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The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, on Friday, reserved its judgement on the petition the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, filed to nullify the election of President Bola Tinubu.

The five-member panel of the court led by Justice Haruna Tsammani, okayed the matter for judgement after all the parties adopted their final briefs of argument.


Cited as 1st to 5th Defendants in the petition marked: CA/PEPC/04/2023, are the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, President Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, and Mr. Kabiru Masari.


While the petitioner, through its lawyer, Mr. Andrew Malgwi, SAN, urged the court to sack Tinubu and withdraw the Certificate of Return that was issued to him by INEC, on the other hand, all the Defendants prayed the court to dismiss the case for want of competence.

President Tinubu, through his team of lawyers led by Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, maintained that the petition the APM lodged against him, lacked merit.

He argued that the sole issue the party relied upon to seek his sack from office, which bordered on allegation that his Vice President, Shettima, was nominated twice by the APC for different elective positions, had already been decided by the supreme Court.

President Tinubu argued that APM’s petition did not only fail to disclose a reasonably cause of action against him, but was equally bereft of substance.

Likewise, both counsel for the APC, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, and that of INEC, Mr. Steven Adehi, SAN, separately urged the court to dismiss the petition.

Whereas APC told the court that Tinubu’s nomination and eligibility to contest the presidential election that held on February 25, was without fault, on its part, INEC, threw its weight behind the outcome of the poll.

After it had listened to all the parties, the Justice Tsammani-led panel said it would communicate the judgement date to them.


It will be recalled that the APM closed its case on June 21, after its lone witness testified before the court.

Specifically, APM, in its petition, contended that the withdrawal of Mr Masari, who was initially nominated as the Vice-Presidential candidate of the APC, invalidated Tinubu’s candidacy in view of Section 131(c) and 142 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended.

The party argued that there was a gap of about three weeks between the period that Masari, who was listed as the 5th Respondent in the petition, expressed intention to withdraw, the actual withdrawal of his purported nomination, and the time Tinubu purportedly replaced him with Senator Shettima.

It further argued that Tinubu’s candidature had elapsed at the time he nominated Shettima as Masari’s replacement.

According to the petitioner, as at the time Tinubu announced Shettima as the Vice Presidential candidate, “he was no longer in a position, constitutionally, to nominate a running mate since he had ceased to be a presidential candidate of the 2nd Respondent having regards to the provisions of section 142 of the 1999 Constitution”.


More so, APM, contended that Masari’s initial nomination activated the joint ticket principle enshrined in the Constitution, stressing that his subsequent withdrawal invalidated the said joint ticket.

It, therefore, prayed the court to declare that Shettima was not qualified to contest as the Vice-Presidential candidate of the APC as at February 25 when the election was conducted by INEC having violated the provisions of Section 35 of the Electoral Act, 2022.

“It also prayed for an order nullifying and voiding all the votes scored by Tinubu in the presidential election in view of his non-qualification as a candidate of the APC”, as well as an order to set aside the Certificate of Return that was issued to the President by INEC.

The court had on May 30, suspended further proceedings in the matter after counsel to President Tinubu, Chief Olanipekun, SAN, drew its attention to a judgement of the Supreme Court which he said settled the issue the APM raised in its petition.

Chief Olanipekun, SAN, maintained that an appeal the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, filed against President Tinubu, which was dismissed by the Supreme Court, bordered on the legality or otherwise of his client’s nomination to contest the election by the APC.


He argued that the said judgement of the apex court touched on the substance of APM’s petition.
Tinubu’s lawyer stressed that the only ground the APM canvassed in its petition, was the fact that the Vice President, Shettima, had double nominations, prior to the presidential election that held on February 25.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/07/presidential-tribunal-reserves-judgement-on-apms-case-against-tinubu-2/amp/

femisplash:
Coming from ibo.. what a shame. Nigerians are being denied visas for holiday because your brothers have taken their development to Sychelles.

Every region in this country has the bad eggs amongst them

You and I know those who are notorious for credit card frauds but because of your hate for the Igbo you chose to ignore the below.

"In one case, 62 Nigerians who said they were on holiday used false credit cards, and the money was never credited to the accounts of these establishments. These establishments have lost money. These people spent free holidays in the country at the expense of the establishment owners and there is nothing that can be done for them," Afif said.

seunmsg:
This is my last response to you guys on this thread. When people see white and want to disingenuously keep arguing that they saw black, there is no way to help such people.

The federation is made up of 36 states and the FCT. The constitution says the winner must score 25% of total vote cast in 2/3 of the states and FCT. Tinubu told the court he scored 25% and above in 29 states and the FCT. So, what is there not to understand? Where exactly did he list FCT as one of the 29 states he won?

Seunmsg stop being mischievous. Stop being clever by half

Answer the simple question, did Tinubu secure 25% of votes cast in FCT Abuja, you are busy running around like a headless chicken

seunmsg:
Is the federation made up of 36 states and the FCT?

Tinubu's legal team could have just said ......2nd respondent secured more than 25% of the votes cast in 29 states out of the 36 states and the FCT that make up the federation

But in the case above it is ....2nd respondent secured more than 25% of the votes cast in 29 states and the FCT Abuja

Which literally means that Tinubu secured more than 25% of the votes cast in the FCT Abuja

So I am now asking you, Did Tinubu secure more than 25% of the votes cast in the FCT Abuja ?

seunmsg:
What is there to explain? Normal people with average IQ understands that he’s talking about the 29 states where he got 25% and above. The federation is made up of 36 states the FCT so how else do you want him to put it?

Did Tinubu secure 25% of the votes cast in the FCT Abuja?

seunmsg:
Because he can’t read and comprehend. Where exactly did Tinubu’s counsel claim specifically that he scored 25% in FCT?

Really

Please kindly explain the marked portion

seunmsg:
OP is nothing but a poorly educated illiterate.

Why refer to the OP as a poorly educated illiterate

INEC is electoral arm of the APC

duro4chang:
Jittery because of fake news? Who cares about you and your craps?

Are you saying that the US is not capable of slamming Visa ban on any individual

duro4chang:
Fake news from Upper Iweka fake news outlets

Why refer to it as fake news

Are you ittery

Tinubu minions called me all sorts of derogatory names when I told them that Dangote refinery won't refine a drop of PMS this year

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The United States government has placed a visa ban on the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Olukayode Ariwoola, and six other members of the Supreme Court of Nigeria over their delivery of controversial and inciting judgments.

Besides Ariwoola, the other apex court justices whose identities were revealed by a highly placed source, are Musa Dattijo Mohammed, Centus Nweze and Justice Kudirat Kekere Ekun.


It was learnt their ban was connected to questionable judgements they gave, including the controversial judgment that made Senator Hope Uzodinma governor of Imo State in 2020, as well as the judgements that recognised Senate President Godswill Akpabio and his predecessor Senator Ahmed Lawan as winners of their senatorial elections.

Recall that Uzodimma who came fourth in the 2019 governorship election was controversially declared winner of election by the Supreme Court.

In the case of Lawan and Akpabio, the Supreme Court ruled, in separate judgements, that both senators, who didn’t participate in their party’s (All Progressives Congress) primary election are the party’s senatorial candidates.

Lawan and Akpabio were presidential aspirants at the time the party held primaries for their senatorial districts which legally ruled them out of the senatorial contest.

While they both stepped down for Bola Tinubu who later won the presidential ticket, senatorial candidates had emerged from their senatorial zones to represent the party in the election.

Bashir Machina and Udom Ekpoudom won the primaries and emerged senatorial candidates for Yobe North and Akwa Ibom North West respectively
and their mandates were recognised by High and Appeal courts. But the
Apex court overturned the judgements of the two lower courts.

However, Pointblanknews learnt that the embattled Supreme Court justices got wind of their ban to enter the US after they were denied entry to the country to attend a seminar.

The source, a ranking Supreme Court official who pleaded anonymity, confided in Pointblanknews that Justice Ekun was the first to be informed of her visa ban.

The source added the ban has become a burden on Justices of the Supreme Court.

The source said, “And that signals the Justices have received indicate that the U.K and the European Union have been asked to consider actions too by the U.S authority.”

The source added the judgements on cases involving Uzodimma, Akpabio and Lawan, which raised some much upset within the polity and “some other cases were considered to be against democracy and rule of law.”

Recall that the Supreme Court in January, 2020, nullified the election of Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the governor of Imo State.

The apex court declared Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the March 9 governorship election in the state.

In the unanimous judgment of the seven-member panel, read by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, the apex court agreed that results in 388 polling units were unlawfully excluded during the collation of the final governorship election result in Imo State.

Justice Kekere-Ekun said with the results from the 388 polling units added, Mr Uzodinma polled a majority of the lawful votes and ought to have been declared the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

The judge did not provide the details of the new votes scored by each of the candidates after the addition of the results from the 388 polling units.
Consequently, she voided and set aside the declaration of Mr lhedioha as the winner of the 2019 governorship election in the South-East state.

The court ordered that the certificate of return wrongly or unlawfully issued to Mr lhedioha be immediately withdrawn by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and a fresh one issued to Mr Uzodinma as the elected governor of the state.

Also, the Supreme Court in February 2023, declared Senate President Ahmad Lawan as the authentic candidate of the APC for Yobe North Senatorial District for the 25 February general election.

The court made the declaration in a three-against-two split judgement of its five-member panel. The panel was led by Centus Nweze.

The majority judgement held that the decisions of the Federal High Court in Yobe and the Court of Appeal in Abuja “were perverse and must be set aside.”

The APC had challenged the judgements of the lower courts which affirmed Bashir Machina as the candidate of Yobe North Senatorial District for the election.

It urged the Supreme Court to nullify the two previous verdicts and legitimise APC’s National Working Committee’s forwarding of Mr Lawan’s name to INEC as flagbearer for the poll.

In a related development, the Supreme Court in February declared Godswill Akpabio as the validly nominated candidate for Akwa-Ibom North-West senatorial seat election holding on 25 February.

APC had challenged the decision of the Court of Appeal, Abuja, which sacked Mr Akpabio as its candidate.

Mr Akpabio is a former governor of Akwa-Ibom State and ex-minister of Niger Delta Affairs.

In Mr Akpabio’s place, the appellate court had on 14 November 2022 ordered INEC to recognise Udom Ekpoudom, a retired deputy inspector general of police, as the authentic candidate of the party.

Delivering the unanimous judgement of its five-member panel led by Kudirat Kekere-Ekun on Friday, the Supreme Court held that the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal were wrong to have assumed jurisdiction in the suit because the issue of candidate nomination lies squarely with political parties.

https://pointblanknews.com/pbn/exclusive/controversial-judgements-us-slams-visa-ban-on-cjn-ariwoola-nweze-musa-dattijo-3-others/

Let the poor breathe..... don't suffocate them

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said the Labour Party has no ground to call for the sack of its Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, over the outcome of the 2023 general election.

The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi stated this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja.

“The reasons adduced by the LP in making the latest and familiar demand are not only illogical but also ridiculous,” he said.

He said that election observers, both local and international, were accredited by INEC to observe elections under specific rules and regulations.


“Under these rules, they were required to submit their respective reports to the commission. Such reports may or may not include their recommendations.

“Therefore, it is not within the remit of any election observer whatsoever to indict INEC. They are to observe and make recommendations if they have any, but never to indict.

“In the same manner, it is also not within the LP’s jurisdiction to demand the dismissal and prosecution of the INEC Chairman over the outcome of an election in which the party fielded candidates.



“Interestingly, arising from the outcome of the same 2023 General Election, the LP has now produced one State Governor, eight Senators, 35 House of Representatives members, and 38 members of the State Houses of Assembly,” he said.

Oyekanmi said it was strange that a political party that was in court challenging the outcome of the 2023 presidential election, could still go about openly discussing the matter at a news conference, knowing fully that such was subjudice.

“The LP is one of the 18 political parties registered and being regulated by INEC in Nigeria.

“The party will do well by restricting itself to activities permitted under the rules and regulations governing the conduct of political parties,” he said.

The LP had on Thursday demanded a forensic investigation into the expenditure of the released budget and donor funds received by INEC for the 2023 general election.

The Director General, Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Otumba Akin Osuntokun, at a media briefing in Abuja, said that Nigerians deserved to get the details of how the funds were disbursed.

https://punchng.com/labour-party-has-no-ground-to-call-for-yakubus-sack-inec/?amp

Penguin2:
If I supported it why would I be here making this post?

But going back to subsidy is not an option either.

What we are saying is that the palliative should be something substantial and not this proposed insult.

Okay

Penguin2:
How can you be suggesting going back to fuel subsidy?

So what happens when the 500billion is exhausted?

We go back to the suffering afresh?

Come on…

So the eight thousand naira to 12 million household for six months is better..
It's that what you are suggesting

The Peoples Democratic Party has accused the All Progressive Congress, Governorship candidate in Adamawa State, Aishatu Ahmed, popularly known as Binani of attempting to protect herself from indictment, by approaching a Federal High court in Abuja, seeking to stop the prosecution of Resident Electoral Commissioner of Adamawa, Hudu Yunusa-Ari.

Scribe of the Adamawa chapter of the PDP, Idris Yahya, stated this on Tuesday in Yola when he addressed journalists, calling on President Bola Tinubu to wade into the matter.

The PUNCH had reported that the governorship candidate of the APC, Sen. Aishatu Ahmed, popularly known as Binani, had approached a Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking to stop the prosecution of Resident Electoral Commissioner of Adamawa, Hudu Yunusa-Ari by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Yahya said even before the ignoble role of the Adamawa REC, who failed in his bid to ensure Binani emerged as the winner of the Adamawa governorship election by hook or crook, the party had made repeated calls to complain about Binani and her desperation, but neither her party nor INEC showed any concern about it.


He said the latest attempt by Binani to stop the prosecution of Hudu Yunusa-Ari, only confirmed her as the “Chief executioner and principal actor” in the attempted civilian coup orchestrated by the suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner.

He said, “Binani by this action has shown herself to be the chief executioner and principal actor in the attempted civilian coup orchestrated by the suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner, Yunusa Ari-Hudu, who usurped the returning officer and illegally, declared her winner of Adamawa governorship elections even when collation of results for the supplementary governorship polls were still being collated. Her intention is to protect Hudu because she knows what she has done. Because with the prosecution of Hudu, she knows she will be indicted.”

Yahya also alleged that Binani had yet to face prosecution for her own role in the saga because of the invincible hands backing her. He said, “Binani I believe has not faced prosecution because of the invisible hands behind her otherwise she ought to be prosecuted for aiding and abetting Hudu’s illegal declaration of her as the winner of the Adamawa governorship elections.


“You were part of a treasonable plot and now you are going back asking your lawyer to stop the prosecution of the suspended REC who the police by its investigations said it has established a prima facie case against him.”

He said his appeal to President Bola Tinubu to intervene is to resist Binani’s push to stop the prosecution of her close ally in the failed civilian coup which she tried to orchestrate in Adamawa.

https://punchng.com/binani-trying-to-protect-hudu-over-fear-of-indictment-pdp-alleges/?amp

Penguin2:
It has been widely reported that in the letter sent to the National Assembly seeking approval for 500billion palliative intervention fund, Tinubu told the lawmakers that his government intends to pay 8000 naira to 12million indigent Nigerian families for 6 months.

Supporters of the president are already defending the proposed policy but how reasonable is it?

I can only liken this current proposal to the infamous Tradermoni which some of us called out then for being a stupid and unreasonable misadventure but we were labeled haters. But till today, nobody can point to any individual that succeeded with Tradermoni.

Now, fast forward to 2023, and we seem to be about to travel same route and as usual, we are going to call it out for what it is - a stupid, senseless and unreasonable policy that would not make any positive impact on the beneficiaries; not in the short term nor in the long run.

Let’s take it into a more practical perspective so we will have a better understanding of what we are talking about.

What are the prices of basic commodities in the market today?

A bag of rice is about 40,000 naira. Half of it is about 18,000 naira.

A painter of beans is 3000 naira.

A painter of garri is 1200 Naira.

A bottle of red oil is above 1000 Naira.

A bottle of vegetable oil is about 1200 naira.

A bag of sachet water is 200 naira.

Transport to and from work and market is now almost unaffordable.

Ask yourself, of these basics, how many can 8000 Naira afford for an average Nigerian family in a month? Let’s use an average of 4 children with their parents, that’s 6 people. How many painter of garri do you think they consume in a month? How many bags of sachet water do you think they drink a month?

I know the supporters of government will say that addition is not subtraction and that Nigerians should be grateful they are even getting anything at all, but if you what we are to get will not be of any significant help to us, the government might as well not bother.

In the alternative, a multiplication of 8000 into 6, will give us 48,000. Is it not better for the government to just give the beneficiaries 48,000 naira at once and let them decide what to do with it than dividing the sum into minute insignificant and infinitesimal and useless pieces?

Is this not another useless venture like Tradermoni?

Or what can 8000 do for your family in a month in the current Nigerian economy?

I have suggested that Tinubu should use the 500 billion naira palliative money to subsidize fuel which will lead to a reduced pump price of petrol. That is the only way the money will benefits everyone

When we all thought that no one could be as bad as Buhari, then came Tinubu who became worst than Buhari

The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Oyo State on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by Allied Peoples’ Movement against Governor Seyi Makinde’s victory at the March 11 election.


Makinde won his second term election on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

DAILY POST gathered that APM approached the tribunal and challenged Makinde’s victory. Other respondents in the matter are INEC and PDP.


APM’s counsel, Henry Bello, informed the tribunal that he has applied for a withdrawal of the petition against Makinde.

Bello said the party’s candidate, Mr Adeniran Oluwaseyi, who was supposed to be the beneficiary of the petition, had lost confidence in the petition and had gone on to congratulate Makinde.

INEC counsel, Kizito Duru, said he was not opposed to the petition and would also not be asking for cost.


PDP counsel, Isiaka Olagunju, said he was not opposed to the petition’s withdrawal. He then urged the tribunal to award a cost of N2 million against the petitioner.

Makinde’s counsel, Kunle Kalejaye, in his remarks, said he also got the withdrawal application the day the matter was slated for hearing but he was not opposed to it.

He urged the tribunal to dismiss the petition and award a punitive cost of N10 million against the petitioner to serve as a deterrent to others.


DAILY POST, however, reports that the tribunal, in its unanimous ruling read by its Chairman, Justice Ejiron Emudainohwo, dismissed the APM’s petition.

The tribunal awarded N1 million each as cost in favour of Makinde and PDP against APM.

Emudainohwo described the petition as frivolous.

She added that it was scandalous for the petition to be filed 46 days after the party was aware their candidate was not interested in it.

She said cost must be awarded against the petitioner for wasting the time and resources of the respondents in filling their processes and for wasting the time of the tribunal.


https://dailypost.ng/2023/07/13/oyo-tribunal-dismisses-apm-petition-against-makindes-election/

"He said they were stranded and could not return to Lagos after spending over N100,000 to fuel their two tricycles."

Tinubu government is already favouring them and their families

😁😁😁😁😁😁

In saner climes, the INEC chairman shouldn't have stayed a day beyond February 25 for supervising the worst election ever witness in this country

MS247:
Naso... Dey play

Mobil treasurer

No go hustle hard so you can be like Jagaban

Just dey play


.

mobile treasurer

accountant

Built Lagos from scratch

very soon we go hear say he Built Nigeria from scratch

Dey play

MS247:
No he is an accountant, and now your President controlling all of Ibo land

Accountant! Where?

Abeg that propaganda don expire

😁😁😁😁😁😁

MS247:
Tinubu is a Chicago man... Not local Agulu man like Obi

Of course, Tinubu is a Notorious narcotic drug trafficker the city of Chicago has ever known