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Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by kristisking(m): 7:34am On Dec 06, 2015*

Now I know Igalas and Okun may not be happy with this, so be it anyway.After years of patiently waiting, God did it in a miraculous way.Let bad bellies go and die. As for those who think Yahaya Bello will lose in court, you will be seriously disappointed for you know nothing in our electoral acts. Somebody who hasn't won an election and who didn't participate in the party's primary can not replace the other in case of death of the chosen candidate. After many years of underdevelopment in Kogi State, no thanks to all the governors from the East(Igala), who have held on to power, we can now breathe fresh air. Kogi State is for all of us, not for a particular region. I want to use this scenerio to pray to you all that whatever belongs to you,no matter how it is delayed, will be granted to you before the year ends, amen.

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Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by Nobody: 7:35am On Dec 06, 2015

takedat:
I beg top disagree with you. Faleke can claim the supplementary election that brought Bello in is null and void since he has written to INEC and APC to remove his name as a deputy governorship candidate for the supplementary election. INEC and the APC cannot force a candidate to run in an election, and since one cannot run in an election without a complete ticket it makes the election null and void.

Faleke can dispute INEC's claim based on the PVC's distributed and the difference between the votes of Audu/Faleke's and Wada's. Yes, the electoral act only recognises the registered voters but Faleke's legal team will challenge INEC to explain who is a 'Qualified Voter' on an election day. If INEC's argument only supports 'registered voters and not of the use of PVC's, INEC would have shot itself in the leg meaning that elections conducted using PVC's are meaningless and unconstitutional and as such INEC cannot force the electorates to produce a PVC before voting since what they recognize is the registered voters only.

Thirdly, can you claim Bello has fulfilled all the constitutional requirements? Did Bello take part in the more than 2,500 polling units where elections were concluded in November? Isn't that part of the constitutional requirement?

Lastly, when the returning officer for the elections was returning Bello as the winner, didn't he say 'Alhaji Yahya Bello of the APC haven pulled the highest number of votes and satisfied all constitutional requirements is thereby returned elected'? Did Yahya Bello in actual sense pull the highest number of votes?

Baba the Law. Lol

Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by youngwarlocks: 7:38am On Dec 06, 2015

Koolmexxi:
From what I hear PDP may end up winning at the tribunal. Don't know if the APC eventually decided on a running mate for the Bello guy. Apart from involving in anti party activities simply becos he lost out to Audu at the primaries, he even didn't cast a ballot during the main election. His case is dat of monkey work, baboon com chop.

Bros, u can lie o. You guys are just making cheap propoganda.......There hasn't been any proof he did all u said above. why do u chose to believe in lies. Only a valid evidence would make me believe.

Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by Tinyemeka(m): 7:41am On Dec 06, 2015

takedat:
Lastly, when the returning officer for the elections was returning Bello as the winner, he did not say APC alone but said Alhaji Yahya Bello of the APC haven pulled the highest number of votes and satisfied all constitutional requirements is thereby returned elected'? Did Yahya Bello in actual sense pull the highest number of votes?

Polled. Not pulled.

You could check up the meaning. No offence meant.

Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by Adayi1(m): 7:48am On Dec 06, 2015

[quote author=takedat post=40731256]Do you know that the electoral act has been amended after the supreme court judgment that a candidate must partake in all the processes. Did Bello partake in the process that brought in the 240,000 or more votes in the November elections? Does bringing in merely 7000 votes out of 247000 votes mean one has taken part in all the stages. Isn't voting in itself a process?[/quote
Bello have not fulfil d electoral requirement but Faleke did..... I dont know why we fail to reason outside sentiment... For APC's NWC to have stood their ground on Bello's choice should have tell u something inspite of Faleke's backers like Tinubu or do u know of any Bello's backer... Anyway, what are court for?

Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by Bonuwa: 7:49am On Dec 06, 2015

Suffering n smilling gvnmnt (rubish )

Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by youngwarlocks: 7:50am On Dec 06, 2015

cktheluckyman:
Faleke formally wrote to INEC to withdraw his deputy Governorship candidate to Bello!! As far as the law is concerned Bello had no deputy

And INEC told him to write tru his party that, only d party has d right to remove and replace a candidate and not d individual. the law recognises Him (Faleke) as the deputy, cos he has not been withdrawn by his party, probably because he hasn't written tru his party

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Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by Olasco93: 7:50am On Dec 06, 2015

What am beginning to witness in Nigeria since 2011 is that the best Course your child should study in the Nearest future should be Law because i think 50% of a State budget/Political Candidate's Money now goes to good Lawyers

My own thought though!

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Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by abimic(m): 7:51am On Dec 06, 2015

Too many lawyers on nairaland than Nigeria even has. They speak as if they've won cases in court before while yet many never visited court premises. A high court judge who craved anonymity once said a new election would have being better or that the AGF approach the Supreme Court for next line of action but since the AGF is the Nation's chief legal adviser which could help navigate in scenarios like this, he posited that the person be substituted. Since the law is mute on this, self opinion and satisfaction based on leaning won't be far fetched. Still, the AGF has spoken and he sure spoke with element of legal confidence but the quagmire would be the withdrawal of Faleke from the race at the middle of it. The kogi situation would dominate the political landscape for a while as yahaya would face too many distractions. I'd wish Faleke was upgraded but APC with their experienced

Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by Chibaby87(f): 7:52am On Dec 06, 2015

Na APC win for Kogi State bah? No wahala but PDP all the way in Bayelsa State. Dancing Tekno_Duro and Sexy Rosey

Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by abimic(m): 7:53am On Dec 06, 2015

Too many lawyers on nairaland than Nigeria even has. They speak as if they've won cases in court before while yet many never visited court premises. A high court judge who craved anonymity once said a new election would have being better or that the AGF approach the Supreme Court for next line of action but since the AGF is the Nation's chief legal adviser which could help navigate in scenarios like this, he posited that the person be substituted. Since the law is mute on this, self opinion and satisfaction based on leaning won't be far fetched. Still, the AGF has spoken and he sure spoke with element of legal confidence but the quagmire now is the withdrawal of Faleke from the race at the middle of it. The kogi situation would dominate the political landscape for a while as yahaya would face too many distractions. I'd wish Faleke was upgraded but APC with their experienced legal team surely knows best.

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Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by Praisemuyi(m): 7:55am On Dec 06, 2015

Very interesting, no one can change destiny.

Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by Valintos147(f): 7:56am On Dec 06, 2015

free2ryhme:
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Kogi State governorship election, Mr Yahaya Bello, has been declared the winner of the election.

Mr Bello, who is substitute to late Mr Abubakar Audu, defeated the incumbent Governor, Captain Idris Wada, of the Peoples Democratic Party who was seeking a second term in office.

Declaring the results of the historic election, which was concluded, with a supplementary election held on December 5, the Returning Officer of the electoral body, Professor Emmanuel Kucha, said the APC’s candidate polled 247,752 to defeat Captain Wada who got 204,877 votes.

Collation of the supplementary election results started late Saturday night, with the official of the electoral body giving a breakdown of results from the earlier election held on November 21.

After that election, the electoral body declared the election inconclusive and fixed a supplementary election for December 5.

After election results from the 21 local government areas were collated on Sunday, November 22, the candidate of the APC, late Audu, was leading while the incumbent Governor, Captain Idris Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) trailed by a margin less than the number of cancelled votes.

The candidate of the APC had 240,867 votes while that of the PDP polled 199,514 votes.

But the election was declared inconclusive by the INEC, which said canceled 49,953 votes were higher than the margin between the leading candidate and the runner-up.

After the supplementary election of December 5, the APC’s candidate got additional 6,885 while the PDP candidate polled 5,363.

The substitution of the late candidate of the APC had triggered divergent views, as to what the Nigerian Constitution and the Electoral Act proscribe, when the death of a candidate occurs during an electoral process.

Most arguments have focused on section 33 of the Electoral Act.

It reads: “No political party shall be allowed to change or substitute its candidate whose name has been submitted pursuant to section 31 of the Act, except in the case of death or withdrawal by the candidate”.

Aggrieved by the statement of the Attorney General of the Federation and the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami’s, that was legal for the APC to substitute the late candidate, Captain Wada approached a court, questioning the substitution and the power of the INEC to hold the supplementary election. He also requested that he should be declared the winner of the election, since the leading candidate had died.

But the court dismissed the case, saying it lacked jurisdiction. The Federal High Court Abuja further stressed that issues relating to election could only be adjudicated by the Election Petition Tribunal.

The Kogi election is considered historic, as it is the first election that a party will substitute their candidate in the middle of the process.

http://www.channelstv.com/2015/12/06/yahaya-bello-wins-kogi-state-governorship-election/

Live Tweets of the Kogi Supplementary Elections

Has he been declare Winner? What is going to happen to Hons James Faleke? #Kogi Affair kept on and on for the past two wks now! Let the new Trend focus on #Bring Back Our Girls this Dec as the PMB has Vows.

Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by vRendoh(m): 7:57am On Dec 06, 2015

CONGRATULATIONS TO YAHAYA BELLO!

NO MATTER HOW LONG THE CROWN ROVERS, IT WILL ALWAYS SEEK AND FIND THE TRUE KING!

I UNDERSTAND THE COURT IS THE NEXT DESTINATION, I BELIEVE HE IS THE NEXT MOST PREPARED MAN TO LATE AUDU (RIP). HE WANTED

AND CONTESTED TO BE A GOVERNOR IN THE APC PRIMARY.

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN!

Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by preacherz: 7:57am On Dec 06, 2015

Brethens U will agree wif me that both Bello and Faleke have very valid arguments.... cry

but dis case will be decided based on where PMB has interest. cry

And in dis case de body Language of PMB is tilted towards Bello for reasons like Religion... Ethnicity did I hear U say Party Supremacy huh

Yes that too as Tin-ubu should b checked.

Bello is 100% eligible so is Faleke if his party (APC) had opted for him.

Show Respect to d powers dat be in APC and stop Ranting like Rascals based on ya personal Interest.

God bless Nigeria
God bless kogi
God bless coal city obodo Nnam
Mucho Gracias Amigos

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Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by misterh(m): 7:57am On Dec 06, 2015

gidjah:
So So many conroversiez sorrounding this eletion /selection. The first trouble is in the replaemet of the dep uty with another govr instead of simply elevating him to the status of govr. But trust nigeria with tribalism mixed with religion......... I shake my head for the future of this nation. Now we must go to court

He wasn't a deputy governor yet because he had not been sworn in as the deputy governor. He was a deputy governor-elect.

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Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by tega4eddie: 7:59am On Dec 06, 2015

SHAME ON TINUBU......HIS PUPPET FALEKE DID NOT WIN grin

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Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by Nobody: 8:00am On Dec 06, 2015

The same yahaya bello that worked against APC .. Smh ..
cry

Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by Sacramento4real(m): 8:02am On Dec 06, 2015

gidjah:
So So many conroversiez sorrounding this eletion /selection. The first trouble is in the replaemet of the dep uty with another govr instead of simply elevating him to the status of govr. But trust nigeria with tribalism mixed with religion......... I shake my head for the future of this nation. Now we must go to court

That would have being a very big Political blunder front The APC cos Faleke never participated in the primaries.It would have being a walkover case for the Pdp at the Tribunal.

Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by preacherz: 8:03am On Dec 06, 2015

abimic:
Too many lawyers on nairaland than Nigeria even has. They speak as if they've won cases in court before while yet many never visited court premises. A high court judge who craved anonymity once said a new election would have being better or that the AGF approach the Supreme Court for next line of action but since the AGF is the Nation's chief legal adviser which could help navigate in scenarios like this, he posited that the person be substituted. Since the law is mute on this, self opinion and satisfaction based on leaning won't be far fetched. Still, the AGF has spoken and he sure spoke with element of legal confidence but the quagmire now is the withdrawal of Faleke from the race at the middle of it. The kogi situation would dominate the political landscape for a while as yahaya would face too many distractions. I'd wish Faleke was upgraded but APC with their experienced legal team surely knows best.

Going forward U nicked it in d Bud.

Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by Adayi1(m): 8:03am On Dec 06, 2015

cktheluckyman:
Faleke formally wrote to INEC to withdraw his deputy Governorship candidate to Bello!! As far as the law is concerned Bello had no deputy

life is a learning process.... How much do u know about electoral act huh

A candidate shall write a letter of withdrawal to d party, then the party convey same to inec. Its party/inec relationship not candidate.... He only write to inec out of desperation...

Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by seunmsg(m): 8:04am On Dec 06, 2015

cktheluckyman:
The kogi matter is a very easy one for the courts to decide!!! Amaechi participated and won and the primaries before the main elections and was thus assumed by the supreme court as the authentic PDP candidate in the main elections.Yahaya Bello lost the primaries and did not participate in the first elections,Even in yesyerday's elections he has no running mate!! As far as the law uis concerned He has only scored 6000 invalid votes and is not the winner of the kogi elections!!

Apart from participating and winning the primaries, Amaechi's name and that of his running mate was presented to INEC by PDP as their candidate before OBJ substituted his name illegally with that of Omehia. The supreme court thus held that the only PDP candidate known to law is Amaechi and for the sake of justice, he was declared the winner.

Yahaya Bello on the other hand never won the APC primaries. His name was not presented to INEC before the commencement of the election and he has no validly nominated running mate. He can only be said to have participated in the less than 10% supplementary election. He never participated in the entire process. All those trying to confuse Amaechi's case with this one are simply ignorant of the facts of the two cases.

Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by cktheluckyman: 8:08am On Dec 06, 2015

Adayi1:
life is a learning process.... How much do u know about electoral act A candidate shall write a letter of withdrawal to d party, then the party convey same to inec. Its party/inec relationship not candidate.... He only write to inec out of desperation...

I expected you to quote the section of the law that quote sthat the party can force someone to be its candidate!! Faleke wrote to both INEC and APC rejecting his pairing with Bello!! The law is not for INEC or APC to interpret that is why we have the courts!! Bello is sitting on a very shaking and foundationless mandate and would definitely be swept out by the courts.

Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by gidjah(m): 8:10am On Dec 06, 2015

Sacramento4real:
That would have being a very big Political blunder front The APC cos Faleke never participated in the primaries.It would have being a walkover case for the Pdp at the Tribunal.

may be may be Not. Did Bello himself went tru the primaries?

Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by Etinosajay(m): 8:10am On Dec 06, 2015

gidjah:
So So many conroversiez sorrounding this eletion /selection. The first trouble is in the replaemet of the dep uty with another govr instead of simply elevating him to the status of govr. But trust nigeria with tribalism mixed with religion......... I shake my head for the future of this nation. Now we must go to court

Oga, the 2010 Electoral law does not allow anybody who didn't participate in the primary to become governor from an Inec voting process.

If Faleke had been used to substitute Audu, PDP will just win in court because, the tribunal will look at the law and then remove Faleke.

It's law and not tribalism.

Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by gidjah(m): 8:12am On Dec 06, 2015

misterh:
He wasn't a deputy governor yet because he had not been sworn in as the deputy governor. He was a deputy governor-elect.

why couldnt he be elevated to the status? I guess it has to do with tribalism abi no be so?

Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by wonderfulman(m): 8:15am On Dec 06, 2015

Faleke,go ahead to commits suicide now we have our God ordained Governor in kogi state because you are not contented with your deputy Governor position. Go back to God to ask for more.

May the Almighty God bless Yaya Bello as he is preparing to take the mantle of leadership in kogi state.No weapon of the enemy shall prosper against you.AMEN

Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by anigbajumo(m): 8:20am On Dec 06, 2015

ThisMeansWars:
The same yahaya bello that worked against APC .. Smh ..

shut up,u just dey spew trash anyhow. Both are Tinubu boy's...who sponsored yahaya bello primary election?

Either falake or yahaya both of dem gonna still be remote by jagaban.

Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by emzila(m): 8:21am On Dec 06, 2015

takedat:
I beg top disagree with you. Faleke can claim the supplementary election that brought Bello in is null and void since he has written to INEC and APC to remove his name as a deputy governorship candidate for the supplementary election. INEC and the APC cannot force a candidate to run in an election, and since one cannot run in an election without a complete ticket it makes the election null and void.

Faleke can dispute INEC's claim based on the PVC's distributed and the difference between the votes of Audu/Faleke's and Wada's. Yes, the electoral act only recognises the registered voters but Faleke's legal team will challenge INEC to explain who is a 'Qualified Voter' on an election day. If INEC's argument only supports 'registered voters and not of the use of PVC's, INEC would have shot itself in the leg meaning that elections conducted using PVC's are meaningless and unconstitutional and as such INEC cannot force the electorates to produce a PVC before voting since what they recognize is the registered voters only.

Thirdly, can you claim Bello has fulfilled all the constitutional requirements? Did Bello take part in the more than 2,500 polling units where elections were concluded in November? Isn't that part of the constitutional requirement?

Lastly, when the returning officer for the elections was returning Bello as the winner, he did not say APC alone but said Alhaji Yahya Bello of the APC haven pulled the highest number of votes and satisfied all constitutional requirements is thereby returned elected'? Did Yahya Bello in actual sense pull the highest number of votes?

GO TO CHURCH AND ASK FOR THE SPIRIT OF SENSE, YAHAYA BY VIRTUE OF SUBSTITUTION HAD INHERITED AUDU'S VOTE BEFORE THE SUPPLEMENTARY ELECTION AND AS SUCH THE TOTAL VOTE IS COUNTED AND REFERRED TO IN HIS NAME. AMEACHI WILL EXPLAIN BETTER TO YOU.

Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by misterh(m): 8:24am On Dec 06, 2015

gidjah:
why couldnt he be elevated to the status? I guess it has to do with tribalism abi no be so?

Firstly, INEC declared the first election inconclusive so there wasn't any clear cut winner. Secondly, does the law stipulate that a deputy governot-elect can be promoted to be a governor or governor-elect after the death of his principal? I don't think it has anything to do with tribalism.

Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by abdulaz: 8:26am On Dec 06, 2015

Adayi1:
he also did uncle party activities... Faleke is still d deputy... Watchout for d next episode

I don't know why people are still getting things confused and mixed up, Faleke was only a running mate that was picked by the late Audu as his deputy. INEC only recognises the flag bearer of a party, which was Audu and now Bello in the present situation.

If Audu had been declared winner before his demise, it would have been a different scenario, Faleke would have taken his place. As it is now, Faleke still remains the party's DEPUTY known to everyone, I'm sorry to say this.

When the supplementary elections were held yesterday, I don't think there was any ballot box Or paper bearing Faleke's name as one of the candidates running for the election. Nigerians should have understood this by now and save ourselves all this unnecessary drama.

EBIRA TAO! I am proud to be a Kogite.

Re: Yahaya Bello Wins Kogi Governorship Election by Ozid(m): 8:26am On Dec 06, 2015

cktheluckyman:
Faleke formally wrote to INEC to withdraw his deputy Governorship candidate to Bello!! As far as the law is concerned Bello had no deputy

My Broda what Falake shld have done was to write officially to the party in which the party will withdraw his name n name another person as the deputy. As at the time of writing the post Falake has not done that dat which means he still remains the party deputy flag bearer n deputy gov elect. Take note a candidate cannot withdraw himself without an official letter to the party n from the party to Inec. Faleke is just deceiving people with this deputy of a thing, he remains the deputy gov of the party legally as it stand except smth otherwise happen

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