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What happened to being a Busy Body on an internal matter of the PDP

Why is the APC allowed to bring pre election internal issues of the PDP to the election tribunal specifically created for that purpose

This is not a pre election matter.did you even read the analysis

BY HENRY KELECHUKWU ENI-OTU

Against the backdrop of the recent judgments of the election petition tribunal sitting in Plateau and the subsequent judgments of the court of appeal which affirmed the decision of a particular panel amongst the three panels constituted for the state election petitions with regards to the various houses of assembly seats, house of representatives seats, senatorial seats and governorship seat. Ever since the decisions of the Court of Appeal sacking the house of assembly members, house of representatives members and senators, and now the governor, all elected on the platform of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), there have been a series of street, media and legal opinion in respect of the said judgment.

While many commended the decision as being the true reflection of the law, others have criticized and consequently pointed a faulty finger at the appellate court on grounds of inconsistency in terms of delivery of judgment in what they considered as double standard and political favouritism. It is, therefore, imperative to critically appraise the fact of the matter vis-à-vis the extant laws to air legal opinion to salvage the confusing state of affairs arising from the misconceptions and misinterpretations of facts and laws.

Let’s take a careful review of the historical background to the crisis which seems to be occasioning technical and catastrophic damage to the status of PDP in Plateau state. Sometime in 2020, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau state were enmeshed in a leadership crisis which crystalised into a legal suit before the Plateau State High Court in Suit No: PLD/J/304/2020 wherein the high court sitting in Plateau state ordered the PDP to conduct fresh congress in all local governments in the state as the earlier one conducted was in contravention of extant laws and consequently nullified. The same remained the case as of October 2022, when the PDP conducted her primaries for the various elective positions in Plateau state.

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The said judgment of the Plateau state high court went to the root of the capacity of the PDP to validly nominate and sponsor candidates in the state until the said judgment cum order was given effect completely. This judgment was upheld by the court of appeal in two separate appeals with the supreme court in SC/CV/1341/2022 equally dismissing a further appeal and upholding the decision of the Plateau state high court. From information obtained from different sources, the PDP proceeded to comply in part with the order by conducting congresses in some local governments as opposed to the entire local government areas in Plateau state. Instructively, the judgment had earlier prevented the PDP from sponsoring candidates for the local government elections in the state.

The PDP proceeded to nominate and sponsor candidates from the hitherto nullified congresses, to participate and contest in the 2023 general election. Indeed, the candidates sponsored by PDP in all elections in Plateau state have now, because of Court of Appeal decisions, lost their hitherto mandates based on the subsisting and yet-to-be-complied judgment of the Plateau state high court, nullified the elections of members elected on the platform of the PDP, on the ground that PDP could not have validly nominated nor sponsored any candidate in Plateau state, having not complied with the said judgment.

Upholding the decision of the tribunal and dismissing the appeal, the courts of appeal in one of the cases cum appeal held that the evidence adduced by PDP showed clearly that 12 local governments were excluded from the alleged fresh congress against the order of court which directed that fresh congress be conducted in all 17 local governments and this is fatal as partial compliance is deemed to be non-compliance in law. Thus, the panel of the court of appeal, led by Honourable Justice El-Frieda Williams-Dawodu, affirmed the decision of the tribunal wherein Hon. Justice Mohammad Tukur-led panel had declared that all votes in favour of the PDP were wasted votes and consequently declared the candidate that came second in the general election as the winner of the election.

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In analysing the instant situation, the questions that call for legal appraisal are;

Whether the issue of qualification/nomination of a candidate in an election is both pre and post-election matter?
Whether PDP indeed had validly nominated and legally sponsored candidates in the general election where a Court of competent jurisdiction has determined its status?
On the first issue, it is not in doubt that before now, the issue of qualification and nomination of a candidate in an election is considered a pre-election matter which can only be determined by a federal high court. However, it must be reckoned as an exception that where there is a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction which has determined an issue affecting the status of a candidate or a party in an election, then such issue qualifies as both pre-election and post-election matter without more. Hence the issue of qualification simpliciter is pre-election, while qualification could equally fall within the scope of a valid sponsorship, particularly in the event there exists a ruling, which still subsists from an earlier judgment on the qualification or otherwise of a political party or candidate, in which case, same may qualify as pre and post-election matter.

On the second issue, I adopt the submission on the first issue above to posit that the status of PDP in nominating candidates to contest in the said election has been determined by the court in its finality and as such constitutes estoppel by judgment.

In the recent presidential election petition in the case of MR PETER GREGORY OBI AND ANOR V. INEC & 3 ORS PET NO: CA/PEPC/03/2023 PG 174 Para 2, Per Hon. Justice Haruna Tsammani JCA on the issue of the finality of a court’s judgment on an issue, the court posited thus: “The law is well settled that where an issue of fact affecting the status of a person or thing has been determined in a final manner as a substantive part of a judgment of a court having jurisdiction to determine that status, such determination will constitute estoppel by judgment to any subsequent proceedings between any parties whatsoever. See MADAM ABUSATU AGBOGUNLERI V. JOHN DEPO & ORS (2008) LPELR-243 (SC) on Page 20, Paras, D-G, Per Muhammed JSC…”

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There is no dispute as to the fact that there was a valid judgment of the high court that nullified the congress held by PDP and consequently ordered fresh congress in all the local governments across the state. Also, it is evident even from the documents tendered by PDP that the party, rather than conducting a fresh congress in all the 17 local governments as ordered by the court, proceeded to conduct a congress that outrightly excluded 12 local governments. Such action by the PDP is indeed non-compliance with the order of the court which invariably means that the PDP did not conduct any congress in line with a subsisting and binding court order. It is on this premise that the PDP cannot be heard to complain on the said recent judgment of the court of appeal upholding the judgment which had earlier determined the status of the PDP.

Flowing from the above, it thus means the PDP did not hold a valid congress flowing from which a valid primary election could have been held to elect and sponsor candidates that eventually bore the flag of the party in the 2023 general election.

Accordingly, the party and their candidates could not have validly garnered votes during the election as all votes in favour of a party that did not have a legally and validly sponsored candidate are deemed to be wasted votes.

Where this is the case, the law is crystal clear as to what the tribunal is empowered to do under the law. Sections 136 (2) of the Electoral Act provides as follows: “Where an election tribunal or court nullifies an election on the ground that the person who obtained the highest votes at the election was not qualified to contest the election, the election tribunal or court shall declare the person with the second highest number of valid votes cast at the election who satisfies the requirements of the constitution and this act as duly elected”.

Consequent on the above, it is crystal clear and beyond peradventure that the tribunal and the appellate courts were right in declaring that the PDP by not conducting fresh congresses to elect its candidates for the general election, did not have validly nominated and lawfully sponsored candidates for the said election and could not have legally earned the votes cast in their favour.

I have read and listened to arguments on whether it is the PDP in Plateau that sponsors candidates or it is the national party. Firstly, I wish to state beyond any debate that PDP is recognized as one political party registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). We do not have more than one constitution for the PDP. Hence, the judgment given by the Plateau state high court was one against the PDP for the party to give effect in Plateau. More so, in the judgment of the high court that gave rise to the conundrum, the party before the Court was the ‘Peoples’ Democratic Party’, not the ‘Peoples’ Democratic Party, Plateau state’.

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It is instructive to highlight the implication of the judgment in Suit No: PLD/J/304/2020 in the conduct of primaries if the ward, local government and state congresses have been nullified and a fresh congress ordered, how then did the delegates who nominated the various candidates emerge? When the PDP had not obeyed the order of the courts?

The resolution to the foregoing is simple as it is settled that you cannot place something on nothing and expect it to stand as encapsulated in the maxim “Ex nihilo nihil fit”. No valid delegates would have emerged from a congress declared null and neither can a state executive body of a party superintend, supervise or conduct any valid primary election when the origin of the authority or its legitimacy is faulty. See the case of JEGEDE & ANOR V. INEC & ORS (2021) LPELR 55481 (SC) (PP. 28-29 PARAS. A-A) where the court held that:

“Let me clarify here that exhibit 21, the letter from the 2nd respondent and Form EC9B submitting the names of its candidate for the election is a notice or communication to the 1st respondent of its decision to sponsor those candidates for the election. It is wrong to describe or regard such a letter as the act of sponsorship or the decision to sponsor. The decision to sponsor a person as the candidate of a political party for a general election is taken by the relevant congress or convention of the political party at a primary election of the political party held to nominate or select its candidate for the election. In the case of sponsorship of a person as a candidate of a political party for the election of the governor of a state, the decision is taken by the members of the political party in that state at a state congress held in that state to nominate or select the party’s governorship candidate for the election. This is expressly stated in S.87(4)(b) of the Electoral Act already reproduced here. The decision is not taken by the national officers of the political party” (emphasis mine) Per AGIM, JSC (Pp. 28-29, para. A-A).

The governorship case is now proceeding to the apex court for its final gauge of the law in this respect. Without prejudice to the appeal on the decision of the court of appeal, the likelihood of a different decision looks very slim since the apex court had not so distant a time wielded the legal hammer on political parties who failed to obey the subsisting judgment of the court, ditto APC Zamfara and Rivers.

On a final note, the recently sacked senate minority leader, Simon Mwadkwon of the PDP, was recently seen on national television making a rather erroneous statement of his intention to participate in the re-run election ordered by the court of appeal. That, in my view, is a fallacious and misguided statement as the said sacked minority leader cannot contest or participate in the re-run until the 2020 defect is cured. It is even more of a sorry tale that he must wait until the next election in 2027 as it is too late for the PDP to correct their mistakes. This position is concretised by the fact that in a court-ordered election or re-run, only candidates who participated or could have validly participated in the earlier election can contest. This means that it must exclude the person whose qualification was nullified. See PPA & ANOR V. INEC & ORS (2009) LPELR-4864(CA) (PP. 55-57 PARAS. B) Where the court held that:

“It is now trite that, the Appellants having not participated in the April 21, 2007, election, they cannot legally participate in the 5th and 6th April 2008 re-run election, as it is only candidates who participated in a nullified election that are allowed to participate in the re-run election. This principle is now settled by the Supreme Court in the case of LABOUR PARTY VS INEC (2009) 6 NWLR (PT 1137) 315; See also the following cases; ODUKO VS GOVERNMENT OF EBONYI STATE (2004) 13 NWLR (PT 891) 487; OKAFOR VS A.G. ANAMBRA STATE (NO.1) (1991) 6 NWLR (PT 200) 659; and NASIRU VS BINDAWA (2006) 1 NWLR (PT 961) 355. Since the election of the 21st April 2007 was voided, it is the same candidates that participated in the annulled election that must now go back to poll in the re-run or fresh election ordered by the Tribunal and affirmed by the Court of Appeal. The re-run or fresh election does not admit new entrants to the poll… (emphasis mine) Per ABBA AJI ,JCA (Pp. 55-57, paras. B-A)

I would equally cite the authority of APC V. ISHAKU & ORS (2019) LPER-49991 (CA) (PP. 29-34 PARAS. F)

“It is the law that a candidate who was not qualified to contest an election even if he purportedly participates, in the eyes of the law is not a candidate. The appellant has not refuted the fact that the 1st Petitioner at the trial, Abubakar Sani Danladi, was disqualified from participating as a candidate in the Taraba State Governorship Election by the judgment of the Federal High Court of 6th March 2019 Exhibit RWB1 which went up to the Supreme Court where the appeal was struck out. The judgment of the Federal High Court not having been upturned took effect from 6th March 2019… A Political Party that has no competent candidate following due process of law cannot have votes ascribed to it in an election. In the recent decision of the APC &ANOR VS. SENATOR KABIRU MARAFA & ORS SC. 377/2019, the Supreme Court clearly stated the position of the law where a party has no candidate, when it held that a party that has no candidate, in an election cannot be declared a winner of the election because the votes credited to such a party are wasted votes.?… The judgment of the Federal High Court remains binding on all the parties, the appellant inclusive having not been set aside by the Apex Court. See EDILCON (NIG.) LTD VS. UBA PLC (2017) LPELR – 42342 (SC) P. 10, Paragraphs B-D, OSHIOMHOLE & ANOR VS. FGN & ANOR (2004) LPELR – 5188 (CA) P. 16, Paragraphs A-E, NOEKOER VS. EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF PLATEAU STATE & ORS (2018) LPELR – 44350 (SC) PP. 11 – 12, Paragraphs E-B, FUNMILAYO & ORS VS. FOLORUNSO & ANOR (2014) LPELR – 22541 (CA) PP. 15 – 16, Paragraphs B-D and ALADEGBEMI VS. FASANMADE (1988) 3 NWLR (PT. 81) 129… I hold that the appellant cannot be said to have participated in the governorship election of Taraba State, of 9th March 2019 since it did not sponsor a competent candidate in the said election.”
Per UWA ,JCA (Pp. 29-34, paras. F-B)

The above authority is an utmost impetus to this article in multiple ways and would be of interest to the apex court.

In all, there is no gainsaying that our democracy is developing and will only continue to develop and deepen when political parties at all times obey the judgments of the court and comply with the orders made by them, not just for the benefit of the political parties, but most importantly for the citizens and electorates who have reposed the exercise of their electoral rights on the actions of the political parties.

Eni-Otu (Esq.) is a legal practitioner and lead partner at Law Corridor, Abuja. He can be reached via henrykceniotu@gmail.com.


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Tealcrestmedia:
That question is already late, the court already recognized and upheld his position. Except you have a counter judgement, it's to follow what the law has said.

Yes that's an interim order which will expire in 2 weeks meaning that the wike camp is the legal one

Tealcrestmedia:
Stop disgracing yourself in a public forum. If you don't know Jack about rivers state politics,just keep mute.

Hon. Ehie is the substantive speaker RHOA and everything is backed by law. The 27 lawmakers that have so far defected to the APC did not even notify the chairman of Rivers state APC before doing what they did and their seats have been declared vacant based on law. So far they are sitting on thin air.

Wike should allow Sim govern and should stop distracting Rivers people with one man politics.

How is he the substantive speaker? Was he elected by majority

Alphanancy:
The recognised speak declared the seats of the defected members before going ahead to deliberate on the budget proposal. So at that moment all the valid members were present. That's full house legally speaking

The speaker is on suspension alongside the 4

israelmao:
I A quorum wasn't met but the new speaker was quick and smart to clear the seats of those estranged lawmakers vacant before the budget was presented.

Edison is on suspension

GreatOchuks:
There's difference between Godfather and Tyrant ,,in this case , it's a fight for Gubernatorial freedom and there's no going back.
Sim must be allowed to breathe

He should wait till election time

Dubetex96:
like your mandate thief usually do ode

Which mandate did he steal

gtrust:
Yes! It’s legal.
Actually 5-6 lawmakers.

It is illegal

GreatOchuks:
This moves was what we expected from Ambode during his second tenure bid after falling out with Tinubu ,,,, PDP opened the door for him , oga come on board , let's fight your battle.
So many people were already angry with Tinubu then including President Buhari whose plea to Tinubu fell on deaf ears concerning Ambode, Different Gladiators were already looking for an opportunity to confront and weaken Jagaban especially in Lagos State both in APC , PDP and elsewhere ,,,,, Ambode run come enter Umbrella, but like a typical Yoruba coward with bean seed balls , he stayed put begging until Jagaban swept the ground from under his feet and rendered him forever politically useless. Imagine a sitting Governor coming fourth in his party's primaries.

Oshiomhole tried same Godfatherism moves in Edo State with Obaseki , but I trust my South South brother, we are always ready to fight to the end and not chicken out , better to go down fighting than for it to be said that we couldn't lift a finger for what is rightfully ours ,,, immediately Obaseki switched to PDP , everybody both in PDP , APC and all Governors from all parties teamed up with him because they know that if Oshiomhole prevails , they too will be affected by Godfathers in their own state and at the end Obaseki prevailed ,,,,, he might not be good in terms of infrastructure but he was able to stamp out Godfatherism of Oshiomhole.

So in this , Wike is towing same line , SIM should keep fighting and making moves overtly and covertly, we don't care if Wike handpicked him or rigged him in ,,, as far as he's the 001 , he should exercise his powers without shackles from any FCT minister , the Supreme Court will surely give him victory and even if not ,,,, he will be remembered as a Man though quiet but brave enough to fight for his right ... Imagine a whole Governor sprayed with water and tear gas in his own state ,,,, can any one try that with Wike during his time?


In life , it's better to father a son like Obaseki and Fubara than a weakling like Ambode

Is it by force to fight a godfather? What childish reasoning is this?

Caseless:
You didn't look very well. The 5 LGs in contention are where they did their thing. Abi make I give you more data to count over voting?

Why are you happy that the petition is stolen?

You forgot they have acknowledged copies?

Why are you guys blinded by emotions? Can't you see what you are turning this country into?

It's sad. So any day you want your opponent not file within the 21 days stipulated by laws, you attack INEC to prevent them from accessing materials, or you attack the tribunal to cart away the petitions with frontloads of evidence?

This is a terrible precedent and you have to be serious with life and not support this kind of thing.

What if another party is in power tomorrow?

You don't get it.apc rigged in ebiraland land but sdp also inflated votes from kogi east esp in ankpa,dekina,idah,igalamela.up to 100k votes were are affected by overvoting by my calculations

Caseless:
Have you not heard or read statement from the same Tribunal secretary, David Mike and president of the court of appeal that the tribunal has been relocated to Abuja?

Did you hear him say, since police have announced the loss of the petition copies to Bello's thugs, there's no going to be tribunal sitting?


You just support everything because your tribe is the one carrying it out.

I am not from kogi

Ojuntana:
Dysfunctional dingbat with rotten core

slowpoke of the lowest order

Ojuntana:
Ko ni ragba fun e ati awon to ni e
Ezhi
Okpomoriorior

Abasi emia ete for ufen

Ojuntana:
Stupidity and insanity is the DNA of senatordave1

Odiok Ono ete efo.ikpu nnegi

[quote author=Caseless post=127355282][/quote]I saw those yesterday.it was onesided

Ojuntana:
Doodling troglodyte from a generation of cretins and madmen

Madness is the nickname of kuku rotten,lowlife family

fergie001:
Yea.

Mahmud Mohammed who chaired 1999 was also elevated and later became CJN.

In 2007, Justice Tabai who chaired was elevated infact one week before the judgement. The man who later read the judgement, Fabiyi was also elevated.
2011 was Bayang Akaahs who chaired and was later elevated.
2019 was Mohammed Garba, also elevated.

What of 2003?
What is the fate of sdp now that the petition has been stolen

Caseless:
PU by PU across the state? There's one civil society that collated the true figures and SDP won over 60000 votes.

As far as apc won kogi west,then they won the polls.
They calculated it without deducting overvoting from kogi east.
By the way,the petition is lost therefore there is no petition technically

Ojuntana:
Your prayers shall return to you in a thousandfold. Mannerless product of inbreeding.

Mistake of creation from an accursed sperm

themanderon:
They should do away with the those rags on their heads. We should have gone past this stage. Tsamani is being rewarded handsomely for his services.

He is not being rewarded.the head of the pepc usually gets elevated

Cjayboy:
Virtually all the nominated Judges here as priority made it.

Mohammed shuaibu missed

Ojuntana:
This boy
You are always eager to advertise your stupidity
So you agree now that governors control delegates but you still went ahead to expose the depth of your lunacy by mouthing some mumbo jumbo about NWC. Mugu, was it only governorship that the delegates voted for at the primaries? How did all of Okorocha's candidates emerge at the primaries except for that of governorship that had a parallel congress? How come none of the candidates that emerged from Okorocha's delegates were disqualified since you claim Hope's delegates were the genuine one?
Anyway, all that is academic. The fact remains the SC pronounced and recognized Nwosu as the APC candidate and disqualified him on grounds of double nomination so it is impossible for APC to still have a candidate in an election in which their candidate was disqualified. Same scenario affected Zamfara and Rivers.
But as the stupid fool that you always want to show yourself to be you had to come and advertise your stupidity. Beast of no nation. Imbecilic nincompoop. Bastard of a thousand fathers. Ezhi

Thunder fire kukutenla father.it will never be well with him and his family.mistake if creation.nincompoop

femisplash:
She once said she left the army because her promotion was delayed for her refusal to allow Oga knack and she has got a better job and now still claiming she still in the army. She has said so many things that are inconsistent and full of lies. I don' even want to believe that is a lady behind that account.

Na scammer

femisplash:
Lying modafucker... catfish idiot.

You know her

Moyinoluwa35:
If you have anyone who can help me with prove of fund, I will be grateful, I will pay , this country don tired me

But you are a soldier

mrksquare:
Former Gov. Abdulfatai Ahmed, Bukola Saraki's hand-picked successor was loyal to the latter to the last day of his eight years tenure. There are few exceptions.

You said few meaning most are disloyal

Ojuntana:
Garfield is a dumb boy
I'm surprised I have to be teaching you APC internal politics which is really none of my business but since you're showing signs of dementia....
If governors don't control delegates, can you explain why Tinubu was going around frolicking with governors towards the primaries?
The governors control the state machineries. That's why governors will be the one to nominate all the NASS candidates and even governor with examples everywhere. It was Oshiomole's attempt to whittle down the influence of governors that led to his clash with Obaseki and ultimate ouster.
In your mentally retarded brain, you fail to realise that Hope held a parallel congress which the NWC recognised because he knew he had no way of winning the one organised with the state delegates. Even Oshiomole came on TV and said then that he doesn't understand why Okorocha feels he must take everything after he was going to the Senate, one of his daughters was going to HoR and now his son- in- law wants to be gov. That's why Oshiomole was pushing Hope. Hope never won any valid primaries.
In your insane mind, if the court affirmed nwosu, you still have not explained how Hope now became party candidate in the eyes of the law. You be anu mpama.

See this mumu.kukutenla is a first class idiot,always vomitting trash from solitary cell in kirikiri.dirty looking bastard.
Yes governors control delegates but when the nwc says no, they don't.in the case of rochas,how did he control the delegates? Is your memory nonexistent to the extent that you forgot that hope faction won the congress organised by inibehe okori which produced delegates? The primary was conducted by an Ahmed gulak committee,so tell us how hope primary was invalid or is your upstairs also invalid? Can't you use your brain? What makes a primary valid if not the one organised by the nwc,supervised by inec plus with delegates produced from valid congress? See this frustrated mugu oh.in any case,all that is over.your party has lost imo,about to lose plqteau.thunder fire kukutenla

mrksquare:
You ain't getting it are you?

The consistency in the rebelling is my issue. At least Sanwo Olu hasn't rebelled against his godfather.

You can't install three governors and each one keep wanting to flex muscle with you.

Do you know Douye Diri and his boss, Sarieke Dickson still have a healthy godson and godfather relationship almost four years to the former's administration. Douye Diri upon collecting his certificate of Return some weeks back, had to go to Sarieke Dickson's house in FCT to show it to him.

Oga, sanwoolu would have rebelled if not for tinubu being president.has fubara not rebelled? Tambuwal nko? Dankwambo and now yahaya against goje.okowa and ibori.all the godson's of late abubakar saraki including bukola rebelled.saraki and duri had issues actually.diri started dropping or neglecting members of Dickson's restoration team abd started creating his.if not for sylva being a bigger devil,things would have exploded.

Bobloco:
You are a hypocrite

Obi who is a Christian shouldn't attend churches but Tinubu can attend mosques, make a passionate appeals to the moslem Ummah at various fora to support his presidential ambition even went as far as picking a follow Muslim as his running mate in a religiously diverse country like Nigeria, the first time such a despicable act is done in the history of this country, hire fake pastors and clergymen to create a false impression that the christians endorsed his demonic Muslim Muslim ticket

garfield1, honestly you are a hypocrite

Oga,everyone knows that obi is a religious bigot,tinubu is not.tinubu had friends across all religions including traditionalists,he is tolerant,wife is a pastor.obi is not.obi hardly relates with non Catholics self.in 1979 awolowo picked a Christian as his running mate and in 1993,abiola picked a Muslim son.obidients are ignorant people

Ojuntana:
You're just turnionurown like a headless chicken
Your idiotic rant needs to be trashed as that of a lunatic who escape the loony
If the apex court recognised Nwosu, can you explain how the apex court now arrived at Hope being winner from the same party of Nwosu without seeing the court order that recognised Hope. I thought the court only gives you what you asked for.
Don't be daft boy. It doesn't look good on you.
It is only an halfwit that will say Hope had control of the delegates when Okorocha was the sitting gov.
It was Oshiomole who kept insisting that Rochas can't take everything for himself in Imo. Don't think everyone is ignorant like you

Only a very daft fellow and a compound idiot wallowing in illiteracy will say a governor will automatically control delegates.what idiocy and madness.i don't put it past you onye ara,afterall you are on parole from yabaleft.childishly and muguishly,you even contradicted yourself by saying oshiomhole opposed rochas.since rochas was opposed by oshiomhole,does that not tell you that the delegates were now directed to vote hope by the nwc? oya,let's indulge in the ludicrous assertion of yours,tell us how nwosu primary was the valid one or how rochas faction controlled the delegates.what a clown.
Like I said,the court made their decision based on the court order affirming nwosu.read the full judgment and attain half sense or borrow one.kukutenla is an idiot