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Sirniyeh:
www.newspunch.org/2015-eligibility-tension-as-jonathans-fate-uncertain-supreme-court-decides-in-48-hours/

VANGUARD –

Tension is mounting at the
Presidency and the core North over the court case
challenging the eligibility of President Goodluck
Jonathan to contest the 2015 presidential election.
Competent sources said, last night, that the
Presidency was worried that the case could upset
its political permutations should the Supreme
Court rule against Jonathan running in the
election.

The main headache of the Presidency is that if the
apex court rules that its principal could not run in
2015, it would be difficult for the ruling Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) to organise another
National Convention to elect another candidate to
meet the deadline set by the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) said to be December
18, two days after the hearing.

The case was said to have been on the radar of
presidential minders believed to have also made
contacts to know how the case could go and the
justices to sit on it.

Meanwhile, Jonathan’s opponents, particularly
from the core North, it was learnt, were expectant
that the case would be decided against the
president having taken the oath of office twice for
the office.

Sunday Vanguard gathered from judicial sources
that top officials of the Supreme Court were aware
of the heightened interest in the case, slated for
hearing on Tuesday, December 16, 2014 and were
working hard to block undue access to the case
file.

The heightened tension, according to the sources,
manifested in unceasing enquiries over the
composition of the panellists to hear the crucial
matter.

Although the case was filed during the tenure of
the former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Aloma
Mukthar, the sources said there had been intense
pressure on the current CJN, who took over about
two weeks ago, to reconstitute the panel.
Those in support of Jonathan were said to be
rooting for a justice sympathetic to his cause to
head the panel while those who want the president
disqualified from running in the 2015 election,
favoured a neutral and fearless arbiter to preside
over the case.

A top judicial official confirmed that the CJN was
yet to re-constitute the panel to hear the case at
the close of work on Friday even though he was
aware that the case had been slated for hearing on
Tuesday.

The official said it was normal in a very crucial
judicial matter of that nature for the CJN to
interfere in the composition of the panellists to
ensure that justice is delivered to all the parties
concerned.

He said: “The eligibility case filed by some persons
against President Jonathan is a serious matter,
which the CJN has taken notice of and the normal
process of setting up the panel, a few hours to the
hearing, will be done.

“As at the close of work at the weekend, no panel
had been raised by the CJN and we believe that,
because of the sensitive nature of the matter and
the interest it has generated, the CJN will empanel
a team to handle it at the right time.
“This is not the first time such a case is coming
before the Supreme Court and there is an
established procedure for dealing with such
matters.

“In a case of this nature, the CJN might want to put
in neutral justices in the panel taking into
consideration where they come from, their
maturity, objectivity, and how they have handled
similar critical assignments in the past.

Anxiety
A northern politician from Kano State, who has
been campaigning against Jonathan’s presidency,
said he was hopeful that Jonathan would lose the
case and return power to the North, ”where the
presidency is supposed to be following the death
of Umaru Yar’Adua.”

But a PDP governor, who spoke to Sunday
Vanguard, last night, expressed optimism that the
president had the right to run for second term,
having merely completed the tenure of the late
president before seeking a fresh mandate in
accordance with the Constitution of Nigeria.
“Obviously, I don’t think there is anything to worry
about as far as this case is concerned,” the
governor said. ”There is no law that says that
Jonathan should not run in 2015 and that is it”.

The anxiety over the case follows the declaration
by INEC that the different parties must submit to it
the names of their candidates for the 2015
elections in the shortest possible time as stipulated
by the law.

The commission said, last night, that it was
awaiting the parties to forward to it lists of
candidates and their running mates where
necessary.

But it said it will only recognize candidates that
emerged from primaries supervised by its officials,
warning politicians who conducted parallel party
primaries not to approach it with any list. Mr
Kayode Idowu, Chief Press Secretary to INEC
Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, who spoke in a
telephone interview with Sunday Vanguard, said
the electoral law was clear on the time frame, and
asked all parties to rectify their problems where
necessary with a view to forwarding their
candidates to the electoral body.

It will be recalled that the Supreme Court had
okayed the appeal filed before it by a chieftain of
the PDP, from Adamawa State, Dr. Umar Ardo, for
hearing on a day Jonathan insisted he was legally
qualified to contest the 2015 presidential election.
The president, through his lawyer, Mr. Ade Okeaya-
Inneh, SAN, told the court that he had cited legal
authorities backing his re-election bid.
He argued that Ardo had no case against him,
insisting that he is permitted by the 1999
Constitution to go for a second tenure in office.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/eligibility-question-jonathans-ambition-hangs/?fb_action_ids=10152662571899545&fb_action_types=og.comments

hizroyalflynes:
Really
Since they turned things around in their states
Y can't the sole Owner of APC Tinubu pair them for the Aso Rock job and like they u don't change the winning team
His accuracy in corruption and future ambition to loot directly from federal government purse won't let him couple with the fact that ur changers are well hyped
Tho I would have prefer Fashola to GEJ

Nmeri17:
yes!! we need a change that can transform us into a first world country overnight.

but buhari is hardly the person we should expect such change from

Trut:
Metuh is 100% right.

lalasticlala:
........
Permit me to share just one example of the expression of that soft spot in this contribution. On June 3, 2013, Thisday Newspaper’s lead story carried the following headline: ‘’The military offensive against Boko Haram is anti-North – General Muhammadu Buhari’.The story ran as follows:

‘’Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari has criticised the declaration of state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States and the subsequent military offensive against the Boko Haram Islamic sect. Buhari, who featured on the “Guest of the Week,” a Hausa programme of the Kaduna-based Liberty Radio, yesterday, said the Federal Government’s action was a gross injustice against the North. According to him, unlike the special treatment the Federal Government gave to the Niger Delta militants, the Boko Haram members were being killed and their houses demolished. He said he was not in support of the declaration of state of emergency in the three north-eastern states because President Goodluck Jonathan had failed from the outset in addressing the security situation in the country’’.
The implications of these comments, coming from a former Head of State, are obvious and self-evident.

Yet that same General Buhari who said these unacceptable things one year ago is now busy pontificating about his concerns for our nation. Many would argue that, that is pretty rich coming from him given his past comments about a ruthless group of terrorists who, more than any other, merit the award for the greatest ‘’troublers of our nation’’. Given this, I regard Buhari’s comments to The Nation Newspaper on July 22, 2014 as nothing but self-serving.

Of particular interest to me were the following words:

‘’Never before have I seen a Nigerian President declare war on his own country as we are seeing now’’. Really? Correct me if I am wrong but I thought that the war that President Goodluck Jonathan has declared was against terrorism and Boko Haram and not against the Nigerian people.

Questions begging for answers

Does General Buhari find it difficult to make a distinction between the jihadists and the Nigerian people?

Does he see them as being one and the same? Does he actually equate members of Jama’at ahl as-sunnah li-d-da’wa wa-l-jihad with the Nigerian people? Does he regard the military offensive against Boko Haram as being an offensive against OUR people?

Does he honestly believe that anytime thata Boko Haram terrorist is killed by our armed forces and security agencies or that his house is blown up, it is an attack on the Nigerian people or an assault on the North? Are those people that Boko Haram slaughtering, terrorising, abducting, pillaging, robbing and raping on a daily basis all over our country not the real Nigerians?

Does he honestly believe that Boko Haram is representative of the thinking of our people or even the majority of the people in the Muslim North?Is he still insisting on having another Muslim as his running mate in order to establish his strange dream of a Muslim/Muslim President and Vice President for our country or has he shelved that idea due to public resentment and outrage?

Does he have any empathy with the Christian community in northern Nigeria for the immense suffering, degradation, humiliation, contempt, shame, indignity, persecution and mass murder that they have been subjected to inthe North for the last 53 years and particularly in the last few years?

Does he still believe that ‘’Christians should not worry when Muslims chop off their own arms and hands in the name of Sharia because it is none of their business’’ as he said in 2001?

Does he still believe that Boko Haram members should be forgiven, granted amnesty, pampered, sent abroad to learn and given monthly allowances like the Niger Delta militants like he suggested in 2013?

If the truth must be told, the only thing thatis worse than Boko Haram are those in the Nigerian political class that secretly support and covertly assist them.

*Fani-Kayode was Minister of Aviation under the Obasanjo administration.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/questions-general-buhari-must-answer-fani-kayode/

najoke:
^
[size=15pt]when we say u guys are fishbrain, u think we dont know what we are saying.

After your wedding reception, i am sure you waited for your guest to leave the rented venue............then you and your wife started sweeping, picking up plates,spoons, empty can drink, tissue,left over, tooth pick etc used by your invited guest.

We know your brain has been taken but i am sure they still left you TANdriod with your senses.

CLUELESS PEOPLE[/size]

Lagusta:
Its not because of sugar ooooo

All these energy drinks contain CAFFEINE, which is a very powerful stimulant....

Too much of it leads to hyperexcitability of the brain, rapid heart rate, then heart failure, shock and death....

NgeneUkwenu:
Stop playing into the hands of jonathanians otherwise you would be rubbishing the whole Primaries as charade by bringing unfounded allegations to the discussion!

If you persist and they copy you, they would lump all the contestants into the unfounded allegation! It might just be mere lobbying afterall! I beg you, see reason and desist henceforth!

lalasticlala:
Hugo Bassey, the son of Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, Nigeria's Senate Majority Leader, showed off the interior of his father's palatial home in Abuja on his instagram page. 26 year old Hugo is a trained lawyer and footballer with Vasalund IF Sweden.

See the pics of their home and garage after the cut...I screen grabbed the photos from two videos so it's a little blurry.

http://lindaikeji..in/2014/12/sen-ndoma-egbas-son-shows-off-interior.html

100Cents:
If I were a delegate, I will collect $3000 from Atiku and $2000 from Rochas and vote either Rochas or Atiku.

Leave the poor old man to continue crying. Smh...

SilentCrescendo:
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chukel:
A memorable month. A December to remember.

Ariel20:
E dey for this thread oo

donphilopus:
Buhari just dey lead anyhow!

micolaj:
Buhari winning is more important to me than my Arsenal winning CHAMPIONS LEAGUE.

barcanista:
Bros I like this your TV o, when make I come thief am? As for NTA, make them go burn bush. Na TVC and SaharaTV sure pass

barcanista:
TVC de try, Channels don f-up! Sorting and collation ongoing

NgeneUkwenu:
Good morning everyone, Ngene Ukwenu Just woke up!

chukel:
ah ah. How Dy wan put electricity for agenda. I thought otueke president fixed it. Ahhhhh, moment of truth. So u and insincere Nigerian just derive pleasure posting lies on this forum. No wonder people say u r paid. In one thread u tanoids claim 24hrs power supply, here u confess.

barcanista:
Why is e-AIT going off air?

Firefire:
I actually wish GMB wins and come face the King of the Jungle

mavinc4u:
our able President said that he had no shoes during his time but people later accused him of having many shoes now. I hope Buhari would not end up having many Companies since he just told us he has known.

NgeneUkwenu:
Thanks Bro!

LORDI:
They will line in a thousans ways and scatter in ten thousands ways..because they will fail come 2015
GEJ TILL 2019
Hit like for GEJ

Realdeals:
1. Ballot boxes in place at APC convention
2. APC delegate accreditation and verification process.



http://lindaikeji..in/2014/12/pics-this-apc-primaries-look-organized.html?m=1

Obiagelli:
At a meeting that went into the wee hours of
Wednesday, 12 APC governors reached a final
agreement to pitch their tent with
Muhammadu Buhari, former military head of
state, but Atiku Abubakar, former vice-
president, is reaching out directly to the
delegates.
At the meeting, which took place at Adeola
Odeku, Victoria Island, Lagos, the governors
who agreed to support Buhari are: Abdulaziz
Yari (Zamfara), Ibrahim Geidam (Yobe),
Kashim Shettima (Borno), Tanko Al-Makura
(Nasarawa), Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara),
Babatunde Fashola (Lagos), Abiola Ajimobi
(Oyo), Adams Oshiomhole (Edo), Rauf
Aregbesola (Osun), Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun),
Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto) and Rotimi Amaechi
(Rivers).



www.thecable.ng/just-12-apc-governors-endorse-buhari-atiku-reaches-directly-delegates

udemzyudex:
I laugh ATIKU ..everything as already been planned, bring the primary election to Lagos means he can't win..


Imagine the excuse lair Mohammad gave for not taking the primary election to Edo state,saying the governor said they don't have the facilities to accommodate 8000 delegates ..funny

APC doing what they know how to do best....

idris93:
At least 8,000 delegates of the All Progressives Congress [APC] are gathering at Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos today – Wednesday – to pick the party’s flag-bearer for the February 14 presidential election.

The delegates, both elected and statutory, drawn from the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, will choose from the five aspirants who are asking to be the party’s candidate for the election.

The aspirants are (in alphabetical order) former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; a former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari; governor of Kano State, Rabi’u Kwankwaso; his Imo State counterpart, Rochas Okorocha and the publisher of Leadership newspapers, Sam Nda-Isaiah.
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/172851-nigeria2015-apc-presidential-primaries-live-update.html

WombRaiders:
Hate. Tribalism. Xenophobia. Supremascity ideology. Divisive and diversionary politics. Corruption and hypocrisy.

Unpatrotism. Unstatesmanship among their leaders. Thuggery and violence. Anarchy. Propaganda and lies. Unprogressive ideology.

major466:
GEJ afraid of primaries? You wish. GEJ defeated Atiku hands down in 2011. Facing this Abiola woman wouldn't be a problem. Am just hearing about her existence for the first time.

Wisdomkosi:
A 29-year-old photographer, Ejeh Smith, and his wife, Grace, 26, are in pains and receiving treatment at a Lagos hospital after a police officer, identified as Dada Ogunsanya, allegedly tortured them with his rifle.

Ogunsanya is attached to the Ikoyi Police Division.

The incident happened at the Lekki Roundabout on Wednesday, last week, while the couple was in a taxi en route to their home at Parkview Estate.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the police officer was among a seven-man team, patrolling the area around 10pm.

The police team was said to have stopped the taxi driver and demanded that he opened his boot for a routine check.

The taxi driver, Ndubuisi Iheaka, told our correspondent that after he opened his boot which contained scaffolding belts, the policeman demanded to see his driving licence.

“I was about getting the driving licence when he started flashing his torchlight on my passengers who were sitting at the back.

“The wife told the officer not to flash the torch on them since the inner light of the vehicle was on.

“Because of what she said, the policeman asked them to come down from the cab. This started an argument. The next thing I saw was that the policeman pulled my passenger (Ejeh) by his trousers, and his wife went to plead with him to stop.

“But instead, he slapped her and punched her husband. He was wearing a ring, which inflicted a deep cut on Ejeh’s face. After that, he used the butt of his gun to hit him in his eye and face. He also dragged his wife on the road.”

Grace said the policeman, apart from slapping her, stepped on her tummy.

“If I was pregnant that night, I would have lost my pregnancy. I was only trying to pet him to leave my husband since he did not have business with us. I told him to face the cab driver and leave us alone. “The other policemen were just looking at him while he dragged me on the ground. A man riding a tricycle at the time was the one who rescued me. He said the policemen must call their Divisional Police Officer or else he would not leave the scene,” she said.

The Ikoyi DPO, Mrs. Aisha Haruna, was said to have arrived at the scene.

Ejeh claimed he could barely see because blood was dripping from his eyes, while his wife was vomiting blood. He added that the DPO ordered that they be taken to the station to make statements.

He said, “But we told her that we needed to first treat ourselves before we could make statements. That was when we were given forms and referred to the Falomo Police Hospital. We paid for the treatment and we also went to the eye clinic for treatment.”

His wife claimed that the DPO seized her phone and asked an inspector at the station to delete all the pictures and video recording she did of the incident.

“Even my personal data were deleted. And when I asked the DPO why she did that, she said we deserved the treatment we got. She said she would have locked us up in the cell if not for our injuries. She said we did not know how to talk,” she added.

The family lawyer of the victims, Mr. Sunday Agbinya, said his office would write a petition to the Inspector General of Police to redress the wrong done to his clients.

“This is a case of assault occasioning harm and we intend to challenge it. We will send a petition to the IG. We want the police to conduct a full investigation into this,” he said.

The legal officer of a non-governmental organisation, Project Alert on Violence Against Women, Mr. Ben Odeh, said the police officer responsible for the act should be disciplined for torturing the couple.

He said, “It is a breach of their constitutional rights. The policeman went too far.”

The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, confirmed the incident.

He said, “Yes, the incident happened in the Ikoyi division. Inquiries are on as well as disciplinary procedures.”


source: http://www.punchng.com/news/policeman-tortures-man-wife-in-lagos/