₦airaland Forum

seunmsg:
You really need to understand the Taraba case before referring to it. PDP have no valid candidate in that election. They never participated at all in the election. And please note, winning a primary does not make an aspirant a valid candidate before the law, he must also choose a running mate and both of them must be presented to INEC within a stipulated period before their candidacy can be valid before the law.

As regards Kogi, the issue of having a valid primary before the law is to determine the candidate. In this case, Audu is the candidate and that is not in dispute. The law also provides for the candidate to choose his own deputy who will contest jointly with him. Without the deputy, his candidature is invalid irrespective of whether he wins the primary or not. So therefore, whoever he so chooses as his deputy is assumed to have jointly emerged from the primaries with him and will automatically step into his shoes when situations like this arises.


That Yahaya Bello participated in the primaries as no legal significance since he was not the winner. Faleke was validly nominated and he should legally step up and inherit the mandate since the election process as commenced already.

felalegend:
Wrong analysis there. A deputy never participated in primaries thereby making him ineligible to stand in the run off. Had the election been conclusive then Faleke would have simply mounted the saddle. PDP will oust Faleke legally based on the Taraba case.

JuanDeDios:
I don’t think she wrote any of those for public consumption. Yes, there is statutory rape essentially.

TonyeBarcanista:
Wow, so many judicial manipulations behind the scene

Naturespearlz:
Na only one boat and one helicopters dem buy?!??!?!?!!!!!!

hush15:
Greed and selfishness can destroy much. Presently, Faleke is a current serving member of house of rep but that's not enough.

I still maintain that the easiest solution to all these quagmire is to declare the next candidate with the second highest number of votes the winner. To many issues will suffice and by the time all the court process serves everyone, Wada would have almost finish his second tenure if not the entire second term sef.

martinsoche:
so INEC want a new primaries but don't want a new election, this APC govt are really showing that their have federal power to manipulate everything now , pls oooo this is not the promise u guys promise us.....

phrancys001:
Bet you the bello guy wouldn't become Governor,it's simple arithmetic bello is from central senatorial and faleke is from west senatorial just wondering those making those impossible permutation have not consider what happens to east senatorial which hold 65% electorate votes ? #fearigalao! Or else another corpse is in the making very soon.

Sundaypyro247:
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makzeze:
my boss approved a memo for me to travel for an assignment in order to compensate me for my hard and extra work. but the memo is approved as a backup to enable me claim the money but not to travel out.

is this religiously allowed?

Stoical:
This is my humble reasoning on this issue and please do not attempt to insult me, as I have a right to reason and I ain't quoting you.

The AGF might say what he said because he has to be in the good book of his masters...however, in doing this, he may have misled INEC who is supposed to be independent both in its decision making and actions.
What I see here is that after this unfortunate event, INEC should have made a pronouncement but they remained silence until the AGF spoke. Meaning, they were not sure of what to do, as such need the guidance of AGF and not necessarily their legal team(I might be wrong). As such, they are now seen to be partisan. I felt they should have gone to the court for immediate interpretation cum judicial pronouncement on a matter as this'd which the 2 constitution they are guided with had not envisaged and as such never spoke on.

This case should not be compared with Amaechi's even though it looks so close. The 2 events here are very different. What might make them seem close is the fact that the party is often accepted to be the one that wins and not the individual. But, I'll say that different strokes shouldn't be use for different folks on similar/almost similar scenarios; a case at hand is Gombe election petition tribunal which gave PDP victory to APC on account that PDP primary was not witness by INEC, rather than give PDP a chance to conduct a fresh primary, just as the are giving APC now in Kogi. Smh for Nigeria shaa.
I will want to ask some of us, if they would have voted for APC if Tinubu was its flagbearer (no pun intended). I believe party is a platform, but it is the individual that we all voted for, as such I believe also we will never vote for a party who doesn't present a candidate, even if INEC allows them to stand in for election, reason being that we may not like who they will bring up later...

As for Kogi, with the inconclusive result thus announced, APC/late Audu led and it is understandable when APC insist on substituting its dead candidate. But, would that person be who the Kogians actually would have voted for? A question that begs an answer from Kogians. Well, however it turns out, I feel APC will still win even with a re-run, because the citizens are tired of Wada's method of governance

I just feel that the supreme court may overturn this case or probably uphold it, as they are judges that know better than I do, especially if they are nonpartisan.

Sorry for the long writeup, but I couldn't have summari summarized my point earlier...comprehend and give me your own view...

ShowYourCertificate:
But are you also aware that fresh primaries cannot be conducted to select a candidate while elections are still ongoing? Audu and Faleke shared a joint ticket, why didn't INEC allow Faleke (the legitimate ticket holder in the ongoing elections) conclude the race?

baralatie:
Inec and the agf will have to explain the constitutional powers they have to substitute a candidate name in an ongoing election of which the same inec said it is unconclusive

gare:
If you have a brain and you are not baised, you would understand what Metuh is saying, you can't at this substitute another person half way into the election, either it is done before the election. You can't have two governorship candidates for one elections, are you now saying PDP can change its governorship candidates?

What INEC ought to do is to cancel and call for a fresh elections or give it to pdp, this are the lapses in our constitution we ought to look at, not insulting ourselves every now and then

ODUBEZE:
Truly, it is absurd!
Many voted for the candidate not the party. Now that the candidate voted for is gone, a fresh election or the next candidate with the higher score should be ushered in!
AUDU should not be usurped!

adadadon:
don you understand English
1 Faleke is not qualified because he did not participate in the primaries
2 A Primaries was held and a second position emerged
3 Audu/faleke ticket is not yet elected

limamintruth:
The votes are owned by them as governorship candidate & deputy governorship candidate respectively. Do not confuse yourself pls.
Same way the votes that brought obasanjo & atiku to power was in their separate positions as presidential & vice presidential candidate respectively.

Therefore whoever will represent apc as substitute has to contest afresh the entire election in his/her new capacity/position as apc's substantive/rightful governorship candidate. Understand?

limamintruth:
Still wishful thinking mister. Casted votes cannot be transferred from one individual to another whether or not both are of the same political party.

Bobbystanley:
I disagree with you. Candidacy matters a lot when it comes to election. Party comes second.

And as core Nigerians we are, Tribe is always a big factor to consider while Voting..

APC should field another candidate for a fresh election in my Opinion since the constitution says nothing about this kind of scenario.

Bobbystanley:
I disagree with you. Candidacy matters a lot when it comes to election. Party comes second.

And as core Nigerians we are, Tribe is always a big factor to consider while Voting..

APC should field another candidate for a fresh election in my Opinion since the constitution says nothing about this kind of scenario.

limamintruth:
Lol; wishful thinking by apc legal apologists.

I can see that in their desperation, apc newspaper 'the nation' went around interviewing their legal apologists to mislead people.

But whether apc likes it or not, no party can participate in any election without a flagbearer; a party's candidate is just as important as the party sponsoring him/her.

Note that no party can succeed without fielding a candidate, but its possible to have an independent candidate(who is not contesting on the platform of any political party) participate in election.

Nelkoko:
D same question shld b 4warded 2 d hausa/fulani y they dont want d igbos 2 rule Nigeria