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BREAKING: Osun election tribunal declares Senator Adeleke winner 6 minutes ago 1363 views by Jerrywright Ukwu The election tribunal judgment on Osun 2018 governorship election has ruled in favour of Senator Ademola Adeleke. The three-member bench of the tribunal led by Justice Ibrahim Sirajo delivered its judgment at the Federal High Court, Apo, Abuja on Friday, March 22. The petition was filed by the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Adeleke, challenging the victory of Governor Gboyega Oyetola in the guber polls held in September 2018. Senator Adeleke and the PDP had put forward a total of 20 prayers including prayer asking to be declared winner of the election and be issued certificate of return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). READ ALSO: 9th NASS: APC senators-elect oppose zoning positions to individuals Justice Peter Obiora in delivered the lead judgment on behalf the tribunal. “In the final analysis, having held that the cancellation was illegal based on non compliance, it is our decision that the petitioners won the election of the Osun State Gubernatorial Election,’’ Obiora said. Read more: https://www.legit.ng/1229009-breaking-osun-election-tribunal-declares-senator-adeleke-winner.html

"Atiku is a looter, Atiku is a thief, Atiku is corrupt" - which has virtually become all APC has achieved in 4years.

Things to note about Alhaji Atiku Abubakar

1. Atiku has been out of public office for almost 12 years now, since 2007.

2. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar became a billionaire in Nigeria before 1999.

3. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar contested for SDP presidential primaries alongside MKO Abiola in 1992 and willingly dropped his ambition for Abiola in a gentleman's manner; just as he didn't scatter APC when President Muhammadu Buhari was chosen in 2014. Instead he worked closely with all forms of support to prove that he has never been desperate for power.

4. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar won Adamawa state gubernatorial election democratically in 1999. His 1992 political sportsmanship was remembered and he was appointed Vice to President Olusegun Obasanjo.

5. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar resigned from Nigerian Custom Services in 1989, that was 10 straight years before he became Nigerian Vice President but all that while he was still a multi billionaire.

6. APC Leader Bola Ahmed Tinubu narrated that immediately after President Muhammadu Buhari was elected APC flagbearer for 2015 polls that the party was out of funds and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar donated 2 billion naira and a pretty IJ bate jet for logistics and left to rest in the UK. That after two weeks they needed money, again, he (Bola Ahmed Tinubu) in company of other APC leaders went to UK to plead with him for more funds which he (Atiku) gave them more 5 billion naira according to their report. Now my question is, ALL THIS WHILE ATIKU WAS SPONSORING THE AMBITION OF SAINT BUHARI "MR INTEGRITY", WASN'T HE CORRUPT THEN? WASN'T HE A THIEF? WASN'T HE A LOOTER?
Does that mean that APC was brought to power with looted fund? Meaning that saint Muhammadu Buhari was sponsored by a thief?? These questions remain unanswered and a judgement unto all those that benefitted from him in 2015 and suddenly discovered now that he is a thief.

7. Can any Nigerian sincerely point at any political leader from the post of a state governor upwards since 1999 that all he had was only his constitutionally provided salary and allowance, just one person so we can use him as a yardstick or perimeter of judgement against Alhaji Atiku Abubakar? I will still wait until I see one.

8. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar keeps saying he has never been convicted by any court not even EFCC and that he has been and will always be available to answer to any charge of corruption.

9. Let's assume Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is a looter, greedy and a thief, corrupt by implication, what of Bola Ahmed Tinubu - The leader of Nigeria ruling party, A Saint? What of Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, an imam? What about Godswill Akpabio, a monk? Raji Fashola, Orji Uzor Kalu, Ganduje, etc, Pope?

10. The sin Alhaji Atiku Abubakar committed is that he 'looted' just like every other Nigerian political leader and decided to invest his 'loots' in Nigeria instead of hiding them at foreign banks waiting till he dies then the nation will lose it. Maybe that is why he chooses to pardon all looters that will repatriate their resources and invest them in Nigeria as sources of economic recovering approach better than witch hunting opposition that will produce little or no result.

Conclusively as a nation today we have more challenges than we had in 2015, worst among them are

Abject Poverty, no more respect to the sanctity of human - now human lives can just be wasted at any slightest provocation and nothing will happen - the worst thing that can happen to any society, tribalism as never seen before, insensitivity and outright disregard for the feelings of Nigerian people, lies especially in manner that insults average human intelligence, gross incompetence, brazen intolerance and abuse of power especially by security officials.
All these have beset our democracy. For these reasons and many more I will vote for my conscience. You too vote your conscience and God will judge us all by our conscience.

Alhaji Abubakar Atiku has invested his resources in this nation and that is a leader that is interested in his people's welfare. I will vote for him.

Chris Amadi
A concerned Nigerian.

"Atiku is a looter, Atiku is a thief, Atiku is corrupt" - which has virtually become all APC has achieved in 4years.

Things to note about Alhaji Atiku Abubakar

1. Atiku has been out of public office for almost 12 years now, since 2007.

2. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar became a billionaire in Nigeria before 1999.

3. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar contested for SDP presidential primaries alongside MKO Abiola in 1992 and willingly dropped his ambition for Abiola in a gentleman's manner; just as he didn't scatter APC when President Muhammadu Buhari was chosen in 2014. Instead he worked closely with all forms of support to prove that he has never been desperate for power.

4. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar won Adamawa state gubernatorial election democratically in 1999. His 1992 political sportsmanship was remembered and he was appointed Vice to President Olusegun Obasanjo.

5. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar resigned from Nigerian Custom Services in 1989, that was 10 straight years before he became Nigerian Vice President but all that while he was still a multi billionaire.

6. APC Leader Bola Ahmed Tinubu narrated that immediately after President Muhammadu Buhari was elected APC flagbearer for 2015 polls that the party was out of funds and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar donated 2 billion naira and a pretty IJ bate jet for logistics and left to rest in the UK. That after two weeks they needed money, again, he (Bola Ahmed Tinubu) in company of other APC leaders went to UK to plead with him for more funds which he (Atiku) gave them more 5 billion naira according to their report. Now my question is, ALL THIS WHILE ATIKU WAS SPONSORING THE AMBITION OF SAINT BUHARI "MR INTEGRITY", WASN'T HE CORRUPT THEN? WASN'T HE A THIEF? WASN'T HE A LOOTER?
Does that mean that APC was brought to power with looted fund? Meaning that saint Muhammadu Buhari was sponsored by a thief?? These questions remain unanswered and a judgement unto all those that benefitted from him in 2015 and suddenly discovered now that he is a thief.

7. Can any Nigerian sincerely point at any political leader from the post of a state governor upwards since 1999 that all he had was only his constitutionally provided salary and allowance, just one person so we can use him as a yardstick or perimeter of judgement against Alhaji Atiku Abubakar? I will still wait until I see one.

8. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar keeps saying he has never been convicted by any court not even EFCC and that he has been and will always be available to answer to any charge of corruption.

9. Let's assume Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is a looter, greedy and a thief, corrupt by implication, what of Bola Ahmed Tinubu - The leader of Nigeria ruling party, A Saint? What of Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, an imam? What about Godswill Akpabio, a monk? Raji Fashola, Orji Uzor Kalu, Ganduje, etc, Pope?

10. The sin Alhaji Atiku Abubakar committed is that he 'looted' just like every other Nigerian political leader and decided to invest his 'loots' in Nigeria instead of hiding them at foreign banks waiting till he dies then the nation will lose it. Maybe that is why he chooses to pardon all looters that will repatriate their resources and invest them in Nigeria as sources of economic recovering approach better than witch hunting opposition that will produce little or no result.

Conclusively as a nation today we have more challenges than we had in 2015, worst among them are

Abject Poverty, no more respect to the sanctity of human - now human lives can just be wasted at any slightest provocation and nothing will happen - the worst thing that can happen to any society, tribalism as never seen before, insensitivity and outright disregard for the feelings of Nigerian people, lies especially in manner that insults average human intelligence, gross incompetence, brazen intolerance and abuse of power especially by security officials.
All these have beset our democracy. For these reasons and many more I will vote for my conscience. You too vote your conscience and God will judge us all by our conscience.

Alhaji Abubakar Atiku has invested his resources in this nation and that is a leader that is interested in his people's welfare. I will vote for him.

Chris Amadi
A concerned Nigerian.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ,MUHAMMED BUHARI ON NTA CHAT..

Kadaria: What are your thoughts on restructuring with regards to education?

Buhari: I’m expecting the press to investigate the corruption in the local government.

Kadaria: Why should the Nigerian people vote for you again?

Buhari : I’ve said before that if my party nominates me, I will contest.

Kadaria: The soldiers are protesting poor treatment and are ill equipped. What are your thoughts?

Buhari : I get situation report from the military. The military should investigate the demonstrations because they are not supposed to demonstrate.

Kadaria: BH targeting the military and killing soldiers. Are you worried about that?

Buhari: They choose the time to attack. We have resource limitations. BH get help from external forces.

Kadaria: What’s the solution to the conflict between farmers and herdsmen?

Buhari: we studied grazing routes from the 1st republic. Benue Governor shouldn’t ban grazing but provide routes for grazing.

Dear Buharist, can you people see your President? This is embarrassing.

Speak to me Prophet

I need a word from the Prophet .

The Proposed Rerun Election in Osun State and the Law Preamble It is now official that INEC has taken a decision to conduct a rerun election in some polling units in Osun State before declaring the 2018 Gubernatorial Election conclusive. From the press release signed by Solomon Soyebi, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of INEC, the reason for the decision is given as follows: ”Based on the result by the Returning Officer, the margin between the two leading candidates is 353 which is lower than the number of registered voters in the affected areas. Extant law and INEC Guidelines and Regulations provide that where such a situation occurs, a declaration may not be made.” (See page 2, paragraph 2 of INEC’s letter of Sunday 23rd September, 2018). It is important to note that the said letter has not cited any section or provision of the ‘extant law and INEC Guidelines and Regulations’ to enable readers be on the same page with the Commission on the issue. However, in announcing the decision to declare the election inconclusive, Prof. Joseph Adeola Fuwape, Returning Officer and Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure was more specific when he said that the decision is made pursuant to INEC’s Guidelines for Election. He said that according to the Guidelines, where the margin of victory at an election is less than the number of votes cancelled in the same election, a rerun must be conducted in the affected polling units to determine the actual winner of the election. The Professor did not also mention the exact section of the Guidelines but, his submission is clear and we can work with it for purpose of legal exposition on the issue at hand. What Does the Constitution say on When A Candidate is Deemed to Have been Duly Elected? Election into any public office in Nigeria is an issue of law and the most superior law in the Federal Republic of Nigeria today is the 1999 Constitution. Section 179 (2) provides what is required to declare a person winner in a gubernatorial election. It provides thus: ”179(2) A candidate for an election to the office of Governor of a State shall be deemedto have been duly elected where, there being two or more candidates – (a) he has the highest number of votes castat the election; and (b) he has not less than one-quarter of all the votes cast in each of at least two-thirds of all the Local Government Area in the State.” What the law contemplates here is simple majority of votes cast. That means, even a hundred votes or less will be sufficient for one to emerge as winner of a gubernatorial election. The Legal Question The legal question here is, has the Governorship candidate of the PDP met the above conditions of the law? INEC has affirmed that after a thorough counting of the votes cast, the result shows that while the APC Candidate polled 254,345 votes, the PDP Candidate polled 254,698 votes leaving a difference or victory margin of 353 votes. By this confirmation Adeleke of the PDP has won that election with 353 votes. He has also won in not less than two-thirds majority of all the 30 Local Government Areas of the State. Going by the provision of section 179(2) of the 1999 Constitution, Adeleke of the PDP has emerged the winner of the 2018 Gubernatorial Election conducted in Osun State. There is nothing in that section to accommodate the excuse given by INEC. But the Constitution Recognizes a Rerun in the following Circumstances By section 179(3) of the same Constitution, a rerun only becomes necessary where there is no candidate with the highest number of votes in the election. For instance if the candidate of the APC and that of the PDP had equal number of votes, the Constitution allows INEC to conduct a rerun within 7 days from the announcement of the result. Also, where the candidate with the highest number of votes does not have at least one-quarter of all the votes cast in each of at least two-thirds of all the LGAs in the State, a rerun becomes inevitable. These are not the reasons given by INEC for the proposed rerun election. The implication of this is that the reasons given by INEC are not within the contemplation of the Constitution. When the Provisions of a Guideline is in Conflict with the Provisions of the Constitution, what Happens Clearly, the provision of the INEC Guidelines and Regulation which says that where the margin of victory at an election is less than the number of votes cancelled in the same election, a rerun must be conducted in the affected polling units to determine the eventual winner of the election, is in conflict with the provisions of section 179(2) of the 1999 Constitution on when a candidate is deemed to have emerged the winner in a gubernatorial election. The Constitution does not have any such provision or reason as given by INEC. By section 1(1) of the Constitution it is provided as follows: ”This Constitution is supreme and its provisions shall have binding force on all authorities and persons throughout the Federal Republic of Nigeria”INEC is included in the phrase ”all authorities and persons’‘. By section 1(3) it is provided thus: ”If any other law is inconsistent with the provision of this Constitution, this Constitution shall prevail, and that other law shall, to the extent of its inconsistency be void.” By the above section on supremacy of the Constitution, the provision of the INEC Guidelines under review is null and void and have no effect whatsoever having conflicted with the clear provisions of section 179(2) of the Constitution. Does the Law Have Any Business with Cancelled Votes? The law has no business with cancelled votes. Once declared ‘cancelled’, such votes have no further business in the electoral process and cannot form the basis for the nullification of the majority of lawful votes cast to warrant a rerun. They ought not to form part of the counting process and should not in any way influence the outcome of the election. In the celebrated case of Adams Oshiomole v. Prof. Osunbor, cancelled votes were added to the scores of the Peoples’ Democratic Party which saw to the emergence of Prof. Osunbor as the Governor of Edo State. Adams Oshiomole challenged the action in court and it was held that cancelled votes had no role to play in the election and should not have been counted for Prof. Osunbor or any party whatsoever. The court then deducted the votes and Adams Oshimole was declared the winner. When the cancelled votes in Osun are deducted from the total number of valid votes cast, Adeleke has, by operation of law, emerged the winner of the election in issue. What INEC Should Do in the Circumstance INEC should rescind its decision on the rerun and declare Adeleke the winner of the Osun State Election in view of the fact that the reason given by the Commission is not in sync with the provisions of the Constitution. INEC should pay attention to the language of the Constitution which provides that a candidate for an election to the office of Governor of a State shall be deemed to have been duly elected …. By this phrase, a legal event has already occurred; the Constitution has already deemed Adeleke winner of the election. INEC has no further say on this than to do the needful and call off the proposed rerun. Ekemini Udim is a lawyer and public affairs analyst. ekeminiudimforjustice@gmail.com

Do not think El rufai is lying.He had money and assets before, but due to APC's poor handling of the economy; he is becoming poorer.That shows why we should be clapping for Buhari.The rich are becoming poor.And the poor masses have been ZOMBIEDIFIED.

The Zombies will not see any evidence of corruption to bring against Atiku, the same way their principal has not been able to see his WAEC Certificate.Let them keep searching for the evidence, afterall, Buhari has been searching for his certificate.

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