Indispensable85:


It appears to be a very strong ground for appeal. It's like the tribunal declared the rerun illegal and deducted the results gotten from the 17 polling units where the rerun held from the both parties.if the supreme court can just acknowledge the powers of INEC to order a rerun then,there will be serious trouble for Adeleke. I want him to be favoured, because he actually won that election.

specter:


All PDP need do is win at the court of appeal. Once they can tackle issues for determination at the first appellate court, they are home and dry. Supreme Court hardly up turns concurrent judgements.

specter:


All PDP need do is win at the court of appeal. Once they can tackle issues for determination at the first appellate court, they are home and dry. Supreme Court hardly up turns concurrent judgements.

OlujobaSamuel:

The power to cancel, declare inconclusive and order a rerun has been affirmed by SC in various rulings, one of such is Kogi state.
The major premise on which this ruling is found is that rerun was illegal, if subsequently affirmed by CA or SC to be legal, the judgement will retain Oyetola.
I think the PDP should start working on how the rerun was rigged because I don't think the ruling today will stand further judicial test, else, we have so many election overturned except presidential and very few gubernatorial election. We might have to start preparing for election every quarter in one state or the other, as so many shall be overturned.

alujonjonkijon:
im not in court but from the reports read above,im telling it categorically that the verdict will be in favour of APC.
you just dont dump documents and evidence on the court,you must specifically tied the evidence to a particular fact sought to be proved.some lawyers make this mistake everytime,you tender a statement of account and you expect the court to make sense out of the multiple entries in the statment without reffering the judge to the particular entries in favour of your case.who is the pdp's lawyer pls

OlujobaSamuel:

The power to cancel, declare inconclusive and order a rerun has been affirmed by SC in various rulings, one of such is Kogi state.
The major premise on which this ruling is found is that rerun was illegal, if subsequently affirmed by CA or SC to be legal, the judgement will retain Oyetola.
I think the PDP should start working on how the rerun was rigged because I don't think the ruling today will stand further judicial test, else, we have so many election overturned except presidential and very few gubernatorial election. We might have to start preparing for election every quarter in one state or the other, as so many shall be overturned.

fergie001:

It will go to Appeal and perhaps Supreme Court if Oyetola wants to appeal.....

But I can tell you for free, with the work by the tribunal today; the thoroughness was very good,if not excellent....if Oyetola tries to appeal..he will be spending his money on nothing.....he is gone....

Indispensable85:


It appears to be a very strong ground for appeal. It's like the tribunal declared the rerun illegal and deducted the results gotten from the 17 polling units where the rerun held from the both parties.if the supreme court can just acknowledge the powers of INEC to order a rerun then,there will be serious trouble for Adeleke. I want him to be favoured, because he actually won that election.

rigarmortis:


the only one who seems to be obsessed here is you. ipob doesn't give a flying s3x about who governs osunistan.

farem:


Sorry for your pains, I never knew ipigs and Igbos are synonyms.
Thanks for pointing out this truth!

muykem:
Appeal court will upture the judgement. Supreme Court has consistently support rerun election where the different between leading contestants is not up register of cancelled votes.

Cantonese:


But the interim CJ is there to do a specific assignment. Stop PDP by all means. On the platform of intergrity and morality did APC actually win the election?

ovadozes:

In the new electoral act, gubernatorial issues also end in the supreme Court, remember Wike, Ikpeazu etc

Indispensable85:



Everything is looking so fragile right now. Well,fingers crossed!

Indispensable85:


Wike lost at both tribunal and appeal courts.
Na supreme court change everything.

OlujobaSamuel:

The power to cancel, declare inconclusive and order a rerun has been affirmed by SC in various rulings, one of such is Kogi state.
The major premise on which this ruling is found is that rerun was illegal, if subsequently affirmed by CA or SC to be legal, the judgement will retain Oyetola.
I think the PDP should start working on how the rerun was rigged because I don't think the ruling today will stand further judicial test, else, we have so many election overturned except presidential and very few gubernatorial election. We might have to start preparing for election every quarter in one state or the other, as so many shall be overturned.

sapoyoro:

rerun only took place in 7 polling units across ifon, osogbo and ife and not 17..

I think the cancellation of the 17 was another issue entirely... I will read more on it..

Dhugal:

The premise for declaring the rerun illegal was that the State Returning Officer had no power to cancel results from polling units,and that PDP proved that it was the RO that cancelled results of those 7 units where the rerun held.
You can't build something on nothing.If he has no power to cancel those 7 units,then the rerun was built on an illegality,hence its cancellation.
That's a sound judgment any appellate court would uphold

Cantonese:


I am not a lawyer but with the benefit of commonsense I think Oyetola cannot win at the supreme court. The election tribunal held that the re run was illegal but the supreme court hold a different view. APC will be hoping to hold on to that supreme court rule as maintained immediately after the election by Lai Mohammed.

But among the prayers of the PDP was the issue of over voting and rigging. Tribunal ruled that the REC did not have the power he exercised there. That was the REC who got a call in the middle of announcing the result and stopped.

Votes were deducted from those of the two parties and PDP won.

I think even if the supreme court rules the re run issue in favour of APC what will happen to the deducted votes that secured the PDP victory? Surely it cannor be swept under the carpet.

What do you think?

TyrantInAsoRock:


Acknowledge INEC powers?

INEC has its own rules.. Which they flagrantly disobeyed.. They just don't act

PUs RO don't have the power to cancel PU result the tribunal have affirmed

INEC in their haste didn't tie loose ends on the doctor forms

one of the major grounds PDP won

Okay

Will SC upturn all these? No

There is no way Apc can prove the rerun is legal

TyrantInAsoRock:


Acknowledge INEC powers?

INEC has its own rules.. Which they flagrantly disobeyed.. They just don't act

PUs RO don't have the power to cancel PU result the tribunal have affirmed

INEC in their haste didn't tie loose ends on the doctor forms

one of the major grounds PDP won

Okay

Will SC upturn all these? No

There is no way Apc can prove the rerun is legal

sapoyoro:

rerun only took place in 7 polling units across ifon, osogbo and ife and not 17..

I think the cancellation of the 17 was another issue entirely... I will read more on it..

Laurene:
he didn't lose but the election was cancelled

muykem:
Currently, electoral act has withdrew the power of judges to deduct or add dispute votes rather they can cancel the election in those places and asked for rerun. It is no longer duty of judges to add or subtract as in this case.

muykem:
Appeal court will upture the judgement. Supreme Court has consistently support rerun election where the different between leading contestants is not up register of cancelled votes.

OlujobaSamuel:

The power to cancel, declare inconclusive and order a rerun has been affirmed by SC in various rulings, one of such is Kogi state.
The major premise on which this ruling is found is that rerun was illegal, if subsequently affirmed by CA or SC to be legal, the judgement will retain Oyetola.
I think the PDP should start working on how the rerun was rigged because I don't think the ruling today will stand further judicial test, else, we have so many election overturned except presidential and very few gubernatorial election. We might have to start preparing for election every quarter in one state or the other, as so many shall be overturned.

muykem:
Currently, electoral act has withdrew the power of judges to deduct or add dispute votes rather they can cancel the election in those places and asked for rerun. It is no longer duty of judges to add or subtract as in this case.

TyrantInAsoRock:


Bro expect other shenanigans are involved i don't see how Apc will justify the re-run because a look at the tribunal judgment will tell u that PDP won because

They proved that ONLY presiding officers are empowered to cancel a polling unit result NOT returning officer which was the case in osun state


How they will now justify the re-run is what I don't know

TyrantInAsoRock:


CA/SC can't do shit

U can build legality on illegality

Because the cancelled PUs was done by the RO not PO who are the only ones empowered by law to do so