₦airaland Forum

Lalasticlala, Seun, Nlfpmod

OGHENAOGIE:
LP is a regional party like NNPP... LP is majorly popular in South East.. anything else is unnecessary shalaye... I don't follow mob that's why I don't see LP as a sainthood platform...

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orisa37:
I am not anonymous. We are still in a DEMOCRACY. I am in KADUNA and I will soon be 86.

Datti will incinerate the Country..
That's what you said...


Datti is really that unpatriotic.?

Jokay07:
Section 134(2) that a candidate must (a) have the highest number of votes cast at the election; and (b) have not less than 25% of total votes cast in at least two-third of all the States in the Federation and the FCT, Abuja.

What does the Constitution mean by 25% of votes in all the States in the Federation and the FCT, Abuja (FCT) and how should this be interpreted? These are the questions sought to be answered here.



Before we proceed to review and give an interpretation to these provisions, we must bear in mind that the Constitution is not read and interpreted like any other book, there are rules for interpreting the Constitution and we will now examine same.

RULES FOR INTERPRETATION OF THE CONSTITUTION

In the 2022 decision of FRN v Nganjiwa3 the Supreme Court, while relying on some of its earlier decisions, reiterated the settled position on how to interpret provisions of the Constitution as follows:

(a)Where the words of the Constitution are clear and unambiguous, a literal interpretation will be applied.

(b) Where there is ambiguity in a literal interpretation, a holistic interpretation would be resorted to.

(c) All sections must be read together and purposively so that no section is rendered redundant or superfluous.

(d) If the words remain ambiguous, the intention of the makers of the Constitution must be discovered to determine the mischief sought to be cured.

(e) The Court is entitled to consider how the law stood when the statute was passed, what the mischief was for which the old law did not provide and the remedy which has been provided by the new law.

Hence, the Constitution is to be interpreted purposively and holistically and where a literal reading of the Constitution leads to absurdity, recourse must be made to the mischief which the law seeks to cure.

It is important also, that we consider how the Courts have interpreted these provisions of the Constitution, although on dissimilar facts, as this will guide us on how the Courts are likely to interpret these provisions even though on a different set of facts.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS ON SECTION 134(2) AND SECTION 299

The Court of Appeal in Okoyode v FCDA4 had cause to interpret Section 299 of the Constitution on whether the FCT was a State and in its decision stated that the FCT should be treated as one of the States in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In essence, the question submitted to the Court was whether the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) was an agency of the Federal Government of Nigeria. The Court in answer stated that the FCDA was an agency of the FCT which is a separate unit from the Federal Government and should rather be seen as a State and a separate administrative unit distinct from the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
COPIED


Point 2
Going by the analogy above. It's been established by a competent court of law that FCT should be considered as a state.
Proving further,
Mathematically.
Getting 25% votes in Two third (⅔) of 36 State apart from FCT is 23.9 or 24 states approximately.

But, Getting 25% votes in Two third (⅔) of 36 State (+), (and) including from FCT is 24.6 approximately 25 states

Conclusion.
Interpretation of the said constitution even prove further that wining or getting 25% in FCT is not a must.

No Court had ruled exactly on this very issue before.

(Meanwhile, please read Section-299(a) of the Nigerian Constitution - As Amended..)





So, we are all speculating at this very moment.

helinues:
@ op, you can't be claiming to be blunt

By being blunt,, as e dey my mind, na so I dey talk am.

I don't bend my thoughts, I don't paint it, I don't seek to satisfy anybody., (not even myself)

I just say the thing wey jump enter my mind.


Now, is there any other definition of BEING BLUNT.??

Ireportlive:
Not even up to 21... Hmmmnn

Sheey we still dey for court.??


After, we go know say whether na 16, or 21, or 24, or 30..

helinues:
Can't you people for once accept defeat?

Na so dem dey accept defeat for your place.??

orisa37:
YOU ARE BLUNT AND CRAZY.

Thanks for the compliments..

WE ALL KNOW THAT IF YOU WERE PROF. MAHMOOD, YOU AND DATTI AHMED WOULD SIMPLY INCINERATE THE COUNTRY.

But then,, guard yourself from making statements you cannot prove..

Nairaland is not all that anonymous as you might be thinking it to be.

We can always find you if we set out to find you.

Peacemaker5128:
he can move fct from Abuja to any other place

For now, Abuja is the FCT, and thus, the status remains what it is.

OGHENAOGIE:
LP even get mouth for south South? How many assembly seats Dem win last guber polls??

You're the one who cannot read to understand before rushing to respond.




And we ALL want something good to come out of Nigeria with such hasty non-conforming attitude.??

What a pity.!!

It's Very Simple..



The President of Nigeria is also the “Administrative Head” of Abuja as a Sub-National Unit.
(Please see Section-299(a) of the Nigerian Constitution - as amended)

Therefore, nobody can become a “President” if up to 25% of the Abuja Indigenes and residents didn't even vote for him to become their “Administrative Head” in Abuja.


That would be like imposing upon the Abuja Electorates, someone whom they didn't even vote for..

We really need the “Realtime Remote Voting” in Nigeria..
Where we can get ourselves fully accredited with the INEC’s Voting App on our own gadgets, and we can cast our votes while the “facial-capture feature” continues to confirm our faces in realtime as we are remotely casting our votes.

The Era of going out to meet danger Is Over..!!

IyaebeTheGreat:
Let's allow the court to do their job peacefully, no need for all these...

Tell that to Keyamo and Onanuga..




They had been tweeting a lot of trash since after Obi went to court.

ogmask:
I said the opposition and not LP. LP is not the only opposition party in the south.

Those APC guys are seriously feeling guilty for what they did to the LP in the presidential election.
That's why they kept seeing hallucinations of LP everywhere..

Mynd44

Lalasticlala, Seun, Nlfpmod..



Let's bring this to the consciousness of Nigerians.


It's time we find ways to cast our elections without having to put our own lives in serious danger while doing so.

ManOfMan:
I dey come

No wahalla.


One good thing is that,, there won't be need for putting one’s life in danger on the election day.

The election results management would be swift, and the winning candidates would be declared faster.

inoki247:
Keep deviating his people choose for which quality....

You people and always trying to spin things....


Well you all can take him to Anambra if his so good...


At least let Lagos see what they miss cos of tribalism....

Okk

inoki247:
Nobody is ranting I'm talking about GRV why u dey hide you people are just hypocrite....

Since you missed my direction,, let me drag you to the point.


They Chose GRV as a person and not LP as a party...



You can continue to be looking at CVs and Certificates and be asking WHY.!!

The People Chose Him because of him, and not because of his Party.

You can continue to talk about CV.

inoki247:
Individual doesn't matters buh you guy's went with GrV that at 40 us CV still looks like someone doin IT....


Just hide your hypocrisy...

Continue ranting.



Peter Obi Graduated with a Third-Class.,, Remember??

He even got a GCE-Degree..
Not even a good degree.
But he is the Individual who got the votes..
And not the Party.

sablue:
Very interested in seeing his performance. He's the first of his kind holding a strong political office in Nigeria.

But wait ooo. Nobody's wailing that he's APC.

When we tell you that individuals matter, you think we are joking.?

Ok naa.


We now have a pastor, and a catholic priest.

E remain for us to have imams and sheikhs

Nonsense Talks..



If this man loved his farms this much,, what exactly was it that brought him to start seeking the aso-rock high position??

vicdom:
https://punchng.com/breaking-ekweremadu-wife-found-guilty-of-organ-trafficking/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1679571437

E don Sett.!!

Jokay07:
Point by point discussion.

Ok.



All I can say right now is that:
I will continue to watch and observe the proceedings as they unfold..



Meanwhile,, how can I get Atiku’s Petition??
I need to read that one too.

asanausana91:
the same way peter Obi use Atiku to climb then he begin to feel that he has arrived. Had it been peter Obi agree to work with Atiku APC would have been destroyed like a train matching an ant.

E be like say the thing is paining you more than it is paining Reno Omokri.??


Heyaaaa!!

beerfraud:
https://mobile.twitter.com/renoomokri/status/1638559042770726918

Sheey PDP is doing that already.??
PDP is trying to establish rigging..



So,, why is Peter Obi’s case bothering him naa.??

jaybenugo:
A Nigerian lady, Mercedes Ekwutosim Okwukogu took to Facebook on Tuesday March 21, 2023, to share her excitement after her court wedding in Abuja, IGBERETV reports.

She shared photos from her court wedding with the caption;



https://www.facebook.com/1361988501/posts/pfbid08LGyWpSX7MYvfjc4ZgLFAiGakSx5JP82MWojp9JeExPKXHFQ93msJjYY6do9anM1l/?app=fbl

I see manipulation.

Jokay07:
Point by point discussion.


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Blunt.crazeman
Ihord.spy

I am still reading the petition..

Once I am through with it, we can discuss deeply.

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helinues:
Sebi we have allowed tribal politics to retain all those old crooks for house and Senate

Anyways, 2027 election focus is about state assembly, house of reps and senate seats. We go dash the old crooks Governor and president position

Same Old crooks tried their best though by getting the Electoral Act 2022 into existence.
So, we wouldn't totally write them off..

The new set of crooks can always amend the Electoral Act 2022 to meet the current electoral requirements, or to even repeal it.