Iwanttoto:


U have no brain

Yes boss, He's a simpleton and as such bereft of common sense.

Some APC bigwits will like to see Akpabio vacate the lucrative Ministerial position .

Drama in the apc system

Akpabio must contest

This is a stupid rule or law, although am not a fan of APC right now, but inec likes playing God, what if he was dead, won't the party replace a dead candidate?

solmusdesigns:




Akpabio wont be foolish enough to leave Niger delta ministry for Senate.. with a budget of 50 to 70 billion for his ministry even if he gets a kick back of 5% he is better than most senators, infact his annual estacode and travell allowance is times ten of what any senator would hope to earn

A constituency is maximum of 3 local government, His current ministry has jurisdiction over 6 states, if any INEC official comes to disturb Akpabio i think he needs to chase them with thugs

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@bolded: are you referring to Senate or HoR?
Each state has 3 senatorial zones, therefore a senatorial zone is approximately ⅓ of the total number of LG in the state.
Apart from their constituency allowances, senators also earn from their committee chairmanships. Ever heard of the term "juicy committees"?

senseless APC will even try to replace Andy Ruiz with Wilder against Joshua after round 7 in their rematch

solmusdesigns:




Akpabio wont be foolish enough to leave Niger delta ministry for Senate.. with a budget of 50 to 70 billion for his ministry even if he gets a kick back of 5% he is better than most senators, infact his annual estacode and travell allowance is times ten of what any senator would hope to earn

A constituency is maximum of 3 local government, His current ministry has jurisdiction over 6 states, if any INEC official comes to disturb Akpabio i think he needs to chase them with thugs

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We deserve the leaders we get.. The problem we have as Nigerians is that we have been so abused by our leaders that we indirectly support their corrupt practices.

Kennydoc:


@bolded: are you referring to Senate or HoR?
Each state has 3 senatorial zones, therefore a senatorial zone is approximately ⅓ of the total number of LG in the state.
Apart from their constituency allowances, senators also earn from their committee chairmanships. Ever heard of the term "juicy committees"?

but they cant gross as high as a juicy minister

masseratti:
This is a stupid rule or law, although am not a fan of APC right now, but inec likes playing God, what if he was dead, won't the party replace a dead candidate?

you want to replace a contestant after round one defeat? its like trying to replace Andy Ruiz with Wilder after the cut in his upper eye in that rematch, una no dey reason?

ernietime:

We deserve the leaders we get.. The problem we have as Nigerians is that we have been so abused by our leaders that we indirectly support their corrupt practices.

Oga it happens everywhere.. in US they call it lobby, foundation donation etc, in Private sector they call it PR fees, contigency fees etc

payperpost:
you want to replace a contestant after round one defeat? its like trying to replace Andy Ruiz with Wilder after the cut in his upper eye in that rematch, una no dey reason?

what if ruiz dies before the rematch, does that mean no one else can challenge the champion? Or does that means Ruiz av lost the rematch? Am not a fan but inec is wrong on this, they are playing God.

good decision final obong owo

Akpabio can never win even local government chairman election in Akwa ibom.

In this case, INEC is citing the law as it is. The time for replacements has long lapsed; some stranger to the process cannot be picked to inherit the votes already acquired in the earlier election; the anomaly that brought Yahaya Bello into Kogi is just that, an anomaly and no one was interested in challenging it.

maestroferdi:
INEC, an embarrassment of an electoral commission...

Rollymax77:
Apc should just support the next most popular candidate and party and booth pdp out.

Hehehe...that is so not going to work because the highest votes have been recorded for the APC and PDP. If APC goes to support any other party, even if all votes in Essien Udim are won by the new party they support which is absolutely impossible no matter the rigging and military intimidation they deploy, it will amount to nothing measured against the existing PDP votes and APC votes will not be transferred to any other party so, there goes nothing. Also remember the 1/3 - 2/3 spread required to be declared winner; a senator cannot be elected on the strength of winning just one LGA out of the total number of LGAs that make up that senatorial zone.

Akpabio, that's who!

bellia:
Which idiot thought they could replace him.

Nasir123:


I think the election rerun is just between APC and PDP.

According to INEC, all the parties and candidates that filed valid nominations and contested the senatorial election during last general poll will be on the ballot for the rerun election in Essien Udim Local Government Area.

In reality, it is between APC and PDP because they are the most popular parties and between them, have the highest number of votes. However according to INEC, all those who filed valid nominations and contested earlier will be on the ballot again for this re-run.

masseratti:
what if ruiz dies before the rematch, does that mean no one else can challenge the champion? Or does that means Ruiz av lost the rematch? Am not a fan but inec is wrong on this, they are playing God.

is Akpabio dead?

If he knows he won't participate in the rerun election, he shouldn't have contested the election in the tribunal.

First, Akpabio is not dead, he has made a conscious decision to step down from the race. Secondly, it is the law, they are not playing God. Whoever you think they would pick would not have fulfilled all the statutory requirements required to a valid candidate so if INEC foolishly admits a replacement and APC is declared winner, it will be successfully challenged at the tribunal. In fact, other contestants can even challenge the validity of such replacement and the court will grant it because there are laid down procedures clearly stipulated by law.
If it is allowed for anyone to drop out midway just because he has better options then political godfathers will cash in big time; they will present a 'popular candidate' to swing votes, mastermind some crap to truncate the process whilst preserving votes earned, then present themselves to 'continue' the race and people will have no choice than to accept such crass imposition. Is that what you want?

masseratti:
what if ruiz dies before the rematch, does that mean no one else can challenge the champion? Or does that means Ruiz av lost the rematch? Am not a fan but inec is wrong on this, they are playing God.

You mean Isaiah 49:26.

Toscarel:
Good news been flowing since morning

First
Boko haram 19 : 0 miyetti allah. (Friendly match)

Damn these miyetti guys need to buckle up

An example when God turns your enemy against your enemy

And now this news obviously a walk over for PDP, this is definitely going to be a good week

He was hoping to be declared winner directly not for a re-run to be ordered.

mechanics:
If he knows he won't participate in the rerun election, he shouldn't have contested the election in the tribunal.

freeze001:
He was hoping to be declared winner directly not for a re-run to be ordered.

hahahahah, smart man.

masseratti:
what if ruiz dies before the rematch, does that mean no one else can challenge the champion? Or does that means Ruiz av lost the rematch? Am not a fan but inec is wrong on this, they are playing God.

Akpabio is hale and healthy, let him go into the ring.

masseratti:
This is a stupid rule or law, although am not a fan of APC right now, but inec likes playing God, what if he was dead, won't the party replace a dead candidate?

I believe you can differentiate between Dead and Life,
A dead candidate have no grace period for substitution, you can't be set for election/ reelection and you pull out in stoppage time complaining that you have stomach pain so party should present Mr Williams to INEC as replacement,
Election no be child play sir.

The ideal thing to do was to withdraw the court case after accepting the juicy ministerial appointment with tact and diplomacy without delay but no he did not want to see reason and reason like that until reason decided to show him that he needs see reason and reason like that

Hmmn... now that INEC has spoken, Akpabio will be have to resign and go face his by election.

Power that be still wins.

The truth is Akpabio realized that, ministry of Niger Delter is juicier than being a senator. and as it is with almost every one, you would always opt for the best, if you have two things to choose from .

Rollymax77:
Apc should just support the next most popular candidate and party and booth pdp out.

ignorance is really a disease

bizhop01:

I believe you can differentiate between Dead and Life,
A dead candidate have no grace period for substitution, you can't be set for election/ reelection and you pull out in stoppage time complaining that you have stomach pain so party should present Mr Williams to INEC as replacement,
Election no be child play sir.

whatever oga, whatever rocks your boat it's a stupid call by inec,and your analogy does not suffice you actually can, read the electoral act, or what did u think brought Bello in Kogi to his seat ab initio, Inec is playing God on this, and if taken to court, inec will be defeated flawlessly. My 2 cents... Nd I don't care... Its just my opinion.