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BuhariAdvocate:
Fake.

Where is your original

E-trac and E-collation

#5,767,642,580.00

#1,157,850.00

Replacements of server for State and National Data Centre

So where are those servers in INEC budget

INEC BUDGETS FOR 2019 ELECTIONS INCLUDE SERVER FOR HQ AND STATES



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwW3vokIuGg

This man funny shaaaa


You did not have certificate of return.

The nessecary entrance document you want enter.

Enter where.

That one na anarchy naaa

PietraK:
Pastor Kumuyi will not support this and that Pastor better be prepared for a suspension from the marriage committee in the state.

You have stopped them from the single act that will validate what they did before God. The only act to correct the sin of premarital sex is to marry the person and not even in begging God for forgiveness.

Pastor Kumuyi already preached against this act of the marriage committee. He reiterated that couples should be married even if found to have eaten the forbidden fruit. The only way out is marrying them quickly.

You were there when he made the preaching.

Stop saying what you dont know

This should reach the promised land.

Let us hear the balanced side of the matter

https://www.nairaland.com/5235717/deeper-life-church-suspends-wedding

The church stands for holiness - Deeper Life Church reacts after suspending couple’s wedding for allegedly eating from same plate

- Legit.ng earlier reported that a Deeper Life Church in Bayelsa suspended a couple’s wedding because they ate from the same plate before their marriage


- The report raised a number of criticisms from social media users and the church has now released a statement reacting to the case

- According to the church, it stands for holiness and the couple were in haste to enjoy the benefits of married couples

A Nigerian couple-to-be Bolingo Israel and Okpokpolom Jemima, who are members of the Deeper Life Church, had their wedding which was slated to hold on June 8, 2019, suspended by their pastor.

It was earlier reported that the wedding was allegedly suspended because the couple ate from the same plate a week before tying the knot.

Well, the Deeper Life Church has reacted to the reports. In a statement sent to Legit.ng, the church explained that contrary to reports, the couple had actually engaged in moral acts after sleeping in the same bed and it amounted to sin.

The church further explained that after feeling guilty and reporting themselves to their respective pastors, the couple was placed on disciplinary action by the state overseer.

After the church felt they had repented, the wedding was slated to hold again but was eventually suspended the second time after they discovered the couple had engaged in 'acts contrary to the laid down procedure by the marriage committee of the church'.

Concluding the statement, the church explained that it stands for holiness and members have been admonished to abstain from evil.

The couple was also described to have behaved unseemingly and were in a haste to enjoy the benefits of married couples.

Read the statement below:

"The church has a Marriage Committee that supervises marriage right from knowing the will of God, to obtaining parents’ consent, marriage registration to church wedding.

When the intending couples were told to go to Brass Region in Bayelsa state to obtain the man’s parents’ consent, they spent several days together before coming back to Yenagoa. They slept on the same bed and engaged in moral acts which amounted to sin and against the marriage process of the Church. They felt what they had done was bad and reported themselves to their pastors.

They were subsequently placed on discipline by the State Overseer. After some period, reporting that they have repented, the courtship was allowed to commence again.

As preparation for wedding was going on, it was discovered that they again engaged in acts contrary to the laid down procedure by the marriage committee of the church. This is after they had been disciplined earlier and warned not to engage in acts that will impact negatively on their proposed marriage.

When the Marriage Committee put a direct question to them based on the latest development, the man accepted their error. It is important to note here, that the church stands on holiness and members have been consistently admonished to “abstain from all appearance of evil. It is not also true that the parents pleaded with the pastor to wed them on the 8th June, 2019.

The summary is that they behaved themselves unseemingly, and were in haste to enjoy the benefits the church and God allow only married couples to enjoy."

Just recently, Legit.ng reported that the Deeper Life general overseer, Pastor Kumuyi, has warned Christians against attacking President Buhari.

According to News Agency of Nigeria, Kumuyi, during his sermon at the Deeper Life Bible Church, Headquarters, Gbagada, Lagos, urged Christians not to attack the president of the country through any means.

https://www.legit.ng/amp/1242663-deeper-life-church-reacts-report-cancelling-couples-wedding-eating-plate.html

INEC MEET ON TUESDAY TO DECIDE OKOROCHA FATE


https://www.google.com/amp/s/thenationonlineng.net/okorocha-inec-meets-tuesday-to-decide-on-certificate-of-return-others/amp/

duality:
How come no one is asking for the other side of the story?

What if this version is half true?

They wont say it, it is only one half side self.

The couple to be know the guidelines, the rules which they promise to abide with.

Where were they eating together

Why are they eating together

What brings about earing together.

ZombieTERROR:
Engineerboat



The man who says no one should speak ill of the terrorist in Aso rock has done it again...

The couple have the rules, they have the guidelines,


Doing wedding in deeper life it's a choice.

That is once you agree to their terms and condition you're okay


You can't promise to abide by a rules and decide to go against it, the be ready to face the consequence

Una go compile list taya.


Why una canel zamfara.

This goes to show this is an old edited listed just add new heading.

Ina no serious

Poll: Presidential tribunal resumes hearing of Atiku, PDP’s petition Monday
Published



The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal will on Monday resume sitting on the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in February 23 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Saturday PUNCH learnt on Friday.

Meanwhile, there were indications on Friday that the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, had appointed another judge appointed as her replacement on the five-man panel to hear the case.


Justice Bulkachuwa withdrew as a member and head of the five-man panel on May 22, following the allegation of the likelihood of bias levelled against her by the PDP and Atiku.

The tribunal was said to have issued and served the notice for the Monday’s hearing on all parties to the petition on Friday.

The leader of the legal team of the PDP and Atiku, Dr Livy Uzoukwu (SAN), confirmed the development to Saturday PUNCH on Friday.

“We were served the notice today that the court will resume hearing on Monday,” he said.

Asked if he was sure that Justice Bulkachuwa’s replacement on the panel had been named, Uzoukwu said, “It is the presumption that we arrived at when we received the hearing notice on Friday. But we do not have any information about it.”

The development came barely a week after Atiku and his party wrote to Bulkachuwa, reminding her of her promise to appoint her replacement on the panel to enable the hearing of their petition to resume.

They said in their letter sent to Bulkachuwa on May 31 that they were already running against time due to the “strict requirement of keeping to the constitutional calendar for a petition”.

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The petitioner’s letter signed on behalf of Uzoukwu by a lawyer in their legal team, Silas Onu, stated that as of May 31 when the letter was delivered at Bulkachuwa’s chambers, it was nine days since she recused herself from the tribunal yet nothing had been heard about her replacement.

The letter read in part, “Considering the strict requirement of keeping to the constitutional calendar for a petition and the obvious fact that time is also running fast against the petitioners, we pray my Lord to act by appointing a replacement so that we will get a hearing notice and continue with the petition in the interest of justice.”

The petitioners are, by their joint petition filed on March 18, 2019, challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in the February 23 poll.

READ ALSO: I admit that we failed to give Nigerians refinery –Kachikwu

The petitioners had alleged in their earlier application filed on May 16 that with the judge remaining as a member and head of the five-man tribunal, their petition would not be handled impartially by the tribunal.

The application was based on the fact that Bulkachuwa’s husband, Adamu Bulkachuwa, is a senator-elect on the platform of the APC, the party whose victory at the February 23 presidential election they are challenging at the tribunal. They added that her son, Aliyu Abubakar, was a governorship aspirant on the platform of the same party in Gombe State.

They also quoted a statement made by Justice Bulkachuwa at the inaugural sitting of the tribunal on May 8 as pre-judging their petition.

On May 22, the tribunal, in a unanimous judgment, dismissed the application.

Despite that, Justice Bulkachuwa said, “I am recusing myself from the panel for personal reasons”.

She said a new presiding Justice would be appointed for the panel.

PDP threatens to petition NJC over Bulkachuwa’s replacement

Meanwhile, the PDP has threatened to petition the National Judicial Council over the delay in replacing Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa who last month stepped down as head and member of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal.

Although the five-man panel of the tribunal in a unanimous ruling dismissed the application, Bulkachuwa said she decided to stand down from the tribunal for “personal reasons”.

The PDP Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Mr Diran Odeyemi, in an interview with our correspondent on Friday said Bulkachuwa’s replacement could have been announced within 24 hours after she recused herself from the tribunal.

He alleged that there was a plot to frustrate the PDP from pursuing its goal to stop Buhari at the tribunal.

Odeyemi said, “It is very unfortunate that Buhari is trying to stop the tribunal from performing its duties. By not replacing Bulkachuwa, and with the time frame for the tribunal to work, definitely they are working towards an answer to ensure that all the ills performed during the election will not be open to the public, because they do not have the answers to all the allegations of rigging they did during the election, that is why they are not allowing the tribunal or not allowing the PDP to make their case before the tribunal.

“What is wrong with replacing Bulkachuwa within 24 hours if actually, they believe in the tribunal set up for this exercise.

“It is unfortunate. We are still watching and the PDP will not fold its arms and allow the cheating or the rigging to go like that.

“We could petition the NJC and we call on the international community to be observant and to come to our aid. We call on civil society and everybody to come to our rescue, because we can see that they are working towards an answer.

“We will petition the NJC. As far as we are concerned, if no name has been made, we believe that nothing has been done.”

Atiku’s Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, in an interview with our correspondent said the former Vice-President was committed to exploring all judicial options to ensure victory at the tribunal.

He, however, said a replacement for Bulkachuwa had been made but refused to mention their name.

He said, “Your question has been overtaken by development. A replacement for Bulkachuwa has been announced but it has not been made. There is no name mentioned yet but there will be a hearing on Monday.

“However, on your question, Atiku is committed to exploring all judicial options for him and the party to pursue the matter until justice is done.”


https://punchng.com/poll-presidential-tribunal-resumes-hearing-of-atiku-pdps-petition-monday/

BREAKING: AIT back on air — 24 hours after NBC sanction

African Independent Television (AIT) is back on air 24 hours after the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) suspended its licence over alleged violation of the regulatory body’s rule.

The development comes after a federal high court in Abuja nullified the suspension of the licence of DAAR Communications, owners of AIT and Raypowerf FM.

https://www.thecable.ng/breaking-ait-back-on-air-24-hours-after-nbc-sanction/amp

sarrki:
It’s fake news

No be only fake news,

Na fake Sarrki join.

Koju siwaju ogbeni

This was an update to yesterday issue about this case.

And here we are today real


https://www.nairaland.com/5230433/exclusive-senate-presidency-how-president

EXCLUSIVE: Senate Presidency: How President Buhari Plans To Drop EFCC Case Against Danjuma Goje
-Attorney-general’s office on standby to hatch plots

The battle for the soul of the Nigerian Senate has taken another twist and turn as President Muhammadu Buhari is concluding plans to drop charges preferred against Senator Danjuma Goje by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), SaharaReporters can confirm.

Goje who had indicated interest to run for the senate presidency in the 9th Assembly on Thursday abruptly stepped down for Senator Ahmed Lawan, President Buhari's anointed candidate for the seat.

The move came days after the president vowed not to interfere with the leadership selection of the 9th Assembly.

The Plan

In the frenzy of last-minute efforts for the president and his allies to have their way and say in what happens in the senate, Presidency sources who spoke to SaharaReporters revealed that the major bargaining chip for Goje was to get the president who is championing a so-called anti-corruption fight to exonerate him from financial impropriety in a two-fold manner which is to quash the case outright for lack of merit or to reassign the case to a new trial judge in other to prolong and weaken the case.

The Federal High Court which will sit in Jos on Friday will be presided over by Justice Babatunde Quadri.

A source within the EFCC confirmed to SaharaReporters that the lawyers for the EFCC in the matter are currently in Jos and have been put on standby for a directive from the presidency on Friday morning.

The office of the attorney-general had also been notified by Buhari to await a directive on whether to withdraw (nolle prosequi) or completely reassign the case.

Last April, the EFCC had filed a cross-appeal at the court of appeal sitting in Jos, against the judgment of a federal high court in Gombe State that partially upheld a no-case submission by the former governor-turned senator.

The anti-corruption agency is trying Goje and two others — Alhaji Aliyu El-Nafaty and Dokoro Gombe (alias S.M Dokoro) — on an amended N5 billion fraud charge.

The EFCC believed Goje, between September and November 2010, forged a document titled, 'Resolution authorizing His Excellency the Executive Governor of Gombe State to acquire a loan of N5,000,000,000.00 only', with Ref. No: GM/HA/RES/VOL. 1/17.

That resolution was alleged to have been signed by Shehu Atiku, Clerk of the Gombe State House of Assembly, with the intent that it be acted on as a genuine document by Access Bank Plc leading to a N5 billion-facility being obtained from the bank by the Goje administration “for infrastructural projects”.

EFCC said its investigations on the loan revealed that the purported resolution authorizing the loan was forged, pointing out that the approval did not pass through the right processes.


http://saharareporters.com/2019/06/06/exclusive-senate-presidency-how-president-buhari-plans-drop-efcc-case-against-danjuma

Cc.
Lalsticlala


Tuniski
ChristianNorth

Alleged N25bn fraud: EFCC withdraws from Goje’s case
Published

…Hands over to Attorney General

The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation on Friday took over the case of alleged N25 billion fraud filed against Former Gombe State Governor, Senator Danjuma Goje from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports in Jos that for almost eight years, the EFCC had been prosecuting the former governor until Friday.

The case, which is before Justice Babatunde Quadiri of Jos Federal High Court II, has even gone to the Jos Court of Appeal over the remaining two counts out of the 21 charges filed against him by EFCC.


READ ALSO: Goje withdraws, endorses Lawan as next Senate President

The Appellate Court is yet to fix a date for the hearing of the appeal.

When the case came up for an emergency hearing before Justice Quadiri, the EFCC Counsel, Mr. Wahab Shittu, told Court that the agency was withdrawing from the case and handing it over the office of the Attorney-General for continuation.

“My Lord, this case was earlier adjourned for June 20 for the continuation of hearing, but then we are here today on the latest development on the matter.

“We as EFCC counsels are withdrawing from the matter and handing it over to the office of the Attorney-General for continuation with the prosecution.

“As you can see in court today is a State Counsel from the AGF’s office to formally take over this case from us,” Shittu declared.

Responding, Mr Paul Erokoro (SAN), did not object to the EFCC withdrawal and handing over of the case to the Attorney-General.

“My Lord, we do not object to the anti-graft agency’s withdrawal and handing over the prosecution to the AG’s office,” Erokoro said.

Mr Pius Asika, Counsel from the office of the Attorney General announced his appearance for the case.

Asika then applied for an adjournment to enable him to prepare for the case proper “having come into the matter today (Friday)”.

Justice Quadiri then adjourned to the case to June 21, 2019 for continuation of hearing.

https://www.punchng.com/alleged-n25bn-fraud-efcc-withdraws-from-gojes-case/amp/

Myd44

Do you read the two thread at all

Here I opened this yesterday, you kept quiet

https://www.nairaland.com/5230433/exclusive-senate-presidency-how-president


Opened an update to the the thread today here tou are closing it.

https://www.nairaland.com/5231779/alleged-n25bn-fraud-efcc-withdraws


So closing yesterday issue with today's update.


Cc.
Lalsticlala


Tuniski
ChristianNorth

Hahahahahahhahaha



EFCC handing over to AGF lawyers.


Fighting kuoroption


Tuniski
Johnnyessense
ChristianNorth

See me see something

Alleged N25bn fraud: EFCC withdraws from Goje’s case
Published

…Hands over to Attorney General

The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation on Friday took over the case of alleged N25 billion fraud filed against Former Gombe State Governor, Senator Danjuma Goje from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports in Jos that for almost eight years, the EFCC had been prosecuting the former governor until Friday.

The case, which is before Justice Babatunde Quadiri of Jos Federal High Court II, has even gone to the Jos Court of Appeal over the remaining two counts out of the 21 charges filed against him by EFCC.


READ ALSO: Goje withdraws, endorses Lawan as next Senate President

The Appellate Court is yet to fix a date for the hearing of the appeal.

When the case came up for an emergency hearing before Justice Quadiri, the EFCC Counsel, Mr. Wahab Shittu, told Court that the agency was withdrawing from the case and handing it over the office of the Attorney-General for continuation.

“My Lord, this case was earlier adjourned for June 20 for the continuation of hearing, but then we are here today on the latest development on the matter.

“We as EFCC counsels are withdrawing from the matter and handing it over to the office of the Attorney-General for continuation with the prosecution.

“As you can see in court today is a State Counsel from the AGF’s office to formally take over this case from us,” Shittu declared.

Responding, Mr Paul Erokoro (SAN), did not object to the EFCC withdrawal and handing over of the case to the Attorney-General.

“My Lord, we do not object to the anti-graft agency’s withdrawal and handing over the prosecution to the AG’s office,” Erokoro said.

Mr Pius Asika, Counsel from the office of the Attorney General announced his appearance for the case.

Asika then applied for an adjournment to enable him to prepare for the case proper “having come into the matter today (Friday)”.

Justice Quadiri then adjourned to the case to June 21, 2019 for continuation of hearing.

https://www.punchng.com/alleged-n25bn-fraud-efcc-withdraws-from-gojes-case/amp/

EXCLUSIVE: Senate Presidency: How President Buhari Plans To Drop EFCC Case Against Danjuma Goje
-Attorney-general’s office on standby to hatch plots

The battle for the soul of the Nigerian Senate has taken another twist and turn as President Muhammadu Buhari is concluding plans to drop charges preferred against Senator Danjuma Goje by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), SaharaReporters can confirm.

Goje who had indicated interest to run for the senate presidency in the 9th Assembly on Thursday abruptly stepped down for Senator Ahmed Lawan, President Buhari's anointed candidate for the seat.

The move came days after the president vowed not to interfere with the leadership selection of the 9th Assembly.

The Plan

In the frenzy of last-minute efforts for the president and his allies to have their way and say in what happens in the senate, Presidency sources who spoke to SaharaReporters revealed that the major bargaining chip for Goje was to get the president who is championing a so-called anti-corruption fight to exonerate him from financial impropriety in a two-fold manner which is to quash the case outright for lack of merit or to reassign the case to a new trial judge in other to prolong and weaken the case.

The Federal High Court which will sit in Jos on Friday will be presided over by Justice Babatunde Quadri.

A source within the EFCC confirmed to SaharaReporters that the lawyers for the EFCC in the matter are currently in Jos and have been put on standby for a directive from the presidency on Friday morning.

The office of the attorney-general had also been notified by Buhari to await a directive on whether to withdraw (nolle prosequi) or completely reassign the case.

Last April, the EFCC had filed a cross-appeal at the court of appeal sitting in Jos, against the judgment of a federal high court in Gombe State that partially upheld a no-case submission by the former governor-turned senator.

The anti-corruption agency is trying Goje and two others — Alhaji Aliyu El-Nafaty and Dokoro Gombe (alias S.M Dokoro) — on an amended N5 billion fraud charge.

The EFCC believed Goje, between September and November 2010, forged a document titled, 'Resolution authorizing His Excellency the Executive Governor of Gombe State to acquire a loan of N5,000,000,000.00 only', with Ref. No: GM/HA/RES/VOL. 1/17.

That resolution was alleged to have been signed by Shehu Atiku, Clerk of the Gombe State House of Assembly, with the intent that it be acted on as a genuine document by Access Bank Plc leading to a N5 billion-facility being obtained from the bank by the Goje administration “for infrastructural projects”.

EFCC said its investigations on the loan revealed that the purported resolution authorizing the loan was forged, pointing out that the approval did not pass through the right processes.


http://saharareporters.com/2019/06/06/exclusive-senate-presidency-how-president-buhari-plans-drop-efcc-case-against-danjuma

Danwakae:
Lawan and Gbaja are most experience and better choice but some cabals in the APC see them as Baba Tinubu's choice and it's really counting against them, that's the main problem because the APC has the
Numbers to floor the election but presently their house is divided against itself more than in 2015, the only person that can make Lawan Gbaja come to reality is Baba PMB, but has not really throw his weight behind them and that's where Gbaja and Lawan fears lies...there are underground plot by some big cabals within the APC against Lawan nd Gbaja choice in the name of 2023...it's only Baba Buhari that can stop them

Also almost all the lawymakerfs from the SOUTHEAST on the platform of the APC are not heartily with Lawan and Gbaja, because, Gbaja has already picked Wase from Northcentrer, while for Lawan a southsoutherner is favoured to deputise him, leaving the southeast APC memebers in the dark.
Some of the southeast APC lawymakers, argue that when the PDP was the ruling party that the south west was never a base for them even while having OBJ as president, but yet , SPEAKERSHIP was zone to the region without considering the contributions of the zone to the PDP then, but now the APC is playing otherwise on a selfish role, hold to the fact that the Southwest already has the Vice president and wants to collect the Speaker, and that's the reason y Senator Gaya from Kano northwest refuse to step down for the post of DSP...all these and some many anger within the APC can only be treated if Baba Buhari call a meeting to put an end to it , else it would be a shocker on that Dday as most APC members would vent their angers, as such, as it is now, the PDP would be the decider. And nobody knows the plan of the PDP even tho some of their memebers are seen campaigning for Gbaja and Lawan. And the the policking is more than just campaigning mostly as it may likely be a closed balloting...which will favours the opposition of Lawan and Gbaja....this NAS election is more tensed than 2015 in the APC because of the politics of 2023.

Allah ya ba mu rai mai tsawo...Amin

The fact remains that, 2015 will still repeat itself.

Just like you have posited.

South-west infighting will be Femi undoing.

The North as well are playing a dangerous card.

Media campaign is different The d-day is the koko.

Everybody knows how APC dss operates.

The best to do now is to be like gentle guys.

Atiku’s Petition: Buhari, APC’s response has no supporting documents – Investigation

.. IT’S A BIG ERROR, ACCORDING TO GUIDING RULES – LAWYERS



.. I’M NOW FORMER MINISTER, CAN’T COMMENT – LAI MOHAMMED



.. ATIKU’S CAMP UPBEAT





All respondents to the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate in the February 2019 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, challenging the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari as winner, failed to file supporting documents in their defence, The Point’s investigations have revealed.

Sources close to the tribunal disclosed to our correspondent, at the weekend, that the respondents – the Independent National Electoral Commission, the All Progressives Congress and President Buhari – should have, at the point of submitting a response to the allegations, filed supporting documents, in accordance with the guiding rules of the tribunal.

“It will be interesting to see how they will defend the weighty allegations before them, when they’ve not provided documents. They may be playing into the hands of the opposition, unless they have other surprises wrapped up,” one of the sources, who asked not to be named, owing to the sensitivity of the issue, said.

The mood is currently upbeat in the camp of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ahead of the sitting of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal.

Both Atiku and President Buhari, the declared winner of the election and candidate of the APC, have already filed their petition and defence, respectively.

Lawyers have identified a big gap in the response of the ruling APC, following the discovery that Buhari’s APC, in filing its defence to the 139-page petition filed by Atiku and his running mate, Mr. Peter Obi, did not include any supporting document.

This development was further confirmed to The Point at the weekend by a leading counsel in the PDP legal team that is set to defend Atiku and the party.

The lawyer, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, who would want his identity kept under wraps, said, “Buhari and the APC merely filed their defence to our petition without supporting documents, which is contrary to the electoral law, because we already have heaps of documents, which they have no counter-documents to challenge.

“But it is still left for the tribunal to determine if it would admit their defence without supporting documents or get it thrown out. But above all, we envisage enjoyable sessions for us, but we leave the tribunal to decide, relying on relevant laws.”

Corroborating Atiku’s lawyer, however, another legal practitioner, Barrister Kehinde Olaitan, simply shook his head in pity of what he considered a great omission by the APC legal team.

Olaitan, a Lagos lawyer, said, “If you are filing anything, you have to bring every available document. That has for long been introduced into the electoral law and it is no longer peculiar to the regular courts.

“That is how to avoid any surprise package from the plaintiff, and I am eagerly awaiting how a defendant in an election petition tribunal is going to succeed in his defence without supporting documents.”


Lai Mohammed: Ex-Information minister
Olaitan, in referring to the electoral laws, may have in mind Section 145 of the Electoral Act 2010, which dwells on the rules of procedure in an election petition.

Under it, the law requires an election petition to be accompanied by: (a) A list of the witnesses that the petitioner intends to call in proof of the petition; (b) Written statements on oath of the witnesses; and (c) Copies or list of every document to be relied on at the hearing of the petition.



Under the rules, too, “a respondent’s reply or defence to a petition is to be accompanied by the documents listed above.”

But it notes, “Nonetheless, failure to file the petition with a list of witnesses would not be a ground for declaring the petition incompetent.”

The Assistant Secretary of the Epe, Lagos branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dotun Hassan, told our correspondent that the action of Buhari and the APC, regarding the petition, might be deliberate and could be the joker the respondents might want to use to pull the rug off the feet of the petitioners before the tribunal.

Hassan said, “The liberty of the respondent is to leverage on the matter laid before the court or Tribunal. So, the respondents are expected to make their submission with supporting evidence that will help their cases. We, however, have to be aware of the current situation that guides the Presidential Elections Tribunal. Ab initio, documents that are meant to be abused are delayed.

“We should not prejudice or try to predict the outcome of the court. Whatever we are trying to say is to clarify that each party is at liberty to position their interest before the court and that is what is going on. As I said, I don’t want to specifically speak on the Atiku and the APC case before the Tribunal, to avoid being prejudicial. The matter is already in the purview of the court; we cannot pre- empt the outcome, neither can we prejudice the position of the court.

“But there is a timeframe for replying the application before the court or Tribunal. At times, it is within 7 days, 14 days or even 21 days. That is in line with legal procedures. If the documents that are being relied upon by the petitioner is also what the respondents are going to use in backing their case up, maybe it is premeditated for them to hold on to their own proof of evidence, because letting out the cat from the bag may be injurious to their case.”

The NBA assistant secretary further noted, “The court will rely on the balance of probability and if the respondents fail to prove their case beyond reasonable doubt on the balance of probability, they will lose the case. In most cases, the same documents that the petitioners are supposed to rely on are the same the respondents are relying on. It is just a matter of compare and contrast. Forensic experts may be called to investigate and that may lead to a trial within trial.”

Speaking in the same vein, a prominent Abuja-based lawyer, who pleaded anonymity, said, “They have filed their defence; it is within the purview of their lawyers to know why they did that. But for me and some right thinking members of the society, or even in the legal parlance, there are some critical positions, which the petitioners have filed, which require supporting evidence.

“If the petitioners now respond to the respondents’ failure to back their submission with supporting documents, it may lead to delay and the case has a time limit. The petition, if delayed than necessary, may be struck out for being out of time.”


INEC Chairman: Professor Mahmood Yakubu
Efforts by our correspondent to get the reaction of the ruling APC to the development proved abortive as calls put to the phones of the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, did not go through. Also text messages sent to him were not replied.

Also, when contacted, the immediate past minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, declined to comment, maintaining that he was no longer competent to speak for the party and the government.

Mohammed added that the party and its lawyers were in a better position to comment on the matter.

“As you know that I am now a former minister; I don’t have the capacity to comment on this matter. I will implore you to direct it to the party and its lawyers. They are in a better position to give a comment that you need. Please, bear with me,” he said.

The PDP and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, had on Monday, March 18, 2019, filed an election petition at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, praying it to declare Atiku as the winner of the February 23, 2019 presidential election.

The petitioners also prayed the tribunal to disqualify the APC presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, the declared winner of the election, as unqualified.

Joined as respondents to the petition are the APC, President Muhammadu Buhari and INEC, listed as the 1st, 2nd and 3rd respondents, respectively.

The petitioners have asked the Tribunal for two major reliefs. One, a declaration that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of the PDP for the February 23, 2019 presidential election, was the winner of that poll. Second, and alternatively, a declaratory relief that the February 23, 2019 presidential election was marred by widespread irregularities and should, therefore, be cancelled.

The party also prayed the tribunal for a declaration that President Buhari, who INEC declared the winner of the said election, was not qualified.

The petitioners have assembled over 400 witnesses to testify in favour of their petition during the trial.

https://www.thepointng.com/atikus-petition-buhari-apcs-response-has-no-supporting-documents-investigation/

sarrki:
Pdp man

This is 2019 not 2015

You be beating at your game

Time will tell.

11 June is by the corner

simonlee:
Winter is coming!

Forgive am abeg

Next week is by the corner

Supreme Court declares Hamisu PDP candidate for Wase federal constituency

The Supreme Court has declared Hamisu Mohammed Anani as the authentic House of Representatives Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Wase Federal Constituency of Plateau state.

The court, in unanimous a judgement, held Hamisu’s name ought to have been sent to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the House of Representatives candidate of the PDP for the Wase Federal Constituency in Plateau State, having scored the highest votes cast in the party’s primary election held on 3rd October, last year.

Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour, in the lead judgment, upheld the concurrent judgments of the Federal High Court, Jos and the Court of Appeal, Jos, in which Hamisu was declared the PDP candidate, having won the majority votes in the primary election.

The Federal High Court had, in its judgment, ordered the PDP to submit Anani’s name as its House of Representative Candidate for Wase Federal Constituency, to INEC.

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In his judgement, Justice Musa Kurya of the Federal High Court 2, Jos division, said the plaintiff (Hamisu) satisfied all conditions having scored the highest number of votes during the party’s primary election.

Justice Kurya held that the 1st defendant, Umar Suleiman Rabo’s nomination by the PDP as is candidate did not follow the statutory procedure as he (Rabo) did not score the highest vote cast at the primary election for Wase Federal Constituency.

“The party laws provide that a candidate with the highest votes cast at a primary election organised by NEC of a political party to the knowledge of INEC can approach the court for redress if he is excluded by the party.”

Justice Kurya said, from available records before him, the plaintiff (Hamisu) satisfied all conditions, having scored the highest votes and was issued with the requisite form CFOO1 and form EC4B, dated 17th October, 2018.

Justices Tani Y. Hassan, Habib Abiru and Muhammad Oniyangi of the Court of Appeal, Jos division, upheld Justice Kurya’s decision in their unanimous judgment given on March 28, 2019.


https://thenationonlineng.net/supreme-court-declares-hamisu-pdp-candidate-for-wase-federal-constituency/

ZombieTERROR:
The sermon was wrong
Kumuyi is not God... He's not above mistake
I can remember when this man was against TV.. That's the devil's box they said.. Today same TV is right inside his church..

Tell me how John the Baptist died again...

Abeg leave History for the Historians, (CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE ME A QUOTE FROM PST KUMUYI WHERE HE SAID DON'T BUY OR WATCH TV)

By the way let us not allow BMC/APC distractions divide us,


Please i'm on my knee don't allow APC/BMC distraction affect us,


I refused to be distracted.


Now Agabusta is watching

ZombieTERROR:
Maybe someone stole his handle

I suspect that guy

Haaaaaaahahahahahahahah That Rotten Meat Seller You mean.

That's one of Buhari Clueless

Let me tell you something.

The said Pastor Kumuyi Says don't attack Buhari was a coined narration by BMC and Aso Media, If you dont know, now you know, its just a distraction.

Why can't move away from this distractions.

Is Pastor Kumuyi just advising his church members to honour those in Authority, then why are BMC singling this one out where he did not even mention Buharis name.

Let us not fall for BMC/APC Prey, its a distraction..

Please let us move away from their distraction abeg.

Once again Pastor Kumuyi was not addressing protesters, politicians, But His church members.

ZombieTERROR:
You fall hand bro...
Its quite a pity

I'm repeating again,

Lift up your falling hand, we will not always be on the same page.

Doesn't stop the fact that Buhari is as clueless as His followers.

It also doesnt stop the fact that Buhari is seating on a stolen Mandate

My Point is Pastor W. F. Kumuyi is addressing his church members.

Pastor Kumuyi was not addressing Politicians or Political Gathering, HE WAS ADDRESSING HIS CHURCH MEMBERS ALL OVER THE WORLD, Not Nigeria Alone