₦airaland Forum

thesicilian:
Technically a Governor doesn't have to resign because he defected from his party to another. He was elected by the people of the state, not his party members alone.

thesicilian:
Technically a Governor doesn't have to resign because he defected from his party to another. He was elected by the people of the state, not his party members alone.

FOLYKAZE:
Are you a Nigerian? On which Ballot did you find Candidates name?

You guys just be dishonest with yourself. After the primary election, cabdidates are given the party flag which mean representing of thr platform they held the flag. The party flag is given to candidate by the Party leader. And the only symbol of this is that this particular candidate is representing a party.

On the Ballot, the only thing you are going to find is Party name and logo. It does not have candidate name on it. I wonder if you have ever voted in any election in Nigeria.

The electorate voted for the party and not any candidate. If you can advocate for the resignation of Deputies for decamping, the same logic should apply for a Governor who got the people mandate by belonging to a platform.

FOLYKAZE:
The people you called 'dunce' actually voted for him. They did this after he joined a platform they trusted. So he won gubernatorial election with support from this platform and thinks he has to leave because he has ambition to become President. What has really changed that made him return to another platform? Shouldn't the people that voted him ask questions? The voters thumbprinted APC on the ballot paper, not Tambulwa right? So if he doesn't trust the party again, he should drop their mandate. It is as simple as that.

Deputy Governor in many states have resigned before Joining another party contrary to what their principal belongs to. We saw it play out in Kano State recently. Now explain why a State Governor who was trusted with a mandate because he belong ti a party would not resign before joining another party. As the case maybe, my argument is that electorates voted for party not candidates.

FOLYKAZE:
The people you called 'dunce' actually voted for him. They did this after he joined a platform they trusted. So he won gubernatorial election with support from this platform and thinks he has to leave because he has ambition to become President. What has really changed that made him return to another platform? Shouldn't the people that voted him ask questions? The voters thumbprinted APC on the ballot paper, not Tambulwa right? So if he doesn't trust the party again, he should drop their mandate. It is as simple as that.

Deputy Governor in many states have resigned before Joining another party contrary to what their principal belongs to. We saw it play out in Kano State recently. Now explain why a State Governor who was trusted with a mandate because he belong ti a party would not resign before joining another party. As the case maybe, my argument is that electorates voted for party not candidates.


Broz this country na animal republic....backfoward to 2014 when abt 5 governors defected to APC from PDP, i hope u clamored for their resignation?

AroleOduduwa:
Don’t waste my time. To answer your question, the name of the candidate, the party name and this logo, but that doesn’t change the fact that the mandate belongs to him, please stop arguing blindly.

frowland:
People voted for APC not PDP. So defecting is wrong based on how one is elected be it to PDP or APC.
In the ballot what we saw is PDP, APGA, APC etc etc not tambuwal, el rufai, wike. If we as ordinary citizens don't check this defections it will get messier by the day.
Imagine few weeks after may 29 swearing in ceremony and Wike moves to APGA or after a hard fought victory by PDP party faithfuls and the winner jumps to another party next day.
I think the best way is, if you want to jump ship - resign.
Else what it means is, campaigning for APC or PDP is a total waste of time as any of them will jump ship at any giving time without checks.

Amitez:
... but you were hailing nPDP in 2014. Smell the coffee. If the rule must change, let it be after 2019 elections. Mind you 3 more governors are on their way. All they are doing is to have their legislators on their side and vroom, they will decamp. I love Wike and Secondus, they are not noise makers like the factional APC chairman.

FOLYKAZE:
Are you a Nigerian? On which Ballot did you find Candidates name?

You guys just be dishonest with yourself. After the primary election, cabdidates are given the party flag which mean representing of thr platform they held the flag. The party flag is given to candidate by the Party leader. And the only symbol of this is that this particular candidate is representing a party.

On the Ballot, the only thing you are going to find is Party name and logo. It does not have candidate name on it. I wonder if you have ever voted in any election in Nigeria.

The electorate voted for the party and not any candidate. If you can advocate for the resignation of Deputies for decamping, the same logic should apply for a Governor who got the people mandate by belonging to a platform.

FOLYKAZE:
Poster can have any name printed on it. It is not INEC material and not guided by law. So much soms even put their unofficial name like Nicknames. It doesn't have any meaning.

INEC declare results by mentioning name of the candidate and the party they belong to. We've had cases of where candidates have almost same name. The returning officer will name and THE NAME OF THE PARTY the candidate belong to. This is why we have Party Agents on board and not candidate agent to monitor the process.

And for your dishonesty, ballot paper has the name and logo of the Party. It does not include the name of the candidate. This inevitably means the mandate belongs to the party and not the candidate.

You were calling some people hypocrites but your own hypocrisy is rare to find. Only a hypocrite will support the resignation of deputies but would want the governor to retain his office after defection.

ManirBK:
Buhari till 2023 by God grace. the defectors to PDP will recieve the consequence of their action b4 and after the election.

AroleOduduwa:
Which of my post suggested that am in support of political prostitute, I don’t support people without ideology. All am saying is that you can’t ask a sitting governor to resign, he has to he mandate, they should explore legal means and stop making noise. Mind you, there will be more decamping from PDP to APC and Vice versa

Hassan080196:
The votes belong to the party. Read the case of Omeha v Ameachi

Amitez:
APC and hypocrisy eeeh! When Amaechi joined APC in 2014 or so, you lot hailed him. Nobody in your party remembered that the mandate belonged to PDP. All you were after was to remove GEJ. Now that Karma has played its cards big time, you remembered mandate. Sorry sir!

Smell the truth. The North desires to do 3 terms to compensate for 14 years of Southern rule (Obj and GEJ). Buhari's second term will shortchange them in this regard. So, simply put, Buhari is not coming back in 2019. The North is shopping for a new president and the likes of Tambulwa, Kwankwaso, Saraki, Makarfi and Atiku already know this. All the power brokers already know this. Even Buhari knows this ... it is only you guys ... his minions, who are deluded that still believe he will finish his second term and hand over to Osinbajo. Sorry, the game and narratives have since changed.

thesicilian:
This is very illuminating. Thanks.