garfield1: Notwithstanding the headline,this is surely how the court will rule.this is based on what the petitioners tendered in court,their final written address and replies.just as the court combined or consolidated atiku and obi petitions,I will attempt to do so.the petition is hinged on five grounds namely;
1) That obi and atiku won the elections and that their votes were suppressed.
2) That there was massive violation of inec guidelines necessitating in irregularities which calls for outright cancellations and a rerun.
3) That tinubu should be disqualified based on a conviction or punishment by u.s court
4) That Shettima is guilty of double nomination
5) That 25% requirement in FCT is mandatory
6) That Tinubu is not qualified by being a citizen of guinea and he is also guilty of perjury and inconsistencies in his educational qualifications
Ground one: Peter obi has not proven that he won the election and has not brought any proof to that effect.all his evidences points to the fact that tinubu won and that there was irregularities.even the mathematician prof ofoedu's analysis showed the only difference in the overall results was in benue,rivers and 18,000 units that were blurred.no evidence points to peter winning.it is safe to say that obi has abandoned this prayer and wants fresh polls. For atiku,most of his evidences points to irregularities.a watery report akin to the 2019 server debacle focusing on 26 states tendered by Sam oduntan showed he won but did not give details as to how and was based only on irev data.atiku is focusing on disqualifying tinubu and declaring himself winner or a rerun.infact,evidences presented by both petitioners shows that election was conducted peacefully and the only issue was just upload which is supposed to be manual or electronic as provided by section 60-65 EA.
Ground 2:It is settled law that one will not only prove irregularities but do so substantially and show how it affected the overall results.Lp lawyers claim Inec promised electronic transmission but has failed to prove that inec failed to transmit electronically.the only called one witness to that effect who claimed that elections was free and fair.Atiku called five adhoc staffs who also testified to that effect.this unfortunately only affects the polling units they worked as evidence in election cases are restricted to each units.inec can easily call 10 staffs who will testify that results were sucessfully transmitted.in any case,the electoral act plus a fhc judgment gives inec the leeway to transmit anyhow.The court of appeal recently ruled that by virtue of section 60 of the EA,inec can choose,vary,change it's manner of transmission at any point.In other words,both manual and electronic transmission are allowed.those witnesses that said they couldn't transmit didn't blame inec but the bvas and eventually sent the results to the collation units.the purpose of electronic transmission by virtue of section 60-65 of the EA2022 is to aid collation.no collation officer was called to testify.again,the law says the collation officer will compare the hardcopy with the transmitted results.the transmitted result that was uploaded is still on the bvas in image form so the collation staff can easily look at the bvas image and form ec8a.The EA clearly specified transmit or transfer.transfer mainly has to do with manual activities while transmit is electronic.further reading of the manual guidelines will expose more on this.
Lp also called an amazon staff to show that there was no glitch.apart from the fact that she is partisan and on her own frolic without AWS permit,she confirmed that they could be localized glitch within inec. she had no letter of employment or ID but presented a letter of work history which was downloaded a day earlier plus it was unsigned rendering it inadmissible.even if there was a glitch,it does not prove anything.the adeleke vs oyetola supra 2022 case placed reliance on physical evidence and tagged online evidences as thirdhand and unreliable.inec director provided incontrovertible evidence showing localized glitches and network issues The only quarter concrete evidence of irregularities obi provided was from 18000 units of blurred results which was based only on irev which are secondary results.lp lawyers should have verified with primary hardcopies.if they could be a leeway, it will be from here as 9 mil voters are domiciled here and 2.5 mil voters came out during the last polls.in another rerun,fewer will come out.outside this,no substantial infraction has been proven.nothing compelling has been tendered.see okereke vs umahi 2015 supra.obi petition is full of mere allegations and averments and these are not evidence.see uzodinma vs pdp supra 2020.most of the evidences tendered were not pleaded.see the above case laws.Lp failed to provide inec top copies and a comparison with top copies from rivers showed that the irev was unreliable.in adeleke vs oyetola,jsc Agim clearly stated that the bvas and server materials could be affected by network issues,printer error,scanning issue,bad camera etc which further proves it's unreliability To further destroy obi's case,the apex court has severally stated that guidelines cannot be a ground for election petition.see wike vs dakuku, okereke vs supra,pdp vs yari...
Ground three: No arguments has been canvassed on the fct matter so it can be seemed abandoned.but if not,a community reading of section 28,section 42 and 299 of the constitution has placed fct as a state.the body language,orbiter dictum,innuendoes of the court has shown where they will stand.again,the principle of legal ambiguity presupposes that where an ambiguity in law exists,the jurists will choose the most sensible, meaningful option for the lawmakers are not confusionists or intend to create chaos.Again,all the laws quoted by the Lp lawyers support this position. In reality,fct is less than a state and cannot all of a sudden be elevated above a state without bringing equality first.moreover,other similar democracies do not practice such absurd voting system...section 134 of the constitution provided 2 requirements.if it intended to make Fct mandatory,a third requirement would have been separately provided below as no 3. Again, section 22-28 states that all persons have equal voting rights likewise all voting areas.no place is superior to another.this supercedes whatever 134 may be implying because an earlier provision of the constitution supercedes a later one.section 299 sees fct as a state.the courts have severally stated that the fct is neither superior or inferior to a state.
Ground three: section 182 d and e clearly says within a period of 10 years,he has been imprisoned or convicted by any court in nigeria.tinubu forfeiture wasn't a conviction and even if,10 years has elapsed and the judgment wasn't registered in Nigeria.that subsection further states that he must be under imprisonment or a sentence flowing or arising from a conviction and tinubu is not under any conviction.civil cases do not lead to convictions.moreover,he was never charged,arraigned or found guilty of any thing.what happened was that three of his accounts were frozen via an exparte order by us authorities with links to two convicts.he now proved to the court and fbi that money in two accounts were his and the one belonging to the other remaining account wasn't his.so,in a mutual agreement supervised by the court,two accounts were unfrozen and one forfeited as part of a compromise or out of court settlement. The Lp quoted Austin vs USA to support their case but this case was a criminal case where there was a trial and conviction.in Tims vs Indiana,the accused pleaded guilty in court and was convicted.therefore,this is inapplicable here as section 68 of the evidence act States that a foreign law will be subjected to a municipal court.the reciprocal agreement has made it mandatory for all foreign judgments to be registered.this prayer is dead.let me kill it further by stating that Obi failed to call a lawyer vested in American law.barr nwakaeti only visited america once and provided scant knowledge of the US system.he also failed to call witnesses from the us judicial or prosecuting authorities.current evidences like the 2003 letter from us embassy and his recent visits to the USA shows he has no issues there.
Ground four; the shettima issue has been buried by the supreme court.they clearly stated that it was a pre election matter and internal to a party and that it can only extend beyond if he was nominated by 2 parties.section 84 of the electoral act clearly makes nomination a pre election matter and only aspirants have locus standi.double nomination is not a constitutional matter and only constitutional matters pertaining to qualifications can be raised at a tribunal.again,the apex court found out that shettima was never guilty of double nomination and lp has no new evidence necessitating a review.
6) concerning perjury,the inec form has two questions on nationality.whether one has ever changed nationality? This is a No for tinubu.secondly,whether tinubu has ever voluntarily acquired citizenship elsewhere.this is a no because he never sought for guinean citizenship,he was only conferred and given a diplomatic passport to that effect. On the so-called evidences supplied by atiku witness,the witness a lawyer rubbished most of them in what we call hostile testimony. Again,it is settled law that an expired document in law is inadmissible Atiku failed to call a witness from Guinea or someone vested in guinean law to testify . The Female gender was recorded in his transcript and he never submitted transcript to inec as it's not a constitutional requirement. Again,the documents was gotten from a lawyer Mr kowtals who has no links with the schools tinubu attended.he should have called witnesses from the issuing documents as only the maker can competently prove it's authenticity.pdp and lp quoted degi vs diri to support their case but the court recently in edevbie vs sheriff stated that they have departed from that judgment.in oyetola vs adeleke,they stated that when a dispute about a document arises,the testimony of the issuing authority will settle the tie.Adekunle has been in his name and the apex court has severally ruled on name variations.Atiku failed to prove that it is not part of his name.the age differences is of no effect as the apex court noted that as far as a candidate is up to 40 years,he is good to go.see AGI vs ayade supra..
This matter will be dismissed with 1 billion naira fine to be paid by the petitioners each to each of the respondents.cooouurrrt.
You have given the summary of the expected judgement especially with the SC postion on IREV and uselessness of the online results as well as the process of the transmission. Oyetola vrs Adeleke 2023 Additionally you pointed out without ambiguity the inability of the two petitioners to show how they won the election with their owned prepared results. The petitioners also dwelt on guidelines of the election whivh has been set aside in. Wike vrs Dakuku to with the following words: guidelines shiukd not be the basis for any petition.They can contradict one another with some unforseen irregularities Finally your analysis on issues raised are precise for the petitioners are interested in raising issues which they could not adequately proved during the hearing and in their oral submissions .
DECENTBWOY: Depression. Thinking too much. Life's a mess..
. I taught as much! There are challenges in this world. You will be fine. If sleeplessness is only your symptom, use. Armitryptyline tablet 25 mg. If yiu sleep too much reduce it to 12 .5 mg .Take it at night..Take it for two weeks.. Depression is the chemical imbalance in the brain.It will be improved.
DECENTBWOY: Good morning nairalanders, I know its too early to post this but this issue has been troubling me for a while now. I can't sleep, even if i eventually do, i can't stay asleep, for example if i sleep by 2am, i will wake up by 4am and thats it for that night. It has been going on for months now, and i hardly sleep in the afternoon too.. If you observe when i made this post, I slept around 3am because today is my birthday, i was answering calls and chats from well wishers, now i am up again around 5, thats why i made this post, i am fed up...
Please can you guys suggest a very strong sleeping tablet for me? I really need to sleep and stay asleep, i mean lock everywhere up, eat, take the tablet and sleep a very deep sleep, a kind of sleep that i will not know what is happening around...
Please help a brother, i don even begin de slim like who them de squeeze blood commut for body....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY HUMBLE SELF BTW...
If you have anxiety or depression it will not make you sleep. If it is addiction to hard drug you will not sleep. If you are withdrawing from hard drug you will not sleep. Naturally some people have insominia. I don't know yours . However if it is anxiety or depression you may use Amitriptyline. 25 milligrams.If you sleep too much reduce it to 12.5 m. Take it at bed time at night. It does not have addiction. If it is occasional insominia Lexitan 1.5 m is good only for three days. You may be addicted to it if it is taken for a long time . Valium Five Diasepam is good too only for five days. Pls don't take Lexotan and Valium 5 together. It is overdose and an abuse of drug. It is good to know the cause of your sleeplessness before taking drug so as to treat it well .
DECENTBWOY: Good morning nairalanders, I know its too early to post this but this issue has been troubling me for a while now. I can't sleep, even if i eventually do, i can't stay asleep, for example if i sleep by 2am, i will wake up by 4am and thats it for that night. It has been going on for months now, and i hardly sleep in the afternoon too.. If you observe when i made this post, I slept around 3am because today is my birthday, i was answering calls and chats from well wishers, now i am up again around 5, thats why i made this post, i am fed up...
Please can you guys suggest a very strong sleeping tablet for me? I really need to sleep and stay asleep, i mean lock everywhere up, eat, take the tablet and sleep a very deep sleep, a kind of sleep that i will not know what is happening around...
Please help a brother, i don even begin de slim like who them de squeeze blood commut for body....
Workch: The picture below is a drone picture of where my family house is located in Ibeku, Umuahia. We came to Lagos to do business, it does not mean that we go back to trees when we say we are going to the village.
Show us other places apart from Umahia the capital of ABIA.
Apart from the capital ,other places in the SE are villiages. Pronto!
BAT sis similar thing in Lagos. Obasanjo who does not want anybody to be above him opposed it . Same applies to the creation of LCDAs.He witheld Lagos money only to be paid by Yardua. More IPPs are needed in Nigeria!
ManirBK: T he Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has confirmed the suspension of its ongoing strike following the intervention of President Bola Tinubu and the Senate. JUST IN: NLC confirms suspension of strike after Tinubu’s intervention The Nation reports that during the protest in Abuja on Wednesday, angry protesters pulled down the gates of the National Assembly and gained access to the premises in a bid to meet with the lawmakers.
This prompted an emergency meeting between the President and the labour leaders. The resolution followed the National Executive Council meeting of the Congress. The national treasurer, Hakeem Ambali, in a message on Thursday said, “ Protest suspended due to the Senate intervention and meeting with President Tinubu yesternight.” The labour centre is expected to brief the public shortly. Details shortly…
TMSMedia: Get Ready For 3-Week And 4-Week Sit-At-Home In Biafraland, If Nnamdi Kanu Is Not Released - Simon Ekpa
Simon Ekpa, a Self-acclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said that after the ongoing 2-week sit-at-home exercise that there will be 3 week sit-at-home and 4-week sit-at-home exercises in Biafraland, if detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu is not released, IGBERETV reports.
I hereby discociate myself from the subsidy removal and call for its suspension till January 2024 . The government did not have any preparation for its effects on masses. Enough of the temporary pains.
Ekemini11: APC in their final reply have argued that the Petitioner failed to prove that it was Tinubu who was convicted in the US, and that the PEPT should disregard the evidence.
Meanwhile, Tinubu's sole witness at the Tribunal, Hon. Bamidele, who claims to have known Tinubu for years, identified Tinubu as the recipient of the forfeiture judgement, but argued that it was a civil case.
So who is lying, the lawyer of the house minority leader of the APC?
If this is not confusion. I don't know what is.
The forefture then was not criminal and it was not for Tinubu.. Period!
beautifulsoul12: Good morning everyone. I have to create this account to post this. I can't even sleep at night lately.
I'm so tired and I need help right now. I have been doing this all by myself for so long now, without much complain but now, I need help. Before I got married to my husband, I didn't know he had a seasonal mental health challenge, but not violent.
I met him in the university, he was in medicine, he had dreams, very ambitious, one of the best in his department, Working his way to travel abroad to continue his education. We were just friends, but I liked him. He kept on asking me out, but I declined. I wanted to graduate first. We parted ways in year two. He changed school, so, I knew nothing about him again till years later. Reconnected with him years later after graduation, to my greatest surprise, he didn't graduate, wasted all his resources and couldn't travel out. We still love each other, so we got married. after the birth of my first child, I wanted to leave him, but I couldn't because he was a good man, but with too many changes and I was the only one who truly care and was there for him. Three years ago, he became much better. He got a small job, Started bringing in little for upkeep. I saw change and I was happy. We had our second child last year after 8yrs. Since early this year, the whole thing came up again. Since then, he became jobless again. The financial burden is all on me. Right now, we can't afford to renew our rent. I lost my business capital some times ago in wrong business, since then, it has been so much struggles.
I'm trying hard but it's not enough. I'm thinking of working away, but to where? what about my children? Who will be there for them? What about him? But I'm tired of being in a marriage where I have to struggle for everything, where I can not depend on my man. Pls, help us renew our house rent.
What do I do?
I feel your pains! Yiur case is like that of a woman whose husband has some mental issues. Yet she has two kids for him and she is still with him till today. The man is a civil servant.
In yiur own case, you saw the problem before yet yiu embraced it because of sentimental love.
You married him jobless believing that things would change. How sure are you?
He has some mental issues yet he did not tell you .By the time you know it was late. Please continue to bear up and God will provide a way out for you .What you need is a good job that yiu will use to take care of him and his innocent kids. Don't leave him now so that he will not comit suicide. because of loneliness. He needs you now..
I am interested in how the SC will judge the matter. In my opinion PVCs are necessary not TVCs. INEC is empowered by the law to regulate election matters. For example if yiur PVC is damaged You can still vote in Nigeria. You will use yiur thump print to identify yourself as long as your name is on the display. What this case will achieve is still a concern to me and what the plaintiffs desire in it is a subject for debate..
OsunOriginal: Thank you, the Law... Our brothers from the east should be educated on how the law works. They seem to always want to lead with sentiments. Even the lawyers among them... What's their problem?
my people in the East only understand Go They don't understand Come! Al they do is to interpret situations with sentiments even educated one among them including their so called lawyers.
Lifestone: Unfortunately, Emefiele was dishing out injustice to others when he was in power. We should all be careful on how we use power. Those who are in power today will one day eat their own breakfast. When you support impunity, you will one day be a victim.. Emefiele was said to have been arrested based on a completely new issue different from what the Judge pronounced on. It's the same thing with Nnamdi Kanu, the case against him was dismissed he should have been released but he's being kept on a new investigation/case
When a court grants bail for an accused person ,the accussed can be rearested outside the court for another offence for prosecution.
If a court says an accused is discharged he can be rearested outside the court for another offence or same offence for a better prosecution.
If the court says a person is discharged and acquitted in a case , nobody can rearrest him for the same offence again. He can however be prosecuted for another offence. (Modify) (Quote) (Report) (Share)
OsunOriginal: I have been reading with keen interest comments from Nigerians following the drama that ensued at the court premises between the DSS and the prison officials today. Since time immemorial and many times in the past, security agents have re-arrested accused persons after being granted bail by courts. An accused may be granted bail or even discharged in one case and then be re-arrested for another case within the court premises.
So, what is the noise about Emefiele's re-arrest?
Why did the prison officials act as if something unexpected was about to happen? Why did they act in a way that may be interpreted as preventing the law officers (DSS) from carrying out their duty?
Is there a law that says security agents can't arrest an accused within the court premises?
. When a court grants bail for an accused person ,the accussed can be rearested outside the court for another offence for prosecution.
If a court says an accused is discharged he can be rearested outside the court for another offence or same offence for a better prosecution.
If the court says a person is discharged and acquitted in a case , nobody can rearrest him for the same offence again. He can however be prosecuted for another offence.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Vs Manchester City : Community Shield 4 - 1 pen On 6th August 2023 by ejimatic: 6:56pm On Aug 06, 2023
