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TheOldGods:The president is not the Governor of d FCT (cos the FCT has no elected governor) He however exercises executive powers over d FCT, same way the National Assembly members are not members of the house of assembly of the FCT (cos d FCT has no house of assembly) but they exercise legislative powers over the FCT. If d constitution wanted d president to be governor of d FCT, it would mandate that he also win majority votes in d FCT and score 1/3 of the votes in 2/3 of the area councils. Are u ok now? |
00FFT00:My brother let me be honest with u. Yes am a Tinubu supporter but I doubt he actually won Rivers. Let's be fair. I had expected Obi lawyers to use the form ECO8 his agents signed and collected at d polling units to do a computation of their votes and come up with what they believe is the authentic votes, I was sure they would come out first. But they were fixated on transmitted result on IREV which is a secondary source and very unreliable, they brought a mathematician to do probability and deductions instead of going straight to d primary source document which LP agents ought to have. That's what Oshiomhole did in Edo in 2007/8 and Uzodinma did in Imo. Yes I have doubts also about d kind of scores allotted to Obi in states like Enugu and even Anambra where there was open intimidation. In Asaba I saw intimidation with my eyes, people were chased away and beaten for voting PDP and APC. Known PDP and APC supporters could not vote in a particular voting center in Asaba. But let's leave that for another day. Obi's lawyers failed to prove Rivers which I thought was a clear case for them though d margin still won't had changed d results. When they could not prove they won outright, they started seeking for disqualification and rerun. Unfortunately even if rerun was granted, it would be for the first and second, being Tinubu and Atiku. Obi came third, he can't leapfrog Atiku to second especially since he never joined Atiku as a party in the suit. Honestly Obi's lawyers sabotaged him, just listen to how d judges will berate them for their lack of deligent prosecution when they are reading the judgement. As for FCT and 25%, my brother I have no doubt that d constitution does not require it. As I said am a Tinubu supporter but am not his zombie. I criticize him sometimes like d 8k he says he wants to give so called poor people and d billions he is giving to NASS members and even his free floating of d naira. Am only hoping that somehow it all turns out well. But as for any court removing him, guy forget that one, d train has long left the station. |
TheOldGods:The Senator I voted for does not represent Abuja but he makes law for Abuja. Abuja residents do not exclusively vote for the state lawmakers that makes laws for them unlike we in d states who exclusively vote for our own. All the 108 Senators and over 300 Reps are d ones that make laws for Abuja. Abuja residents never voted for them. Same way d President d whole of Nigeria voted for exercise executive power in Abuja. As NASS members were not expected to win in Abuja, so d President is not expected to win in Abuja. Finally d constitution never made it clear that u must score 25% in d FCT. I don't know where some of ubgot this. It said score 25% of votes in 2/3 of the states and he FCT. Note that it did NOT say "score 25% of votes in the states and 25% of votes in the FCT." It rather lumped the states and FCT together. Ask yourself why!! |
Ezeama400:Is it that u guys are so childish? What real estate company no one knows? These are land agents, hustlers, "Deve" boys! Look at the setting, does this look like a reputable company? This is a one room office estate agent na. Mark me, go to his shop this very next week u would still see him sweating in his spare parts. Why can't u people find dignity in what u do, despite being mocked he should had remained a spare parts seller and soon he would be left alone. Now they have set him up with this fake endorsement, people will be waiting if his spare parts biz has undergone any major rebranding or boost. Obidients will just create a scenerio on their heads and start celebrating it |
00FFT00:My mistake, Senator Kingibe and not Gwadabe, will do d correction. But thank God that's d only disagreement in my write up. In your heart of hears, u know am right, that on d FCT issue, Obi has no case and his petition would be going outa d window |
TheOldGods:In Lagos, the Senators they elect don't make laws specifically for Lagos but for d federation. They also elect house of assembly members who makes laws specifically for Lagos State. FCT residents don't enjoy that privilege of electing their own lawmakers in houses of assembly, d rest of Nigeria elect for them. Meaning that defacto they are actually lesser than a state. How do u now want such a territory to have veto vote over d rest of Nigeria? Is it to compensate them or what? In d US, their capital DC did not even have a vote in determining d president, only in 1960 where they now given a meager 3 electoral college votes. Pls don't overflog a dead horse, d judges will never inteprete d constitution in a way that elevates d residents of d FCT over d rest of us. It can never happen as that was never d intent of d law. As I said, d constitution NEVER said "25% of 2/3 of the 36 states and 25% of the FCT" |
TheOldGods:The FCT has only one Senatorial seat, d one previously occupied by Ajuda now by Senator Kingibe. No other senatorial seat. Then just two Reps. And they are not elected to make law for d FCT but to represent FCT in making laws for the entire federation. In other words d FCT does not elect their own lawmakers, d rest of Nigeria jointly elect lawmakers for d FCT. The argument that they should elect d president cos he is their governor by having a veto over d rest of us makes no sense. Now what stopped d framers of the constitution from saying that a winner must have "25% in 2/3 of the 36 states and 25% in FCT"? Was it for lack of enough ink in their pen or lack of enough writing space and paper? |
00FFT00:What prevented the framers of the constitution from saying a winner must score "25% in 2/3 of the 36 states and 25% in the FCT"? Was it that their ink was not plenty enough or they didn't have enough paper or space to write it? |
00FFT00:You are d one claiming that for a candidate to win, he must score 1/4 in d FCT, the law never said so. Do u argue cos u hear your Obidients people argue or u actually have a hard copy of d constitution? I bought mine in 2009 and still have it. Nigeria is a federation. That federation is made up of 36 states and d FCT. The constitution says to be president u must besides majority votes also win 25% in 2/3 of d federation ( d 36 states and FCT). Why u guys single out d FCT for specialty is interesting but d judges surely throw out d petition. It flies in d face of common sense, no region is superior to the other |
TheOldGods:Someone seeing ur use of the word "must" would think you are actually a judge. Do FCT residents determine who makes laws for them? |
sofeo:U think d President can on his own just increase minimum wage? What of the private sector, do u think they have d money to pay their least worker 100k? What of the self employed, u think once d presidemt says minimum wage is now 100k, their own income too will suddenly increase by 100k? Civil servants account for a small percentage of Nigerians, they alone cannot eat up our revenue |
TheOldGods:The law has specified how a gov is to emerge in my state. The law has also specified that FCT residents won't determine on their own who governs them as president and lawmakers. Saying that d president nuts win 25% to govern FCT is hogwash and unconstitutional. If u argue that since d Governor of a state must win a state to govern them, then why argue d president must score 25% to govern FCT? Why not argue for him to get majority votes in FCT? Guy this thing won't fly, FCT has no veto over d rest of us, the case would be flung out |
Igwe9:Do FCT residents vote for the NASS members who make law for them except their one Senator? Why must a President win 25% before he governs them? Why not outright win ? Giving FCT a veto over d rest of us is meaningless, was never d intention of the constitution neither is it in d letter if d constitution. Struck out |
truthhurtsnaira:There is a very simple valid court order by the same court of appeal "staying execution" of that order. The FG is not in disobedience of any court order |
LOVEALAIGBO:Yawnnnn!!! So after this your long incoherent epistle, you still have no pathway to achieving your goal. To u everyone is evil, u had d chance at d last elections to elect Biafra centric candidates into d legislature and u indeed did so as u shouted Elupee and terrorized anyone in d SE who dared to vote against Elupee. The NASS results shows that they are indeed your representatives so don't pretend they are not. IREV u are holding as ur holy grail for d phantom Obi presidency didn't fail with d NASS elections so don't disown your men, let them speak for Biafra. But as I earlier said, u don't really want Biafra, u want to use it as a negotiating tool to get d presidency, that's why u guys would never take any concrete step to achieve ur referendum. So in d absence of u making a move, d rest of Nigeria will continue to ignore u as u kill and suffer ur own people in wasted sit at homes. Oh, d video of those little kids, pupils in school uniforms and their teacher, perhaps a mother being flogged by IPOB, d monsters u all groomed, an eternal scar to Ndigbo |
LOVEALAIGBO:Did u just say Ndigbo has massive hydrocarbon? Where exactly? Why do u like to appropriate what's not yours? Tomoro u will say people hate Igbos, it's cos of this coveteous attitude u guys have. Don't know if they teach u from d cradle but it seems to be a cultural problem. What exactly is your strategy and timelines to achieve your Biafra? Is it to amass arms for war? Ask your father's, they still shiver at the thought of that 30months misadventure. Only alternative is referendum. Now do u expect d rest of Nigeria to give u referendum when u have not officially asked for it? Why not officially demand a referendum and put a fait accompli on d ground that would make Nigeria have no choice but to give u? That's what I suggested here. But my gut feeling is that u guys don't really want to go. U are just using Biafra as a negotiating tool to get d state power of Nigeria. It's already failed. Look at how u tried using IPOB/UGM and ESN to inflict insurgency to achieve an Obi presidency cos u somehow believed your northern masters d Fulanis used Boko Haram to blackmail d rest of Nigeria to achieve Buhari presidency! Your attempt failed. The result is a battered SE, ravaged by insurgency while d rest of d country has ignored u guys. Outline how u hope to get a referendum and we would all give it to u |
Cooly100:There they go again; very predictable, throwing tantrums. U claim d country is not sharing power but Ndigbos have been head of state, have been VP twice, have been Speaker of HOR, have been Senate President so many times and have been SGF. Ther ar over 200 tribes that have not tasted any of these positions. Is Ndigbo more important than them? Let's take d Efiks, Ibibios, Ogonis, Urhobos and Itsekiris, Binis, Isokos. These people contribute to the federation account far more than Ndigbo in other words they are subsidizing Ndigbo in d Nigerian federation yet have never shared more in d positions I mentioned above than ndigbos. The big question is how do u really want to achieve Biafra or u just grandstanding? U can't use war cos u would be defeated again in two months. If u want to use referendum it's not in our constitution meaning u have to lobby NASS to amend d constitution. How do u intend to initiate that? |
9japride:You don't just say u want to leave without taking the necessary steps rather u are killing your own people and economy. This write up has outlined the step by step means u can use to secede peacefully. If u follow these steps, I assure u d rest of Nigeria won't hold u back |
The truth is that majority of Igbos are sympathetic to IPOB and d quest for Biafra. Their elites may not be but the likes of Peter Obi have enough sympathy for them. And no one should deny a people what they genuinely yearn for. The demerits of a Biafra republic is not for the rest of Nigeria to force on Ndigbo, if that's what their hearts wants then the rest of Nigeria should make the process of achieving it less cumbersome for them. Nations secede either through wars or legal secession. We have seen what happened in 1966, Ndigbo cannot use war to have their country, God forbid there be another war cos it's not worth it. So the war option is ruled out. The second option is referendum. This is the best option. But it has to be legal meaning the national assembly has to pass a resolution to that effect and even amend d constitution. Would they agree? Not ordinarily except d Igbos do something to indicate that d best option for both sides is for Igbos to go. So how do Igbos prove their readiness? Let me lay out what I think 1. Massive relocation of Igbos and their businesses to the SE such that other regions would feel d impact. Lagos would be empty, Kano, Kaduna, Benin, Port Harcourt and Abuja would all be empty. 2. Energizing the SE economy and integrating it economically and politically. Have uniform economic agenda, setting up functional intergovt agencies and setting up a SE parliament who can make inputs almost similar to laws for d entire SE. 3. SE governors gradually cede powers to a Governing Council of the entire SE 4. Members of individual State Houses of Assembly move motions for a referendum for an independent state. This of course is not binding but it sets everything in motion, it energizes the SE caucus in the National Assembly 4. Categorically define the geographical boundaries of the intending country and do not lay claim to any territory outside the SE. Allow the Igbos in the SS outside d SE or NC as claimed my MNK to make such claims themselves of any intention to join the SE in their Biafra. They have their Senators, House of Reps and House of Assembly members. Let them speak for themselves rather than d people of d SE speaking for d so called Igbos outside their region. 5. Study the trajectory of secession in Africa and the rest of the world, no magic or miracle will make their case different. Up till today, Abiyei province is yet to join South Sudan even though the legendary John Garang was from there. Donesk Region is still part of Ukraine even though it has ethnic Russians and Russia is a super power. Despite letting of blood for decades, Northern Ireland though overwhelmingly majority Irish peoplele have not united with the Republic of Ireland but still part of the UK. The SE for the sake of their Biafra that would bring them eldorado should make sacrifices, u can't be rigid in a negotiation while expecting the other party to shift their position. Perhaps with the above, the rest of Nigeria would finally let the SE go and do it peacefully and they have the country that would be different from the present SE and different from d rest of Africa. If however they cannot follow this part, please and please, stop the noise, stop indoctrinating your children negatively and let us all work for a better Nigeria knowing we have no other country of birth. |
Kesteem:Who is Eid Kabir, Eid Malaud and Eid Fitr holidays for? Five days of holidays in d yr, who is it for? |
[quote author=001Lagos post=124342974]Video of Remi Tinubu threatening to deal with the Igbos for not supporting her husband . The video of Remi Tinubu threatening to use her husband office to deal with the Igbos for not supporting her husband, Tinubu presidential ambition . The igbos has generated mixed reactions by the Nigerian people . See videos link below 👇 video of 2019 of a friendly banter. But what's wrong with you Ibos? U guys are a majority tribe in Nigeria but u cry and whine all around like a minority. Someone that doesn't know Nigeria would think Ibos are a tiny malnourished minority tribe. Ibos are like a first son in a family that's behaving like d last born. All these posts and crying and victimhood posts ridicules Ibos and honestly as a man who has so many friends from d SE, am ashamed for u guys |
spencekat:Wrestling is scripted, acting, not real. The script writers determine who will win |
TheZooHasFalln:But the govt that arrested MNK is not in the SE, it's in Abuja. How will they feel d impact of your sit at home? The people your IPOB were flogging d other day, d people whose biz they destroy for coming out on Mondays, are they children or family of d govt in Abuja? How will torturing d people of d SE make d FG in Abuja release MNK? As u all say, d FG hates Igbos, don't u think with that they will allow u to continue to suffer your Igbo brothers and still not release MNK cos it doesn'tt affect them? |
Afikoo:Why do Obidients like to set themselves up for heart breaks and depression? Why not find out the following 1. What does d law says about disqualification by virtue of conviction? A. There must be an actual conviction and it must be criminal conviction. It must have happened within the last ten years after which d person is no longer barred. It's very clear. Also the conviction must be by a Nigerian court and in d absence of that d conviction must be registered in Nigeria. So was there a criminal conviction of Tinubu? It's for d prosecution to prove there was. And how did they prove there was? CTC of court judgement. Did they produce it? No! The defence produced a CTC of a report by d FBI thru US embassy emphatically stating that there was no such conviction. Should this not end d matter for Obidients? No. Lawyers must justify their pay to wack Obi's money and Obidients must construct something in their head and celebrate over it. Was d judgement registered in Nigeria? Did d prosecution bring CTC of d registration? No! Did the so called conviction happen within d last ten years? No! It happened 30 years ago., 1993. Go and read Section 137 (e) of d constitution Obidients, why not stop fooling yourselves!! |
Racoon:Obi can only enjoy waiver if he was a member of the party. 30 days prior to election Obi was not a member, cut off date to submit register of members to INEC, how does Obi now enjoy waiver as non member? Except u all agree it was wrong for Obi to question d validity of d nomination of Tinubu a d Shettima, then this case is justiceable and Obi is going down |
Racoon:For INEC to call only one witness in defence against Atiku and Obi is d greatest disrespect in d history of electoral litigation in Nigeria. With all d noise made by Obidients and the loads of meatpie and egg roll boxes Obi brought to court, one would had expected INEC to reply them with equal measure. But just one witness and boom, they knock out Obi and his case. That shows d weight of d evidence presented by team Obi as perceived by INEC. Obi should be angry with INEC and his own lawyers. Infact Obi should sue INEC for utter lack of respect. This is not acceptable, it's a disgrace of monumental proportions |
mbaise1000:My first holidays to the UK was way back 2006, flew on d defunct Afriqya airline and transited thru Tripoli and landed at Gatwick, (return ticket then was 65k) just to let u know visiting Belgium is no big deal. But back to d discus, no one is dragging anything with Ndigbos in Nigeria, rather they are d ones dragging with everybody. Only them are making comparison trying to do what we call Okoro feeling funky. Regarding those ports, it's solely not in d hands of d FG, the host states are to be d game changers if we want to make a headway after all Lagos and not FG built Lekki port. I hate calling others to do what u can do for yourself. We of d Niger Delta will hold our govs and drag them to make our ports viable so ndigbo will make less noise. Their noise is just getting too irritating. |
mbaise1000:Are Igbos the owners of Calabar and Port Harcourt or Warri? Why are u crying over their ports? Besides it's not about developing a port, if it was so GEJ would had developed that in PH or Onne in his five years as President. It's about how lucrative it is to attract ships. By d way d port in Onne is very functional, if u like u can make better use of it,no one is saying u must use Lagos. And u seem not to understand d meaning of "inferiority complex". If u feel u are somehow not adequate enough, u would keep struggling to highlight what u think u are cos u feel others see u as less. But if u know u are a big boy, u feel relaxed, no need to start making noise for people to see u cos u know who u are. The Ibos seem to feel no one notice them, that's why they keep screaming for others to see them. They should calm down, there are far smarter ways of getting what u want. Truth is that d rest of Nigeria actually knows u guys are screaming for nothing, u don't have d most important ingredients for a great nation. Buhari called u a dot in a circle. He wasn't stupid |
Flathead8:It's these IPOB zealots alongside their offspring the headless mob that are making d SE appear beggerly. They have made d SE now appear like d weakest zone in d whole country, d only zone that's trying to affix itself to another zone, d only zone that's always abusing others in seeking for validation. SE is d only zone u will see post images or pictures of their towns or sons and claim they have d highest number of billionaires, they will claim that other people in other zone belongs to them. SW doesn't do it to d people in Kwara or Kogi rather it's d Kwara and Kogi people that remind us their kith and kin are in d SW, NW does not do it to d Fulanis in Nasarawa or Adamawa, why only SE? The inferiority complex is just too much and they should stop d embarassing behavior |
