There are four appeals by PdP/adeleke and the supreme court on 17th of this month's hearing declared that their judgement on the first appeal will be applicable to appeals 2&3 while appeal 4 will stand alone.
In essence, there will be 2 judgments on July 5th even though there are 4 appeals. This clearly indicates that substantive justice rather than technicalities will prevail.
OGHENAOGIE: man no talk thrash here the law says one third to form quorum...even after assembly has been formed... if there is no at least one third sitting cant take place Sir...be educated
You are lacking in understanding the difference between inauguration and regular activities of the assembly.
Until the leadership are elected, the clerk will be presiding on the inauguration day. That is the election and swearing in. Afterwards, the assembly now operates on its rules being administered by the elected leaders.
Nyamuriflathead: Ur mumu na first class.. is it kd where the governor and deputy gov are both Muslims or bauchi, borno nd adamawa? U sit in ur sw and type nonsense.. the block votes that gave Buhari victory were from ur xtian dominated regions abi. Tambuwal or kwakwanso until u get sense
Borno and yobe have great Christians indigenous population.
You are very ignorant about the north and Its political behavior. Where is southern kaduna when Elrufai rode on a muslim/muslim ticket in kaduna and won, where?
Amanismone: they will give it to northern Christians since 35% of northerners are Christians
As it is currently, any time presidency comes to the north the majority muslim has it and even when it goes to the south the majority muslim will still have the VP in the north.
Similarly the majority christain will have it when it goes south. The MKO abiola scenario of 1993 is impracticable now.
Amanismone: nonsense. APC will zone it to osibanjo or fayemi while PDP will give it to obi,wike
Pdp will retain the ticket in the north. It is the incumbent that will be doing rotation the opposition will only field candidate that has genuine chance of defeating the incumbent.
Just like buhari contesting since 2003 as the main opposition irrespective of the zoning of pdp.
Expand your political horizon Wike or Obi are not Yet presidential materials given the prevailing undercurrents.
nuban07: It will be very difficult. After the Zamfara lost APC will never want to lose another state.
Apc,pdp or any other party won't want to lose but, justice is justice and it shall be served at the supreme court. If justice means apc losing again and again so be it!
Bridget95: Benue, plateau and Taraba are 95% Christians while kogi and Nassarawa are 50/50.
Taraba is not north central but north east. However, plaateau is 70:30 christain : muslim. Benue similar pattern with plateau. Kwara,kogi and Niger are muslim majority. Nassarawa 50:50 that is about it why FCT is open to all.
OfficialAPCNig: I picked Kafur because it is a Sharia hot bed, a former Emirate and one of the most popular LGA in Katsina.
Malumfashi has more Christians than Kafur, there are more Christians in Funtua than Malumfashi.
There are more Christians in Katsina city than Funtua. So, what are you saying?
There are more Christians in Kano than Katsina.
There are more Christians in the North than moslems in the South #FACT.
Excluding MB who don't even identify as Northerners, the population of the South is more than of the North.
There are more Christians in MB than moslems.
You don't get it still, Katsina is home to the largest indigenous Christian in the conservative North west. They are called maguzawa. However, when compared with the overall population of the conservative north, they are micro minority.
In the South there are equally strong muslim population in South west. The SS/SE however have almost insignificant muslim presence.
Overall, religion must be downplayed else we won't have, a united prosperous nation. If only same faith vote for themselves it will be almost a one sided victory for muslim.
By the way, many who call themselves Christian in the south are traditionalists or even irreligious.
OfficialAPCNig: Go to North and you will also clear yourself.
If you know the number of Christian communities alone in Kafur LGA, you will run. The fact 90% answer moslem name even Abdullahi doesn't mean they are moslems.
In North West, Christians are 35%
I am a northerner,I live in the north and I am muslim. I perfectly understand you however, you are far from the truth. Islam is not for showmanship that is why many of you dont get it.
The so many christain in kafur LGA doesn't even make christain 60% there and that is only a local govt. Oya expand your horizzon to the remaining LGAs with next to none christain presence, and have massive population.
No need to argue go and peruse the census figure then do your own adjustments as you deem fit.
bixton: So is there any proof that those absent were served or properly served? I hope you realise legislators are bound by the constitution and by good morals/conduct..............
In as much as the 2015 drama happened the way it is, was there any proof that the other members were away of the business of the day?
I have said it earlier that if it can be conclusively proven that the absentees were not properly notified of the timing, then it is illegal. Let the end in court it will deepen our jurisprudence.
Bibidear: who told u yorubas are majorly muslims.........except u go to osun and oyo,i wont argue on that.......yorubas are majorly christians.......muslims are only many in politics,aside that....south west are majorly christians
trapQ: Lmao. Typical Mohammedan hiding from facts. I presented facts from your very own Islamic source about declining Islamic population in Africa contrary to your illinformed notion and you're foaming in the mouth.
Islam will keep dying. You can only cry.
You presented an interview. Those ain't fact. Google world religions and See the religion with the fastest growth, which is projected to be number 1 in 100yrs.
bixton: People like you is the reason why Nigeria is a laughing stock to even countries like Zimbabwe.
Please if you say by the bold why go on saying there's controversy as to the timing of inauguration, etc,etc.................
So if there are 5 persons present and 4 votes in support of a candidate whose votes counts for himself I guess they are in majority?
Yes, if at inauguration properly served, only 5 elected members showed up, the five elect the leadership.
Don't be emotional. The quorum only comes to play after inauguration. Inauguration is not a function of quorum but a compulsory process. If however, legislators are absent Like it happened in senate in 2015, those present will be inaugurated and elect the leadership. QED
Generalpatton: Am sure the courts have ruled on this matter before which will be unearthed soonest.you haven't given any reason to backup the legality.the reason you are giving shows its illegal.in bauchi,the time was supposed to be 9 but the 11 members were there before 8pm taintimg the whole process
If it can be shown conclusively as that then It is illegal.
TooNoisy: Tinubu will not run... let everyone calm down. He is a kingmaker who always fights tooth and nail for his anointed candidates. All of this is a decoy so that eventually, everyone will settle for a compromise candidate who he would be backing all along.
Tinubu has too much baggage and too many enemies, besides the country will prefer a Christian. Therefore I see either Osinbajo or Fayemi as the next President. But I think it will be Osinbajo.
trapQ: This is an aljazeera interview of Shiekh Ahmad Al katani and here he speaks of actual statistics from their research that shows how 6 million Muslims convert to Christianity yearly in Africa alone.
Watch this video and enlighten yourself after which you GTFO my mentions.
Generalpatton: The constitution is equivocal and ambiguous about the clear procedures for electing a speaker and deputy.but in section 54,the constitution specifically said that the speaker will be elected from among the members.it also goes to say that for any legislative business to commence,there must be a quorum of one third of the members of the house.according to barristers yusuf and ubani,legislative business are businesses of the house after a speaker and deputy have been elected not before the elections.
Looking at legislative precedents,all legislative elections in Nigeria have always been with a simple majority of members present.according to the senate and house rules,just a majority of members are required to form a quorum for elections.am sure this also applies to the house of assemblies,i stand to be corrected.more legislative and legal inputs are welcomed.
They are legal. The controversy is in whether the timing of inauguration was appropriate, good faith and duly communicated. Once such conditions are met, it is immaterial whether quorum is form or not. Those present at inauguration will simply elect the leadership via simple majority.
Anyway, let the matter goes to court and deepens our jurisprudence.
ednut1: There are more christians in nigeria than muslims. Islam has no soul winning mechanism ( except jihad). The Christians have thru schools, media, miracle( majorly fake), publicity and helping of church members. The officials stats of 55 45 was done in 1960s.
Islam is spreading fastest across the world. By the way for every christain born in Nigeria today 3 muslims are born.
And come to the north and clear your doubt you think it is by soul winning gimmicks of christain businessmen aka pastors only that religion grows.