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Makers49:
no lucus operandi,peter obi's own have locus operandi

Basic123:
That is why they want rope CJN.You know that Igbo don't take responsibility, someone and something must be blamed.If TINUBU win eventually, they will not claim he met with the CJN and bought him. They are scums sincerely.

adekolaelect:
One by one, stage by stages Tinubu will trash them .

Appeal Court dismisses PDP’s suit against Tinubu, Shettima over alleged double nomination.

A three-member panel headed by Justice James Abundaga, in a unanimous judgment, held that the PDP failed to establish that it had a legal basis to institute the case.
ByAgency Report March 25, 2023 Reading Time: 2 mins read

The Court of Appeal, Abuja, Friday evening, dismissed an appeal by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and his deputy, Kassim Shettima, in the 25 February election.

A three-member panel headed by Justice James Abundaga, in a unanimous judgment, held that the PDP failed to establish that it had a legal basis (locus standi) to institute the case.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the PDP, in an appeal marked: CA/ABJ/CV/108/2023, had asked the appellate court to reverse the 13 January judgment delivered by Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja which dismissed its suit on the grounds that the PDP lacked the legal basis to have instituted the suit.

While the PDP was the appellant, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), APC, Messrs Tinubu and Shettima were respondents in the appeal.

]b]The PDP had, in the suit filed on 28 July 2022, challenged the validity of the Tinubu/Shettima ticket for the 2023 presidential election.[/b]

It argued that Mr Shettima’s nomination as the running mate was in breach of the provisions of Sections 29(1), 33, 35 and 84{1)}(2)} of the Electoral Act, 2022 (as amended), claiming that Mr Shettima had double nominations.

It claimed that as of the time Mr Shettima was nominated as a vice presidential candidate, he had not resigned nor withdrawn his nomination as candidate for the Borno Central senatorial poll.

The party argued that Mr Shettima’s nomination as a vice-presidential candidate, as well as the candidate for the Borno Central Senatorial seat, contravened the law.

The PDP, which sought an order disqualifying the APC, Mr Tinubu and Mr Shettima from contesting the presidential election scheduled for 25 February equally asked the court for an order nullifying their candidacy.

It further asked the court for an order compelling INEC to remove their names from its list of nominated or sponsored candidates eligible to contest the election.

The defendants, in their preliminary objection, urged the court to dismiss the suit for want of jurisdiction.

They contended that the plaintiff lacked the legal basis to institute the case, which invariably challenged APC’s decision and its nomination of candidates for the election, which were within the confines of the party’s internal affairs and thus, non-justiciable.

Delivering the lead judgment, Justice Abundaga, who agreed with the submissions of lawyers to the respondents, including Thomas Ojo of Lateef Fagbemi and Co, described the PDP as a busy body, who dabbled into issues that were internal affairs of the APC.

Justice Abundaga held that the trial court was right to have held that the PDP failed to establish its legal basis.

“The appellant, having failed to disclose its locus standi, this appeal fails and it is hereby dismissed,” he said and proceeded to affirm the judgment of the high court.

The judge also awarded N5 million cost against the appellant’s lawyer, J. O. Olotu.

(NAN)

Makavelli001:
This is how the global press described what we did with ourselves called elections:


*The Economist* said a _“chaotically organized vote and messy count”_ gave Nigeria a new president.

*The Financial Times* said in an editorial comment that our presidential election was _“deeply flawed”_ and the winner _“a wealthy political fixer.”_

*The Guardian of U.K.* described the winner as _“an immensely wealthy veteran powerbroker trailed by corruption allegations which he denies.”_

*The New York Times* described him as _“a divisive figure in Nigerian politics.”_

*Robert Rotberg,* founding director of the Harvard Kennedy School's programme on intrastate conflict, wrote an opinion for *Canada's influential Globe and Mail*; its headline: _“Bola Tinubu's election is another triumph for Nigeria's corrupt old guard.”_

*The Times of London* was the most disrespectful. It used this very bad phrase: _“a wealthy kleptocratic 'godfather' of politics”_ to describe the person who will replace our very clean Buhari on May 29, 2023. As bad as those characterizations are, they are not as damaging as the Financial Times' revelation that it personally _“witnessed armed men remove a presidential ballot box in Surulere, Lagos”_ on Election Day.

*The CNN* last Friday played back a part of Bola Tinubu's acceptance speech where he described what he got as _“a serious mandate.”_ A CNN anchor then asked if it _“was really a mandate”_ with less than 10 percent of the registered voters behind it. He must be wondering what kind of people are these? The CNN and that anchor were not the only ones bemused by our electoral culture, our elections and their outcomes.

One of *Germany's* largest newspapers, *Sueddeutsche Zietung*, had unflattering words for the winner; it also queried the legitimacy of a mandate that was spurned by 90 per cent of the voting population.

*Aljazeera* ran a special report on how the election was disrupted in Lagos last Saturday. The headline is: _'How violence robs Nigerians of their votes.'_

*The Washington Post* quoted Matthew Page, associate fellow with Chatham House’s Africa Program, as accusing INEC of making both deliberate and unintentional mistakes: *_“They raised the hopes about the election and its transparency, and then they dashed them. When the opposition says the process was broken, it’s hard to argue with them.”_*

*Other Newspaper Headlines from around the world*

*Austria:*
_A drug baron wins the presidential election in Africa’s biggest economy._

*Poland:*
_Nigeria chooses a known drug lord as LEADER._

*Canada:*
_"Depression, anxiety, uncertainty be-clouds Nigeria’s political space a drug-kingpin wins the election."_

This is stinking!

limeta:
On your way signing out to save data take this rubbish with you .
Thieftinubu is in court for something he did long time ago because of Afonja muslims.
Watery beans might be on the menu .

haffaze777:
Tell him to wait,they'll soon cede it to him.

haffaze777:
Tell him to wait,they'll soon cede it to him.

zeuss:
That's where they are right now...... The way it is packaged the judiciary itself will be on trial.

Allardyce:
Will those APC moderators hear you?

Bashet:
She's a useless Ipob with her tales by moonlight nonsense

Bashet:
Egun aren't in Ogun state. Her useless Ipob self didn't know

haffaze777:
Oh ho,they should cede power to him?

Bashet:
Because according to her useless Ipob self, Badagry is in Ogun.

Bashet:
According to Ipob brain

Bashet:
Typical Ipob brain. Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran isn't Yoruba, according to Ipob brain..

Bashet:
Bleep nonsense Wikipedia.

Egun are only in Lagos.

Bashet:
They're not in Ogun. They're only in Lagos state

Bashet:
What stupid Wikipedia that's edited.. did you know Jandor is an Awori man from Badagry? So Jandor isn't Yoruba and can't speak Yoruba according to your brain?

haffaze777:
Oponu no be Egba delegates elect am as PDP candidate and no be Egba man he defeated at PDP primary?

Bashet:
Deny what ancestry when her stupid self doesn't know Egun aren't in Ogun state? Can't you see her Igbo name?

Bashet:
Egun people are not culturally different. Egun people who have oriki are culturally different? Are you insane? Besides, Egun people consist of several groups namely: Awori, Popo, Ajase, Ewe etc.. the former three speak core Yoruba whereas the last is a relative.

It was even Awori people who lumped them together and named them Egun because of the affiliation with Benin Republic since the likes of Popo, Ajase, Ewe came to settle among their Awori brothers who were already in Badagry.. Jandor is an Awori man from Badagry for example..

Bashet:
And who's she?

No one cares about her useless self. She should stop coming up with useless tales by moonlight.

NothingDoMe:
Hmmm 🤔

ariesbull:
Now he has gone to call her Igbo again

Anybody that speaks the truth ...Yoruba will call him Igbo

What is wrong with you guys and this fear of Igbo


Una no dey Shame