Peacecoy19:
Go back and check Ortom decamped to PDP before the primaries.By the time of party primaries Ortom was solidly PDP never participated in apc selection process.

Maxiyke:
In all these arguments here, no one has cited the Supreme Court judgement, it is either one is quoting Godwin Erahon of APC or another is quoting his own thoughts. What a sorry way to discuss about issues.

Igbochief001:

This are the type of lawyers that we have in Nigeria ..dumb people

Rochas son in-law contested the primary with his own faction
While hope contested with another faction ....then he left

Obaseki didn't contest APC primaries ...there is no case here

SmartProf:
See mumu talk o...how is Obaseki competing under 2 parties when he was screened out from participating in the APC primary contest? This man's analysis is so daft and grossly deficient that you will prefer listening to a cock crow, than listen to his opinion on issues. His statement has ended up announcing him as one who meets the case definition for psychiatric evaluation

ManOfCompetence:

Can y read at all? Ortom contested and lost PDP primaries in 2014 ahead of the 2015 elections, before decamping to APC to become their candidate

Blainz:
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Ortom never participated nor bought APC form. He decamped when he saw the handwriting that he was not going to get the ticket

ManOfCompetence:

Can y read at all? Ortom contested and lost PDP primaries in 2014 ahead of the 2015 elections, before decamping to APC to become their candidate

maupe:
By Francis Onoiribholo
Wed, 1 July 20
6:37Pm



https://www.independent.ng/stop-wasting-your-resources-for-election-you-will-not-contest-in-erhahon-warns-obaseki-shaibu/

Vatsyayana:

It is more like if you fail Post UTME in unilag can you still write Post UTME for another uni and still get admission? The answer is Yes - as far as you're still within time.
The Supreme Court is not daft!

ManOfCompetence:

Samuel ortom of Benue state 2015... Please before mentioning me try and read well, Samuel ortom contested and lost PDP primaries in 2014 before decamping to APC to become their candidate.....In Uche Nwosu case, he actually won the APC primaries but his name was replaced with Hope Uzodinma..he was disqualified because he was candidate of both APC and AA...

lalawealthy:


Bros,read very well and don't be beclouded with sentiment.2NOMINATION FORMS FROM DIFFRENT PARTIES.READ WELL.
I b OBASEKI SUPPOTER ,BUT AM WORRIED WITH THIS.I realise say we obaseki supporter don de let emotions and sentiments de becloud our sense of reasoning .we go overcome!

obstead200:
una dey waste time. Let the man win first, supreme court will find a way to twist the judgement to favour him. Na money dey talk.

My opinion though, picking form does not equate to contesting a primary. These are 2 different cases. Obaseki won't have problem on that count

Maxiyke:
In all these arguments here, no one has cited the Supreme Court judgement, it is either one is quoting Godwin Erahon of APC or another is quoting his own thoughts. What a sorry way to discuss about issues.

The Supreme Court on Friday, voided the candidature of Uche Nwosu as governorship flag bearer of the Action Alliance (AA) in the 2019 general elections in Imo, over double nomination.

The apex court, in its judgment delivered by Justice Adamu Augie, upheld the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the court had, about two months’ ago, upheld the decision of the Federal High Court which also voided Nwosu’s his candidature.

A chieftain of the Action Peoples Party (APP), Mr Uche Nnadi, had dragged Nwosu to the Federal High Court where the court held that he was not qualified to stand for the election.

The court based its verdict on the fact that Nwosu already had a valid ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Unsatisfied with the ruling of the Court, Nwosu approached the Court of Appeal to put the decision to further test.

The Court dismissed all issues raised by Nwosu in his appeal.

Not satisfied with the decision of the Court of Appeal, Nwosu headed to the apex court to upturn the decision of the lower court.

The Supreme Court, in its judgment, dismissed Nwosu’s appeal, saying that he could benefit from his iniquity.

The Court also dismissed the argument by Nwosu’s lawyer that the suit was stature barred.

Justice Augie said, ”The appellant cannot be allowed to benefit from his own iniquity.

“The action is not caught up by limitation of time.

“This case rest on the issue of illegality and this court cannot be used to enforce illegalities.

“This appeal is hereby dismissed.”

In his reaction shortly after the judgment was delivered, the Chairman of APC, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, said the implication was that all the votes given to Nwosu at that election were void votes.

Imo gov’ship polls: Supreme Court quashes Uche Nwosu’s Candidature.

The Supreme Court has said that the governorship candidate of Action Alliance (AA) in the 2019 gubernatorial election in Imo State, Ugwumba Uche Nwosu, was not qualified to vie for the election as he doubled as both the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and that of AA. In a lead judgment read by Justice Amina Augie, the apex court held that by virtue of double candidature, Nwosu ab intio was not qualified to vie for the office. Nwosu had won the nomination to contest under APC, the internal wrangling within the ruling party made it impossible for him to be presented as the party’s candidate, which necessitated his defection to AA at the dying minute.

The judgment was sequel to a suit by the Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere led Action Peoples Party, (APP). The judgment was concurred by the Presiding Justice RhodesVivour, Justices Mary Peter- Odili, and Ejimbi Eko and C.C Nweze.

The Supreme Court held that by virtue of Uche Nwosu’s double candidature and in line with the clear provisions of the Electoral Act, he was bound to be disqualified from the election and affirmed the judgments of the High Court and the Court of Appeal. Reacting to the judgment, the Election Petition Appeal against the election of Governor Emeka Ihedioha also before the apex court by Uche Nwosu was dead and buried as Uche Nwosu was not a validly nominated candidate for the election and therefore lacks the locus to file a petition before the Governorship Election Tribunal.

Ugochinyere said, “The implication of today’s Supreme Court judgment that quashed Uche Nwosu Candidature means that Uche Nwosu/AA Party never had any governorship candidate in Imo 2019 guber election and like the Supreme Court decided in Zamfara all the votes cast for Uche Nwosu/AA was invalid and for you to calculate whether Gov. Ihedioha met two third you have to remove Uche Nwosu/AA void votes and you will see that Ihedioha crossed the constitutional threshold without any doubt.

SmartProf:
See mumu talk o...how is Obaseki competing under 2 parties when he was screened out from participating in the APC primary contest? This man's analysis is so daft and grossly deficient that you will prefer listening to a cock crow, than listen to his opinion on issues. His statement has ended up announcing him as one who meets the case definition for psychiatric evaluation

lalawealthy:


Bros,that man just give us facts now,were d people?I beg pinpoint one.

Igbochief001:

Oga people have been doing it for long ...

seunmsg:


Purchase of form and screening is part of the nomination process. The nomination form he bought and submitted to APC and the screening committe’s report will be tendered as evidence before the court and he will be disqualified. It is that straightforward.

Igbochief001:

Thanks ..error

aolawale025:


Purchase of forms does not equate to nomination. The electoral act is clear on this

muykem:
look at this The spirit of the law forbids anyone to contest for nomination under two or more parties in same election or even started the process of being nominated by procuring the nomination form. My opinion on this is that once you choose to participate in an election in one party evidecing in puchase of nomination form, you can't go to contest in another party for the same election again. However, this is far from norm we are used to.

maupe:
By Francis Onoiribholo
Wed, 1 July 20
6:37Pm



https://www.independent.ng/stop-wasting-your-resources-for-election-you-will-not-contest-in-erhahon-warns-obaseki-shaibu/

aolawale025:


Purchase of forms does not equate to nomination. The electoral act is clear on this

ManOfCompetence:

Samuel ortom of Benue state 2015... Please before mentioning me try and read well, Samuel ortom contested and lost PDP primaries in 2014 before decamping to APC to become their candidate.....In Uche Nwosu case, he actually won the APC primaries but his name was replaced with Hope Uzodinma..he was disqualified because he was candidate of both APC and AA...

Igbochief001:

That was not what the supreme Court judgement was about Oga ....ugumba was the real candidate of APC according to supreme Court ...

Ugumba actually contested and won a faction of APC primaries ....then left when he thought his faction won't win the case

saintokwuluora:

The grounds for Supreme court disqualification of Uche Nwosu was not that he bought nomination forms from two parties but because he was already validly nominated by APC before he went to AA and also got nominated thereby making him double candidate. Obaseki was not allowed to participate in the primary election of APC talkless of being nominated by the party before leaving for PDP.