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Mynd44:
If the judge declares that he should not have contested, they can appeal and this will drag all the way to the supreme court while he remains the president

WinsomeX:
www.vanguardngr.com/2015/03/buhari-disqualification-suits-postponed-to-april-22/

Tomorrow, the courts shall begin hearing on the Buhari certificate eligibility suit. Now that he is president elect and the army might have finally found his certificate, what are the possible outcomes of tomorrow judgement?

I hope I can get the best analysis from both APC supporters and antagonists on this thread.

abbacar:
WRONG......if declared ineligible to contest...gej becomes prezident elect...

abbacar:
WRONG......if declared ineligible to contest...gej becomes prezident elect...

SLIDEwaxie:
this is English language:

The suitbwas to disqualify him to run, but he has ran and won, the suit against him is baseless and useless.

Besides, the law didn't say a runner must have ssce, it sply said ssce is the minimum requirement. What if he had a maximum one?

torkaka:
. . . . . . . .it will be appealed at the appeal court/supreme court and status quo maintained . . . . . . . .meaning; Buhari will be considered as having the required qualifications until stated otherwise by the Supreme court

abbacar:
and who will b ur president during d court trials.....
remember no vacancy in government
..

. . . . . . . . .please don't get offended, what's your level of education? . . . . . . . . . .I need to know where I am channelling my knowledge

torkaka:
. . . . . . . . .please don't get offended, what's your level of education? . . . . . . . . . .I need to know where I am channelling my knowledge

abbacar:
WRONG......if declared ineligible to contest...gej becomes prezident elect...

abbacar:
hahaha......listen its simply
buhari when disqualified would go to court to appeal the judgement.....gej being 2nd runner up would be put in light to b president elect....no attorney general will swear in buhari come may 29 wen he is disqualified tomorrow...a court ruling says u can not participate in dis competition because u do not meet the requirement......in the sporting world wen an athlect is found guilty of drug use even if he has a gold medal it automatically goes to d 2nd runner up and so on....
its either buhari /apc go to court to stall the swearing in of president gej come may 29 (which i expect) then an interim government is formed after the constitutionally permitted time for a president to overstay his office has elapsed...or they rest...
ps..dont channel ur one sided knowledge anyway especially towards me.....ur ignorance baffles me...

. . . . . . .I need to know your level of education . . . . . . . . .you are making my 5 year old nephew look bad

Code213:
Ignorance is a disease!!! If Buhari is disqualified, Osinbajo will be sworn in as President!!

Go and get a copy of the constitution and cure your disease!!!!


#By the way, Buhari will be your President come May29, 2015. You better get used to it!!!

Code213:
Ignorance is a disease!!! If Buhari is disqualified, Osinbajo will be sworn in as President!!

Go and get a copy of the constitution and cure your disease!!!!


#By the way, Buhari will be your President come May29, 2015. You better get used to it!!!

abbacar:
he who does not know and does know he does not know and does not want to know is a.fool.....
please right now you are ignorant, please listen and learn so u are not called a fool.
first of all....am indifferent of who bcomes our president .....as for me it like d parable of old wine in new sack...is buhari and jonathan nigerians best mind? the answer is no
secondly.... the constitution recognise the position of vice president and not vice president elect.....let take it from the begining....
who bought presidential ticket of apc ? buhari or both of them....u know the answer..it buhari
osibanjo's.vice.presidency takes effect after swearing in of his principal....where he too take an out of office with alligance to the office of the president.....the vp can easy be sacked wen his principal is tired of him....and prove no alligance to him....eg enugu state governor and his deputy who was removed from office over poultry...
osibanjo will not be president when his principal is disqualified before swearing in...
if u say the constitution permits it please enlighten me i dont want to b ignorant but if not learn from this....indeed ignorance is a sin not justa disease.....stop commiting sin.

Mynd44:
If the judge declares that he should not have contested, they can appeal and this will drag all the way to the supreme court while he remains the president

WinsomeX:
www.vanguardngr.com/2015/03/buhari-disqualification-suits-postponed-to-april-22/

Tomorrow, the courts shall begin hearing on the Buhari certificate eligibility suit. Now that he is president elect and the army might have finally found his certificate, what are the possible outcomes of tomorrow judgement?

I hope I can get the best analysis from both APC supporters and antagonists on this thread.

abbacar:
hahaha......listen its simply
buhari when disqualified would go to court to appeal the judgement.....gej being 2nd runner up would be put in light to b president elect....no attorney general will swear in buhari come may 29 wen he is disqualified tomorrow...a court ruling says u can not participate in dis competition because u do not meet the requirement......in the sporting world wen an athlect is found guilty of drug use even if he has a gold medal it automatically goes to d 2nd runner up and so on....
its either buhari /apc go to court to stall the swearing in of president gej come may 29 (which i expect) then an interim government is formed after the constitutionally permitted time for a president to overstay his office has elapsed...or they rest...
ps..dont channel ur one sided knowledge anyway especially towards me.....ur ignorance baffles me...

ShowYourCertificate:
Point of correction, the army never said they've seen Buhari's certificate.

WinsomeX:
Only one person claimed the certificate was found. Even the army did not admit to it publicly.

WinsomeX:
Point of correction:

I didn't say the army said they have seen Buhari's certificate. I said Now that he is president elect and the army MIGHT have finally found his certificate...

Notice the MIGHT now capitalized for you to see. I used that word to make room for the possibility for whether or not the army had found the certificate. Since the army have not said they have the certificate. A point I have made earlier.

Please let's be my circumspect when embark on public correction. Let the corrector be correct first before correcting.

WinsomeX:
Do you think so Mynd44?

The worst case scenario is to declare Buhari ineligible fa and possible to cancel the elections.

Lawyers in the house, help me.

SLIDEwaxie:
this is English language:

The suitbwas to disqualify him to run, but he has ran and won, the suit against him is baseless and useless.

Besides, the law didn't say a runner must have ssce, it sply said ssce is the minimum requirement. What if he had a maximum one?

SLIDEwaxie:
this is English language:

The suitbwas to disqualify him to run, but he has ran and won, the suit against him is baseless and useless.

Besides, the law didn't say a runner must have ssce, it sply said ssce is the minimum requirement. What if he had a maximum one?

WinsomeX:
INTERPRETING THE CONSTITUTION WITH REGARDS TO BUHARI'S CERTIFICATE

Over the last few weeks , the news media, including social media platforms , have been inundated with the controversy over whether or not former military Head of States and presidential candidate of All Progressive Congress, General Muhammadu Buhari possesses the minimum educational qualification to run for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the coming February 14 general elections . LAW EDITOR , Adam Adedimeji explains certain provisions of the constitution many commentators have tried to close their eyes to:

“A person shall be qualified for election to the Office of President if: ( a) He is a citizen of Nigeria by birth ; ( b ) He has attained the
age of forty years; ( c ) He is a member of a political party and is sponsored by that
political party; and ( d) He has been educated up to at least SCHOOL CERTIFICATE LEVEL OR ITS EQUIVALENT ( emphasis mine) .” – Section 131 of the 1999 constitution.

The above provision under Section 131, paragraph ( a ) – ( d) of the 1999 constitution of Nigeria is what summarises conditions to be fulfilled by an aspirant to the position of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The provision however has in the last few weeks become the most popularly cited
section of the Nigerian constitution as well as a source of controversy. Different interpretations are therefore been given to the particular section either by way of misunderstanding , misrepresentation, misinterpretation or all of the above among political parties as well as its members in order to outdo one another in the fight for votes during the February 14 general elections.

This writer however curiously noticed that most commentators on the ‘ controversial section’ failed to observe that “School Certificate level” as stated by the constitution is unclassified. Most of them only assumed it to be Secondary Leaving
Certificate without bothering to find out what the constitution framers meant since it could also have meant Primary School Leaving Certificate.

Although it is said that all is fair in a contest , the fact that a constitutional provision is in place and its interpretation is to certain extent unambiguous, makes this particular altercations, irrespective of political nature in it an unfair game.

To fully understand the constitution , one needs to take a cursory look at the
provisions of the constitution under Part IV , Article 318 ( 1) that deals with Interpretation, Citation and Commencement.

This particular part , that is , Part IV of the Constitution , interprets the meanings given by the framers of the constitution in order not to give way for unintended meanings to constitutional provisions as we are now
witnessing in this circumstance .

[b]In Chapter VIII, Part VI of the 1999 Constitution , Section 318 ( 1) gave a lucid interpretation to what the constitution meant by “School Certificate or its equivalent” thus : “School Certificate or its equivalent”
means-
( a) a Secondary School Certificate or its equivalent, or Grade II Teacher ’ s
Certificate, the City and Guilds Certificate ;
or
( b) education up to Secondary School Certificate level; or
( c ) Primary Six School Leaving Certificate or its equivalent and -
( i ) service in the public or private sector in the Federation in any capacity acceptable to the Independent National
Electoral Commission for a minimum of ten years, and
( ii ) attendance at courses and training in such institutions as may be acceptable to the Independent National Electoral Commission for periods totaling up to a minimum of one year, and
( iii ) the ability to read , write , understand and communicate in the English Language to the satisfaction of the Independent National Electoral Commission ; and
( d) any other qualification acceptable by the Independent National Electoral Commission."
In essence , constitutionally , a presidential contestant is eligible even if the only
educational qualification he /she possesses is a mere “Primary Six School Leaving
Certificate” or “the ability to read , write , understand and communicate in the English Language ” or “service in the public or private sector in the Federation in any capacity acceptable to INEC for a minimum of ten years” or “attendance at courses and training in such institutions as may beacceptable to the INEC for periods totaling up to a minimum of one year. ” [/b]


This is the present position of the law . Nigerians are however free to propose its
amendment if there is a general believe that we need to increase qualification standard for would be presidential aspirants in Nigeria .

www.dailyindependentnig.com/2015/01/qualification-election-constitution-really-say/

abduljabbar4:
These useless cases are still alive? Let's wait and see.
The military has found his certificate so he didn't lie under an oath.

ShowYourCertificate:
You said the army MIGHT have found Buhari's certificate and I corrected you because the army HAS NOT found Buhari's certificate. There's no MIGHT there. Learn how to accept correction when corrected.