₦airaland Forum

Moventist:
Supreme Court can't go back to it vomit. This is a pre election matter which supreme Court had layed to rest. The court can't entertain issues of pre election matters in post election matters

Listen to the justices questioning APC counsel

In the ensuing exchanges between the court’s panel and Mr Olatoke, Mr Agim said, “There is heavy reliance on the judgement of the High Court. We have held in several decisions that the court has no jurisdiction to look into the election of party executives but only on primary election of candidates for elective offices.”

But Mr Olatoke would not budge, prompting another member of the panel, Helen Ogunwumiju to ask, “but do we continue to perpetuate the illegality of the High Court by assuming jurisdiction over a case it does not have the right to hear?”

In addition, Mr Agim asked if Mr Olatoke was aware of PDP’s Constitution that empowers its national executives to organise primary elections.

Jlow2:
how come with power of incumbency , sitting govt and sitting president Caleb mutfwang defeated them hands down, plateau people re just waiting for judgement day.

bigpicture001:
Obi won plateau state in the presidential election..nd PDP won in thr guber...apc has no hold there, but the strong man of naija politics is bending their hand to steal the state fromopposition
..the state hates APC cuz of killings

spencekat:
Don't be too sure,bro.

bigpicture001:
tinubu is targeting state won by opposition with high numbers in d real results of the general election, sh he can replace dem with APC nd win in 2027...

Hotacetone:
Yes, based on the supreme Court assessment, that's exactly what you should post.

Bobloco:
Where's the link to it

LeeSmart:
Nasarawa state will be used to compensate the opposition while kano, plateau nd taraba will go to apc.

Jlow2:
Plateau will never remain the same of mutfwang is removed, this man is loved and was voted by the people , man won elections , immediately after his assumption into office Fulani terrorists agent to his village and slaughtered over 150ppl and displaced more than 500, ever since he defeated the incumbent apc ,we have not known peace in plateau because he swore that plateau indigenes will never be refugees in there fathers land , all displaced people must be resettled to their ancestral lands, and now apc Supreme Court wants to remove him, what does the electoral law say about internal party affairs , you cannot take another party to court because of their internal affairs, what business does apc have with pdp structure in the first place, states they can’t win they use judiciary to finish the job, owambe and pallatives Amala politics

Ibadanpikin:
PDP obeyed the court order and conducted congress withing the LGAs of the state,some of the LGAs due to internal strife refuse to conduct the congress,does it mean PDP disobeyed court order.This case is a pure pre election matter.

Hotacetone:
That
APC has zero chance of winning

Moventist:
In your dream! APC might retain nasarawa but plateau is taken by PDP while Kano is still NNPP

Moventist:
APC has lost this one

In the ensuing exchanges between the court’s panel and Mr Olatoke, Mr Agim said, “There is heavy reliance on the judgement of the High Court. We have held in several decisions that the court has no jurisdiction to look into the election of party executives but only on primary election of candidates for elective offices.”

But Mr Olatoke would not budge, prompting another member of the panel, Helen Ogunwumiju to ask, “but do we continue to perpetuate the illegality of the High Court by assuming jurisdiction over a case it does not have the right to hear?”

In addition, Mr Agim asked if Mr Olatoke was aware of PDP’s Constitution that empowers its national executives to organise primary elections.

Hotacetone:
The headline is highly misleading.
The op is just trying to steer propaganda

spencekat:
It is only a miracle that will save this governor on the day of judgement.

Blackfire:
Nigeria Court judgment looks like a joke

Ibadanpikin:
Congress is a party affair,controlable by the party the must not conduct it in the whole local governments.

Bobloco:
Where's the court order that barred PDP from sponsoring candidates

And how is a pre election internal matter of the PDP the concern of APC

emkz:
Philip, while it is your legitimate right to contest, I think you should let the Esans have it.

Asue Ighodalo is competent, experienced and ready. He has a track record of company board memberships and built a successful law firm that mentored and continues to mentor successful lawyers. He headed the boards of Sterling Bank and Nigerian Breweries, and we can attest to his competence as board member of Okomu Oil.

You, on the other hand, have experience as a NANS President and prison official before you became a full-time politician. Your experiences have not brought a good deal for Edo State.

The first time I knew you was when you were a member of the Edo State House of Assembly and your greatest contribution was supervising thugs coming to invade the State House of Assembly. You are also accused to have boys who collect illegal taxes from Edo citizens without remitting same to the government coffers. Is this true?

You may think you have good intentions, but your controversies are one too many. In your interview with TVC, you claimed to know all the cult leaders in Edo State and could talk to them to stop killings. Did you have to say that. You also said you felt betrayed by Governor Obaseki. That was not a sensible thing to say.

Dear Philip, Edo State needs someone who is level-headed, temperate, who has built people, businesses and community. Your head is too hot.

Asue Ighodalo is the man for Edo State. You have to become a statesman.

Ibadanpikin:
Apc will loose,the case is pre election matters and again congress was held.

wegevv:
Lol no yawa

Any thoughts on the Betta Edu situation? Know you were rooting for her before all this

wegevv:
Why do you feel this way?

Genuine question since you insist you’re not northerner lol

Chicagograduate:
He is appointed as a senate President by Tinubu.

okosodo:
APC supreme court

Chicagograduate:
It is not a coincidence.Tinubu knew that 90% of his appointees are corrupt and under EFCC investigation or questionable before he appointed them as ministers or selected them as senate President.
Is it his chief of staff,gbajabiamila,senate President,Akpabio,APC chairman,Ganduje,Minister,Matawale,and their likes?It is not a coincidence at all.
Some of us rised an alarm that his appointees have corruption cases but he ignored our cry.Just few months to their appointment,our allegations are manifesting.

Firstly,with Apkabio sending (bribes to lawmakers bank accounts to screened ministers nominated by Tinubu) prayers to lawmakers mailboxes.
The ministers are recouping back their bribes from public funds.

Enemiesmasquera:
I have no business with pdp but know it that in future you all that support this regime will reap what you sow

Enemiesmasquera:
Apc is threat to our democracy

The supreme court has reserved judgment in the appeal seeking to void the sack of Caleb Mutfwang as governor of Plateau state.

On November 19, the court of appeal in Abuja sacked Mutfwang as governor of the state.

After parties adopted their respective briefs on Tuesday, a five-member panel of the supreme court led by John Okoro, said the date for judgment will be communicated to parties.

On March 20, Idris Amali, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) returning officer in Plateau, announced Mutfwang as the winner of the election having scored 525,299 votes, while Nentawe Yilwatda, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) got 481,370 votes.

According to the results, the PDP won in 10 LGAs, including Barkin Ladi, Bassa, Langtang north, Langtang south, Riyom, Mikang, Mangu, Jos East, Qua’an Pan and Pokkos.

Not satisfied with the results, Yilwatda and his party filed a petition challenging the outcome of the election.

Delivering judgment, the tribunal led by Rita Irele-Ifijeh, held that the issues raised by the petitioners on party structure were pre-election matters, noting that Yilwatda and APC lacked the locus standi to challenge it.

The tribunal also held that PDP held a repeat congress on September 25, 2021, in compliance with the order of a Jos high court delivered by S.P. Gang, the judge.

Aggrieved by the tribunal’s judgment, the APC and its candidate filed an appeal.

The appellate court’s panel held that the PDP violated the court order that a valid congress be conducted in the 17 LGAs of Plateau.

The court said the party conducted congress in only five LGAs of the state “which amounted to a nullity”.

The court of appeal, while dismissing the decision of the tribunal, held that the issue of qualification is both a pre-election and a post-election matter, contrary to the panel’s conclusion that the appellant lacked the locus standi to contest the validity of the respondent.

The court also agreed that Mutfwang was not properly sponsored by the PDP.

At the supreme court hearing on Tuesday, Kanu Agabi, counsel to Mutfwang, prayed the court to invalidate the judgment of the appellate court on the grounds that the issues canvassed in the petition were pre-election matters.

The apex court is expected to deliver its judgment before January 16.

Angelfrost:
Are we back to obscure associations issuing lame ultimatums just for clout online?!

As for the issue on ground... Corruption will be worse under Tinubu.

You don't need to be a prophet to clearly see this.