₦airaland Forum

omenkaLives:
But we know this judgement can never be executed. We're in the third month of 2022 already, and by the time the appeal court might be preparing its judgement, we could be talking about a handover to another elected governor in 2023.

The judgement is what it is- a mere pronouncement. It's only utility I see is it making it alot more difficult for incumbents to change parties at will.

kingphilip:
I have always been against the idea of carpet crossing because in the real sense, it doesn't make any sense to do so.

Both APC and PDP have different idealogies and what's the essence of you carpet crossing? Is it that you've changed idea or what?

But this is Nigeria sha, even when they do not carpetcross if they find a common ground to loot the country dry, they'll unite even across partylines to do so.

I hope the judgement stands so that the useless carpetcrossing can go to hell.

kahal29:
The judgement erroneously relied on Section 221 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) as well as the judgment of the Supreme Court in Faleke v. INEC.

Unfortunately, the Supreme Court decision in Faleke v. INEC does not relate to the consequence of the defection of a governor from one political party to the other. A more apt instance will be the Atiku Abubakar scenario wherein Atiku Abubakar as Vice President, elected under the PDP, defected to the then Action Congress.

The position of the Supreme Court was reported as Attorney General of the Federation V. Abubakar (2007) 10 NWLR (part 1041) 1. At page 124 of the report, Justice Onnoghen set down the position thus:

“There is nowhere in the 1999 Constitution where it is stated that the President or Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria shall be removed or is removable from that office if he defects from the political party on whose platform he was elected to that office and joins another political party.”

It is the constitutional responsibility of the legislature to make or amend the laws including the constitution, where the need arises, while that of the judiciary remains to interpret and apply the laws so made or amended. The courts can therefore not add or subtract from the law as enacted by the legislature under the guise of judicial interpretation of the constitution or statute…”

Secondly the case of Amaechi vs Omehia does not apply here cos it is a pre election matter/case.

Maxymilliano:
Amaechi VS Omehia 2007.

Votes casted at elections belong to the political party and not the candidate.

Sir Celestine Omehia was removed from office in October 2007 after holding office for five months. The supreme court at that time ruled that he usurped Mr Amaechi's ticket for the election and accordingly should be handed back to the rightful candidate in the eyes of the law.

On this ground, Justice Inyang Ekwo's ruling is sound.

2braithe:
Thank you.

Cubalabloo:
Every northernal is either a mad person or a semi-mad person!

pocohantas:
As long as it is old yam, I can finish 10 tubers.

owagbeba:
EuroAtlantic information machinery is so vast a complex that Russia can NOT surpass the west in this arena in the immediate future.

The only way Russia could get her voice heard is to capitalize on the western “short-attention” span and drip by drip spread her own narrative to win more ears. People must often react to a headline for a few days and literary get tired of hearing that news. Give it a few more days Russo-Ukraine conflict won’t make it to NL front page.

China was very clever as setting up all western media / platform alternatives thus preventing the west from gaining an information foothold within China. Facebook, Twitter, CNN, BBC, WhatsApp are blocked in China except through VPN. But the catch is if you connect via VPN then most Chinese banking apps and Alipay won’t work

WriterNig:
#iStandwithPutin #iStandwithRussia

For those of you supporting NATO and the US, you know nothing.

The blood of the innocents on the hands of America can never be washed out, even in 20 centuries to come.

At this point i have no choice but to support Russia and President Putin. Kudos to him. And i urge you all to do the same. We must also put pressure on our government & leaders to stand with Russia.

crossfm:
Hehehe.


Every index points to the fact that Nigeria as a nation is heading to a big destruction.

We encourage a lot of negativity. Doing the right thing at the wrong time.

How can we encourage people who went against their job ethics and responsibilities.

Let no one complain when a doctor that is shedule to carryout an operation start dancing instead of doing what is expected of him or her.
We should also remain mute when our politicians loot our resources,and sleep on duty.

Our mumu never do for this country.

flamingREED:
After your flesh dies, your miserable soul and spirit will be captured and cast into eternal fire.

Righteousness2:
Noted...
But it does not Matter your Faith,
It does not Matter your religion or religiousness,
It does not Matter your Philatropism,

If Eternal life in Heaven Matters to you, then You must BELIEVE on JESUS Christ, SURRENDER and ACCEPT HIM as your LORD and SAVIOR.

If Eternal life in Heaven does not Matter to you, then feel free to do otherwise.

Northernblood5:
See Russia sounding like saints after invading an independent country.

Just imagine launching a destructive attack on Onitsha and then telling Anambrarians that the attack is not to kill them but to destroy their hard work. Isn't it Evil?

ChangetheChange:
The shameless and confused Putin has seen he has miscalculated, he is now looking for ways to renegotiate with United States and NATO, and pull out of Ukraine, but shame and pride no let am.

PressMyButton:
This girl is very rude with a promiscuous tendencies. I only feel sorry for whoever marries you.

gamechanger547:
The now claim they have killed 9,000 Russian soldiers while they're the ones going down.

The Russians haven't committed their full combat troops and equipment presently in Ukraine in combat against them even with them firing from Civilian areas and using civilians as human shield.

Ukraine need to seek for peace and end this conflict before it fully escalate beyond what they can handle.

Peace is always better than War.

JosephXavier:
Very simple

All the countries in NATO, how much have they benefited from it?

They only become US puppet

2braithe:
How can one enter the ship of knowledge please?

FuckloveJnr:
Stop flooding every post with your yeye meme. You're wasting my precious data unnecessarily

msrcusgarvey6:
Coward! 4th round of severe sanctions on the way. Sanctions and blockade would have made safe miracles in Iraq but the intention was different

gamechanger547:
The Truth is coming out but the World need peace....

4 hours ago (21:49 GMT)
Kherson mayor says Russian troops in the streets
The mayor of the southern Ukrainian port city of Kherson, Igor Kolykhayev, has said Russian troops were in the streets and had forced their way into the city council building, the Reuters news agency reported.
Ukraine’s government had earlier played down reports that Kherson had fallen into Russian hands.
Kolykhayev urged Russian soldiers not to shoot at civilians and publicly called on residents to walk through the streets only in daylight and in ones and twos. “We do not have the Armed Forces in the city, only civilians and people who want to LIVE here!” he said in a statement.
The city is under Russian soldiers’ “complete control”, Russia’s Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said separately.
He said that the city’s civilian infrastructure, essential facilities and transport are operating as usual and that there are no shortages of food or essential goods.

“It’s much more difficult for diplomacy to succeed when guns are firing, tanks are rolling, planes are flying,” Blinken told reporters. “But if Russia pulls back and pursues diplomacy, we stand ready to do the same thing.”

JosephXavier:
I've seen the plan of Vladimir Putin

He wants to round up kyiv, their seat of power and force them to surrender or, if they fail to surrender and the resistance continues, smoke their president out and murder him as US murdered Gaddafi

He is implementing it gradually and things are working according to script for him but at the expense of the lives of his soldiers

Wives loosing their husbands, children loosing their fathers, mothers loosing their sons, friends loosing friends and family loosing their loved ones

It's a terrible situation which shouldn't be experienced

If Ukraine president would agree, he should seek a diplomatic end to these because most nations who they thought would support them failed them leaving and to their fate

As Igbo guy men will say "ugba Na personal" meaning that it is Ukraine territory that is being destroyed and bombarded and it's citizens being rendered homeless and their lives destroyed

Things will never be the same again in Ukraine after this

The rebuilding process won't be easy

It is time to resolve this politically

US and European Union don't want a nuclear war

We in Africa have relatives in Europe who might be affected if push comes to shove, even if the war didn't get down to Africa

We are not even safe from the nuclear fall out if the bomb explodes in Europe

WibusJaga:


Putin feeling like Superman now. He'd better humble himself & learn from history.

Jostoman:
David Umahi is really showing the devil in him now his decamping to APC has really expose the kind of person he is.

The House said it declared the seats of the other two lawmakers vacant because of their alleged resignation from their party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Dollywood:
We're ready for the outcome - Putin. Nigga is not scared, he knows something like this will happen and he's prepared for it.

UAE123:
Russia is going to feel the negative effect of it's airstrike on Ukraine more especially in as the years go by and it has indirectly give Ukraine a much bigger voice than it was having before.

MGeey:
He should stand his ground. Ukraine is an independent state. They can/should be allowed to make their decisions.