₦airaland Forum

Kingsmeal:
Animal talk.

The "most prepared"# candidate now in power, how body?

Reality3080:
No time igbos will come n call others cowards, this is one man wey dey use d whole igbos dey mop floor n them no fit do anything

TemplarLandry:
Wike has guts!
Mayyne, I just like his O.G (Original G**gster) style of dressing.
Reminds me of Don Corleone from the “Godfather” movie.

I dedicate “No Diggity” by BlackStreet feat. Dr. Dre and Queen Pen to him. Great jam!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KL9mRus19o

Abufo:
Obidients have nothing to lose.......are they the ones in Aso rock? if jungle mature na all of you parading along the halls of power wey dem go put under house arrest! You have power, go ahead and use it to change the country for good.....instaed you are busy forming dictatorship! I feel sorry for you dumbos!

Lanretoye:
What is LP?

The Labour Party (LP) has suffered yet another setback in Lagos as the National and state House of Assembly Election Tribunal sitting in Ikeja on Wednesday, August 30, upheld the election of Senator Wasiu Sanni Eshinlokun as the duly elected Senator of Lagos State Central senatorial district in the election held on February 25.

The three-man Tribunal led by Justice Ashua Ewah dismissed the petition filed by the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Architect Abiodun Dabiri.

The Tribunal held that the petition was incompetent as the issue raised falls within pre-election matters.

Other members of the tribunal are Justices Abdulahi Ozegya and M.A. Sambo.

The 1st to 3rd respondents in the petition are the Independent National Election Commission (INEC), Wasiu Eshinlokun-Sanni, and All Progressives Congress (APC).

The 1st and 2nd petitioners, Arc. Dabiri and the Labour Party (LP) in their petition, filed through their counsel, Ikechukwu Nwana, had sought to render invalid the Lagos Central Senatorial District held on Saturday, February 25, 2023, by reason of non-compliance with the provisions of the Electoral Act.

They contended that the failure of the 1st respondent (INEC) to include the symbol adopted by the 2nd petitioner, LP, or other information relating to the 2nd Petitioner on the ballot papers used for the conduct of the said election rendered the exercise invalid.

However, during the pre-trial hearing, the 2nd respondent, Eshinlokun through his counsel, Wahab Shittu (SAN) filed a preliminary objection on May 8, 2023, and another notice of preliminary objection dated May 18, 2023, for an order striking out the petitioner’s reply dated May 12 and filed May 13, 2023.


The 2nd respondent based his applications on the ground that the 1st petitioner has no locus standi to present the petition on the ground of not being a candidate in the election for Lagos Central Senatorial District held on February 25, 2023.

Shittu also argued that the 1st petitioner is not entitled to present the petition for failure to comply with Section 133(1)(a) of the Electoral Act 2022.

“The ground upon which the petition is predicated relates to sponsorship and nomination of candidate which is a pre-election matter and therefore invalid and unknown to the Electoral Act 2022.


“The second application dated 18th May 2023 is premised on the fact that the Petitioner’s reply was an attempt to enlarge the petition. Contrary to paragraphs 14 (2)(a) and 16(1)(a) of the First Schedule to the Electoral Act 2022.”

The learned silk argued that Paragraph 16(1(a) prohibits the petitioners from enlarging or amending their petition by the use of their reply.

He said the tribunal reserved ruling on the two applications to the time of the judgment and urged the panel of judges of the tribunal to pronounce on the two applications and resolve all issues raised in the two applications in favour of the 2nd respondent, Eshinlokun.

Citing the relevant decided case, Shittu submitted that the petitioners cannot rely on the party membership card to prove membership of the 1st Petitioner and we urge the court to so hold.

He urged the tribunal to urge your lordships to dismiss the petition for want of locus standi and flagrant violation of Section 133 of the Electoral Act, 2022, the 1st petitioner had not led any credible evidence to establish his right to bring the petition.

Shittu prayed the tribunal: “We urge this tribunal to hold that the petition has failed; it fails, and ought to be dismissed with punitive cost in favour of the respondents.

“We humbly submit that the tribunal should hold that the petitioners have failed to prove the allegations contained in the petition. Consequently, the reliefs claimed by the petitioners are not grantable by this tribunal and we therefore urge your Lordships to dismiss this petition with substantial cost in favour of the respondents inclusive of the 2nd respondent.”

phorget:
The tread is about those that fought their deputies, so did Tilumbu fight his deputies or not?🤷‍♂️

Akaegwu:
Continue scrolling through the page. You will see the comments you're looking for.

amanda2013:
na you Sabi. Just tell Tinubu to stop embarrassing Nigerians.

sonature1:
Generally, Nigerians have low IQ.

That's why this country is a shithole.

Osobi32:
You just nailed it

HussenAdul:
Yoruba's are always afraid of we Northerners with full respect and submission.
Atiku exposed Tinubu certificate saga but the Yoruba's began to attack Obi.
I tried to relate the whole issue but couldn't understand. Is it that Obi is sponsoring or backing Atiku in this certificate matter?

HussenAdul:
See why they say Tinubu supporters are foolish!
Atiku (PDP) shake table but the left Atiku & PDP and start to attack Obi (LP)
Does it mean that anyone that think smart is an Igbo or obedient?
Don't we have intelligent people in the north anymore?

Racoon:
You know, the culture down there is all about ethno-politico-religious sentiments that suit their whims and caprices. This is why erring leaders are never brought to justice.

Buhari is even enjoying sumptuous luxury for what any of these northerners vehemently condoned former President Jonathan for. While Abba Kyari is being shielded from Justice, Hushi pushi was immediately extradited to the US.

LagosPrince:
Says a coward from a conquered Ilorin kwara state

You're comparing the civil war that last almost 3 years which the whites helped you to fight a region , and you're proud about it .

You forgot that the Nigerian army lost so many of her army in the battle field against the region too and almost at a point took to there heels when the wotowoto was too much for them before the Europeans came to there rescue?

Just dey play

You already have Boko Haram, banddits , herdsmen and Iswap and hungry Nigerians waiting to capitalize on any revolution to vent there anger on your corrupt leaders that are holding back the growth of this country as witnessed during the EndSars protest . Even your military and police pull uniform and took to their heels .

You go hear word

OyeofIkoTuN:
Goan ask Edo state what we did from that boundary down to ORE...

Dey play....they can't take Ilorin, you wanna try a region that lost no territory in 3 years battle..

Funny lots

jeromestarks:
Honestly, this set of Igbo people (aka obidients) are really violent people. I am an Igbo guy but I have stopped talking about Nigerian politics for fear of being killed.

Why are we so stupid? Is this how to play the game?
Is violent the solution? No!

Look at what they're doing to The President of Illinois. They took their stupidity beyond the shores of Nigeria.
I heard that a traditional ruler in the East got killed because he celebrated Tinubu's victory.
They see wise Igbos who aligned themselves with Tinubu as outcasts.
Look at how aggressive these people are.
Obidients will soon be named terrorists in Nigeria.

Tinubu won the election. It's as simple as that.
Obi should keep his people under control before they get out of hand.

If you obidients continue like this, Igbos will NEVER rule Nigeria. Never!

I have spoken.

Seun
nlfpmod

sanusi4truth:
The words hit you bad. It's not easy defending a druggie and certificates forger.

darealez:
Yet locked their Twitter handle? You're smart!

propsad3:
It is a collosal global image damage to the siting president. It will take a 10 first class reputable Pr company to clean up such mess. The image makers knows the implication of this. You may call it online noise but it surely means a lot in the conglomeration of sensible people.