₦airaland Forum

BaddieKay:
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kenny987:
Nothing to say other than cancellation? Lol...

kenny987:
[s]I wonder how people arrive at these opinions especially with this PDP/APC lens through which people view things on the national scene nowadays.

The personality of the judge over any matter is not in doubt but his training confines him and in fact binds him to the letters n spirit of the law. If the op is conversant with a little bit of our legislation as far as evidence is concerned then he may be aware that until 2011, when the Evidence Act was amended, the courts could not countenance digital evidence therefore things like emails, text messages, call records and so on would have no probative value attached to them by the courts. On this alone, if evidence before the court was only of this nature in support of one's case, the courts would not identify or accept them because they were not provided for in the law.

This is the same position on the Electoral Act. At the time this was passed into law in 2010, the card readers were not envisaged and therefore not made part of the electoral process by law. Therefore, the courts as evidenced in the reasoning of the Supreme Court, will not attach value to it over and above the Voters Register which is clearly provided for by the Act.

Judges are not makers of law. They interprete them and there are laid down rules of interpretation. The most a court can do in its judgment or ruling is suggest an action be taken in the context of making legislation. That is why it has directed INEC to see to the inclusion of the card readers in subsequent Electoral legislations. It is circumstances like these not previously envisaged that enrich our jurisprudence.

Coming now to state that the SC justices passed their judgements because they were appointed by the PDP is myopic at this time and this is me being charitable. If I am not mistaken, the current administration has not appointed any new federal judges at the Court of Appeal either so how then were judgments made in favour of the APC?

The same Supreme Court gave judgment in favour of APC in Lagos and a few others still based on the card reader and its inadmissibility so why the outcry over Akwa Ibom and Rivers?

On the issues of violence and killings, those were all based on hearsay. He who alleges must prove and hearsay is not evidence in the eyes of the law. The security officials who testified could not point to anyone arrested neither did petitioners present evidence that people were killed. The courts are also not bound to attach value to the opinions of electoral observers if they do testify especially when their testimony is discredited on cross-examination.
The Courts/Judges are trained to be dispassionate and follow the law as it is. None of the reasons for their decisions were taken without relevant provisions of the law guiding them. Substantive law takes precedence over guidelines so even the INEC guidelines will not supersede the extant Electoral Act.

Please do not disparage the laws and our institutions just because of political inclinations. Attacking the personality of the judges is also uncalled for. They have done their jobs and justice has been served. [/s]

musicwriter:
English language was created by illiterates who couldn't speak French, Spanish or German. That's why it's such an illogical language, actually one of the worst language on earth.

It originated same way our Pidgin English is today. It was only in 1362 that English became an official language.

This's why we need to standardize our own Pidgin English and make it our official language in Nigeria, because that's exactly what the British did in 1362.

The origin of English language. Everybody should see these videos, it's under 20 minutes, all.

The evolution of English language.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIzFz9T5rhI
The origin of English language.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEaSxhcns7Y
The history of English language.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njJBw2KlIEo
How languages evolve.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWDKsHm6gTA

mazizitonene:
and this man is still alive, always recognised, enjoying himself till tomorrow with all the atrocities he committed.....sometimes I begin to wonder.....seems being the bad guy really pays more

Intrepid01:
Caseless, BenBruce4Presdt and Frankiss44..............You all need to read Soyinka's "You must set forth at dawn"....you'll know IBB wasn't who we think he is...........Decision to kill Mamman Vatsa was vehemently opposed by IBB but Abacha insistedthey must die. Abacha was actually more powerful than IBB in the supreme military council.

BaddieKay:
Lols,my brother they don't know,tell em.Rochas is just a criminal.

BenBruce4Presdt:
By an Hausa man.. .that was great... But that is their antics to get the president for their own share of the cake.. .enter their minds and you will be disappointed on their true motives..

Before you argue with me, all their actions and inaction is the Nigeria we have today..

BenBruce4Presdt:
For the first time we agreed on something in this Politics section.

At u got my like today, cheers!

JerryTeddy01:
I was surprised at bishop oyedepo's comment on udom's ruling as victory of light over darkness

JerryTeddy01:
Majority of Nigerians don't like saying the truth even when it's staring at our faces

opalu:
He has the right to clear himself or face the music

The money was for delegates that attended the nomination convention for the PDP presidential nomination. The money was paid and sent to Hon. Dudafa(SSAP Household) and ADC(C-I-C) for distribution on the instruction of the President.

JerryTeddy01:
My point exactly, I see a president not wanting to interfere with rulings, unlike the former regime

abuayman:
Mehnnnnn, if it is true, then this is crazy mehn

wirinet:
The supreme court sometimes make questionable decisions. Once of such was the validation of OBJ's second term election results. The supreme court upheld an election that inec conducted with unserialized ballot papers, which was clearly against the electoral act.

It seems supreme court justices always favour the person that appointed them.

WiseBully:
You are very ignorant about Taraba. Have you heard of Zing, Yorro, Genbu, Karim Lamido, Wukari, etc? Taraba is absolutely PDP! Taraba is a Christian state. There was no way majority would have voted for that woman. Go there and feel their disgust for any political party or candidate with Islamic coloration.

oduastates:
A typical Nigerian worker overseas has better work ethics than those at home.
He has no choice.

adconline:
And they are all criminals-- GMB 2016

Angelberry:
Good morning angelcaseless! how was your night?