I have studied presidential election petitions and courts judgements since 1999 and discovered that 2023 petitions are the most worthless and useless of them all. It cannot upturn local government chairman election. The petitioners went to court on 4 grounds.
1. 25% in FCT. Supreme Court past ruling, all Nigerians votes are equal and so no golden votes. FCT is just one of states in nigeria as it relate to election and stated in theconstitution.
2. Tinubu indictment of drugs: Supreme Court past judgment, only Court of competent jurisdiction indictment can prevent a candidate. Tinubu was never arraigned or indicted by any court.
3. VP elect double nomination: VP name was never sent to INEC as a Senate candidate. Mere expression of intention is not equal to nomination.
4. Non transmission of results real time: There's no existing law make transmission of results real time a compulsory for INEC.
INEC substantially complied with electoral act.

If it is worthless, you muykem will not be bothered about it neither will you create a topic for it.
You are only bothered about it because it is going to create history in the federal republic of Nigeria.

muykem:
I have studied presidential election petitions and courts judgements since 1999 and discovered that 2023 petitions are the most worthless and useless of them all. It cannot upturn local government chairman election. The petitioners went to court on 4 grounds.
1. 25% in FCT. Supreme Court past ruling, all Nigerians votes are equal and so no golden votes. FCT is just one of states in nigeria as it relate to election and stated in theconstitution.
2. Tinubu indictment of drugs: Supreme Court past judgment, only Court of competent jurisdiction indictment can prevent a candidate. Tinubu was never arraigned or indicted by any court.
3. VP elect double nomination: VP name was never sent to INEC as a Senate candidate. Mere expression of intention is not equal to nomination.
4. Non transmission of results real time: There's no existing law make transmission of results real time a compulsory for INEC.
INEC substantially complied with electoral act.

muykem:
I have studied presidential election petitions and courts judgements since 1999 and discovered that 2023 petitions are the most worthless and useless of them all. It cannot upturn local government chairman election. The petitioners went to court on 4 grounds.
1. 25% in FCT. Supreme Court past ruling, all Nigerians votes are equal and so no golden votes. FCT is just one of states in nigeria as it relate to election and stated in theconstitution.
2. Tinubu indictment of drugs: Supreme Court past judgment, only Court of competent jurisdiction indictment can prevent a candidate. Tinubu was never arraigned or indicted by any court.
3. VP elect double nomination: VP name was never sent to INEC as a Senate candidate. Mere expression of intention is not equal to nomination.
4. Non transmission of results real time: There's no existing law make transmission of results real time a compulsory for INEC.
INEC substantially complied with electoral act.

Lawyers must chop nah.

The petition is the most useful. The only strong argument is the Abuja argument all others are to score cheap social media points.

muykem:
I have studied presidential election petitions and courts judgements since 1999 and discovered that 2023 petitions are the most worthless and useless of them all. It cannot upturn local government chairman election. The petitioners went to court on 4 grounds.
1. 25% in FCT. Supreme Court past ruling, all Nigerians votes are equal and so no golden votes. FCT is just one of states in nigeria as it relate to election and stated in theconstitution.
2. Tinubu indictment of drugs: Supreme Court past judgment, only Court of competent jurisdiction indictment can prevent a candidate. Tinubu was never arraigned or indicted by any court.
3. VP elect double nomination: VP name was never sent to INEC as a Senate candidate. Mere expression of intention is not equal to nomination.
4. Non transmission of results real time: There's no existing law make transmission of results real time a compulsory for INEC.
INEC substantially complied with electoral act.

@op, I sincerely plead that you consider the Obi-diots children of hate, they might commit a non fatal mass suicide, if they read your post.
Otherwise, they might transfer aggression to you.

naijapips04:
The petition is the most useful. The only strong argument is the Abuja argument all others are to score cheap social media points.

Even that is a non-issue. If a candidate wins the whole 36 states and does not win FCT you mean he can't be declared?

put up a defense already. and stop all the nonsense about blackmailing obi and insulting obidients, just go to the tribunal and the case settle asap

Femmyfamous4u:


Even that is a non-issue. If a candidate wins the whole 36 states and does not win FCT you mean he can't be declared?

It can be decided either way. The constitution is not very clear.

naijapips04:


It can be decided either way. The constitution is not very clear.

The constitution is very clear and unambiguous. FCT is one of the state in Nigeria, it's expressly stated in the constitution.

People living in Abuja are not golden humans, their vote is equal to one, even buhari's vote is equal to one, democracy is based on majority of people choice. Residents of Abuja decisions alone cannot determine the election result,Most useless among the petitions.

OP, are you the Supreme Court Justices?

naijapips04:


It can be decided either way. The constitution is not very clear.

You're right but it is very very unreasonable to disqualify a candidate because of FCT alone.

Tinubu forfeited drug money to US authorities. If this can be proved in court,not only this election but his past political posts will be scraped. I guess that's why he's been away for so long, to straighten this. If so, I hope for humanity's sake, he failed.

Tntsi:
If it is worthless, you muykem will not be bothered about it neither will you create a topic for it.
You are only bothered about it because it is going to create history in the federal republic of Nigeria.

History as another Ióss.
Una eyes go soon clear.

Femmyfamous4u:


Even that is a non-issue. If a candidate wins the whole 36 states and does not win FCT you mean he can't be declared?

But how possible is it for a candidate to win the 36 states and lose Abuja? I don't believe it's possible

Femmyfamous4u:


Even that is a non-issue. If a candidate wins the whole 36 states and does not win FCT you mean he can't be declared?

Can you be admitted if you get 8As' and F9 in English?

muykem:
I have studied presidential election petitions and courts judgements since 1999 and discovered that 2023 petitions are the most worthless and useless of them all. It cannot upturn local government chairman election. The petitioners went to court on 4 grounds.
1. 25% in FCT. Supreme Court past ruling, all Nigerians votes are equal and so no golden votes. FCT is just one of states in nigeria as it relate to election and stated in theconstitution.
2. Tinubu indictment of drugs: Supreme Court past judgment, only Court of competent jurisdiction indictment can prevent a candidate. Tinubu was never arraigned or indicted by any court.
3. VP elect double nomination: VP name was never sent to INEC as a Senate candidate. Mere expression of intention is not equal to nomination.
4. Non transmission of results real time: There's no existing law make transmission of results real time a compulsory for INEC.
INEC substantially complied with electoral act.

Why are you blabbing?

The matter is already in court,you can actually join the Tinubu legal team to be a part of them,so you can go argue your points before the court.

If you can't do that,then just shut up & stop constituting nuisance on nairaland.

tungamaje:

But how possible is it for a candidate to win the 36 states and lose Abuja? I don't believe it's possible

It is very very very possible. If the occupants of Abuja are majority of a tribe not inclined to the leading candidate or are very in tune with another political party.

muykem:
I have studied presidential election petitions and courts judgements since 1999 and discovered that 2023 petitions are the most worthless and useless of them all. It cannot upturn local government chairman election. The petitioners went to court on 4 grounds.
1. 25% in FCT. Supreme Court past ruling, all Nigerians votes are equal and so no golden votes. FCT is just one of states in nigeria as it relate to election and stated in theconstitution.
2. Tinubu indictment of drugs: Supreme Court past judgment, only Court of competent jurisdiction indictment can prevent a candidate. Tinubu was never arraigned or indicted by any court.
3. VP elect double nomination: VP name was never sent to INEC as a Senate candidate. Mere expression of intention is not equal to nomination.
4. Non transmission of results real time: There's no existing law make transmission of results real time a compulsory for INEC.
INEC substantially complied with electoral act.

There is also the 5th one which has to do with number of lawful votes. In this, the petitioners are claiming that APC rigged but they shot themselves in the leg by joining INEC as one of the defendants on allegation of subtracting a candidate's votes and adding them to votes of another candidate (funny).

The umpire body has substantial evidences and materials to defend itself in the tribunal. It would have been a different case if INEC was to be a mere witness at the tribunal and not a co-defendant on the case of lawful and unlawful votes.

Furthermore, APC had agent in all the PU's and has its evidences intact unlike LP which had no agent in many PU's

Tntsi:
If it is worthless, you muykem will not be bothered about it neither will you create a topic for it.
You are only bothered about it because it is going to create history in the federal republic of Nigeria.

You're right

It will create history. And the history is that of the most worthless and time-wasting petition since 1999.

Write today's date down. The petition is worthless

Well, its only worth is to keep the rank of the headless mob busy and excited

DesignMaestro:
There is also the 5th one which has to do with number of lawful votes. In this, the petitioners are claiming that APC rigged but they shot themselves in the leg by joining INEC as one of the defendants on allegation of subtracting a candidate's votes and adding them to votes of another candidate (funny).

The umpire body has substantial evidences and materials to defend itself in the tribunal. It would have been a different case if INEC was to be a mere witness at the tribunal and not a co-defendant on the case of lawful and unlawful votes.

Furthermore, APC had agent in all the PU's and has its evidences intact.

On would expect them to provide the carbon copies of the forms to prove that the results were changed.

But all I've been seeing is noise

tungamaje:

But how possible is it for a candidate to win the 36 states and lose Abuja? I don't believe it's possible

It's possible

The losing or loser candidate might be from the FCT or may have done so much there. The same way it's possible for a guber candidate to win all the LGAs in a state except the state capital LG.

I'm ready to bet any amount that the court will throw out that FCT case. It doesn't make any sense.

The judiciary only interprets laws. And where there's ambiguity in the letters of the law, they resort to the spirit or intention behind the law.

The framers of the constitution couldn't have intended a situation of golden or superior votes. All states and votes are equal.

Imagine the chaos if a court rules that the votes in a state or the FCT are superior or golden. Politicians will stop at nothing to win and harvest such golden or extraordinary votes.

This cannot be the intention of the constitution. It cannot be.

naijapips04:
The petition is the most useful. The only strong argument is the Abuja argument all others are to score cheap social media points.

I don't think the FCT issue is even any strong. Lawyers are politicizing the issue even though the language is clear. 25% in 2/3 of the states and FCT simply means 2/3 of the 36 states and FCT, meaning FCT might complement the number of states to achieve the 2/3.

The constitution didn't say ..."in 2/3 of the states and IN FCT. That 'IN' in bold would have made it clear that aside from 25% in 2/3 of the states, a candidate must also have 25% in FCT.

Some people would say ... but the lawyers who argue in favour of the 25% requirement in FCT aren't fools. Of course they aren't fools; it is normal for lawyers to explore technicalities in language to swing a case in their favour even if the implicit meaning of the language or clause is well understood

muykem:
I have studied presidential election petitions and courts judgements since 1999 and discovered that 2023 petitions are the most worthless and useless of them all. It cannot upturn local government chairman election. The petitioners went to court on 4 grounds.
1. 25% in FCT. Supreme Court past ruling, all Nigerians votes are equal and so no golden votes. FCT is just one of states in nigeria as it relate to election and stated in theconstitution.
2. Tinubu indictment of drugs: Supreme Court past judgment, only Court of competent jurisdiction indictment can prevent a candidate. Tinubu was never arraigned or indicted by any court.
3. VP elect double nomination: VP name was never sent to INEC as a Senate candidate. Mere expression of intention is not equal to nomination.
4. Non transmission of results real time: There's no existing law make transmission of results real time a compulsory for INEC.
INEC substantially complied with electoral act.

Very ridiculous petitions.
It speaks to the primitive mindset and crooked reasoning of charlatans calling themselves messiahs

Globad:


On would expect them to provide the carbon copies of the forms to prove that the results were changed.

But all I've been seeing is noise

They are capitalising on their own computations. This is ridiculous! I'm not surprised, knowing how watery their claim is, they prayed to the tribunal for outright cancellation of the exercise on the ground of the unlawful votes.

DesignMaestro:
I don't think the FCT issue is even any strong. Lawyers are politicizing the issue even though the language is clear. 25% in 2/3 of the states and FCT simply means 2/3 of the 36 states and FCT, meaning FCT might complement the number of states to achieve the 2/3.

The constitution didn't say ..."in 2/3 of the states and IN FCT. That 'IN' in bold would have made it care that aside from 25% in 2/3 of the states, a candidate must also have 25% in FCT.

Some people would say ... but the lawyers who argue in favour of the 25% requirement in FCT aren't fools. Of course they aren't fools; it is normal for lawyers to explore technicalities in language to swing a case in their favour even if the implicit meaning of the language or clause is well understood

Can you please tell us the meaning of " IN, AND, OR ", don't stop there, give us an example each using those words.

Petition is worthless like tissue paper

naijapips04:


It can be decided either way. The constitution is not very clear.

only two requirements,
1. Simple Majority vote
2. 25% of 25 states of the federation

Femmyfamous4u:


Even that is a non-issue. If a candidate wins the whole 36 states and does not win FCT you mean he can't be declared?

no sentiments in law, whatever the law prescribes is sacrosanct no matter how absurd until it is amended

surgical:
no sentiments in law, whatever the law prescribes is sacrosanct no matter how absurd until it is amended

Exactly. The law is clear. Majority votes gotten. 2/3 gotten.

buharitill2023:
only two requirements,
1. Simple Majority vote
2. 25% of 25 states of the federation

if it were to be so the drafter would have stated so expressly

buharitill2023:
only two requirements,
1. Simple Majority vote
2. 25% of 25 states of the federation

And the FCT.