JJuanMiguel:


Your vote and that of the president are equal, that's what democracy is.
There is no special status in democracy

DMerciful:
The constitution made the president the governor of the FCT which he administer through the FCT minister.

Can you govern a people without getting just 25% legitimacy?

Frank688915:
why math or English? so people living in Abuja has 2 heads, the thing no just make sense

OneTemplate:


Okay. Let God grant us both the health to live and see the eventual judgement to be delivered.

cktheluckyman:


The law is about the contents of our constitution not logic.I personally think that section is unfair but the fact remains that as longa s it is contained in our constitution. It remans law

Ibrahimcoomasie:

You are 100% correct.

blackpanda:
25% in at least 24 states including fct.

Which means fct may be part of the 24 states.

Read your constitution, what is two thirds of 36 states 24

What the Court is saying is that fct can also be counted as part of the 24 states for the purpose of fulfilling this criteria. It doesn't mean u must get 25% in fct. There's nothing special about fct in the constitution.

The Supreme Court was trying to prevent a situation where someone wins 23 states and then fct, only to be disqualified that fct is not a state. Fct is counted as a state in this case.

Bottom line: Tinubu won fair and square.

fergie001:
This will be the first time we will be going this route so the Judges will surely give it their own interpretation.

S. 134(2): He has not less than one-quarter of the votes cast at the election in each of at least two thirds of all states in the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.”

The words here are "each" and "and".

Each is a distributive adjective pronoun, which denotes or refers to every one of the persons or things mentioned; every one or two or more persons or things, composing the whole, separately considered.” (SC in Eyisi & Ors v State 2000)

And is performing the function of joining two expressions or sentences which could be inseparable, integrated, joint or matched. (SC in Buhari v INEC 2008)

I think even though the SC has not ruled on the electoral status of the FCT, it will be treated as a State.

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LuvsBeautifl:
The problem here is different interpretations has been given under different circumstances.

But the law uses "AND" FCT, which is very clear.

FCT in that clause is not regarded as one of the other states according to the electoral law.

Let's see how this plays out. But the world is watching.

Contango:

The premise of your argument is null and void. So assuming a presidential candidate wins exactly 24 states and for some reasons the FCT is among the 24; then based on the provisions of your premises, he has won two-third? If FCT is considered to be a state for the purposes of the elections, that means 37 “states” are within the sample space. But two-third of 37 is mathematically 24.67 approx. Since 24.67 does not equal 24, then a candidate with 24states in which FCT is included in it cannot be declared winner of the election!

TruthsFM:
Tinubu is sitting on someone’s mandate, he will never be in power in 4 years to come. Tribunal and Supreme Court of justice will remove him shameful for not meeting the 25% requirements to be Nigeria President

Contango:

The premise of your argument is null and void. So assuming a presidential candidate wins exactly 24 states and for some reasons the FCT was among the 24; then based on the provisions of your premises, he has won two-third? If FCT is considered to be a state for the purposes of the elections, that means 37 “states” are within the sample space. But two-third of 37 is mathematically 24.67 approx. Since 24.67 does not equal 24, then a candidate with 24states in which FCT is included in it cannot be declared winner of the election!

blackpanda:


so who can be declared winner? the person that won 11 states

blackpanda:


So going by your ridiculous analogy above, which state is now the .67 Because you people like to argue as if you are not educated. Smh

JOemmy:
Let's sit back and watch if the supreme court will throw away it's own ruling just because of the ambition of a drug lord.

Globad:


Let me ask you a question

How should the constitution put it if Abuja is to be considered as a state?

rolams:


There is problem ooo!

LuvsBeautifl:


I don't know how it should be put in that case. All I'm saying is, the 'AND' brings a condition for both criteria where one cannot exist without the other.

Both needs to operate at thesame time irrespective of who will be favored.

rolams:


There is problem ooo!

Houseontherock1:
Even if the constitution says FCT voters are more Nigerian than the rest of us (which the constitution also clearly states all votes are equal), do you think Obi will be given the mandate from his third position with 25% in 12 states just because he won the FCT but failed other criteria? In all sincerity, do you think Obi will win Lagos now even if they do the election again? Think!

Globad:


You should have an idea of how it should be put especially if you want to give an opinion on the meaning of "AND"

If those who wrote that clause tell you that what you've written isn't what they meant, how would you have told them to write it?

There's a difference between:

A. 25% of 36 states AND FCT

B. 25% of 36 states AND 25% of FCT

Option B is what you guys have in mind

TruthsFM:
Tinubu is sitting on someone’s mandate, he will never be in power in 4 years to come. Tribunal and Supreme Court of justice will remove him shameful for not meeting the 25% requirements to be Nigeria President

Beremx:
Plus FCT, And FCT... The difference is clear