₦airaland Forum

OnyeObowo1:
Gej is not contesting
He is playing mind game with APC.

Him and Dickson and OBJ had been on this plan for Obi moves..

JuanDeDios:
I doubt that. Mr Jonathan is associating with the wrong faction of the party. Dude needs to join Mr Wike's faction to be eligible for anything.

fergie001:
.I am sure one of them sponsored Youth Party.
The kind of anti-party from tomorrow will be legendary.

Jayhome24:
Ok let's wait till then.

A policy analyst, Prof Simon Nnah, says Rivers State Governor Sim Fubara was deceived and manipulated into defecting to the All Progressives Congress, APC, with the believe that he would be allowed to do his second term.

Nnah claimed that Fubara was deceived with what he termed the “euphoria that he is the 001” of the state

He spoke with News Central while dissecting the political dynamics in Rivers State and Fubara’s withdrawal from the governorship race.


DAILY POST reports that Fubara on Wednesday night announced his withdrawal from the APC governorship primary.

The governor said his decision was not due to weakness or fear, stressing he stepped aside for peace in the state.

However, Nnah said: “The move to APC was to forestall what was going on Rivers State because there were still moves to impeach him again after they have declared a state of emergence in Rivers State.

“When he came back there were moves to impeach him so one of the safest things he had to do was to move to the ruling party so that they could protect him, it was a protective covering.

“The APC has been manipulating issues, they started with the Electoral Act that once a political party submits her register to INEC you can’t move to another political party to contest and that is what they have used to ensure that the people they drift into joining them will not leave them because they have the mind not to give them those tickets.

“What happened in the case of Fubara was that he was tricked to join the APC thinking that with his movement they will allow him to do his second tenure because when he got there they came up with the euphoria that he is the 001 and this where all deceits and manipulations because we have seen them now as just manipulations.

“At the end of the day, you will not blame Fubara for so much because he tried to make peace with the house but they refused, he tried to present the budget but they refused to accept it, and I don’t know if that budget has been presented up till this moment.”

Nnah, however, noted that the governor was struggling for survival because his stay in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would have caused more problems.

He said: “So you will discover that he was fighting for survival and any other politician would have done worse than what he did. I don’t see that as a wrong move because his stay in PDP would have created a barrage of other problems, where does the PDP stand from the Supreme Court judgement?”

The analyst further warned that Fubara should be feared.

“The APC will swallow itself in Rivers State and that is a sure bet. Sim Fubara you might think that he doesn’t know what he is doing but such people are very dangerous because you don’t know what is in his mind.

“He doesn’t always speak, he just drops one or two words and goes back to his shell; such people are very dangerous, fear them,” he added.

fergie001:
They have to take leave of court.
The leave of court to appeal is because they were not parties in the lower court.
Hence they will either approach Justice Umar to join the suit or approach the Appeal Court.

Two things are trite:
- They must show cause why their leave should be granted and why it affects them most than other parties.

- If it is granted, be sure that the other parties will also apply for the leave.

Jayhome24:
Not my headache in not inec spokesperson wait till it get to apex court ok and never involve 2027 general election in your illusional nonsense, ok

fergie001:
When INEC appeals, we will know what they are up to but they will be careful.

I don't think they will!

fergie001:
sharp sharp

Jayhome24:
Judiciary you are the one paying their wages and allowances ba?

Any court not federal High Court, not appeal court and not supreme Court is just playing political ostrich judgement.

U get it or not?

fergie001:
Yes @ the bolded.

@Truths9ja.....

fergie001:
Yes @ the bolded.

Parachoko:
I'm not sure

If they partake in other parties primary, the case can be taken to court by any of their opponent in the APC and other Political Parties

As for me this Case is a 50/50 case

Parachoko:
Politicians who have partake in APC and other Party Primary elections can't partake in another Party Primary Election again.

Parachoko:
Anybody who has partake in a primary election can't partake in another primary election again

iwaeda:
Let's go there, 2027 becoming more interesting.

HIGHESTPOPORI:
Goodness for NDC, they will be the biggest beneficiary if true.

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has invalidated guidelines by the Independent National Electoral Commission mandating political parties to submit a register and database of all members on May 10 to be eligible to contest for the 2027 general elections.

Justice M.G. Umar delivered the judgement on Thursday in a suit filed by the Youth Party, compelling INEC to follow the 120 days pre-election deadline prescribed by the Electoral Act 2026 for the submission of party registers.

“A Declaration is made that having regards to Section 29(1) of the Electoral Act, 2026 which requires political parties to submit the personal particulars of their candidates not later than 120 days to an election, the Defendant cannot lawfully abridge or limit that statutory period by prescribing a shorter time frame in its 2027 elections,” stated the judgement.

All registered parties, according to Mr Umar, have until September to submit an updated list of all party members, nullifying the initial May 10 deadline.

The judgement gives politicians, who have lost primary elections in their respective parties, the leeway to defect to another political party to continue their ambitions.

The presidential and national assembly elections have been scheduled for January 16, 2027 while governorship and state Houses of assembly polls are set to hold on February 6, 2027.