₦airaland Forum

garfield1:
I just read 2003,2007 and 2011 presidential tribunal judgments.it took me hours.buhari provided far more compelling and damaging evidence and facts.buhari called close to 1000 witnesses with half being voters who are the strongest source of testimony.they even alleged disenfranchisement which is very grave.buhari provided evidences from 30 states.he provided specimen of ballot papers which and election materials showing double and triple dating,showinf that they were pre-thumbprinted.videos of massive thumbprinting,violence,intimidation were tendered.unticked and unsigned registers were all placed before the tribunal,these is far more than what atiku provided the court but buhari failed.why won't atiku fail?

jamace:
Only the Tribunal can give the final verdict, NOT INEC.

The Tribunal will go through the INEC result sheets which PDP used in its analysis to know the truth. INEC is only trying very hard to protect its battered image.

garfield1:
I just read 2003,2007 and 2011 presidential tribunal judgments.it took me hours.buhari provided far more compelling and damaging evidence and facts.buhari called close to 1000 witnesses with half being voters who are the strongest source of testimony.they even alleged disenfranchisement which is very grave.buhari provided evidences from 30 states.he provided specimen of ballot papers which and election materials showing double and triple dating,showinf that they were pre-thumbprinted.videos of massive thumbprinting,violence,intimidation were tendered.unticked and unsigned registers were all placed before the tribunal,these is far more than what atiku provided the court but buhari failed.why won't atiku fail?

jamace:
Change is possible.

If we want true democracy, we must unanimously speak against election corruption.

garfield1:
Inec's image has always been battered so no need protecting anything.atiku should repair his own image.

You are clearly not used to court processes,inec is doing a normal thing.plus inec is not saying it wants to give judgment,it is giving the tribunal good reasons to through out the petition.inec has already gone through the result sheets and petition hence the summary above.atiku has failed

tuniski:
I repeat it is never the quantity of witnesses but the quality. INEC and APC ran away from their defense making their written addresses Watery. You just don't dismiss server in a written address when you had the opportunity to do so under cross examination.

jamace:
Change is possible.

If we want true democracy, we must unanimously speak against election corruption.

jamace:
I'm happy you agree with me @ bolded.

Atiku has not failed UNTIL the Tribunal gives final judgment.

smogup:
Atiku is just trying out his luck, Buhari is a despot who wouldn't hand over power. Inec have helped him to power even the court can't remove him. We just have to live with that and hope buhari doesn't get his way to rig in a stooge in the next election.

CAN YOU HEAR YOURSELF.CAN A DESPOT CHOSE TO CONTEST THE SAME ELECTION FOR MORE THAN THRICE?.WHY SHOULD PMB HAND OVER POWER TO THE MAN THAT SAID HE IS COMING TO ENRICHED HIS OVER BLOATED FRIENDS?.YOUR BRAIN NEEDS RESET.

garfield1:
Up buhari

jamace:
Not yet. Atiku is not yet defeated.

Iamgrey5:
This inec's lawyer is good

He simply stated that Non of Atiku's witnesses were able to substantiate any wrong doing on the part of inec.

Which is true

garfield1:
For now,down atiku

Iamgrey5:
This inec's lawyer is good

He simply stated that Non of Atiku's witnesses were able to substantiate any wrong doing on the part of inec.

Which is true

doris00:
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disclosed why Atiku Abubakar, the 2019 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was not declared winner of the February 23 election.

INEC told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja that it was satisfied that Atiku did not secure majority of lawful votes cast during the election.

The country’s electoral umpire stated this in a final written address it filed before the Justice Mohammed Garba-led five-member panel tribunal, INEC, through its lawyers led by Mr. Yunus Usman SAN, seeking the dismissal of Atiku’s petition on the outcome of the 2019 presidential election.

Denying the allegation that votes were illegally awarded to the All Progressives Congress, APC, to ensure that President Muhammadu Buhari was re-elected for a second term, INEC insisted that the petitioners failed to justify why a fresh election should be conducted.

It said: “We refer to the relevant paragraphs of the petition where the petitioners made the sundry allegations of deliberate wrong entry/falsification of election results by the 1st Respondent.

“Clearly, it can be gleaned that nothing concrete or specific has been offered by the Petitioners in this regard.

“For example, the petitioners pleaded wrong and deliberate entry of wrong results by the 1st Respondent in 11 states of the country, namely: Borno, Yobe, Bahchi, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Niger and Zamfara States.

“Thereafter, the petitioners proceeded to break down this allegation State by State.

“However, a cursory appraisal of paragraph 155(4) of the petition dealing with this allegation of ‘posting wrong results’ to the non-existent 1st Respondent’s server and not the wrongful entry of the results in the physical /manual Form EC8 series.

“The most astonishing part is that the petitioners failed to call witnesses who were at the various Units to observe these various alleged anomalies.

“We submit that allegations bordering on alleged wrong entry/falsification of election result are criminal in nature and must be proved beyond reasonable doubt.

“Furthermore, by virtue of section 150(1) of the Evidence Act, the results declared by the 1st Respondent enjoy a presumption of regularity. Accordingly, the petitioners herein are duty bound to rebut this presumption with credible evidence”.

The electoral commission said Atiku failed to show how the number of votes cancelled affected the votes he got.

It added: “We submit that it is trite law that not only is the petitioner duty-bound to prove each and every allegation on non-compliance; he is also expected to prove that such non-compliance substantially affected the result of the election. See BUHARI V OBASANJO (supra), NYESOM WIKE V DAKUKU &ORS (supra).

“We humbly submit from the foregoing that the petitioners have failed to prove the allegation of non-compliance with the Electoral Act, and indeed every other allegation contained in the petition. The petition, therefore, lacks merit and should be thrown out on this point and this honourable court is urged so to do.

“In the instant petition, the petitioners called 62 witnesses in proof of their petition. Only 5 were polling agents, while 5 were Assistant Presiding Officers, who incidentally had no problem with the conduct of the election but only came to assert that they transmitted the election result to a fictitious and non-existent server.

“The rest of the witnesses called are Ward, Local Government, State or National Collation Agents. And the aim of the petitioner is to use them to prove allegations of non-compliance with the Electoral Act during the Presidential Elections in 36 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory Abuja. What a mission impossible!

“The eyes of the parties and candidates in an election at the Polling Unit are their respective agents and voters who were present to cast their votes. Consequently, in calling witnesses in proof of these allegations, these class of individuals are indispensable.

“Taking a rational, reasonable and critical examination and assessment of the evidence placed before this honorable court, one cannot but submit most humbly that the elements of the allegations of corrupt practices against the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Respondents have not been proved at all talk less of proof beyond reasonable doubt”.



https://dailypost.ng/2019/08/19/presidential-tribunal-real-reasons-atiku-wasnt-declared-winner-election-inec/amp/

jamace:
No way. I give victory to Atiku based on evidences provided by PDP/Atiku at the Tribunal.

Over to the tribunal.

tuniski:
it is not Atiku that should forget but Nigerians whose mandate was stolen!

jamace:
Change is possible.

If we want true democracy, we must unanimously speak against election corruption.

Doyin2:
It seems either you have comprehension challenges or up to some mischief.

Read INEC's submission again:

" "Thereafter, the petitioners proceeded to break down this allegation State by State.

“However, a cursory appraisal of paragraph 155(4) of the petition dealing with this allegation of ‘posting wrong results’ to the non-existent 1st Respondent’s server and not the wrongful entry of the results in the physical /manual Form EC8 series.

“The most astonishing part is that the petitioners failed to call witnesses who were at the various Units to observe these various alleged anomalies."

Iamgrey5:
The Inec stated non of Atiku witnesses was able to substantiate electoral fraud because they all claimed that voting and tabulation were largely peaceful and conducted properly.

Inaddition, Atiku failed to explain how the sheets he submitted to the petition affected the final results from the states. i.e he might have only selected the results sheets of the polling station he won to propagate falsehood.

The only thing Atiku's witnesses were able to raise was the issue of a central sever, which is not backed by any constitution.

So there's no case against the INEC.

garfield1:
Allow the guy answer for himself.
But asides that,can you give an example of an election petition decided on quality ?

DEmejioba1:
I think as a Nigerian I gave my own for the right person which is Buhari and therefore, it isn't stolen

engineerboat:
INEC only write what they fe to write.

They dont seem to read this line from 4.42 downward.
INEC scored another own goal again