dapsoneh: Believe or trust INEC at your own peril stay there, count it yourself, supervise the collation and uploading. Infact, go with different WiFi to help INEC upload immediately
Was this not done during the presidential election?
Odewaleadesoye: Actually, this is Nigeria where the Judiciary is under the direct control of the executive.
The earlier the better for Mr. Peter Obi and we the Obidients.
We need to accept the reality now and move on quickly as Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the President-elect and he will be inaugurated while nothing will happen.
We have tried our best by coming out massively to vote.
Please let's move on.
How long shall we continue to move on?
In 1979 when it was rigged, our parents moved on.
Today after 40 years you are asking us to move on.
In 40 years from now the next generation unborn will decide to move on.
IyaebeTheGreat: This Obi will not let us drink water and drop cup in peace, what is so hard in moving on? I wonder what would have become of Nigeria if he had come second? Seriously he’s disturbing the peace of this country .
Moving on kee you dia.
People like you are the reason Nigeria is not moving ahead.
Nuhskhut: Nairaland Forum was founded by Mr Oluwaseun Osewa,who was a student of the prestigious institution,Obafemi Awolowo University,where he studied electrical engineering in 1998, before he left to focus on the forum.
Since its onset,when the forum was created, on the march 10,2005 (it was whe the founder registered), it has been known to be of great place to learn things that revolve around humans.
Anyways for me,I found nairaland an amazing place to conect with people around the world.And I found it an interesting one.
What about you? How well do you appreciate Nairaland and its founder?
Spirit04: there's nothing confusing about it. If LP mention that thing in court I swear the judge will burst into hysterical laughter. Here is the thing, if you open the constitution and read it you will see that anywhere 36 states of the Federal Republican of Nigeria is mentioned they also write and the FCT. Reason is this, FCT is not a state but it has all the privileges of a state. It's not a state in the sense that it doesn't have a governor and a House of Assembly but it gets all the privileges of every other state. So if you get 25% in 23 states and FCT you are good to go. FCT will represent the 24th state.
You mean 25% in 24 states and the FCT making 25 states.
24 is twothird of 36 states and the FCT making it 25 states
zed7: How? People should stop making statements just to score political points.
Obi is my man but let's be real. Can you control a stubborn or drunk driver? These BRT bus drivers drive like they own the road. Same applies to container carrier drivers and all those lorry drivers. They just want to oppress and intimidate others with smaller vehicles.
There is a limit to what the government can do, we as individuals should learn to do better.
Maize247: APC or this Alake should not have responded or educated them but allow them to carry their madness to court and let's see how far they will go in their caseless case
Let's assume Alake et al are all delusional.
Try dey reason small small.
INEC discretion is contained in the Electoral act which must be followed.
Before you get to half of the page, you will see how the case started in February 2015 and ended in 2018. We have 37 states including Abuja. My problem with senior lawyers now is all of them want to cash out from post election issues.
I guess you misconstrued that part.
Read again.
"It seems to me that the first question in this matter that one should ask is whether the Federal Capital Territory is a “State” by virtue of the provisions of Section 299 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999. Section 299 provides thus – “The provisions of this Constitution shall apply to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja as if it were one of the States of the Federation and accordingly- (a) all the legislative powers, the executive powers and the judicial powers vested in the House of Assembly, the Governor of a State and in the Courts of a State shall, respectively, vest in the National Assembly, the President of the Federation and in the Courts which by virtue of the foregoing provisions are Courts established for the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja; (b) all the powers referred to in Paragraph (a) of this Section shall be exercised in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution, and (c) the provisions of this Constitution pertaining to the matter aforesaid shall be read with such modification and adoptions as may be reasonably necessary to bring them into conformity with the provisions of this Section.” The above provision of the Constitution to my mind is very clear and unambiguous. It is trite that where a provision of statute is clear and unambiguous, only its natural meaning is to be given to its interpretation."
This part does not change the constitution guiding the emergence of a president in an election WHETHER OR NOT ABUJA IS TREATED AS A STATE(IT STILL REMAINS THE FCT)
Hence a winner of a presidential election must make 25% in twothird of the entire states AND ABUJA(Whether it is considered a state or not)
Now the main issue is the 2/3 factor...
2/3 of 36 states is simply 24 but what is 2/3 of 37 states? Shall we call 24.66 a viable number? Which state will be the 0.6
So in essence, the constitution demands that a winner must have two-third of 36 states which is 24states AND ABUJA making it 25 states in all.
Tinubu will not be sworn in regardless of the Criminal Inec chairman declaration.
But then as i always reiterate, Nigeria is a country where elephants can fly so Supreme Court might just be bought if the judges are corrupt.
xperiencelove: This issue has been sorted by supreme court in 2015 that 25% in Abuja is not compulsory. 2015 judgment supersedes 2008 judgment on the same case.
Fighter2029: How do you know that you are an irredeemable devilish soul,? it's simple,the moment you find yourself rejoicing and celebrating a criminal and crime,just know that you have lost touch with humanity the moment you start supporting criminals because of something you're likely gaining from them,then an animal in the wild is no different from you .