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you guys don't cease to amaze me. you mean that because someone spoke flamboyant grammer is an indication that he will make a good president? this is not a university SUG election where the most eloquent wins the president. eloquence doesn't necessarily translate into achievements. aldof hitler was an orator.

utomi and okotie may be good but don't base your assessment of these gentlemen based on their command of a foreign language.

D debate was also aired on frcn stations. Can utomi win? Pdp is already treating yar adua like a president

Atiku: Gani carpets NBA
By Ijeoma Ogwuegbu
Saturday, April 7, 2007
Vice President Atiku Abubaka
Photo:Sun News Publishing
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Human rights lawyer, Chief Gani Fawehinmi has accused the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) of partisanship in its utterances over recent Court of Appeal and Federal High Court judgments.
In a recent statement, Fawehinmi stated that the NBA had more or less become legal advisers to Vice President Atiku Abubakar by the way the body had been reacting to court judgments affecting him, adding that it had positioned itself as a court of some sort, pushing forward private views as authoritative views on court judgments.

“One must ask, whose interest is the present leadership of the association serving? Whenever a judgment is delivered in favour of Atiku Abubakar, the association will applaud such a decision to high heavens, almost at the risk of losing professional decorum and dignity. However, when the court decides against Abubakar, the association will down play the defeat and search for reasons to confuse Nigerians with regards to the efficacy of the judgment.”

He said he had therefore decided to dissociate himself from the position of the NBA, stating that what he called the clumsy interpretation of the Court of Appeal and Federal High Court judgments by the association necessitated such an action. He added was imperative, so that the public would not assume that the views of the NBA president and those of some members of the executive represent the position of the entire lawyers in the country, since they did not.

Concluding, he stated that the judgment of the Court of Appeal was the law on who has the constitutional right to disqualify candidates, insisting that the judgment of the Federal High Court, which contradicts the position of the Court of Appeal on the same issue, has no legal effect and no legal meaning.

“The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which has now been confirmed by the Court of Appeal as having the authority to disqualify candidates, is justified in its disqualification of Atiku Abubakar. Until the Supreme Court decides otherwise, Atiku Abubakar is not a candidate in the presidential election taking place on Saturday, 21st April, 2007.”

The NBA had previously, after the contradictory judgments from the Court of Appeal and The Federal High Court, declared that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar could still run in the presidential elections, stating that both judgments were actually not contradictory, but addressed different matters.
Submitting that there was no confusion in the two judgments, Mr Agbakoba, president of the NBA, argued that the Court of Appeal judgment, which gave power to INEC to disqualify candidates, stands, but that the decision is a general proposition that does not relate to any candidate.

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Sometimes it amazes me how people comment on this site. Just to prolong this discussion. OBJ has never hidden his disdain for Ngige. While he - OBJ - was on a state visit in Anambra, He told Gov. Peter Obi point blank that he would never be Anambra governor beyond May 29, 2007. Few days later Peter Obi was impeached.

May be we are not making sense to say that OBJ has a vested interest in Anambra state.

bobezey:
Well fellas don't forget the saying, "For every successful politician, there is a woman".

Cannot underestimate the girls power" ! OF course, they are born
politicians, Can't you see how they run our households, ? Do I need
to say more, ? lol

dblock:
Unless you can give me detailed evidence as to why his moves to and fro parties were dubious, I cannot take your remark or anyone else's for that matter seriously. It's your word against mine, prove me wrong or forever hold your peace

In my own opinion, this writing from Chinua Achebe is just another way of openly endorsing Dr. Ngige - why has this man been silent for a while? Is Chinua Achebe just noticing all the flaws in this government. Because Chinua Achebe is a renowed poet and "the most widely read author of the 20th century" does not necessarily mean that he his politically savvy!

Confusion after Nigerian rulings

Atiku Abubakar denies allegations of corruption
Nigeria's electoral body has been told to allow Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to run for president in April's poll.
The Federal High Court in Abuja ruled the electoral body lacked the power to exclude Mr Abubakar from the election.

But this contradicts a ruling made hours earlier by a superior court which said the Independent National Electoral Commission could disqualify candidates.

Mr Abubakar became a leading opposition candidate after falling out with former ally President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Justice Tijani Abubakar at the Federal High Court ordered Inec to respect the verdict and put Mr Abubakar's name on the 21 April ballot.

The court verdict is not a blank cheque for Inec to just disqualify anyone

Garba Shehu
Mr Abubakar's spokesman

But earlier, the appeal court in Abuja ruled that Inec can bar candidates who are not qualified to stand for this month's elections.

The BBC's Senan Murray in the capital, Abuja, says that in theory the appeal court ruling will carry precedence as it is a higher court.

Blow?

The vice-president's spokesman dismissed claims that the appeal court ruling was a blow to Mr Abubakar's presidential hopes.
Mr Obasanjo is standing down after two terms in office
Mr Abubakar was indicted for graft by a government ministerial panel which investigated corruption in an oil fund. He denies corruption.

Electoral officials say corruption charges against him would have to be dropped for him to be eligible to run for presidency.

The losing parties in both cases say they plan to appeal.

President Obasanjo is standing down after two terms and Umaru Yar'Adua is standing on behalf of his People's Democratic Party (PDP).

Mr Abubakar, a founding PDP member, defected to the opposition Action Congress (AC) after he fell out with President Obasanjo.

AC is one of the two main opposition parties contesting the election, and continues to hold mass rallies around the country, despite the block to its candidates' presidential ambitions.

Mariory:
What seven cases did he win and how are those cases related to his exclusion by INEC of the list of people contesting? Please post them so we know.

if you guys actually follow the story from the begining you will know that this a sudden twist influenced arbitrarily by FG.why will somebody win over seven cases and end up loosing at the tail end

The section, according to Iwu, clearly states that a person aspiring to that office may be disqualified if: “He has been indicted for embezzlement or fraud by a Judicial Commission of Inquiry or an Administrative Panel of Inquiry or a Tribunal set up under the Tribunals of Inquiry Act, a Tribunals of Inquiry Law or any other law by the Federal Government or State Government which indictment has been accepted by the federal government or state government.”
Iwu further explained that from the spirit and intent of the Constitution, a person presenting himself or herself to the Commission for scrutiny, must have been indicted.
He added: “The Constitution does not say that an aspirant for the office of governor of a state may be disqualified if he will be indicted, but one that has already been indicted before he or she was presented to the Commission by his political for clearance.”
Iwu assured that the Commission would be guided by the Constitution and Electoral Act in the conduct of next month’s elections and advised the Oyo State government to seek redress on the matter at the electoral tribunal that will be constituted after the election.

Razorr:
Bla bla bla. . .

Like I said before, you guys should encourage women to participate in political discussions more. Respect the ones who do and don't make silly comments at women's post. We should be one big happy family after that.

Razorr:
Come to think of it, you guys should be realistic. How many women do we have on nairaland? Seun, please answer that. I bet there are more men than women here.

(X) / (Y) = (A) / (B)

Where x= total number of ladies in nairaland
y = total number of people in nairaland
a = total number of ladies who should patronise politics
b = total number of people who patronise politics