Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Michael Aondokaa, in this interview clarifies that the Supreme Court has already ruled in a case as far back as 2008, that for a candidate to be declared president, he, apart from scoring 25% of votes cast in the 2/3 of the states of the federation, such candidate must score 25% of the votes cast in the FCT.
LagosG: To me, even if Tinubu wins the court case and rules for 8 years, I have no faith in humanity anymore. Herd mentality will bring us faster to ruin. The same people who flogged your great-grandfathers into slavery with a Bible in arm are the same people asking you to make it legal for you as a man to stick your penis in another man's anus, saying it's okay to do that. Herd mentality is making a lot of people accept it just like herd mentality is making a lot of people believe PO is the best man for the job. It makes me so sick. This is the same man that is so fanatic that if you're not Catholic, you couldn't work in the governor's office when he was one. This is the same man that went around pentecostal churches for validation. This is the same man that has never, ever publicly acknowledged Muslims on Ramadan but in 2023 was quick to do that. I know that no matter what I say, nothing changes. Humans will rather be sheep flocked together and herded by anyone who has balls to be a shepherd regardless of his intentions.
To me, Nigerians are being herded by the western world with their herding machine, social media pushing the candidate who can be manipulated into doing their bidding. Whatever happens, when people study history in 50-100 years from now, I'm pretty sure the sheep will be cursed by their descendants.
Pray, can you bring the list of all Government House staff and their denomination to prove your allegation that Obi only worked with Catholics?
About Ramadan, in what capacity should Obi have felicitated with Muslims during Ramadan prior to 2023?🤔
Ayodeoba: yes! He even worked against it, but I kept wondering why tinubu still keeps his respect for him, some people will have screwed everything with anger
That’s emotional intelligence and political correctness.
You don’t say everything as it is or you will disrupt a lot of things.
WantsandMore: only takes wisdom to discern what's public conversation or Private talks, but we all know OBIdients r bunch of Emotionally entangled people who will uplift or put anything down irrespective of logic as far as it serves their immediate Emotional purpose
Tinubu clandestinely influenced the appointments of men loyal to him before the election.
Like Amaechi revealed, Mahmoud Yakubu was nominated for reappointment by a member of Tinubu’s camp and Mahmoud has delivered by organizing a sham election that gave Tinubu victory.
Then, CJN Mohammed was unceremoniously removed like a thief in the night and Ariwoola appointed in his place to stay in position to endorse the sham that will be organized by INEC.
That’s the structure they refer to when they talk about structure.
It’s a structure of criminality that must be dismantled.
These guys cannot be allowed to take Nigeria in a mafian style. Nigeria is too big to be kidnapped by a group of vagabonds.
Could nzogbu emotions make a people so delusional that they swallow and subscribe to any junk that meets their sentiment?
Na sowore time to dey cash out with silly stories, obidient ipob audience full ground
Talk true, is your heart not beating fast?
No rest for the wicked.
Una no go get peace of mind until Tinubu returns the stolen mandate he’s moving around with.
Because you got yourselves declared, you went all out against Igbos and butchered them because they simply wanted to cast their votes and you think the rest of Nigeria is not watching?
You are doing it to the Igbos today, who knows who you will face tomorrow?
Nigerians, from north to south, are now apprehensive of a Tinubu presidency. Add that to the fact that he is on a stolen mandate.
lhordspy: But Peter Obi, you guys Messiah said the policy was okay and perfect. And i remember so well you all celebrated every letter that made up those words of his back then because you thought it would affect Tinubu. You even praised Emefiele and cheered him on to 'walk and never stumble'
All of a sudden election is over. Eyes don open. Zombidients are now crying for cash. Go and meet your messiah, Peter obi; the one who misled you. Are you people not 'reaping gain again'?
Peter Obi must be living rent free in your head.
Na so him dey torture una reach? That you see him in everything.
Just advise Tinubu to return the mandate he stole so that you people can rest and stop being paranoid and seeing Obi everywhere.
People’s Gazette is reporting that CJN, Ariwoola, has been spotted disguising on wheelchair to hold a secret meeting with Tinubu in London.
After rigging at the polls, they want to rig at the courts too?
Chief Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has been sighted in London pretending to be a physically-challenged old man, Peoples Gazette learnt today, in what Supreme Court sources said was a clandestine preparation for a meeting with President-elect Bola Tinubu.
Mr Ariwoola’s movement was exposed to The Gazette as Mr Tinubu was arriving in London for what his team claimed was a relaxation trip after a hectic campaign that preceded his declaration as Nigeria’s president-elect last month. But Mr Tinubu kept his trip to London secret until it was exposed on Wednesday afternoon by Sahara Reporters, which said the trip was a medical emergency.
The Gazette learnt that Mr Ariwoola departed Nigeria on March 11 via Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. He was pushed in a wheelchair through the terminals to board a British Airways flight, our sources said.
Upon arrival in London, Mr Ariwoola, 64, was also wheeled into a hotel downtown, where he has remained ever since. But immediately after checking into the hotel, Mr Ariwoola abandoned his wheelchair and started moving around the facility unaided. The Supreme Court head is not known with any physical disabilities.
“He has been moving about in the hotel without any wheelchair,” a source familiar with the CJN’s activities at the London accommodation told The Gazette. “He was standing on his own in the elevator just yesterday.”
The Gazette learnt that Mr Ariwoola repeatedly picked up food ordered via delivery services at a mid-level lobby, including Uber Eats and Deliveroo. It was unclear whether or not he placed the orders by himself or how he paid.
With Mr Tinubu now in Europe, he would be meeting Mr Ariwoola in a secret arrangement to discuss issues unknown to Nigerians, our sources said.
“The CJN deliberately left the country more than a week ahead of Tinubu to avoid any suspicion about why both of them disappeared at once,” a source familiar said. “That is why he travelled secretly and Tinubu also travelled secretly.”
Shortly after Mr Tinubu’s trip was reported, his media aides issued a statement saying he was going to be in Paris and London briefly before heading to Saudi Arabia for prayer rites. His return date was not disclosed.
But many Nigerians expressed immediate doubt about the statement’s credibility, especially as it was not volunteered before the trip was uncovered.
“They thought that they could secretly move the president-elect abroad without anybody knowing about it,” a source said. “That’s one of the several mistakes they made on this matter, asides from the belief that they could allow the Chief Justice of Nigeria to move about in a London hotel for several days undetected after going through the trouble of disguising him in a wheelchair.”
The Gazette has temporarily withheld the CJN’s photos and the specific hotel he stayed in to protect a source central to this story.
A Supreme Court source said Mr Ariwoola wanted to meet Mr Tinubu to discuss issues that may arise from the budding legal challenge to the declaration as president-elect, including whether or not he should be worried about the petitions recently filed by opposition parties.
“The CJN would either assure Tinubu of victory in court or tell him that he should be worried about the dimension the petitions may take through the court stages,” the source said under anonymity to avoid facing administrative action for divulging privileged information to reporters. “But we may never know what they actually discussed after their secret meeting.”
“I am reluctant to start thinking about the of their meeting right now,” the source added. “But any fair-minded person will easily admit that both of them meeting in a foreign corner to discuss something that Nigerians will not know about is highly suspicious and should be unwarranted.”
Brazen partisanship
Festus Akande, a spokesman for the Supreme Court, abruptly hung up when The Gazette requested comment about Mr Ariwoola’s secret trip to London.
The National Judicial Council declined comments about Mr Ariwoola’s suspicious activity. Mr Tinubu’s spokespersons also declined comments on Thursday afternoon.
Mr Ariwoola’s apparent affinity with Mr Tinubu has continued despite the raging challenge to the declaration of Mr Tinubu as president-elect and the ultimate role the Supreme Court is expected to play in the legal battle.
Two main opposition candidates Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar have this week filed petitions against Mr Tinubu’s emergence, saying the process that led to the decision of the electoral office INEC was fraudulent and unconstitutional.
Mr Obi, the Labour Party’s candidate in the February 25 election, also sought disqualification of Mr Tinubu on the grounds of his involvement in illicit narcotics dealing in the United States between the 1980s and 1990s.
As Nigerians debate the strength of both petitions against Mr Tinubu, they’re also voicing an even more critical concern about the credibility of the Supreme Court as an arbiter of untainted justice.
Besides the court’s recent contentious judgments that severely blunted the court’s reputation — chiefly the decision to return Hope Uzodinma as governor in Imo despite coming fourth in an election and the enforcement of Ahmad Lawan as APC candidate in Yobe North Senatorial District despite not participating in the primaries — critics are also saying Mr Ariwoola’s conduct has done little to inspire public confidence in the Supreme Court under him.
In November 2022, Mr Ariwoola openly praised Seyi Makinde for working internally to sabotage the candidacy of Mr Abubakar. The Supreme Court denied Mr Ariwoola’s statement, but video evidence contradicted the denial. Mr Ariwoola was later questioned by the State Security Service, which feared the comments could threaten the country’s stability.
Still, both Mr Ariwoola and the Supreme Court have repeatedly assured Nigerians that justice would be dispensed fairly as dictated by the Constitution. A spokesman recently said Mr Ariwoola could be expected to dispassionately empanel justices for Messrs Abubakar and Obi’s petitions when they get to the Supreme Court later in the year.
mastermaestro: I see you have a very serious problem. You admit that the PDP guy possesses more competence and capacity than the LP guy, yet you wish he lost just because you hate his party.
Obviously I was not wrong when I predicted that thieves, lowlifes and buffoons would move to LP in droves assured that emotional people like you would readily vote them. Shame on you!
Keep shut. I’m sure you supported Ganduje in 2019.
You are accusing us of being emotional but we were the ones that opposed the addition of General Enenche to the Labour Party PCC because of his activities during the EndSARS.
You were here when we opposed Joshua Dariye picking Senatorial ticket of Labour Party in Plateau even though we knew it was going to help increase the party’s popularity in the state.
See, get out of my mention with your skewed narrative and gaslighting; it’s watery.
SenatePresdo: Not really, the LP candidate isn't charismatic like Obi or Otti.
He's the cousin brother of sister Ugwuanyi, if two of them should be in an unknown party, the PDP guy would have won with wide margin because of his antecedents.
Both the LP guy and PDP guy were chimaroke boys. That the LP guy even stood a chance was because of LP.
But I'm glad there is now a strong opposition, the PDP guy would be forced to do well. That's the primary goal we are seeking, he's the only PDP Governor in SE now, he won't mess up.
You have a point sha.
Both Mbah and Edeoga are Chimaroke boys. So if it’s Chimaroke we wanted to escape, it wouldn’t have worked. Even the APGA candidate is still Chimaroke boy.
And judging by capacity, Mbah comes ahead of Edeoga by a thousand miles. I just wanted to see PDP punished.
But like you said, with this scare, Mbah will be on his toes 24/7 for the next four years just to prove himself to Ndi Enugu. That’s if the courts don’t return Edeoga sha. Cuz I think he’d have a good case at the tribunal.
RtrevEzeugo1: So if LP win it's a win but if PDP win it's robbery. Am beginning to regret voting for LP. Was The LP guy not a former PDP House of representative, and a PDP commissioner for 7 years and three months until August 2022, Am done with this LP madness.
I had to run a background check on you to be sure you have been supporting LP and it returned positive.
Now, lemme ask you, do you have the facts of what transpired in Enugu?
coputa: Someone that stole a mace and the one that stole money,which one is worse.does the stolen mace cause any damage to the nation,after all,it was returned.Did they returned the stolen money. You do not have a point.
Oh my goodness!
So you do not see anything wrong in Omo Agege stealing the mace? You are making excuses for him? Jesus!
That’s how you guys see nothing wrong in Tinubu’s drug past and other dark things about his past.
But to save you from misery, you can invite Omo Agege to your state and collect your governor’s certificate of return and give to him so he can rule over you and your generation. Because you are obviously not from Delta State.
Down here, we don’t tolerate criminals like you guys worship MC Oluomo.
wegevv: Thanks. So looks like they might just be referring to the polling unit results that were intentionally made publicly available on the irev portal (backed by AWS). Those images clearly link to AWS S3 buckets (as seen by the URL of many of them) so in my opinion that is already clear proof that they did indeed use AWS.
But I believe the petitioners are saying they are also happy to subpoena Amazon to confirm that INEC (or whatever company it outsourced to) did indeed use AWS. I really doubt that is necessary but Amazon should be able to easily confirm as it isn't anything private. it's basically: "are these people your customers", "yes".
I was confused about the mention of "the number of accredited voters" as I thought that was implying that LP had managed to get some private INEC data from AWS but the number of accredited voters is written on every polling unit result sheet on the publicly available images on AWS so that is likely what they are referring to.
Looks like they have done some calculations and seen that the ward results declared by INEC exceeded the sum of the accredited voters in those areas.
There’s this question I asked a Tinubu supporter earlier and he ran aware. I asked him if INEC server is a private or public property.
Obviously you and I know that INEC, and every property it holds, is a public property. And as per Freedom of Information Act, whatever information in their custody can be obtained by any Nigerian.
Then there’s the services of ethical hackers who might have been able to breach INEC’s AWS server to obtain some information that Obi is using to prosecute his case. And that’s why he’s able to confidently state in his petition that there was overvoting in Ekiti, Oyo, Ondo, Kano and some other states based on the accreditation data he obtained from AWS. Remember that the court has ruled that illegally gotten evidence is admissible in court.
ganisucks: Lies. Tinubu is not sick. He's only going to ask his sponsors, what he should do next. Unlike the wonderland NL APC chapter, the real APC is in panic mode, and confused on how to react to the petitions.
Lol!
E don choke for him and Rishi Sunak 🤣
By the way, Tinubu is seriously sick and I suggest u pray for him.
wegevv: Penguin2 please which section is the Amazon / AWS mentioned? I want to have a read.
I doubt they even need to subpoena Amazon. All they need to do is prove that the data is correct and any third-party AWS expert might be able to do that depending on the data source.
We already know INEC uses AWS (Amazon Web Services) as all the uploaded polling unit images are uploaded to S3 buckets. Anyone that has worked with AWS before and seen the URLs would know this. All LP and PO need to do is get the court to force INEC to allow an expert access to their AWS account.
With that access, any expert will be able to confirm if the data matches what LP have claimed and if it was tampered with too. This is all very basic stuff and easy to do. Again AWS themselves don't need to be brought into it. You just need access to the AWS account.
I strongly suspect that the AWS account would be managed by whichever engineering company that INEC outsourced BVAS/IREV system to (not directly by INEC). AWS itself doesn't typically manage customer's account but instead manages the infrastructure you use and the services. In fact if you know what you're doing you can have data in AWS that Amazon itself cannot access (using client side encryption for instance). It is the company managing the account that need to be subpoenaed.
I doubt LP hacked anyone to get the data. If you use AWS correctly it is extremely difficult (verging on impossible) to hack. Maybe the company managing this data unintentionally kept it in an unencrypted S3 bucket with public access, who knows. If that data is still publicly available then all this should be even easier to prove without any subpoenas
I see you are an expert ICT personnel. Good one.
Their references to the Amazon AWS is on page 17, paragraphs 46, 47 & 48.
biaframaster200: Bro....it is subjective...I will advise you to. go and read about the subpoena and some. clauses around....then come back.and.discuss...
biaframaster200: In the first instance ....Amazon is not a Nigerian business establishment...it is an internationally recognized establishment ...so the issue of compelling will not be there....and the issue of subpoena is subjective ....and there are ways around it.....for example....a doctor that signed a oath of secret .....can attend the court proceeding but have his own legal right to withhold some vital information in court......amd all this provision are there in our law......
So, .....
Is INEC server, and the data therein, a public or private property?🤔
biaframaster200: I.laugh in atomic bomb language....i can bet.my two balls that none of the Amazon employees will do such things...because as part of the employment condition ...data privacy and protection is paramount.....on what ground did the person or the company wants to.come and testify against what he was paid to protect.....
There’s always an exception to every contract. If Amazon is subpoenaed by a court of law to make presentations on the accreditation data on their cloud hosting in a matter of public importance, they will have no choice.
Again, INEC website is not the private property of INEC but the public property of Nigeria and Nigerians. Therefore, INEC has no locus or whatsoever to invoke data protection as grounds to argue against the appearance of an Amazon staff. Or is INEC website and the data therein the private property of INEC?
Lastly, do you not think that Amazon may have given green light to be involved in the case? Or that there are previous cases where Amazon officials have been subpoenaed to court to help a case?