voting in some northern states in the country?

what are u waiting for? File a case in court now.

Expected!

Expected! Those PDP riggers rigged with stupidity in that last election in Rivers, Akwa Ibom and partially in Delta.

The elections in Akwa Ibom and Rivers was a total sham. We should stop deceiving ourselves. I still dont understand why it was necessary for them to rig, when they were poised to win the election.

Let another election be conducted and let the PDP win maturely.

Lovely! Happy Birthday sir! We the majority that support you has your back.

ewigmee:
You're telling me that they are not insured. If insured, I think it should be the company's duty to replace damaged ones. Common sense.

Even if they are insured, common sense should dictate that the insurance company will make replacement and hand it over to the FGN.

It is the FGN that will now provide PMB with the vehicles and not the other way.

They are security vehicles, insurance company cannot directly replace them to Buhari the user.

Are u also aware that when the vehicles are changed normally every 4years, the old ones are always returned to the FG.

The vehicles are property of the FGN, and so if they are indeed insured, return will be made to the govt.

cuteboy2:
Absolutely. I am not absolving Dasuki. He is going through his investigation which hopefully should result in a trial.

I am looking at the emerging issue that a sitting President also benefited from the arms money bazaar, and that our President needs to come clean to preserve the integrity of that office. Period.

The president has nothing to do with it. He collected his entitlement as given him by law. Dansuki was not doing him any favours. That is what is due to him by law.

All he knows is that the FGN has fulfilled the requirement of providing him with vehicles, he is not a civil servant.

If there is anything wrong in the process of giving him his entitlements, it is the civil servant that violated the process that will be sanctioned! Provided the beneficiary did not collect more that what he was entitled to.

EternalTruths:
See one of them


Nigeria is not an Arab nation.

Oga if Saudi Arabia says we are an Arab country, does that makes us an Arab country?? Talk is free

cuteboy2:
So it is legal for the office of NSA to spend funds meant for arms in purchasing status vehicles for ex-Heads of State

Would it be right for a government agency like NNPC, NIMASA or Nigerian Customs to spend out of thier budget to purchase cars for former leaders when their budget was not appropriated for such purpose? That would be wrong application of funds. It is equivalent to diversion of public funds to wrong or illegal avenues. President Buhari as a former leader who knows the inner workings of government should know without any iota of doubt that that procedure is wrong and fraudulent.

The best President Buhari should do at this point is to instruct his protocol to return those vehicles, and claim that he was not aware of the source of the funds for those vehicles. After all he does not really need them now any longer since he now has all the paraphernalia of the Office of the President at his beck and call. He should simply say that he accepted them from Dasuki, since Dasuki was a top functionary in the Presidency, and only thought Dasuki was simply handing over the vehicles, and not that he purchased them with misapplied government funds. This is the honourable and decent thing to do. The nation will support and applaud the President. Subterfuge and denial will not help.

What is wrong is wrong, let's not try to parse and stretch the truth.

Of course it is very wrong for Dansuki to take money meant for arms to provide legal entitlements to former heads of state. It is called misappropriation and Dansuki should also be tried for that alongside his other sins.

Misappropriation is a serious corruption case.