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Africa is the best and realest continent biko , at least this are tangible things that can be utilized or eaten to gain more strength ... Better than those fancifully carved woods in the name of plaque .


Just like Nigerian women won't value flowers when given to them, African men won't value intangible things when given as gifts also




More pictures of happy Africans below

NwekereNdokl:
Massacre happened in enugu yesterday by the Fulani herdsmen, but all of you just dey pretend that all is well. None of you have called out the incompetent failure Ugwuanyi. This should be a subject of discussion in this thread for now but the usual silence of pretenders. May their souls RIP

So we should post the gory pictures here for your satisfaction?


I don't know how some of you reason, have we not been calling out Gburugburu here for quite a while now?



We all know the man has turned out to be ineffective so no need beating the death horse, our angers are reserved for the polls.

Peter Obi is too mature to play petty politics




Soludo should learn to walk on eggshells!

Agbado urchins grappling at straws




You can even rank Tinubu as the best governor to have ever graced Nigerian polity for all I care

ObiDatti to the rescue!



Nigeria must be great!

Cool shots there

Good one from Innoson

This is getting out of hand


Gburugburu, why are you so docile and unfortunate as a Chief Security Officer?


Umu Enugu wake up, it's about time we send this ineffective leaders to retirement.


RIP to the dead

That's a leader who have true covenant with his supporters


You really need to watch this man and Datti answering questions at the Town Hall yesterday... God indeed blessed these men with wisdom.



Nigeria will be great again, with ObiDatti!

Finally, Nigeria is about to witness an energetic Presidency...

Mr Interpreter


Keep misinterpreting El Rufai



Tinubu is obviously old no caps.

May her Soul find eternal rest...




At least, she made her dream come true.

This govt will not kill us all

With this eh!




I see APC adopting 'no work no pay approach' for their campaign where they will only pay after the campaign must have been coming to an end

Two campaigns flag off and two deaths recorded...



May God have mercy on us and we change the narrative if this country with ObiDatti

XerXers:
Nsukka Town around orba road. This town is grown but lack urban infrastructure to transform into a modern city

That's why an average Nsukka man despise Gburugburu, a son of the soil that could only scratch the surface for eight years...

Peter Obi's legacy keeps shinning like a bright aurora


His legacies are like the protruded tummy of a pregnant woman, it cannot be covered with the hands

That's the fact from my President...



We really need to take back our country from this old men and set it on the path to greatness, with ObiDatti.

Tonye the political jobber that doesn't know how to campaign for his paymaster other than trying to pull another candidate down




Unfortunately, by 2023 you will still be jobless cause Peter Obi will be your president

Tinubu and his urchins have long been objects of ridicules na... Nothing new here




Baba wey no wan rest!

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Judgement is not weighty? Lol. Isn't it better for them to be on the safe side & conduct a fresh primary?

They will be no fresh primaries... Have another primaries is akin to playing to the tune of PDP because they will hijack it.



Court Judgement: Edeoga remains Enugu guber candidate, no fresh primary – Labour Party

Published on November 16, 2022 By Emmanuel Uzodinma

The Labour Party has declared that Hon. Barr. Chijioke Edeoga remains its governorship candidate in Enugu State.


The Party took the stand on Wednesday during a stakeholders’ meeting held in Enugu, the Coal City Capital.

DAILY POST reports that a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja had ordered a fresh primary election within 14 days.

The ruling was in respect of a suit filed by Capt. Everest Nnaji, who claimed he was wrongfully excluded during the primary election that produced Edeoga.

However, at the meeting, the stakeholders said they have considered all the issues involved and decided that there was no need for a fresh primary election.


Addressing journalists after the meeting, the Senatorial Candidate of the Labour Party for Enugu North Senatorial Zone, Barr. Okey Ezea said the party had already appealed the judgement.

He described the court ruling as a contrived judgement that cannot stand before an appellate court.

Ezea said, “I’m very conversant with the legal tussle on the guber election between Everest Nnaji and INEC. As far as we are concerned, the dispute is not intra-party but the PDP against the Labour Party.

“It is the PDP in Enugu State against the Labour Party; the PDP is using some surrogates who are doing the bidding of the ruling party.”


On the facts of the matter, he said Odengene (Nnaji) first went to Federal High Court Port Harcourt and sued the Labour Party, INEC, Edeoga. He wanted an ex-parte but failed, he later withdrew the matter.

“We didn’t hear from him again until he came again by originating summon in another Federal High Court in Abuja. He claimed he met the Labour Party and gave them N25m to be made sole candidate, under illegal agreement.

“As we know in law, this is an illegal contract and no court can enforce such an illegal contract.


“Not only that, he did not join the guber candidate, Edeoga, who had earlier emerged on the 4th of August.”

Ezea faulted the court judgement, as according to him, “A law court cannot give an order that will affect a party that was not represented.

“The Federal High Court Practice Direction states that any person filing pre-election matters must join the person whose name had been submitted to INEC. You are bringing an order of court nullifying his primary when he was not heard.

“Even the Supreme Court has affirmed that it is also only an aspirant that can file a pre-election matter.

“By this definition, Odengene was not even an aspirant. He did not even buy a form. It is Odengene Aviation Services Ltd. that bought form. I’m not even sure his name is on the party’s register. So, he has no locus to bring the matter at all.

“He claimed he was not informed of the date of the primary. We want to know which part of the Electoral Act he is relying upon to make such claims.”

On why the party would not conduct a fresh primary, Ezea, popularly known as Ideke said, “It will be wrong for us to play into their hands when we had a genuine primary election monitored by over 10 INEC officials, with their report clearly written.

“We have no reason to succumb to the shenanigans of the PDP and their cohorts.

“The next plan is that we have appealed, nine grounds of appeal. Our stand is that the court erred in law by holding that Odengene is an aspirant.

“We also said that the court erred in law by not holding that the action was incompetent by not joining the necessary parties.

“We also said the court erred in law by putting itself to enforce an illegal contract.”

He called on the party’s supporters to continue their campaigns unhindered as there was no encumbrance against such.

“Electoral matters terminate at the Supreme Court so there is nothing stopping Edeoga’s campaign. There is nothing to worry about. We have appealed and in election matters, appeal stops execution.

“Edeoga remains the Labour Party candidate. He will not be falling foul of the law. He remains the candidate of the Labour Party until the court process is exhausted.”

Meanwhile, Ezea has dismissed claims that he forged the signature of a Labour Party senatorial aspirant for Enugu North Senatorial District, Mr. Ernest Ike Ugwu.

While accusing Ugwu of committing criminal defamation, Ezea said it was aimed at distracting him from the race.

“Ike Ugwu that goes about shouting my name, it is clear criminal defamation. Ike Ugwu did not join my name not on that court matter. If you knew I forged your signature, why didn’t you join me in the suit?

“Ike Ugwu cannot contest councillorship election in Obukpa ward, that’s the same person that stays at NICON and has two SANs appealing for him. They are in panic mode but we will defeat them,” he further stated.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Judgement is not weighty? Lol. Isn't it better for them to be on the safe side & conduct a fresh primary?

Read this attached news about the appeal...


Why we went to Court of Appeal – LP
16th November 2022

From Geoffrey Anyanwu, Enugu

Labour Party (LP) in Enugu state yesterday said that the ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja ordering the repeat of its governorship primary, contradicted the spirit of the Constitution and the Electoral Act.



The party said it was on that premise that it decided to appeal against the judgment which it also faulted on nine grounds.



It also alleged that the development was orchestrated to slow down its efforts to win the 2023 elections in the state, accusing the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state of being behind it.



Last week the Abuja Court had nullified the governorship primary that produced Hon. Chijioke Edeoga as the party’s candidate holding that the plaintiff, Evaristus Nnaji was sidelined from the contest and asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct the repeat primary within 14 days from the date of the ruling.



But the State LP accused PDP of using its surrogates in the guise of members of the party to institute actions against its candidates, so as to dwarf its campaigns, insisting that there was no going back in dethroning the party in the 2023 elections.



The Senatorial candidate of the party for Enugu North, Chief Okey Ezea, who addressed newsmen said that the appeal was necessitated by the gaps in the ruling, insisting that there was no basis for the decision the court took.



According to Ezea who is also a lawyer, the court allowed itself to be drawn into a matter that ordinarily negated the spirit of the electoral act, noting that Edeoga who was the product of the annulled primary was not listed in the case.



He said, “In the case of Evaristus Nnaji against Labour Party and INEC, Nnaji first went to the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt and sued Labour Party and INEC and Chijioke Edeoga as the third respondent and he tried to obtain exparte order against the parties. But when it was not possible, he filed a notice of discontinuance and we thought that was the end of the matter. We didn’t hear anything again until the Labour Party headquarters was served with originating summons.



“This time around, he didn’t join Chijioke Edeoga. He sued only the Labour Party and INEC. And in his case, he told the court that he paid the Labour Party to be made the sole governorship candidate in Enugu state and this was after Edeoga had emerged.



“He alleged that Labour Party officials collected N25m from him under the illegal agreement to make him the sole candidate in the election. But as we know in law, this is an illegal contract and no court of law with competent jurisdiction will be asked to enforce an illegal contract. It is a contract against public policy because there is no provision of the electoral act where you can contract with party officials to be made a sole candidate.



“Not only that, he did not join the gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party who had earlier emerged and his name forwarded to INEC on the 4th of August. Giving the principle of law, a court cannot give an order that should affect a party that was not represented in the proceedings. Not only that, the Federal High Court practice direction 2022, paragraph three, stipulates that anybody who is filing an election matter must join the person who won that primary, whose name has been transferred to INEC. So Chijioke Edeoga who won that primary and whose name has been transferred to INEC under that paragraph should have been joined. So the court gave an order against his primary election without hearing from him. It is against the rule under section 31 of the 1999 constitution as amended.

Noting that INEC was fully represented during the primary that produced Edeoga, and the report of the officials of the commission on the conduct of the exercise was there for anyone to see he said, “We have appealed. We developed nine grounds of appeal. We said the court erred in law by holding that Nnaji is an aspirant. We also said that the court erred in law by not holding that the action was incompetent having not joined necessary parties in the matter.”

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Judgement is not weighty? Lol. Isn't it better for them to be on the safe side & conduct a fresh primary?

According to them they are waiting for the report from the court to finalize their next move but so far so good there is little to worry about...

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
cc:
Christejames.



Heard that a highcourt in Abuja cancel the primary election that produced Edeoga..

Yes but didn't cancel it, they told them to reconduct the primary with the complainant to be in the ballot this time around. And should be conducted within 14 days.


The campaign spokesman said they is nothing to worry about that the judgment is not weighty. INEC has already published Edeoga is the flagbearer.

I will keep saying it, the Presidency of Peter Obi will bring life back to the ailing NTA because that media will be rejuvenated where every Nigerian will look forward to hearing from their president



A New Nigeria is POssible!

I will keep saying it, the Presidency of Peter Obi will bring life back to the ailing NTA because that media will be rejuvenated where every Nigerian will look forward to hearing from their president

See facility abeg





Can I be his subordinate in cell?

The best condolence message Tinubu should put up is to announce his resignation from the contest to save more unnecessary tragedy...






RIP to the Lawmaker

Wh

Soludo is just confirming the poor notion Okonjo Iweala spoke about him almost a decade ago that the man once with power he acts drunk...



He can only dream of scratching the surface of achievements Okwute has achieved


Nigeria must be rescued

They are covering up some underlying manhandling of your account...


Persist and don't give up.

We must take our country back with ObiDatti...







No more old politicians!