garfield1: And same electoral act in section 136 allows judges to declare a winner after cancellation
Victory can only be awarded after cancelled votes from the overvoting polling unit cannot affect the entire results of the election, even if another election is conducted in the overvoting polling units.
dat9jaguy: Go and sue or better still join Adeleke's legal team, no come disturb us here with your mental masturbation.
Are you an election thief? You saw it boldly written in the Electoral Law that where overvoting is spotted, the results of the polling unit should be cancelled, and another election conducted in the polling unit, if there is reason to believe that the overall result from the entire election will not be affected if another election is not conducted in the polling until where overvoting was spotted? How come the Oshun Tribunal awarded outright victory to the APC candidate?
Kobonaire4: Well, Ekpa is not the only secessionist, and Nigeria is not the only country with secessionist movements.
(Infact, Sweden can't join NATO right now, because NATO member Turkey is accusing it of harboring Kurdish equivalents of Ekpa)
It is part of the business of being a country in a way. (Even Zambia has a secessionist movement..Barotseland).
All in all, handling secessionism takes a lot of wisdom. As for me, it is up to the government and up to the people to hold their government accountable for the ultimate goal of good governance...the antidote to secessionism
And the thing is, once a secessionist is claiming assylum in a country that has strict human rights, or is a citizen of such a country...nothing can be done about it.
And as I said, Ekpa probably sleeps with two eyes opened. And he is a Finn, no longer a Nigerian. He has done their compulsory service in their armed forces.
A terrorist has no homeland. Corollary: no government in the world keeps a terrorist. In todays world, terrorism is not acceptable by any country as part of the struggle by a secessionist group.
Kobonaire4: Two years ago, you guys were hailing him as the one who would show them pepper...now you are disowning him...
All in all, you will learn what Abdul and Kabiru are learning right now.....never ever feed a baby crocodile. It never ends well.
Your inability, or feigned ignorance, to see the difference between the tiny population of Igbos you saw hailing Simon Ekpa, and the Igbo population of not less than 40m people; that's your undoing regarding the subject matter here. A fraction of Easterners are asking for restoration of Biafra, a blanket covering of all Igbos over that by you or Nigeria's government, amounts to projection of future genocide against the Igbo. Referendum is employed by democratic countries to resolve difficult national questions. Why is Referendum strange in Nigeria?
1.We don't have an extradition treaty with Finland, last I checked
2.Ekpa is apparently a Finnish citizen, that makes things harder.
3.Legal extradtion? All Ekpa needs to do is say he is being persecuted for his life. And the finns won't hand him over.(Evidence.? Am sure DSS and the government would say it is 'secret'. Right...said the Finnish court.)
4.Legal extradition 2? Finland is a Scandinavian country, and they are very very protective of their citizen's rights.
5.Nnamdi Kanu was not taken from the UK...he was lured to a third country by NIA, and taken by NIA agents. Last time NIA's predecessor tried to kidnap a Nigerian in the UK...it ended in tears. A similar attempt in Finland....
6.Ekpa is probably watching his own back well well, and has been doing so since yesterday. If he doesn't...he would have been in some dungeon somewhere in Nigeria...long time ago. (Kanu was watching his own back, however he got careless once...and that once was enough).
7.You have forgotten the furore that greeted Kanu's capture? God knows how busy Foreign Affairs has been for some time smoothing things over. ESPECIALLY with the UK...who may be a bit tetchy about their citizen being kidnapped. Ekpa might just be the final straw for some sensitive countries.
8Sometimes the best weapon is IGNORE.
It's stupidity in overdrive advancing reasons why a part of what you call your country must be destroyed; but unknown to you, destroying a part of Nigeria directly impacts adversely on the other parts of Nigeria, including yours.
nedekid: How come this terrorist has a Twitter account? What is our diplomatic service doing with Sweden to bring this man to book? No interpol red notice, demand for extradition etc.
If Simon Ekpa's Twitts and Facebook posts are not favouring Nigeria's authorities, they would have quickly requested Twitter and Facebook to yank off Ekpa's accounts. The Nigerian government would have intervened to extradite Ekpa from wherever he lives.
The Rep of Uniabuja students said they don't have money, but they are giving their token to Peter Obi. That statement has deep meaning. They meant that they buy into Peter Obi's prudence and election without politicians buying votes. But we see the bank executives who connive with some legislators to scuttle the objective of election without vote buying, as the bank executives seek to extend the deadline for circulation of old Naira notes.
Validated: January 25 2023 is sacrosanct!!! If NASS like they should "Go and Die"
Best option is for government to arrest these thieving bank executives, detain them until the election they want sold to their clients, the highest bidders, is concluded. Nobody can be watched to scuttle the objective of the currency redesign.
.... And that's why they are hoarding the new naira notes for their beloved polithieviens.
There won't be any extension period!
We are tired of money politics
Their beloved thieves in politics waiting to buy the 2023 presidential election with wards of old Naira notes stolen from the public coffers. That's Nigeria. A group strives to curb corrupt practices. Another group strives to encourage corrupt practices.
BloomingDale: Ordinary $1M for all that havoc? He has to pay for weapons, pay his guys etc. Even small pikin no believe this lie.
It was definitely more than $1m. No saner Igbo asking for restoration of Biafra would undertake to do the havoc Simon Ekpa has done to Igbo land and its people.
Tinubu's presidential ambition is almost a past tense. Because the custodians of Nigeria's sovereignty have severally indicated their unwillingness to have ailing Tinubu, a past drug trafficking offender, as president of Nigeria. And they are right. Nigeria cannot survive pariah State status under a president who is not yet tried for his drug trafficking offence by a US court
Tinubu's presidential ambition is almost a past tense, as the custodians of Nigeria's sovereignty have severally indicated their unwillingness to have ailing Tinubu, a past drug trafficking offender, as president of Nigeria. And they are right. Nigeria cannot survive pariah State status under a president who is not yet tried for his drug trafficking offence by a US court.
The 2023 presidential election has been narrowed down to a contest between Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar. The powers that be in Nigeria have indicated their unwillingness to accept a sick former drug trafficking baron as president, even if any miracle makes the drug trafficking baron win.
The 2023 presidential election has been narrowed down to a contest between Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar. The powers that be in Nigeria have indicated their unwillingness to accept a sick former drug trafficking baron as president, even if any miracle makes the drug trafficking baron win.
Who wants to waste his/her vote on Tinubu, the drug lord, whereas the powers that be in Nigeria have indicated their unwillingness to hand power over to Tinubu?
Bayo Onanuga, you know pretty well that Tinubu is aged and suffers Speech defects, shuffling gait and forgetfulness, you know that making Tinubu who forfeited drug trafficking money to the US government to become president of Nigeria will surely make Nigeria become a PARIAH STATE, before the eyes of Western governments who know very well about Tinubu's past drug trafficking offences. You know very well that custodians of Nigeria's democracy will not allow Nigeria become a PARIAH STATE because of Tinubu. Why continue with the campaign for Tinubu to succeed President Buhari?
HAVING INDEPENDENT IT SPECIALISTS TO CHECKMATE INEC OFFICIALS MANNING INEC SERVERS IS IMPERATIVE. -------‐---------------------------- Welcome message from the US. But the US needs to assist INEC by having independent IT specialists to work hand in hand with INEC officers manning the INEC servers. This is to prevent election rigging at INEC server point.
Oh yes. They know pretty well that Shettima the Boko Haram sympathizer is the true presidential candidate of APC. Tinubu is a mere vessel to move rabid Shettima to Aso Rock by default.
bender79: Men this Peter Obi's smart dressing with cap dey kill urchins. Everytime Tinubu will carry blanket and cover himself like a homeless chicken. Lol
Lol. Tinubu covers himself with blanket-like multiple clothing in order to hide the rigours of old age written all over his body. Those pushing Tinubu merely wants to collect from the national purse if by any chance Tinubu succeeds president Buhari.
The Presidential Campaign Rally of the Labour Party continues today in Bauchi and everyone is glad to welcome H.E Peter Obi, the man of the People to the ancient city of Bauchi. The campaign venue is getting filled up as people are still trooping inside the campaign venue.
Wow. Northerners, both Muslims and non-Muslims, want to be freed from APC and PDP, the harbingers of bandits and Boko Haram that terrorised the north since 2010. The difference between APC and PDP are like the differences between the ten fingers of two leprous hands; APC and PDP are like two sides of the same coin.
Obituary fools will not sleep tonight Buhari and Emefiele are crushing in Senegal
Buhari and Emefiele are Igbos worst nightmare. With the new Money policy Peter Obituary the stingy Terriost business man can not source funds to do vote buying on Election day
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Lol. You just wrote to free your Tinubu urchinss from pain. In all the places you wrote Peter Obi and Obidients, Tinubu and his Urchinss were supposed to be there instead.
Obituary fools will not sleep tonight Buhari and Emefiele are crushing in Senegal
Buhari and Emefiele are Igbos worst nightmare. With the new Money policy Peter Obituary the stingy Terriost business man can not source funds to do vote buying on Election day
Lol. You just wrote to free your Tinubu urchinss from pain. In all the places you wrote Peter Obi and Obidients, Tinubu and his Urchinss were supposed to be there instead.
INTEREST ON DEPOSITS COLLECTED UPFRONT? The man with face mask who said that he is a banker, and that interest from money invested in bank, is collected upfront, is a thief. Nobody collects interest in deposits upfront.
adedayofrosh: 18 states where Atiku may lose this election
Atiku Abubakar began running for president 30 years ago and hasn’t stopped since. This time, he’s managed to persuade most of his party’s top people that he should again be backed for the job – even though he’s a northern Muslim and another northern Muslim has just ruled the country for eight years. The former vice president’s chances of winning the election are ironically better than they were the last time because his archrival Buhari is now off the ballot. Still, this 2023 election should be competitive. These are the 18 states where he may lose.
Borno The APC easily won this northeastern state during the 2019 presidential election. Voters live in relative peace even though the Boko Haram crisis persists, and many attribute this improvement to the APC government. Atiku will need something extraordinary to win in the home state of the ruling party’s vice-presidential candidate.
Ekiti The PDP’s loss in last year’s gubernatorial election in this state indicates that it cannot beat the APC here next month. The APC comfortably won the presidential election here in 2019. This time, the PDP’s own top leader in the state even backs the ruling party.
Ogun Like Ekiti, Ogun is a state in the southwest controlled by the APC and the ruling party solidly won here last time. It used to be easy territory for the PDP, but the equation has changed since the APC was formed in 2013.
Zamfara This one is easy territory for the ruling party. It is a core Muslim state in the northwest where President Buhari is king. Tinubu will be able to ride on that to a large win.
Katsina There are rumblings on the ground because civil servants in the state have been going without pay, but it won’t matter a lot. This is Buhari’s home state and Atiku virtually has no chance of winning there.
Oyo The PDP’s Atiku barely won this southwestern state in 2019. It could have gone either way – the margin was less than a 1% point. Now, the state governor is one of five PDP state governors who have been threatening to work against their own party’s candidate. This division may be costly for Atiku.
Kaduna It’s going to be pretty straightforward here. The largely Muslim north of the state will outvote the mainly Christian south of the state in favor of the ruling party. Atiku only managed 39% of the votes here in the last election.
Bauchi Atiku’s PDP somehow won the state gubernatorial election in 2019. This was a week after he’d been resoundingly beaten in the same state during the presidential election. Atiku will probably lose there again this 2023, but his archrival Buhari won’t be on the ballot and so he should be able to compete more closely.
Nasarawa The last two presidential elections were very close in Nasarawa. However, the ruling party won this state in the central north both times and presently controls the state. The trend may continue next month.
Lagos The APC’s Tinubu rules Lagos with a strong fist. He was the state governor from 1999 to 2007 and has handpicked successive governors ever since. But the 2019 presidential election suggests he’s no longer as powerful as he thinks. He struggled to deliver a large win for Buhari, who expected to get more than the 53% that he got considering Tinubu’s weight. Even so, there’s little doubt that Tinubu will win in Lagos. Further, Peter Obi of the LP should earn a decent share of the opposition support with some slice into Atiku’s 2019 votes.
Kwara The PDP always won this state in the central north until the APC opposition coalition was formed. The PDP has since lost two consecutive presidential elections there. As in Kaduna, the electorate is split along religious lines and the ruling APC will probably win the majority Muslim votes.
Kogi Kogi is a swing state, but the ruling party slightly has the upper hand because it’s in charge here. The party got 55% of votes in this state in the central north last time. A more competitive contest should be expected next month.
Yobe Atiku scraped out a mere 9% of the votes in Yobe last time. Note that this state is in his home region: the northeast. But the majority ethnic group in Yobe is Kanuri – the same as the APC’s current vice-presidential candidate. The ruling party will easily win the state.
Jigawa Jigawa is staunchly for the APC and Buhari. Every single member of the state parliament is from the ruling party. Atiku’s best aim here will probably be to squeeze out 25% of the votes – keeping in mind the constitutional requirement that a winning candidate must get 25% of votes in at least two-thirds of states nationwide and the capital Abuja.
Kebbi Voters in Kebbi are mostly civil servants, farmers or herders – all largely reliant on the government and the ruling party. Buhari is the ethnic and religious leader of the remote northwestern state. Atiku will look elsewhere for victories.
Kano A lot of people in Kano believe the PDP was robbed when the ruling party violently forced a rerun of the gubernatorial election in 2019. The APC state governor is despised and the ruling party unpopular, but this state at the heart of the northwest is too important for the party to lose. It’s the most populous state in the country and produced the largest number of votes by any state in the 2019 presidential election. The party will try to win here by all means.
Niger The count in this northern state was 72% for the ruling party last time – mainly because Buhari was on the ballot. This contest should be more competitive this 2023, but Atiku will still be prepared for a loss.
Gombe The APC holds around 85% of seats in the state parliament. It was an easy win for the ruling party in the 2019 presidential election. This northeastern state should go to the party again next time.
Lagos State is the most populous state in the country, not Kano State.
Tinubu maintained a lead in Lagos state elections in the past through denial of voter registration to non indigenes of southwest region. The table may turn against Tinubu this time as INEC encouraged voters to register this time. In the past presidential elections, Lagos state of over 20 million people hardly produced 3 million votes, no thanks to Tinubu's machinations in denial of voter registration to a huge population of voters in the state.
Fayemi a Tinubu guy, joining Baba Obj an Obi pusher to see Wike.
It’s an open secret that the North has settled for one candidate (Atiku) in order not to split their votes.
The South will reply by presenting a United Candidate (Obi) to considering Tinubu’s ill health.
With the SE/SW/SS and Middle Belt, it’s obvious Peter Obi is already Nigeria’s President.
Tinubu is merely fronting for Rabid Hashim Shettima the Boko Haram sympathizer, to become president of Nigeria by default. Imagine a president Shettima for Nigeria, the same Shettima who declared before the NBA that he will be Commander of the Armed forces of Nigeria if APC wins next presidential election. Talibanization of Nigeria using Nigeria's armed forces shall be the immediate outcome of a President Shettima of Nigeria. The Taliban of Afghanistan started this way by occupying important political positions in Afghanistan.