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Chief Olisa Agbakoba, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) says the Supreme Court ruling on 25 per cent of votes in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to be declared as Nigeria’s President supercedes his personal views.

While Agbakoba, a former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) had earlier said winning 25 per cent of votes in the FCT is compulsory to becoming president, the Supreme Court in October 2023 upheld the ruling by the Appeal Court that a candidate does not need to get at least 25 per cent of votes in the FCT to be declared as Nigeria’s President.

Some Nigerians on social media had claimed Agbakoba had kept quiet after the verdict of the Supreme Court.

But speaking in an interview with TheScrutiny, Agbakoba said his personal views are not relevant to the Supreme Court’s ruling.

“My personal views are not relevant to what the Supreme Court has said. Supreme Court has resolved it that 25 percent of the votes in Abuja are not material to becoming president. That is the law”.
https://thescrutinyng.com/2024/09/18/25-of-fct-votes-my-personal-views-not-relevant-to-supreme-courts-ruling-agbakoba/

Legal discussions involve a lot of complexities. That is what they use to hold us down. They can interpret the law as they like based on who paid higher.

yarimo:
Obidients don't know the different between personal opinion and the law, Obidients were busy fooling themselves with 25% of FCT. Forgetting that is personal opinion of some lawyers saying it's must

Just as you don't seem to know the difference between "different" and "difference" bro. And then, how wise is it to conclude that a SAN holds 'personal' opinions when stating what the law of the land says on an issue?

Obidients don't know the difference between personal opinion and the law, Obidients were busy fooling themselves with must 25% FCT votes. Forgetting that was personal opinion of some lawyers that are saying it's must

10mobile:
Legal discussions involve a lot of complexities. That is what they use to hold us down. They can interpret the law as they like based on who paid higher.

This is common sense and shouldn't be complicated. It's quite shocking that any educated person would argue that people from Abuja are superior Nigerians.

COMRADES, Tinubu and APC's court, not the supreme court of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Senseless

Melagros:
COMRADES, Tinubu and APC's court, not the supreme court of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

lionshare:
This is common sense and shouldn't be complicated. It's quite shocking that any educated person would argue that people from Abuja are superior Nigerians.

Is it about people in Abuja being superior, or Abuja itself being a superior region since it's the seat of government?

10mobile:
Is it about people in Abuja being superior, or Abuja itself being a superior region since it's the seat of government?

Abuja is not a superior region in anyway. In fact, Abuja is an inferior quasi-state unit in the federation because it does not have the status of a full state. The constitutional provision a lot of you are misinterpreting was actually to push Abuja up to something close to a state status so that it won’t be treated as an inferior unit in the federation.

bennybuhari:
Chief Olisa Agbakoba, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) says the Supreme Court ruling on 25 per cent of votes in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to be declared as Nigeria’s President supercedes his personal views.

While Agbakoba, a former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) had earlier said winning 25 per cent of votes in the FCT is compulsory to becoming president, the Supreme Court in October 2023 upheld the ruling by the Appeal Court that a candidate does not need to get at least 25 per cent of votes in the FCT to be declared as Nigeria’s President.

Some Nigerians on social media had claimed Agbakoba had kept quiet after the verdict of the Supreme Court.

But speaking in an interview with TheScrutiny, Agbakoba said his personal views are not relevant to the Supreme Court’s ruling.

“My personal views are not relevant to what the Supreme Court has said. Supreme Court has resolved it that 25 percent of the votes in Abuja are not material to becoming president. That is the law”.
https://thescrutinyng.com/2024/09/18/25-of-fct-votes-my-personal-views-not-relevant-to-supreme-courts-ruling-agbakoba/

He knew this before
He just wanted to cause problem

How can anyone in his or right senses claimed people in Abuja are more superior than people in my village in Ibadan...Onireke village
Non Sense

10mobile:
Is it about people in Abuja being superior, or Abuja itself being a superior region since it's the seat of government?

Does this logic applies to states and their capitals?

yarimo:
Obidients don't know the different between personal opinion and the law, Obidients were busy fooling themselves with 25% of FCT. Forgetting that is personal opinion of some lawyers saying it's must

Go back to school, When you learn more, you can now correct yourself...

This one was just supporting his brother before.
Even common sense will tell anyone with as much as a brain that one state cannot be used to determine who wins an election that held in 36 states + FCT.

Alex80s:
Go back to school, When you learn more, you can now correct yourself...

ok next news

States alone

lionshare:
Does this logic applies to states and their capitals?

Because laws are made deliberately to be vague.

Alex80s:
Go back to school, When you learn more, you can now correct yourself...

I am even surprised he posted a comment of five lines today.. hin comments no dey pass one or two lines. Illiterate trolls can't chew, digest and express opinions of their own with their own brains.. the best their brains can process is just as they are told: troll and insult, then collect your 30k. 🤯🤯

lionshare:
This is common sense and shouldn't be complicated. It's quite shocking that any educated person would argue that people from Abuja are superior Nigerians.

Do you really think Obidients have common sense ? Can't you see the way they attack anything and everything not supporting Obi? To them Obi is the start and end of all law. They are irredeemable.

How?

Pythagoras001:
Because laws are made deliberately to be vague.