₦airaland Forum

fergie001:
The CFRN is the Supreme document of the country but these forgers are looking for ways to punish counsels who raise same issues.

It is time to try same in Court now and not complain later.

Akwamkpuruamu:
So forgery of certificate doesn't worth being a crime in the electoral law .... Nice one

Will APC be in power forever? Your guess is as good as mine

FreeStuffsNG:
If you like go and commit forgery and think you will be doing electoral case from prison.

Smh.

tony0806:
By the time APC finishes with Nigeria, we'll all understand the difference between 6 and half-a-dozen

fergie001:
The CFRN is the Supreme document of the country but these forgers are looking for ways to punish counsels who raise same issues.

It is time to try same in Court now and not complain later.

Who is deceiving who?
So when you win elections, you don't know immunity as a Governor or Deputy Governor, President or Vice President debars criminal prosecution? Does criminal codes work for someone who has immunity? Can you even go to Court to challenge a Governor who forged certificates?
Only the tribunal gives you that avenue because it is a special court.
You are more intelligent than this, stop it.

Nobody can file a forgery case.
The Electoral Act 2022 passed by the Gbajabiamila house insists that only those who contest in the Primary can sue for certificate forgery..... Meaning if I forge my certificate without you participating in the same Primary with me, you can't sue. Nobody else can.
The only other avenue to sue is the election tribunal.
What this means now is that once I run alone in the Primary with forged certificate, nobody in the world can sue.

You can't even go to a Court because Section 308 empirically says those with immunity cannot be prosecuted under any law, (even if it were murder).

FreeStuffsNG:
If you forge certificate, you will be prosecuted under the broad and more stringent criminal code , not liberal and civil electoral laws.


Do not let anyone decieve you. It is like expecting that all the crimes in Nigeria should be included in the electoral law.

fergie001:
Jibrin Okutepa
Senior Advocate of Nigeria

benardtotti:
I was just laughing when opposition were busy focusing on electronic transmission of results, when I knew there were other landmines embedded in the electoral act .

The most uselessest opposition ever , honestly none of them deserve to be elected into any office , if simple things such as scrutiny on major bills cant be done .

fergie001:
I made it better

benardtotti:
My brother it's shameful!, this can never happen if apc was the opposition.

What exactly do all the plenty opposition parties actually do ?

Nigerians need to start asking questions.

fergie001:
The CFRN is the Supreme document of the country but these forgers are looking for ways to punish counsels who raise same issues.

It is time to try same in Court now and not complain later.

Who is deceiving who?
So when you win elections, you don't know immunity as a Governor or Deputy Governor, President or Vice President debars criminal prosecution? Does criminal codes work for someone who has immunity? Can you even go to Court to challenge a Governor who forged certificates?
Only the tribunal gives you that avenue because it is a special court.
You are more intelligent than this, stop it.

Nobody can file a forgery case.
The Electoral Act 2022 passed by the Gbajabiamila house insists that only those who contest in the Primary can sue for certificate forgery..... Meaning if I forge my certificate without you participating in the same Primary with me, you can't sue. Nobody else can.
The only other avenue to sue is the election tribunal.
What this means now is that once I run alone in the Primary with forged certificate, nobody in the world can sue.

You can't even go to a Court because Section 308 empirically says those with immunity cannot be prosecuted under any law, (even if it were murder).

Again, you are very wrong.
No law is greater than the Constitution but where a section in the Constitution or Act is unambiguous, it should be given its literal and ordinary meaning.

Firstly, this is the Electoral Act 2022:.
Grounds of petition.
134.(1) An election may be questioned on any of the following grounds—
(a) a person whose election is questioned was, at the time of the election, not qualified to contest the election;

(b) the election was invalid by reason of corrupt practices or non- compliance with the provisions of this Act; or

(c) the respondent was not duly elected by majority of lawful votes cast at the election.

(2) An act or omission which .....
(3) With respect to subsection (1) (a), a person is deemed to be qualified for an elective office and his election shall not be questioned on grounds of qualification if, with respect to the particular election in question, he meets the applicable requirements of sections 65, 106, 131 or 177 of the Constitution and he is not, as may be applicable, in breach of sections 66, 107, 137 or 182 of the Constitution.

It is number 3 that gives tribunal the latitude to look at the Constitution because Sections 66, 107, 137 & 182 makes forgery a disqualifying factor.
What they simply did was remove Number 3, so for the tribunal to look at your petition, it must follow constructively the grounds.

134a underlined was also removed....qualification criteria....

This was very deliberate.
Let's hope Okutepa SAN is lying

Again, the tribunal has sacked someone on certificate forgery and indeed the Supreme Court validated and ordered his arrest & prosecution.

Go and read: Hassan Anthony Saleh Vs Christian Adabah Abah.

That was the 2010 Electoral Act.
Anybody can sue for certificate forgery either in State or Federal High Courts.
The 2022 EA repealed all that....only Federal High Court and only those who participate in the Party Primary.

Forgery is a disqualifying factor and has always been in our Electoral Acts 2002, 2006, 2010, 2022, except this. Section 134!

It is under that section 134(3) that tribunals derive their powers to try forgery cases per as a disqualifying factor. It was under this section that the Buhari certificate issue came up, it was under this section that the Tinubu Chicago issue came up....the age issue of Ben Ayade also came up under this Section.

fergie001:
Issuing press releases and speaking grammar.

fergie001:
The CFRN is the Supreme document of the country but these forgers are looking for ways to punish counsels who raise same issues.

It is time to try same in Court now and not complain later.

Who is deceiving who?
So when you win elections, you don't know immunity as a Governor or Deputy Governor, President or Vice President debars criminal prosecution? Does criminal codes work for someone who has immunity? Can you even go to Court to challenge a Governor who forged certificates?
Only the tribunal gives you that avenue because it is a special court.
You are more intelligent than this, stop it.

Nobody can file a forgery case.
The Electoral Act 2022 passed by the Gbajabiamila house insists that only those who contest in the Primary can sue for certificate forgery..... Meaning if I forge my certificate without you participating in the same Primary with me, you can't sue. Nobody else can.
The only other avenue to sue is the election tribunal.
What this means now is that once I run alone in the Primary with forged certificate, nobody in the world can sue.

You can't even go to a Court because Section 308 empirically says those with immunity cannot be prosecuted under any law, (even if it were murder).

Again, you are very wrong.
No law is greater than the Constitution but where a section in the Constitution or Act is unambiguous, it should be given its literal and ordinary meaning.

Firstly, this is the Electoral Act 2022:.
Grounds of petition.
134.(1) An election may be questioned on any of the following grounds—
(a) a person whose election is questioned was, at the time of the election, not qualified to contest the election;

(b) the election was invalid by reason of corrupt practices or non- compliance with the provisions of this Act; or

(c) the respondent was not duly elected by majority of lawful votes cast at the election.

(2) An act or omission which .....
(3) With respect to subsection (1) (a), a person is deemed to be qualified for an elective office and his election shall not be questioned on grounds of qualification if, with respect to the particular election in question, he meets the applicable requirements of sections 65, 106, 131 or 177 of the Constitution and he is not, as may be applicable, in breach of sections 66, 107, 137 or 182 of the Constitution.

It is number 3 that gives tribunal the latitude to look at the Constitution because Sections 66, 107, 137 & 182 makes forgery a disqualifying factor.
What they simply did was remove Number 3, so for the tribunal to look at your petition, it must follow constructively the grounds.

134a underlined was also removed....qualification criteria....

This was very deliberate.
Let's hope Okutepa SAN is lying

Again, the tribunal has sacked someone on certificate forgery and indeed the Supreme Court validated and ordered his arrest & prosecution.

Go and read: Hassan Anthony Saleh Vs Christian Adabah Abah.

That was the 2010 Electoral Act.
Anybody can sue for certificate forgery either in State or Federal High Courts.
The 2022 EA repealed all that....only Federal High Court and only those who participate in the Party Primary.

Forgery is a disqualifying factor and has always been in our Electoral Acts 2002, 2006, 2010, 2022, except this. Section 134!

It is under that section 134(3) that tribunals derive their powers to try forgery cases per as a disqualifying factor. It was under this section that the Buhari certificate issue came up, it was under this section that the Tinubu Chicago issue came up....the age issue of Ben Ayade also came up under this Section.

OlujobaSamuel:
Never knew about that, I thought it was brought up under the criminal code or so.
But all cases against forgery has been outside the tribunal.
Seems the tribunal is scared to disqualify people on issues outside election

AndroBlaze:
Then he should have been crystal clear about it instead of making it sound like forgery is now allowed.

You have a point about swearing in, but I've never trusted election tribunals in the first case and the easier and faster they make the process (the speed with which it goes to proper courts) the better for all of us.

tony0806:
By the time APC finishes with Nigeria, we'll all understand the difference between 6 and half-a-dozen

Bethel4Life:
Nigeria has gone to the dogs

Akwamkpuruamu:
If forged certificates means nothing, to contest for electoral positions, then no HR should disqualify anyone from a job vacancy for not having a certificate or for presenting a forged one in this country.

Let's enthrone forgery