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Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by AAA593: 7:08pm On Aug 17, 2020

ANDP Had No Validly Nominated Running Mate For Bayelsa Election - INEC

STATEMENT ON THE BAYELSA ELECTION TRIBUNAL RULING

The Commission is a law-abiding institution and will continue to obey and respect court orders.
By section 143(1) of the Electoral Act, if the Tribunal determines that a candidate returned as elected was not validly elected, then if notice of appeal is filed within 21 days from the date of the decision, the candidate returned as elected shall notwithstanding the contrary decision remain in office pending the determination of the appeal. The Commission is not obligated to give effect to the said judgement of the Tribunal till the parties exhaust their right of appeal as provided in the law.

Moreover, there are germane constitutional issues raised by the judgement and the Commission will take a position when it receives the certified true copy of the judgement. This is because the issues raised in the petition revolve around the invalidity of the nomination of the Deputy Governorship candidate.

Furthermore, the issue of nomination and substitution of candidates raised in the petition fall within the ambit of pre-election issues covered by the 4th alteration to the Constitution that must be filed within 14 days of the occurrence of the event. From the records in the Commission, the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP) was one of the Political Parties that signified its intention to contest the Bayelsa Governorship Election that took place on the 16th day of November 2019. From our records, the party conducted party primaries and at the end of the exercise it submitted the name of one Peter Esinkuma

David as its Deputy Governorship candidate.
From the affidavit evidencing age and the affidavit sworn to by the candidate, the age of the candidate at the time of the submission of their nomination was 34 years contrary to section 177(b) of the Constitution that makes it mandatory that only those who are 35 and above can contest the election. In the candidates’ statutory declaration of age and affidavit attached to his form, the Party stated that the candidate was born on the 10th day of February 1985. On the 13th day of September, 2019, the Commission wrote to the Party drawing their attention to the constitutional agerequirement of 35 years for Governorship/Deputy Governorship candidates as stipulated in section 177(b) of the Constitution.
The Commission also informed them of the invalidity of their nomination for the 16th November 2019 Governorship election in Bayelsa State.

On the 21st day of September 2019 and in response to the letter of the Commission dated the 13th September 2019, the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party wrote to the Commission acknowledging the invalidity of their nomination and forwarding the name of one Miss INOWEI JANETH as their new Deputy Governorship candidate.

On the 27th of September 2019, the Commission informed the Party that the deadline for the submission of nominations as provided for in the Timetable and Schedule of Activities released by the Commission on 16th May 2019 was 9th September 2019. The Commission also informed the Party that since they did not submit valid nomination, they couldn’t validly substitute any candidate.
Consequently, the name and logo of the Party did not appear and was not reflected in the ballot paper.

Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by Ategberoson(m): 8:35pm On Aug 17, 2020

[quote author=SaintLucia post=92928771][/quote]what else can you do than that when you don't have brain of your own

make thunder pieces you and Obaseki there. you think I lick Nigeria politician butt like nonentity Like you

you need to force your mental provide to work hence you will continue disgracing yourself here

Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by Bimpe29(m): 8:53pm On Aug 17, 2020

Our judicial system is really funny and becoming too vulnerable.
Is a pity that the judiciary has become a clog in the wheel of development in Bayelsa State.

Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by futurerex: 8:56pm On Aug 17, 2020

Kogi election too should be nullify for removing Natashas' party from the election.

Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by EMMY76: 9:04pm On Aug 17, 2020

Cyberterror:
David Lyon will surely reclaim his stolen mandate. Ahead ahead.

No way the apc have already been disqualified by the supreme court they can't can't participate in any rerun if the higher courts affirms this ruling.

Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by SaintLucia: 9:11pm On Aug 17, 2020

Ategberoson:
what else can I do when I don't have brain of my own?

make thunder pieces me and Obaseki there. I think I lick Nigeria politician butt like nonentity Like myself

I need to force my mental to provide me work hence I will continue disgracing myself here

Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by Ategberoson(m): 9:33pm On Aug 17, 2020

[quote author=SaintLucia post=92933872][/quote]attention seeker. you better dey look face, I'm not that civil

grow some sense

Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by Yusman316(m): 9:36pm On Aug 17, 2020

futurerex:
Kogi election too should be nullify for removing Natashas' party from the election.

It's not beer parlor gist that's going on here guy.

Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by Bennycollins: 9:57pm On Aug 17, 2020

The Apex court said there was an election and Diri was declared winner. Are you kidding me? The lawful contestants will go for a rerun. This is a judgement on a petition against the election. The APC and their candidate is deemed never to have participated in the election being petitioned here.

ryloy:
TheThere was never an election in Bayelsa state , the one did wasn't within the law therefore a lawful one would now be conducted ,it also means all parties can filled members now -Amedo

Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by backbone503(m): 10:05pm On Aug 17, 2020

duwdu:
Unless the current ruling is stayed by the same court or an appellate court, Diri stands removed and must vacate, even if an appeal is entered and ongoing.

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P34c3

The ruling didn't remove Diri from office, rather, it ordered INEC to conduct a fresh election within 90days. These are two different things.

Ordering the express removal of Diri will create tension and a vacuum, this, the two Justices carefully avoided.

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Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by SaintLucia: 10:18pm On Aug 17, 2020

Ategberoson:
attention seeker. I will better be looking at my face, I'm a bloody civilian

I don't have sense

Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by futurerex: 10:21pm On Aug 17, 2020

Yusman316:
It's not beer parlor gist that's going on here guy.

Since you know it's not beer parlor gist you should have mind your business.

Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by nnamdi640: 10:21pm On Aug 17, 2020

duwdu:
The "fourth position" only because many votes cast for him, were criminally excluded from the votes count to begin with. ICYF, the courts reversed those criminal exclusions and corrected that shenanigans.

Deal with it.

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P34c3

Am sure you are not an Imolite,that is the reason why you commented in that way....
On a transparent ground, Sen Hope can't boost of 5th position because he is less popular and not trustworthy unlike Ihedioha that nearly took over power from Rochas despite the power of incumbency during the second election of Rochas.

Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by AAA593: 7:03am On Aug 18, 2020

Appeal Court dismisses suits seeking to nullify Bayelsa, Kogi gov elections
Published

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Ihuoma Chiedozie, Abuja

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed the case brought by the Action Peoples Party challenging the propriety of the last governorship elections held in Bayelsa and Kogi states.

The court dismissed the case shortly before hearing the applications by interested parties, who sought to be made parties in the case.

The parties who sought to be joined include the Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri; his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo; their party, the Peoples Democratic Party; the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello and his party, the All Progressives Congress.

The applicants, who sought to be made parties in the appeal by the APP are the current beneficiaries of the elections, who would have been affected by the outcome of the case.

The APP had dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission before the Federal High Court, Abuja, querying the exclusion of its candidates.

In the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1163/2019, the party claimed that INEC prevented it from replacing its candidates earlier disqualified by the electoral umpire.

It particularly prayed the court to among others, declare that any subsequent conduct of the 2019 Kogi and Bayelsa states’ governorship election without the replaced candidates of the plaintiff, is null and void by reason of such exclusion.

The Abuja FHC gave its judgment against the APP, and proceeded to uphold the decision by INEC to reject the candidates’ replacement list submitted to it by the party on the grounds that the list was brought outside the stipulated time.

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, in the judgment delivered on February 21, 2020, maintained that INEC was right to have excluded candidates of the party (APP) from participating in the governorship election in Kogi and Bayelsa states in 2019.

Ojukwu was of the view that the APP replaced its withdrawn candidates outside the statutory period of 45 days to the date of the 2019 Kogi and Bayelsa states’ governorship election.

Disputing the Abuja FHC ruling, the APP appealed to the Court of Appeal, Abuja.

The appeal was however dismissed in a ruling by a three-member panel led by the Acting President of the court, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem.

The court had scheduled hearing for Thursday on all pending applications and the substantive appeal.

Shortly after the appeal was called and lawyers to parties announced their appearances, the appellant’s lawyer, Obed Agwu, announced his intention to withdraw the appeal.

Agwu said, “The appellant is desirous to withdraw the appeal against the respondent.

“We have filed a notice of withdrawal of the appeal, in accordance with Order 11, Rule 1 of Court of Appeal Rules, 2016.

“The said notice of withdrawal is dated and filed on April 14, 2020.”

Counsel to INEC, Alhassan Umar, SAN, said he was served with the said notice of withdrawal in the court, adding that his client ‎will be asking for a cost of N3m.

Justice Dongban-Mensem relied on Order 11 Rule 5 of the Court of Appeal Rules to dismiss the appeal.

However, Dongban-Mensem rejected the respondents’ prayer for cost against the appellant.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/appeal-court-dismisses-suits-seeking-to-nullify-bayelsa-kogi-gov-elections/%3famp=1

Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by authority2006(m): 9:04am On Aug 18, 2020*

SaintLucia:
Go and check the meaning of nullified.

The primary elections were not nullified.

Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by SaintLucia: 9:16am On Aug 18, 2020

authority2006:
The primary elections were not nullified

Did the Tribunal mentioned primary election? Akpors grin

Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by authority2006(m): 9:33am On Aug 18, 2020

SaintLucia:
Did the Tribunal mentioned primary election? Akpors

Then, where is the hope for APC?. Where is that hope coming from? It's not like INEC will now tell all political parties to come substitute their candidates, that part is over, no more primary election. I'm a politician and I'm APC member. No hope for APC candidates

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Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by authority2006(m): 9:38am On Aug 18, 2020

NgeneUkwenu:
~~Stop consoling yourself.~~ ...APC will Participate and Also Win The Election..

Wrong use of words here. You might want to try again.

Stop your Reverse Psychology

That's my truth, it's not my problem if you have trouble believing my opinion. Who reverse psychology help? If APC participate in it, they will surely win again because they have majority supporters but they can't participate because INEC can't allow substitution of candidates. That part won't be part of the new election, primary is over

Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by authority2006(m): 9:45am On Aug 18, 2020

MsAllison:
because criminal apc ~~bokoharam party~~ will rig

fact is that
remove rigging and watch buhari loose his ward
APC cannot win any free and fair election in Nigeria

cc
NgeneUkwenu

How can you even rig an election if you don't have majority of the supporters? APC as opposition defeated PDP at the center, it defeated PDP in Bayelsa state. When electorates are done with with a political party, they're done with it. That's what many of you in PDP refused to accept. I don't even understand why the people who are still voting for PDP in the Niger Delta region are still doing so, it beats me.
Look at Akwa Ibom state for instance, state with the highest monthly allocation from the federal also parading itself as the state with the highest unemployment rate in the country.

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Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by Hunchogee: 9:57am On Aug 18, 2020

authority2006:
How can you even rig an election if you don't have majority of the supporters? APC as opposition defeated PDP at the center, it defeated PDP in Bayelsa state. When electorates are done with with a political party, they're done with it. That's what many of you in PDP refused to accept. I don't even understand why the people who are still voting for PDP in the Niger Delta region are still doing so, it beats me.
Look at Akwa Ibom state for instance, state with the highest monthly allocation from the federal also parading itself as the state with the highest unemployment rate in the country.

You are very stupid, why can't you use your useless state for that stupid analogy of urs... Big fool

Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by SaintLucia: 10:04am On Aug 18, 2020

authority2006:
Then, where is the hope for APC?. Where is that hope coming from? It's not like INEC will now tell all political parties to come substitute their candidates, that part is over, no more primary election. I'm a politician and I'm APC member. No hope for APC candidates

Eeyah I never knew you are a lawyer under INEC. grin

Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by authority2006(m): 10:31am On Aug 18, 2020

SaintLucia:
Eeyah I never knew you are a lawyer under INEC.

Are you a lawyer under APC? Lol. It's a simple matter. INEC will simply include the name of the guy and his party logo on the ballot paper.

Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by MsAllison(f): 10:34am On Aug 18, 2020

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authority2006:
How can you even rig an election if you don't have majority of the supporters? APC as opposition defeated PDP at the center, it defeated PDP in Bayelsa state. When electorates are done with with a political party, they're done with it. That's what many of you in PDP refused to accept. I don't even understand why the people who are still voting for PDP in the Niger Delta region are still doing so, it beats me.
Look at Akwa Ibom state for instance, state with the highest monthly allocation from the federal also parading itself as the state with the highest unemployment rate in the country.

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APC is bokoharam
kiss the truth

Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by authority2006(m): 10:41am On Aug 18, 2020

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Hunchogee:
You are very stupid, why can't you use your useless state for that stupid analogy of urs... Big fool

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People like you don't belong here, you're immature. I can easily report you and get you banned but I won't.

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Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by authority2006(m): 10:44am On Aug 18, 2020

MsAllison:
~~APC is bokoharam~~
kiss the truth

You have mountain of work to do by convincing millions of APC supporters that it's BH. The propaganda is not effective anymore as you could see the presence and growing influence of the APC in Bayelsa, Edo, Rivers, Imo, and others.

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Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by authority2006(m): 10:48am On Aug 18, 2020

SaintLucia:
Did the Tribunal mentioned primary election? Akpors

BTW: if Akpors meant to be an abuse against my personality, you should that you're being childish. I could also abuse you in my mother language

Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by MsAllison(f): 11:08am On Aug 18, 2020

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authority2006:
You have mountain of work to do by convincing millions of APC supporters that it's BH. The propaganda is not effective anymore as you could see the presence and growing influence of the APC in Bayelsa, Edo, Rivers, Imo, and others.

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trash

Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by SaintLucia: 11:25am On Aug 18, 2020

authority2006:
Are you a lawyer under APC? Lol. It's a simple matter. INEC will simply include the name of the guy and his party logo on the ballot paper.

Alubarika anobi Mr Lawyer. grin

Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by ridbell01(m): 2:14am On Aug 19, 2020

bigpicture001:
Yes.. They huzle just the constitution recommended Quota of votes and moved on.... That's the exact reason they have to do Supreme Court miracle in imo... Cuz without it.. It's a block lose of imo polls

I can't remember the time APC won presidential election in any of the south south state

Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by bigpicture001: 8:06am On Aug 19, 2020

ridbell01:
I can't remember the time APC won presidential election in any of the south south state

Your a very dull person.....so from what I explain,do they have to win an election in every region to win presidency..?

Go and read what constitution requires of anyone to be a president according to regional votes and stop being a novice on a national forum

Re: Tribunal Nullifies Bayelsa Governorship Election by ridbell01(m): 2:40pm On Aug 19, 2020

bigpicture001:
Your a very dull person.....so from what I explain,do they have to win an election in every region to win presidency..?

Go and read what constitution requires of anyone to be a president according to regional votes and stop being a novice on a national forum

you are just contradicting yourself because of your sadist mind

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