₦airaland Forum

CuckoldMaster:
Taraba has fallen to Islam.

Nigeria is being islamised. Thanks to stupid Christians

homirefacuny:
Time for primaries had elapsed and it violated the electoral act.... Which amounts to case of wasted votes. There is no issue of rerun here.

Mogidi:
Why didn't the tribunal hold in Taraba state?
This same tribunal is presently sitting in Abuja because of........yes you guessed it...because of security challenges, same reason PDP primaries could not hold in Taraba.

Montaque:
if you understand my earlierror comment, I don't think I should repeat myself That the fallout of a disqualified winner candidate is to call for rerun.

HIGHESTPOPORI:
But the one of Imo state that Okorocha nominated his Inlaw even without primary to contest the presidential primary was allowed because Apc won?

homirefacuny:
Time for primaries had elapsed and it violated the electoral act.... Which amounts to case of wasted votes. There is no issue of rerun here.

ALISMILE:
if the shud call for a rerun, meaning PDP will ve to conduct anoda primary, meanwhile the time for primary I long past!

Montaque:
go and read ur electoral act 2010.
and stop the blind argument

dustmalik:
I don't support a one party state myself. But the law is the law. You don't expect the law to be jettisoned because there shouldn't be a one party state.

PDP shot itself in the foot here. It's no one else's fault.

ADAMUSALEH:
How about conducting a fresh election following due process and let's see who will win instead of heating up Taaraba state. Darius has the people's mandate + dat state is too volatile for the basis Upon which this judgement was made. There is all sorts of division and crisis in the state... Religious, ethnic, political, fulani vs farmers etc

kahal29:
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal for Taraba on Saturday nullified the election of Taraba Governor, Darius Ishaku, of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress and a Minister designate, Aisha Alhassan, as the winner of the April 11 governorship election in the state.

The three-member tribunal held that Mr. Ishaku was not validly nominated as candidate of the PDP and therefore did not qualify, from start, to contest the governorship election.

Specifically, the tribunal held that the governorship primaries purportedly conducted by the PDP in the state was done in violation of section 78 (b) (1)(2) of the Electoral Act which guides parties nomination to the position of governorship candidate.

It held that contrary to the provision of the section, PDP conducted the purported primaries at its national secretariat, Wadata Plaza, in Abuja with no clear delegation from the local government areas in the state.

The tribunal sustained the testimonies of the head of election monitoring of Independent National Electoral Commission that the commission was not aware of any primaries conducted by the party in line with the provision of the electoral act which produced Ishaku as the party’s flagbearer.

Section 78 (b) (1)(2) of the Electoral Act states: In the case of nomination to the position of Governorship candidate, a political party shall where they intend to sponsor candidates:

(i) hold special congress in each of the Local Government Areas of the States with delegates voting for each of the aspirants at the congress to be held in designated centres on specified dates.

(ii) the aspirant with the highest number of vote at the end of the voting shall be declared the winner of the primaries of the party and aspirant’s name shall be forwarded to the commission as the candidate of the party, for the particular state.

The tribunal said the defence by the PDP that the primaries were shifted to Abuja because of security challenges in the state was rejected by the tribunal.

It sustained the evidence of the INEC official that there was no primaries election in the state and the emergence of Mr. Ishaku through the purported election in Abuja was after the statutory stipulated time for party primaries had elapsed.

It held that since Mr. Ishaku was not duly sponsored by the PDP, the party had no candidate in the governorship election in the eyes of the law.

The tribunal therefore voided the votes of the PDP and Mr. Ishaku in the election saying “it is a waste’’ and declared the APC and its candidate, who came second, as the valid winner of the April 11 election.

Reacting to the judgment, counsel to APC, Abiodun Owonikoko, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, said the judgment was a landmark being the first time the election of a governor would be nullified on the doctrine of wasted votes. He said with the judgment, the era of impunity in party primaries was gone and it would be a lesson not only for PDP but all political parties.

On whether Mr. Ishaku will vacate the seat immediately, Mr. Owonikoko said the judgment “is not the end of the road, there is opportunity for all the parties to explore whatever the grievance they have’’.

Mr. Owonikoko added that if the governor or the party did not appeal within 21 days, Ms. Alhassan will be sworn-in as governor.

The counsel to the PDP was not available to comment on the verdict of the Tribunal as they all rushed out of the venue after the judgment.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/192791-why-apcs-alhassan-was-declared-taraba-governor-tribunal.html

dustmalik:
There is nothing the appellate court or supreme court can do about this. PDP has lost out, plain and simple.

CFCfan:
The person you quoted is right. Virgy Etiaba was ordered to vacate the office after 2 months because the court held that Peter Obi was not properly impeached.
Therefore, in the eyes of the law, Etiaba was never a governor. Ditto for Ngige.

Akainzo:
You COULD be very correct HOWEVER the crux of the matter is that, PDP did not go to the Tribunal to challenge HOW Okorocha became a governorship candidate rather they were challenging the fact that he won!

APC lawyers were smart in this case as the issue is not whether PDP won or not but that PDP had no candidate. Tell Ikedioha to get Madam Taraba's quality lawyers next time. The courts can't grant or decide on what you didn't bring up for adjucation.

koboko69:
As usual, PDP the blind bats, and dumb opposition. please see below and stop your folly...



please can you tell us what your argument is here now?

Duru1:
APC has no locus standi to challenge the PDP primary since APC is neither a member of the PDP or one of the PDP candidates in the primary. The evidence of INEC in this matter is a waste of time because primaries are the responsibilities of the political parties. However if there is a disgruntled candidate in the primaries, he/she could petition INEC or court of appeals.

tbaba1234:
APC can use whatever is in the Law against PDP. The guidelines for primaries are in the electoral act not party manifesto. It is an established law.

Duru1:
Who is talking about party manifesto?

Duru1:
The Muhamadu Buhari's tribunals are setting Nigeria dangerously backward. APC has no prima facie to tell the PDP or even disagree on how the PDP conducts it primaries or challenge PDP's manifestos. The challenge of PDP primary conducts should come from a disgruntle PDP candidate or INEC but not APC or its candidate. It is unheard of that another political party takes another party to court because the opposing party did not like how it conducts its internal affaires or deposits it money in the bank. What is wrong with Nigeria?

Kundagarten:
Doesn't stop its members from marrying 13yr old girls though.

fulaniHERDSman:
To cripple PDP totally is a task that must be completely done.

Congrats women

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