₦airaland Forum

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The Judgment Day
The Supreme Court officially communicated the judgment date to all concerned parties through a notice issued by one of its Registrars.

The seven justices tasked with making this historic decision today are Inyang Okoro, Uwani Abba-Aji, Lawal Garba, Ibrahim Saulawa, Adamu Jauro, Abubakar Tijjani, and Emmanuel Akomaye Agim.

Profiles of Supreme Court Justices

**Justice John Okoro**
Justice John Okoro, the head of the panel, was born on July 11, 1959, in Nung Ukim, Ikono Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. He attended Methodist School, Nung Ukim from 1965-1972, Boys High School, Oron from 1973-1977, School of Arts & Science, Uyo from 1979-1981, and the University of Lagos from 1981-1984. He then attended the Nigerian Law School, Lagos, and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1985. Justice Okoro began his legal career as Magistrate Grade II in 1986, eventually rising to the position of Chief Magistrate Grade I in 1996. He later served as a Judge of the High Court of Akwa Ibom State from 1998-2006 and was elevated to the Court of Appeal in 2006. He has served on various tribunals and has participated in numerous seminars, workshops, and conferences. Justice Okoro was elevated to the Supreme Court on November 15, 2013, and is currently the fourth most senior justice of the court.

**Justice Uwani Musa Abba-Aji**
Justice Uwani Musa Abba-Aji is the most senior female jurist on the Supreme Court bench and the only woman on the panel. She was born on November 7, 1956, in Gashua, Yobe State. Her educational journey took her through Central Primary School in Gashua and Government Girls Secondary School in Maiduguri. She earned a Diploma in Law from Ahmadu Bello University, followed by an L.L.B (Hons) from the same institution in 1980. Justice Abba-Aji was called to the Bar in 1981 and began her career as a State Counsel in 1982. She held various positions within the judicial system, rising through the ranks to become the Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal Kaduna Division before her elevation to the Supreme Court on January 8, 2019.

**Justice Mohammed Lawal Garba**
Justice Mohammed Lawal Garba was born on November 16, 1958, in Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State. He received his education in various institutions, including Demonstration Primary School in Maru, Government Secondary School in Gusau, and Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria. He obtained a Bachelor of Law degree from A.B.U, Zaria in 1980 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1981. Justice Garba's career started as a Magistrate in the Sokoto State Judiciary, and he later served as Deputy Chief Registrar in the High Court of Justice, Sokoto State, and Solicitor-General/Director-General of the Ministry of Justice, Sokoto State. He became a Judge of the High Court of Justice, Sokoto State, and later the Chief Judge of the High Court of Justice, Zamfara State. In 2004, he was elevated to the Court of Appeal and served in various divisions. He is a member of several legal bodies and was elevated to the Supreme Court on November 6, 2020.

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https://daybreak.ng/presidential-showdown-the-7-supreme-court-justices-set-to-determine-the-fate-of-tinubu-atiku-and-obi-today/

. PBAT will be afirmed today.
All the issues before the SC are frivoulous and an excecise in futility.

I expected that the judgement should be given after oral submission on Monday. Their decisions were ready then
Congrats to the PBAT

Bobloco:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/10/supreme-court-judgement-well-be-victorious-tomorrow-labour-party-declares/amp/

. Dey play

Sundaland:
https://dailypostngr.com/2023/10/tinubu-has-breached-federal-character-22-critical-positions-are-occupied-by-his-kinsmen-abaribe/

obi in 2050 as the president will appoint SE people in tbe same way when he becomes the president of the SE.
Besides did you vote for him or support him? What is the noise about?

meglith1:
Source: https://punchng.com/breaking-scourt-to-deliver-judgment-on-atiku-obis-appeals-against-tinubu-thursday/

With the proceedings on Monday it was clear the judgement was ready before the oral submission.The cost is clear again for BAT tomorrow

KingOfAmebo:
I read a recent post here on nairaland about Governor Akeredolu receiving South West Governors in a meeting today discussing issues of interest. However, what caught my attention is Governor Akeredolu'a swollen right hand.

https://www.nairaland.com/7888109/governor-akeredolu-receives-southwest-governors

What ailment could the sitting Governor be dealing with for months now?

Shey my amebo no too much like this...

. Nothing is wrong with it.
It is the pic. The hand is not swollen. The elders however can hqve Odema because of thier immobility.

oyichi:
there are two point of defense that tinubu's lawyers are trying to put up, the venue of the deposition and the idea that the deponent should be in court for cross examination, for the venue of the deposition, he argued that it lack merit because it was not done in a court, atiku's lawyer is supposed to counter it by telling the judges that the venue was ordered by the judge that presided over the case and that tinubu's lawyers were there and didn't object to it, as for the registrar to come for cross examination, there is no need for that because tinubu's lawyers in the US has already cross examined the registrar and it's all there in the deposition, right now, if that dull lawyer atiku is parading can not be smart enough to face olanikpekun, then atiku should sponsor the csu registrar to come here to testify or he should just pack up because those two points will determine the case

. There is a difference between what is acceptable in the US and Nigeria . Nigerian jurisprudence and the Evidence Act do not accept deposition in an office. Also surpporting documents must be tendered in a icourt by the authorities that produce them

In this Atiku and his legal team failed.

Pakute:
There are two letters before the Supreme Court, one is an affidavit from a court, authenticating Tinubu's certificate and the other is a deposition done in Atiku's lawyer 's office, Angela Liu.
I should think a court affidavit is more admissible than an office deposition that was done without the presence of any judicial officer.

The answer is NO!

Celepope:
On your assertion that the CSU Registrar ought to enter the witness box and testify against Tinubu for it to be accepted by the Nigerian Supreme Court, if this is correct then I think Atiku need some refunds from his US Lawyers for not thinking towards this direction.

. No judgement again.From what transpired today Tinubu wins!

seeteazain:
Why will a judge who is suppose to be neutral ask a lawyer, "what will you gain if you win this appeal"?. That comment is enough reason to demoralize the lawyer, thus, he had no option than to withdraw the appeal.

The question is in order!

Mynd44:
I said this earlier and someone was arguing with me. If you cannot call the desponent to testify in court, it is mere hearsay as it is assumed that the respondent didn't have a chance to ask questions thereby not defended his/herself. The deposition itself is merely a waste of time if it was not in open court.

As for this
forgery being a criminal offence have to be proved beyond any doubt else you are just playing around

The two issues raised here have summed up the weaknesses of the case!

Dpatriotng:
It seems the real enemies of Igbos are Hausas/Fulanis... But the hate and destructive competition we often witness on social media is between Igbos and Yorubas.

Is it true that Hausas/Fulanis have been able to infiltrate and influence yoruba culture through inter-marriage and religion but haven't been so successful when it comes to Igbo culture?

I am a Yoruba man. We don't hate IGBOSI I have IGBOS as my friends inside and outside Nigeria. The only issue IGBOS have against Yorubas is for not supporting Obi for presidency. However Yorubas don't care if IGBOS support Tinubu or not.Let SS and SE support their children. The North will decide who will rule Nigeria.
Whether IGBOS are happy or not Yorubas will spend 8 years in presidency.
As for the ruling class in the two regions , they love one another.
Needless to add that Yorubas cannot enjoy what the IGBOS enjoy politically in the SW.It seems the SW is wiser now. All positions in tbe SW are now reserved only for the SW.No more no less.

Nonny95:
https://dailytrust.com/breaking-there-are-conflicting-letters-from-chicago-state-university-on-tinubus-certificate-supreme-court/

Congrats to PBA in advance! The swing of the pendulum of the judgement is clear!

Thonyb2:
The Supreme Court will today (Monday) commence hearing on appeals filed by Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party and the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, seeking to unseat President Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

.ng reports that Atiku, Obi, and the APM had filed separate appeals at the apex court seeking to nullify the outcome of the February 25 presidential election after the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal upheld Tinubu’s victory.

The Supreme Court communicated the hearing date through notices sent to all the parties, last Thursday.

Atiku and Obi had faulted the verdict of the tribunal and subsequently filed appeals at the Supreme Court.

The PDP candidate also filed for permission to tender a copy of Tinubu’s academic records released by the Chicago State University, CSU, USA, which he said showed that Tinubu submitted a forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

The former vice president is also seeking to get a Washington, D.C. court to order the FBI to release documents on President Tinubu’s $460,000 forfeiture case.

.ng recalls that Tinubu had on October 13, asked the Supreme Court to discountenance his Chicago State University academic records attached by Atiku Abubakar.

The president opined that the development was alien to the judicial proceedings in the country.

Tinubu asserted that the CSU discovery was not part of the record or the judgment of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal, urging the apex court not to admit it.

President Tinubu further said that Atiku had the habit of first filing a petition and afterwards hunting for evidence, noting that the former VP had exhibited that while appealing the tribunal judgment.

The president in his response to Atiku’s appeal filed by his lawyers led by Wole Olanipekun, SAN, held that the claim that his credentials contained discrepancies was merely cooked up by the PDP candidate.

.ng reports that there are concerns whether the apex court would admit fresh evidence or not.

However, a legal practitioner in Rivers State, Mathew Abakpa revealed that accepting Atiku’s fresh evidence at the Supreme Court is “legally possible”.

In a chat with .ng on Sunday, the lawyer simply said, “It is legally possible for the Supreme Court to admit the fresh evidence and I believe it will be admitted but what the Supreme Court does with the fresh evidence thereafter is entirely a different thing.”

https://.ng/2023/10/23/anxiety-as-tinubu-atiku-obi-resume-battle-at-supreme-court/

. Anxiety ? Where ? Is anybody anxious in Nigeria? I don't think so

Nonny95:
How many votes did Obi get in Kano?

Obi got 20milions votes in the North


Don't mind my people across the River Niger

Nonny95:
How many votes did Obi get in Kano?

Obi hot 20milions votes in the North


Don't mind my people across the River Niger

SoNature:
Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, fondly called Sunday Igboho, yesterday, issued a seven-day ultimatum to Fulani herdsmen in the South-West to vacate the region, over the killings of some farmers in Oyo and Ogun states.

He also tasked security agencies to fish out and prosecute herders, who allegedly attacked farmers in Iwere-Ile, Oyo State, and some communities in Ogun State, recently.

Igboho, in a statement, said farmers in Yorubaland and in any part of Nigeria deserve safety from criminal herders and others who will not allow them farm in peace.


The statement reads: “We are calling on the Police, the Department of State Security, DSS, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, and the Nigerian Army to address the security breaches now before the situation gets out of hand.

“We are saddened that the killings of our farmers innocently eking their living have started rearing their ugly head again. This worrisome development calls for sober reflection bearing in mind the current hardship in the country.

“The recent ambush and killing of operatives of Amotekun Security Corps, including other security agents who were trying to restore normalcy in Iwere-Ile community after the suspected Fulani herdsmen have murdered our kinsmen in Iwere-Ile must be investigated and the culprits must be made to face the music.

“While we commend Gvernor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and his counterparts in Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun for their efforts to ensure peace and healthy developments in their respective states, we are challenging the heads of security agencies to act now before the situation worsens.

“However, while we believe in the peaceful coexistence in Nigeria regardless of tribe, religion and political cleavages, we are issuing a-seven day ultimatum to Fulani herdsmen killing our people in any part of Southwest to vacate our communities now. This warning is very important. We are not going to take laws into our hands, but they must leave.

“For now, we have belief in the capability of the Federal Government under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu to ensure and guarantee the safety of lives and properties, particularly farmers in Nigeria. We must not tolerate any act that can further push up the prices of food and other edible commodities.

“Nigerians and our farmers in agrarian settlements need security presence now so that they can engage in small or large scale farming activities for food production. These killings must stop now for the benefit of all.”


Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/10/vacate-yorubaland-now-sunday-igboho-tells-killer-herdsmen/

. Herdmen should leave SW?

Yoruba Nation?


Dey play oooooooo.

Gjrich:
Atiku vs Tinubu: We’ll Win At Supreme Court – PDP Assures Supporters.


https://dailypost.ng/2023/10/22/atiku-vs-tinubu-well-win-at-supreme-court-pdp-assures-supporters/

Dey play

Dtruthspeaker:
You people should fear God o! Where did you see God allow it?

Does the fact that you are not arrested for cheating in exams mean that cheating is allowed?

Fear God! His words are always eternal and herein is how God saved us by sending down Christ to come and Re-tell to us what things God hath Said before which men hath cast away wherewith the people of today and tomorrow would not know what things God has already Spoken, so that they perish not

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God gave Adam a wife. One man one wife!
Much later the patriarchs had many wives because God allowed them then When Jesus came he told the pharisees that One man one wife is God's Choice which must be maintained. The two, husband and wife, must be ONE FLESH
. Matthew 19:4-6

In the time of the Christian congregation a member should have One wife. Any overseer must have only One Wife too 1 Timo3: vrs 1-5
Any Man who has two or more wives today is doing what he likes .It is against what we have in the Bible

Your decision however on this matter is respected but what the Bible says is sacrosanct.

naptu2:
Today is Rashidi Yekini's 60th birthday. He was born on October 23rd, 1963 and passed away on May 4th, 2012 (he was 48 years old at the time).

Yekini represented Nigeria at 5 African Nations Cup competitions (1984, 1988, 1990, 1992 and 1994), winning one bronze medal, three silver medals and one gold medal. He also represented Nigeria at two World Cups, USA '94 and France '98.

He is the highest goal scorer ever for Nigeria's men's senior national team (the Super/Green Eagles) with 37 goals in total.

Yekini was the highest goal scorer in Portuguese club football in the 1992/1993 season and he was also the highest goal scorer in the Primiera Liga in the 1993/1994 season.

Yekini played for IICC Shooting Stars of Ibadan, with whom he got to the final of the African Champions Cup (now known as the African Champions League) in 1984 (they lost to Zamalek of Egypt). He later played for Abiola Babes (one of the two millionaire clubs in Nigeria at the time) before leaving Nigeria to play professional football.

He played for Africa Sports in the Ivory Coast, Vitoria Setubal in Portugal (with whom he achieved his greatest success), Olympiakos of Greece, Sporting Gijon in Spain and F.C. Zurich in Switzerland before returning to Nigeria.

After returning to Nigeria, he played for Julius Berger and Gateway FC before retiring in 2005.

On his 60th (posthumous) birthday, we take a look at the amazing feats and goals scored by the goalsfather. See below for videos and pictures of his exploits.

Picture 1) Rashidi Yekini after scoring Nigeria's first ever World Cup goal (against Bulgaria at USA '94).

Picture 2) Google doodle celebrating Yekini's 60th birthday.

. The best striker Nigeria and Africa ever produced with his classical finishes

PythonTutorials:
But why did God not condemn David for marrying so many wives 🤔

God allowed them at that time. By the time Jesus came one man one wife was mainted. Math i9 4-6 and it is non negotiable!

Nemere2020:
Source: Zagazola Makama

. What have the killers achieved now? The boy would attend classes regularly now? Is iregularity in class an offence Islam?
Thank God for the sanity of the SW!

Nonny95:
How many votes did Obi get in Kano?

He had 7 million votes in Kano according to my people across the River Niger!

Don't mind them my brother! They are yet to wake up from their slumber.

The North will never ever support an Igbo man !

Nonny95:
Nobody is talking about politics on this thread.

Abii you guys have another election this month? Or the one you snatched don tire una?

Na you I dey support. Peter Obi dey thank. Emir for voting for him

My across the River Niger people with surface politics! They believed Hausas voted Obi .For where? Never ever at least not in this decades.

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The kind words of Emir of Kano to HE PO.

Your Excellency
Peter Obi.

We thank you for coming to kano to condole me and the family of late Bello Maitama Yusuf.

I hold you in high esteem, Kano and the palace is your home, you don't need an appointment to come and see me. pic.twitter.com/YWJW3IWyet

— Dr Yunusa Tanko (@YunusaTanko) October 19, 2023

North and the North politics. I can see now that the North voted for Peter Obi

Dey play oooooo >

Nemere2020:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02kFuT2GLePr34gB5yCY4bMtxRfKzH5P9CrC68rCrs6kNwZFQWorQkyu9sc1SLpqcBl&id=100064531906658&mibextid=Nif5oz



He was appointed in Acting Capacity on June 20.

Some of my people will not like this appointment because he is not from across the River Niger.
Apart from the SW and SS which other Southern region supported PBAT?
Let us continue to watch our Seasons Films
Congrats to the appointee from Modakeke, Osun State

Thonyboy:
https://.ng/2023/10/20/supreme-court-judges-that-will-decide-atiku-obis-appeal-against-tinubu/

The Panel will be headed by CJN Ariwoola.

Good morning to you all and my people qccross the River Niger!

iwaeda:
https://www.thecable.ng/breaking-supreme-court-fixes-monday-to-hear-atikus-appeal-challenging-tinubus-victory/amp

. Sodiq will soon go into extinction finally !

[quote author=chokekachy post=126500208][/quote]. Some of our people acress the River Niger say the president appoints only frm the SW.

[quote author=chokekachy post=126500208][/quote]. Some of our people acress the River Niger say the president appoints only frm the SW.

peekspot:
https://punchng.com/just-in-tinubu-okays-staggered-start-of-six-varsities-approved-by-buhari/

. Watch out for Moshod Abiola University Iragbiji Osun State

Nemere2020:
https://www.channelstv.com/2023/10/18/atiku-asks-supreme-court-to-reject-technicality-overrule-tinubu-on-fresh-evidence/?fbclid=IwAR00RBytO3nRUA-9ziuMHmOuH-my5fOH_AU30YWyXdQRwXyjo9jVFSCU7hY

mynd44

ATIKU : the man who will never ever ruke Nigeria as the president.

Congrats to PBAT in advance

[quote author=Odewaleadesoye post=126479123][/quote]Is it Gaza now or Gaza then!? Is there any Edom today? My message is clear for you now!