₦airaland Forum

reddingtonblack:
Are you a kid or Are you just intentional to ACT like one

PRE - PRESiDENCY, Who is Tinubu and how does he operate, what is the dilemna of " opposition" around Tinubu for ages

We began our democracy '99 up to 2023 we never had a season ALL potential Opppsition Party will have One problem... From PDP to LP to NNPP to ADC ..are in court over leadership battle ..is that a coincidene. Infact the only reason SDP is not in court is becos they have no prospect

You went to school + AGE ... and you tell me It is ALL coincidences, the oppostion that know how to assemble before 2023 Tinubu is president ALL opposition dont know how to assemble again ... are you allergic to reasoning

How can everybody be having same issue, same problem,
ALL the party in court None as gotten a clear judgement .. Despite timing to election. It is not even clear any will get clear judgement before time runs out

ALL that coincidence, ALL that is just life happening abi ... APC is the only party eligible for election, nd it ALL happen under a Man like Tinubu we know is antecedence 🤣🤣 clap for yourself

If only they were patient enough to form a new party rather than these adoptions leading to leadership tussles. They are playing into the hands of the opposition.

Inspiration2017:
DEDUCTIONS FROM CHIDI ODINKALU'S STATEMENT ON INEC AND THE ADC CRISIS

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1. BACKGROUND POWER PLAY

The INEC release on derecognising the David Mark-led ADC executive was not a spontaneous institutional decision. Odinkalu reveals it followed an urgent, high-level meeting involving INEC leadership, the Presidency, the Court of Appeal, and the Federal High Court within a very compressed 60-hour window. This signals that the matter had escalated to the highest levels of Nigeria's executive and judicial establishment before INEC acted.

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2. THE RESIGNATION LETTER AS A LEVERAGE TOOL

Odinkalu claims, with apparent confidence, that INEC Chairman Joash Amupitan had signed a resignation letter as a precondition for his appointment — effectively meaning he has been governing on borrowed time at the pleasure of those who installed him. The implicit message is that Amupitan did not act freely; he was pressured into issuing the release by powerful principals who invoked that letter as a threat. This fundamentally undermines the credibility and independence of the INEC release.

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3. INEC OVERSTEPPED ITS MANDATE

Odinkalu argues, pointedly, that it is constitutionally and institutionally improper for INEC to interpret a Court of Appeal judgment. That is the exclusive preserve of the courts. If INEC was uncertain about what the judgment required, good-faith institutional conduct demanded it return to the Court of Appeal for a formal interpretation or clarification — not issue a unilateral press release acting on its own reading of the ruling. INEC's action therefore appears either legally reckless or deliberately opportunistic.

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4. POLITICAL AND ELECTORAL IMPLICATIONS FOR 2027

Odinkalu frames the ADC crisis not merely as a party dispute but as a democratic stress test ahead of the 2027 elections. His phrase "the country stares down a barrel" suggests he sees the incident as symptomatic of a deeper institutional rot — where independent electoral bodies can be pressured into abandoning their mandate. He implicitly warns that only those willing to either enable, tolerate, or directly challenge this pattern will have real stakes in the 2027 electoral contest.

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5. A SUBTLE BUT SHARP REBUKE OF AMUPITAN

The closing line — "As for Joash Amupitan....!!" — while deliberately unfinished, carries a heavy insinuation. It conveys a mixture of disappointment, contempt, and resignation about a man who, despite his legal standing as a professor of law and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, allowed himself to be used as an institutional instrument by political actors. The ellipsis functions as a verdict in itself.

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OVERALL THESIS

Odinkalu's reaction paints a picture of a compromised INEC leadership acting under political duress, misreading or deliberately misapplying a court decision to serve the interests of those in power, and in doing so, corroding the institutional integrity that Nigeria desperately needs ahead of 2027. The deeper warning is about the fragility of democratic structures when the individuals heading key institutions are themselves bound by private political obligations.

There's one thing to use A.I, another is to understand the output. I hope you know that?

The interpretation of the court was clear enough.

The Governor is actually friendly. At least this one nor be reelection boli.

Galactics:
Then there won't be any election in 2027 and there won't be anyone occupying the Aso rock. This is the height of tyranny. Nigerians won't accept this.

Tyranny or court process. Let the supreme Court decide who the real party leadership is. See bro. Don't waste your energy on these politicians, the ones in and ones out are all dubious...

Haha. Obi cooking what he can't eat eventually...

This is good from Portable. It's time the World really awaken to the madness of these Fulani bandits killing under the guise of what the world know as farmer herder clashes, that it's not that but a deliberate crime to Islamise Nigeria.
Aside the prayers, vigils, because you are not where the heat is doesn't mean it can't get to you.
As for Buhari, I hope he's roasting in hell.

The Natasha Effect. He has outgrown his senses.

yomi531:
Abeg oo. I don't understand oo. North this, north that. A united south, plus middle belt always wins against them. That's why I want Atiku to clinch the ADC ticket so , we can shame them. Their bragging dey vex me.

Funny enough, the Christians in the North don't tolerate this nonsense...

Arewa source or whatever they call themselves should go and rest. Yes it might seem political, but it's the right thing the Judiciary is doing based on the allegations.
If it was the military era, who cares about his mother's death?

TONYE001:
You call what's ongoing up north communal clash?

I thought we were discussing Jos.

Over 70% of your masses are below the world poverty line and this is the time he chose to do this? Little or no social safety net ....
God help this country.

I weep for my country. Corruption by our useless leaders is so deep. Rather than waste that money on the useless NNPC refineries, why not build reservoirs?
Clueless, corrupt, selfish and self centered leaders. Both the ones in power and the ones outside trying to grab. They are all diseases.

TONYE001:
Absolutely no.

But recall Tinubu called for the resignation of the then president because of this same thing? He said then that the bulk of security decisions lies on the table of the president.

Today, he is the president.

Again, recall that all security agencies are under Federal/central control. Governors, therefore, are limited as to what they can do. But this is not to absolve them of any blame.

How do you then deal with a communal clash?

TONYE001:
The bulk of the responsibility of securing a country is where again? What did Tinubu say?

Very true sir. Is the Governor supposed to just fold and watch his state burn.

VOsimhen144:
The same tinubu was blaming Jonathan for insecurity during his regime. So he must take the blame.

However, a Governor is not the GCFR.

Tinubu is the Commander in Chief of the arm forces, he calls the shot and not the Governor

The Army takes directive from the presidency.

Yes you are very correct, that's not my thoughts, Politicians will always be useless. my concern is about the lives that are been wasted for no fault of theirs.

SAN my foot. Criminals everywhere.

VOsimhen144:
Nigeria Jaga jaga
Everything scatter scatter.
Poor man dey suffer suffer
Gboosa gboosa!
Gun shot in the air

Tinubu don’t fvcking care about you people, he’s busy chasing the bag for his unborn great great great great grandchildren to come.

You people don't seem to get it, even if an Obi is the president, is die hard supporter would probably suddenly be blessed with the wisdom that the Governor of that state should be the one that be held responsible.
These Northern governor's are grossly incompetent.

zinaunreal:
This Tinubu should resign
We don't need an incompetent leader like this at all

What should the governor do? Na Tinubu dey govern Plateau?
At this level of incompetence still, you still have to hold the governor responsible first.
If the president declares a state of emergency on Plateau now, it's proganda that will follow.

A full scale curfew and death sentence to those who kill.

As if he'd do same.

Abeg who be Fernandez?

Antoeni:
Hotel Management Don Buy Job, Una Go Explain Taya, I Guess it Was Power Problem

With no back up generator?

For how long did they leave him there? Update. Na to dey use staircase constantly be that. I thought lifts had ventilation system...

jogojogo:
Congratulations!!!

The guy no finish am. After they collapse into ADC, they will now collapse together.

They should start with their worthless governors. But who will tell them this truth?

Really, with all the trillions of Naira that sector has gulped, we are still here ? What is wrong with people?

He should do more. The Nigerian economy can be very volatile.

A state filled with thieves, small state, large resources but stalking poverty rate, led by thieves on cowboy hats.

These ones will be expelled.

It is very unfortunate that there was no intelligence prior to this and previous attacks. Makes me wonder the purpose tax payers monies serve.
Before the President, there is a governor in that state.... I've not seeing a more serious and intentional governor on security like the Kogi state Governor... Ask bandits their tales in that state.

brain54:
Good night boy...


Don't try to gaslight me again you hear. And just because someone is a host don't mean he should behave anyhow and do as they like.


Now run along doxypan!

Ile la tin ke só rode... Shior.