₦airaland Forum

seunmsg:
All public servants are expected to declare their public assets and update it every four years.

I am surprised that many of these so-called OBIdients don't know anything about the laws of Nigeria but like to abuse everybody not supporting their views, even if such views have no basis in the Laws of the Country.

N3TRAL:
The court held in the case of GEORGE v. DOMINION FLOUR MILLS LTD that pleadings are essential to prevent parties from springing surprises.
If LP brings up the dual citizenship matter that they didn't plead in their petition in court, it would be springing surprises and the court will not allow it.

In the cases of IFEAJUNA V IFEAJUNA; BALOGUN V ADEJOBI the court held that pleadings enable the court to ascertain if it has jurisdiction on a matter or not. In that case, the court also ruled that the court can only determine the issue between the parties through their pleadings.

APC already filed a preliminary objection and the dual citizenship was not pleaded by LP. LP cannot bring it up later.

In OKOYE v. NWANKWO, the court held that pleadings guides a party in denying or accepting the claims of an opponent.
LP did not set out the issue of dual citizenship in their pleadings and thus it is against the doctrine of fair hearing to raise it in court without giving the APC notice to include it in their reply to the petition.

Now, Paragraph 14 of the First Schedule to the Electoral Act 2022 ( Rule 14 of the Rules of Procedure for Election Petitions) provides that:



"""
14. (1) Subject to subparagraph (2), the provisions of the Civil Procedure Rules relating to amendment of pleadings shall apply in relation to an election petition or a reply to the election petition as if for the words “any proceedings” in those provisions, there were substituted the words,”the election petition or reply”.

(2) After the expiration of the time limited by—
(a) Section 132 (7) of this Act for presenting the election petition, no amendment shall be made—
(i) introducing any of the requirements of paragraph 4 (1) not contained in the original election petition filed, or
(ii) effecting a substantial alteration of the ground for, or the prayer in, the election petition, or
(iii) except anything which may be done under subparagraph

(2) (a) (ii), effecting a substantial alteration of or addition to, the statement of facts relied on to support the ground for, or sustain the prayer in the election petition; and

(b) paragraph 12 for filing the reply, no amendment shall be made—

(i) alleging that the claim of the seat or office by the petitioner is incorrect or false, or

(ii) except anything which may be done under the provisions of subparagraph (2) (a) (ii), effecting any substantial alteration in or addition to the admissions or the denials contained in the original reply filed, or to the facts set out in the reply.

"""


It therefore follows that for LP to raise the issue of Dual citizenship in court, the particular fact of dual citizenship should be pleaded in their petition.

However, the window has closed for the amendment of pleadings so they cannot raise it in court as it would mean springing surprises on the APC and Tinubu which is not tolerated during hearing.


NB: I honestly don't like doing these things. Really a busy individual, reply me based on points of law not emotions abeg.

OBIdients will start abusing you soon or start saying that you are supporting correct system or that you have been paid.

Drone17:
New evidences to buttress ones petition can be introduced in the second rebuttal.

What cannot be added are the prayers to the court.

For example, if LP said the elections should be canceled. That's a prayer to the court. The evidences can be several such as it was rigged, the candidates were not qualified, double nomination, dual citizenship etc.

The prayers of Labour party have been stated with the reasons.
Only evidence (s) to support the reasons will be presented.

wiseone28:
All this una Peter Obi this Peter Obi that is getting stale everyday..


Why did Fashola, Ambode, and the current governor continue to built road after Tinubu left?

But that Ifite-UniZik road was one of the much touted achievements of Peter Obi and by 2015, within months after leaving office the road had deteriorated.


Truth: Peter Obi may be frugal with management of money but he didn't achieved anything spectacular as his supporters are branding him as the next best thing to happen to Nigeria after slice bread.

PoliticalUpdate:
An Edo criminal should not interprete the constitution for us. The same man that tried to steal someone else's mandate - in the person of Adams Aliyu Oshoimole. Simple use of English would have interpreted the simple meaning of the conjunction "And" - meaning inclusive. To argue such is to try to sound foolish. The word "And" points to the fact that there is a special clause attached.
The capital of the federation is the melting pot of all local ethnicities in the federation. To get 2/3 in other states invariably means you will score 2/3 of the FCT; which is made up of all tribes. Every past president who scored majority of the votes during past elections all won the FCT. Many are trying to overlook the relevance of the FCT - which is an indicator to know if you were accepted by all quarters of the nation. To score 2/3 of states means a larger part of the populace wants you to rule them - that was the reason for the directive. So, if you didn't win Abuja, it means your votes were inflated or, a lie. This is actually Tinubu's greatest kryptonite, and the APC are trying to overlook it. If you didn't rig your way in then you would have won Abuja. I am for Justice not a party. Tinubu just came in at a wrong time, and he should have been advised against it, but FF Kolanut and co, are busy stealing his money - the same persons who have accussed him in the past.

Where did you get this funny idea from?

Not all tribes are in the FCT...it is just the seat of the Federal Government.
All votes are equal.

Afamsi:
Illiterate prof kindly tell us why federal capital was mentioned in that rule since it is included in the 2/3 of the states of the federation. Why was your state not mentioned. Does this dullard know the purpose of ' AND ' in a sentence? I feel that he bought that professorial degree. This man ought to be a primary school teacher.

Nigeria has 36 States and 1FCT.

36 States and the FCT (taken together) = Nigeria

ganisucks:
All the election riggers have united in support of Baba blue, the father of election rigging.

This guy's interpretation is really funny.

Make APC dey play. Let them not go and start preparing for rerun, like their internal memos have suggested. Let them continue petting Baba blue.
When Tribunal sacks them, them go dey alright.

This Distinguished Professor of Law, Two Term Law maker and a Fmr Governor is far more knowledgeable about the Constitution than you.

Arrewa:
The term middle belt to them is area with large population of Christans... That why they even have the chicken mind to add Gombe and bauchi...

Why are these guys obsess with northern Nigeria for God sake??

However... Let's me educate some of you, especially the Igbos because they're the number one people who are tirelessly pushing this agenda... And we know they will always fail!! as usual

The only people in the north that to an extent share that middle belt sentiment with you in the whole of northern Nigeria are the Christian part of plateau that is because of their rivalry with their plateau Hausa/Fulani Muslims and Benue state, the only State in the north central with over 90% Christian population!!

But you see Niger, Nasarawa,Kaduna, taraba and other states in the north you added into that middle rope narrative that is driven by religiously bigotry has failed before arrival!!

The north remain the most united region in Nigeria!!
Yes not every northerner is a Hausa/Fulani... We have kanuri,kanakuri,Babur,Hausa,nupe,gwari,Fulani, bande, shuwa Arabs and hundreds of tribes in the northern Nigeria!!

Among all these tribes in the north... Some of these tribes have Christian population among them!!!


Yet Arewa have been politically and linguistically united!!!

Majority of the northern tribes adopt Hausa as a general language!!!
Most even answer Hausa name including the indigenous Christian people of plateau.
They have names like Dauda,murna,ayuba,ishiaku, bako, Gambo, and many Hausa related names!!

Then why will someone from Aba be shouting middle belt is not north??

Why are these people who are deeply divided in their own enclave... Be putting so much energy in tying to divide the great north??

Is this jealousy or a kind of mental disorder??


Take good look at what they're calling middle belt...

All these are unnecessary, even brothers fight.



What the North, like the rest of Nigeria need is JUSTICE in which all citizens will be treated equally in allocations of resources (including land, means of production) and equality before the law.

David Hundeyin is NOT a Zombidiot as someone here claimed but he is riding on the wave of the OBIdients Movement into fame and of course, financial rewards that can be achieved from such fame.

onumadu:
Did the runner up get 25% in Abuja?

Where did you see this in the Constitution?

onumadu:
APC is a satanic party that can never win elections without rigging.
This party will totally destroy Nigeria if allowed to rule for another year.
When our army was good, they would have intervened and jailed all APC politicians.
That party will destroy Nigeria if not stopped.

Most of the present problems facing Nigeria were created during the Military rule.
Within a short time that they intervened ,the Military plunged the country into a senseless civil war which still have reverberating consequences till today and I am surprised that people whose region were worse hit by prolonged Military Rule are now calling for Military Rule because their kins man didn't win.

IVORY2009:
You lie Baba, this time we would make Tinubus govt ungovernable

If you do anyhow and Python start dancing in your ancestral compounds, don't come and be disturbing us here o

Dreambeat:
The question is, if there is a rerun, how do we stop APC from rigging it, because APC will surely attempt to rig it

Most of the supporters of Peter Obi don't read.
On what basis do they organize re-run and who is eligible to participate?

Re-run is only possible if;

* None of the candidate have 25% in at least 25 States in which a re-run election throughout the country will be done.



Supplementary Re-run election: This only happens if


* Cancelled votes between Num-1 and Num-2 is higher than the registered voters in the POLLING UNITS that were cancelled and it will only take place in the affected polling units between Num-1 and Num-2.



In conclusion: there is no hope for Peter Obi in the Tribunal.

Mynd44:
Are you actually Yoruba or you are just trying to project.

Because "eni to ba bimo funi ti kuro ni ale eni eni"
Meaning "A women who has given birth to your child is no more a concubine, she becomes a wife automatically"

Get that your definition revised

That proverb is modern-day invention.

In Yorubaland, there are cultural marriage rites and not any woman whom you impregnate is your wife.

The meanings of words change with time.

Originally, the meaning of 'Omo-ale'= The child of ALE.

What is ALE?

ALE= UNWEDDED Sexual Partner.

So, originally when some is referred to as 'Omo-ale' = A child born out of wedlock.

N:B 'Yoruba culture approve of Polygamy ' so any child whose father paid Bride-price of the mum and perform other marriage rites is NOT an omo-ale.

OmoFiditi:
Is agbero an Ibo word or a Yoruba word?

Agberos mean CONDUCTOR.

Lifestone:
Your comments is unfair. I was on the Ikirun - Oshogbo end of that road, if he did that in 100 days, give the guy a clap man. He makes his people happy by paying their salaries promptly. 100days is not a long period but it's an indication of probably what to expect down the line.

That road was started by Aregbesola in 2013, then Oyetola resumed work on it and completed about 90% of the road.
Adeleke only put finishing touches on it ( like construction of medians, spread breakers , paint markings and tarring of few junctional areas to link different portions of the road together)

NaijaHelper1:
It is difficult for you to argue on the merits considering that you are pro APC and clearly biased based on your history of posts.

Ordinarily I believe you're supposed to analyse the arguments for and against, give an objective counter to the arguments for Abuja's special status before drawing your conclusions based on superior judicial and constitutional precedents. This didn't happen. You simply glossed it over with a mention and proceeded to contend that Abuja is no special. What then makes your opinion better than the high and mighty lawyers who you're bashing for airing their perspective just as you have done here.

That said, I think from a lawyer's perspective, this is poorly written and intended to garner sympathy for APC among laymen. There are no new points raised nor new insights generated by your reasoning on this matter. Appears we'll have to wait for the SC to make the appropriate pronouncements.

Look at this way;

1) Mr A: win in 30 States but get 20% in FCT
2) Mr B: wins in 6 States and 80% in FCT.

If 25% in FCT is compulsory, then Mr-A can't be declared a winner and a re-run is conducted.
However, in the re-run, Mr-B secure 85% in FCT, leaving Mr-A with 15%.

Effectively, we will be creating a conundrum in which there won't be clear winner if 25% in FCT is compulsory.

hisexcellency34:
Why didn't INEC upload original results on BVAS as promised?

Because the opposition had hire the services of Professional Russian Hackers to hack the system and start uploading their own fake results.

Peter Obi and the Labour party who came third and didn't even have party agents in many polling units but their supporters are the loudest claiming they won with an imaginary mandate.

Serious parties have agents in all the units and collate the results as submitted by their agents in their situation room which they will compare with the declared results.

Supremos:
I can't belief with all this bile and hatred which this man who claimed to be a pastor spilled on Igbos simply because Igbos in Lagos opted to vote for Labor Party gubernatorial candidate who's Yoruba, still have the termerity to host service and invite people.

How did this message concern Igbos?
Who is this Ufoma?

Corridon:
Third according to Mahmood Yakubu. Nigerians voted for Obi to be first and not third.

Peter Obi only made visible impact in the SS/SE and few States with substantial Christian population.

He did poorly in the NW, most of NE and SW (apart from Lagos)

Realdon1:
Pls tell Tinubu to return that stolen mandate. Let court be fair this time around bcs Nigeria is at blink of bursting out.

The courts rule on evidence based on the law and not just feelings.

No other candidate won the presidential election than Tinubu.

SLAP44:
Nigeria population figures are all fake. No way can we be up to 100 million in this country. They said up to 20 million people live in Lagos, not up to a million voted?

The number of votes were for the winners, not the total votes cast, beside not the whole population vote in any election.

Skyfly07:
If Osibanjo who is a Yoruba man had won this elections, Igbos will support him..

Igbos disdain towards Tinubu is not because he is Yoruba but because it is a shame for an ex drug dealer to be the face of Nigeria..

Nobody needs your hypocritical explanations but just know this: everybody can NOT hate Tinubu just because you hate him.

optionalY09:
Nothing other than, Yoruba can’t compete with igbo and igbo wins that’s an abomination.

How many are the entire igbo people just a dot.

The true is that we are black Africans we should all be working together but majority of you igbo are local with very annoying characters

It seems you have reduced Nigerian politics to Igbo Vs Yoruba matters, so what can you say about Fulanis, Urhobos, Efik, Hausa,Ebura, Kanuri,Chamba, Karekare,Tiv,Nupe,Idoma and over 200 other tribes?

burp18:
standard bricks made from clay are a little more expensive the the ones made from cement. Except you want the local ones that gets washed away by rain after some years.

FALSE

NothingDoMe:
Where were you when Urchins were boasting about their brother in the supreme court?

Many of you are ignorant.

How is this related to the topic?

The Supreme is NOT a one-man show.

Judges from different parts of Nigeria form the Supreme Court PANEL that sit on a case.

Domipraiz:
Op ur sample shows were u belong
Don't you no ur sample will favour one candidate than the others? Because number of accredited people in polling units differs so one party might have large number in one polling unit u picked than the others.
The total vote across the nation can only do justice to this not picking samples.
I will advice u chill and wait for the outcome of the court.


I strongly believe the STOLEN mandate will surely be returned.

The purpose of randomness is to nullify such differences.

DaddyFreeze2020:
You picked your sample from one or two geopolitical zones where some parties have the strongest support base.

Next time, pick 10 samples from different wards of different LGAs across each state of all the geo-political zones in Nigeria.

For now, your research is biased and intended to suit the researchers narrative.

Do you know the meaning of randomly selected?

NothingDoMe:
They have evidence against him that he started walking well when he arrived 😆😆😆.

He should sue the newspaper so that they can present the pictures in court.

How ignorant are you?


Have you traveled out through the Airport before?

People may spend considerable time within the Airport, being checked and cleared by the Immigration and appropriate security agencies , so instead of standing and moving on a queue, you can sit on a wheelchair especially if you are tired or not feeling fine.

Such services are offered in different Airports .



Most people spreading these rumours are not helping Peter Obi but,they are looking for enmity in the wrong place. . .The Judiciary