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[size=16pt]Another legal battle to stop Atiku begins[/size]

From Funso Muraina in Abuja, 04.18.2007
Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Not satisfied by the Supreme Court's judgment which cleared way for Vice President Atiku Abubakar to contest next Saturday's election, a prominent politician in the North, Mallam Umar Faruk yesterday sued the Action Congress (AC) Presidential candidate to the Federal High Court, asking for an order of disqualification because of the indictment over the management of the Petroleum Trust Development Fund, PTDF.

Also joined in the suit are Atiku's political party, AC and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)

In the Originating Summons initiating the action, the plaintiff asked for a declaration that Atiku should be "disqualified to contest the 2007 Presidential Elections, having been indicted by the Administrative Panel of Inquiry duly constituted by the Federal Government of Nigeria, vide the report of 24th day of August, 2006 and the subsequent acceptance of the Report of the Administrative Panel of Inquiry by the Federal Government of Nigeria as contained in the Gazette of the Federal Government of Nigeria dated 24th August, 2006."

He prayed for a declaration: "That the 1st Defendant, having been indicted by the Administrative Panel of Inquiry and the Federal Government of Nigeria having accepted the indictment, is not qualified to contest election to the office of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the platform of the 2nd Defendant or any other Political party, having regard to section 137(1) (i) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999."

He, therefore, sought for an order: "Disqualifying the Atiku for not meeting the criteria for qualification to contest for the office of President as provided under the 1999 Constitution and the Electoral Act, 2006.

"An order directing the 3rd Defendant not to include the name of the 1st Defendant among the candidates qualified to contest election to the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the Presidential Election scheduled for 21st April, 2007.

"An order directing the 2nd Defendant to pay the statutory fine under S.32(6) of the Electoral Act, 2006 for fielding an unqualified candidate."

Supporting the suit was an affidavit sworn to by one Anthonia Nwokenkwo, which states that Atiku was indicted by the Administrative Panel of Inquiry duly set up by the Federal Government of Nigeria and chaired by Chief Bayo Ojo (SAN)

She said that the defendant having deposed to an affidavit in his INEC forms stating that he was indicted by an Administrative Panel of Inquiry, he ought not be allowed to contest the election.

According to the plaintiff, the indictment of the 1st Plaintiff has not been set aside" and so, Atiku should be disqualified.

"The said indictment remains in force as against the 1st respondent until set aside by a competent Court of record."

She addded in the affidavit that the "action came up as result of the judgment delivered by the Supreme Court of Nigeria on the 16th day of April, 20007 to the effect that it is only the a Court of law that has powers to disqualify a candidate presented for election."

And in order to effect accelerated hearing she also swore to an affidavit of urgency in which she wanted the court to speed up hearing of the matter due its closeness to the election period.

No date has been fixed for hearing of the matter believed to be sponsored by government.

Source: http://odili.net/news/source/2007/apr/18/211.html

labiran:
Oyinbo don't like hiphop

That's true, I'm always defending the Genre

dblock,

obviously, you must have caught a wiff of the aussie dust to be attacking me like that

What Aussie dust. I speak and act the way I am, I am not influenced by location, seems to me that evryone that replies to me, says soemthing like that, I find it quite funny actually

Before you reply, barking like a brisbane chihuahua, read my post, word by word, again please. Based on what I wrote, I doubt you qualify as "the common man (or in your case, based on the photo on your profile page, woman )". Who said anything about "living off of $1 a day?". Are you trying to impress me with your knowledge of economics?

And what exactly is the common man. I come from Ekiti/Sapele/Ogun/Akure, and none of my relatives fall under the low standard of living category, and those are very small towns. I knew what golf was(From naija) before I knew what basketball, Table tennis, boxing or wrestling were. I didn't live in an estate, I lived amongst regular people. Go to Jos and you'll know what I'm talking about(My standard of living there is higher than my standard of living in Australia), the only thing Jos didn't have was stable electricity. The government gave us a house, running water Hot and Cold) etc. I used my stats to back up my opinion that Nigerians aren't as poor as you say or as out of tourch.

Though that quote is a topic for another day, I will say that even if we lived off of $1 a day, we sure can buy a lot more, on an item-by-item basis, for N128 than I can buy for $1 (which seems so small when you are trying to put down an entire continent) living in the states. Just a quick example: I used to cut my hair in the states for $12. For that amount in Naira, even with no light, I can pay the barber N100 per hair cut and still hv enough for another 14. Don't get sucked in by oyibo rhetoric. Don't get me going off on this tangent please, because I will soak you, blue you, wash you, starch you and dry you

I am not sucked in by nothing, I wans't born in Ilu Oyibo. I know the value of the naira. I used to buy bubble gum for 1 naira, with 128 naira that's 128 bubble gums, in Australia you can buy about 3(Aus$ Is 0.78 US$).

As far as the airport is concerned, again different topic, but I don't have to go physically see the airport under construction when I can visit the website (which I seriously doubt you knew existed): http://www.akianigeria.com/akwaibom/home/ai_state - we live in the internet age, I don't need to actually be there, just like in the case of Tinapa, to see it.

That's what I meant

Again, **read** my post again and answer intellectually and not emotionally. I am impressed with your knowledge of economics sha. As long as you can back up what you have said (especially the 60% part. I am curious as to where you got those figures. Hopefully it's not based on what you read from some oyibo article as I am sure you know, they don't have our best interests at heart), keep it up!

Thanks,

No problem, keep it real.

All opposition candidates should boycott the elections. Pat utomi, or anyone but Yar'Adua can't win under this circumstances.

Pat Utomi haters, are enemies of peace and development. some people would rather survive off a cup of Gari a week than Bags of rice, yam, Cows, Goats, Pigs western cuisine etc.

I dey

Tonyblu:
[color=#000075]Why not Utomi as president & Buhari as Vice?[/color]

That's a good deal

Fine you win, but 15Km isn't as slow as you said in your original post

And I never attcked anyone

I'll get back to yall later,
My2cents you are talking garbage.
@ Babasin those chicks are my mates, Ma Bro went out with two of em.

It's 10:05 on my PC's time, I should be in bed

My2cents, there are many Golf courses, in Naija Ofcourse the common people know what golf is. I lived in Jos, and I went golfing a lot there(There are 2 golf courses in Plateau state), the courses are pratically filled with people of all demography. Nigeria has professional golfers that are moving up in the world, so why shouldn't golf courses be built. It is ignorant to say that Nigerians cannot enjoy golf, or afford it. I really dopubt that the average Nigerian lives in less than a dollar a day, when Nigerians GDP stats do not take into account the Unofficial Market(Which is where 60% of Nigeria's population earn a living).

You should check oout the airport underconstruction. Do not under estimate Akwa Ibom

Back again

Organise a three s**e



what would you do if Bill Gates came over for dinenr

crap game,
How you been anyways

Buhari isn't corrupt, he didn't launder any money. Atiku on the other hand, is deceitful and incompetent.
I find it funny that people see Atiku's case as a battle against PDP
Atiku is just as corrupt as all the people in PDP, where was Atiku not too long ago, wasn't it PDP
Atiku only left PDP becuase, he fell out with OBJ. Atiku is corrupt and he has little to offer.

J.F.K's IQ is 160, Bush's is 140, Atiku's would be around 80, below average. Atiku is a fool, he wasn't in the military becuase he couldn't afford the uniform. Atiku wouldn't run for president if Nigeria had no Oil money.

Do you want me to write a thesis, or do you understand why Atiku is no hero, he is not innocent, He is not a victim of PDP's wrath but rather a product of PDP

How about No!

3G is the way to go

Then, I'm going to have to ask you to leave, Immediately

I'm back

I've been here couple of months, the wether is getting horrific.

Why you an alcoholic

I know, I was just saying that to Address Babasin

aloib:
Haha says who?, don't compare o

dblock, what u doing in aussie? yeah i know its a stupid question, peeps keep asking me quest like that also,

Schooling. And reppin the black race(Aboriginals aren't doing a good job)

Get da muck out, geesh, How many times do I have to tell you. You serioulsy can't hang out here, unless you are a member of the Palace.

So do you want to join

yap yappidee yap yap yap

This is not a resdiential compund
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Road with 14km/hr speed limit
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Paper and rides

Only problem is the law got changed a month ago, now you have to be 17.

Too many road deaths in Australia nowadays, I better get my license before, it is changed to 25 years

Patrolling

I am 15 turning 16, you can get you learners in Australia when your 16 1/2, you can then get your Ps four months later. My bother got his license a couple of months ago, and he's just 17