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Judeerons32:
I beg to disagree. In the case of Yahaya Bello. He ran even without a deputy because Faleke refused to run with him. The same Supreme Court upheld that election and said it is the party on the ballot and not the Candidate. The Governor elect then nominated a deputy who was never on the ballot. But like you said it is the Supreme Court.

mushystuff:
I wonder though whether Falana averted his mind to the fact that after the conclusion of a case there is a right of appeal which must be exercised within a certain timeframe after which the principle of effluxion of time comes into play.

A pre-election matter doesn't suddenly become a post-election matter just because an election has taken place when the appellant party still has a cause of action and has not run out of time to file an appeal. The law does not say that the court of appeal is the court of final judgement rather it is the Supreme court on pre-election issues.

The mere conduct of an election does not override the right of appeal of any party.

ZAWs:
Even an illiterate won't act the way mary odili did.

Supreme court don't originate cases, rather they inherites them from lower courts.

Nonsense mary odili gave a verdict on an election matter that was never existed anywhere.

Mary Odili was given a little test, but she didn't only failed woefully, but also exhibited her devilish attitude.
Too bad.

Dansuqi:
The must be a clear consequential order to not just disqualify the deputy but also the candidate

Iamgrey5:
State the electoral act that supports the removal of a elected governor because his deputy wss disqualified?

Yes, it does because the Appeal court already passed a judgement in favour of the APC before the election.

torgod:
The gubernatorial ambition of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has continued on an upward swing as more support groups loyal to the Obaseki Shaibu joint ticket has thrown their support for the RCCG Pastor.
The past few weeks has seen a massive boost in the political train of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu as more groups have come out openly to declare their support for him.

Last week saw leaders from the 18 LGA council of the state urging Pastor Ize-Iyamu to contest for the seat of the Executive Governor of Edo State.
In what can be described as forward ever and backwards never another 19 support group have thrown their weight behind the aspiration of Ize-Iyamu.
The group, Edo State Liberation Network,ESLN an amalgamation of 19 APC support group has endorsed Paster Osagie Ize-Iyamu for the APC governorship primary.

The support group who before now were in support of Obaseki's re-election bid explained that they took the decision because “the government we put in place has failed and continues to fail our people and we cannot continue to reinforce failures.”
According to the coordinator, Jude Ikponwonsa, the group as consulted extraordinarily with the electorates and has come to the conclusion that Ize-Iyamu is not only the most credible candidate amongst all the aspirants but also the most sell-able.

They recalled the sacrifices Ize-Iyamu has done for the APC in the past and the role he played as the Director-General of Adams Oshiomohole's reelection campaign.
It urged the APC national committee to give Pastor Ize-Iyamu the APC ticket as he represents the hope Edo people are looking for.
They frowned at the slow pace in which Obaseki is tackling insecurity in the State and the lack of development presently witnessed.
"If we must be truthful to ourselves the state has completely derailed from its master plan,
Edo is meshed with a multitude of challenges and instead of the Governor to squarely address these pressing issues he is busy hunting down political opponents.

But sadly enough the state is comatose under this present government which affirms it is clueless. We strongly believe that under Ize-Iyamu, our economy will be revived and returned to the path of progress.”
Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu is presently the favourite to pick the APC ticket due to his grassroots network and famed integrity laced with a passion to serve.

-Osato Iyasere writes in from Benin City.
Source Edofocus

Iamgrey5:
First of all, the federal high court judgment which the supreme court upheld never removed the governor, it only disqualified the running mate.

Secondly, PDP only appealed the case after the Election not before. Apc actually won the appeal in the Appeal court.

haywire07:
Tinubu used to be an activist during Abacha regime.
He did rice business to support the struggle against Abacha's corruption .

Tinubu, what changed?

adekunley93:
I think they are heading to d court for d interpretation of d judgment concerning d geographical spread.

Karleb:
How old was he?