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Chuksonyeike:
Will Dariye in jail be counted?

ivandragon:
ICC denies rating Buhari on integrity
by Abiodun Alade



The International Criminal Court (ICC) has denied claim that it invited President Muhammadu Buhari as its keynote speaker during its 20th anniversary because he had the highest rating on integrity.



A lawmaker, Abdulmumin Jibrin in an interview on a national television in July claimed that the ICC invited Buhari as its keynote speaker, because he is the only president, that achieved the highest indices on integrity in a check carried out by security agencies from twenty European countries and the United States of America on both serving and former African leaders.



This message was paraphrased by supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to read ‘Buhari showed me a document he brought back from ICC, Hague. A top-secret Background Check on Global leaders, past and present. He is the only leader rated XXX1 on Integrity, the Highest Rating Globally. That’s why he is the only World Leader on the ICC floor to address them - Abdulmumin Jibrin, APC Kano’.



The post was shared on social media platforms by loyalists of the president, including Lauretta Onochie, Buhari’s Personal Assistant on Social Media.



But ICC spokesperson, Fadi El Abdallah in an email exchange via the Public Affairs unit of the court said “The International Criminal Court (“ICC” or the “Court”) is not involved in any integrity or background check of world leaders,”


He added that it has been standard practice for the ICC to invite Heads of State one at a time for certain high-level events, such as anniversary commemorations but also the opening of the judicial year, adding that “this is because of logistical and protocol reasons involved in hosting dignitaries at that level”.



He also disclosed that other heads of state have been invited and have participated in high level events organised by the Court in the past, stressing that President Buhari was invited as keynote speaker for the commemorations of the 20th anniversary.


El Abdallah said President Buhari was not the only leader invited to the event but that ‘Nigeria was the only State represented by its President’.


He added that more than 30 other States were represented at the level of national Senates and Parliaments chiefs, as well as Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Justice.



The presidency declined to confirm or refute the claim.
‘Ask the man who told you,’ the spokesman of the president, Femi Adesina said.


We have reached out to Jibrin to clarify his claim and tell us his source but no response yet.
Onochie has also refused to response to questions about the claim she shared.


https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/amplite/icc-denies-rating-buhari-on-integrity-263946.html

Kingosytex:
mr.integrity.sir.chief.gen. st. Fraudhari the waka waka president.

NgeneUkwenu:
An expert in constitutional law, Prof. Itse Sagay, SAN, speaks on the contentious issue of whether the House of Representatives Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal, should resign following his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress, in this interview with TOBI AWORINDE

There has been some disagreement on whether or not the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, should resign his position, given his recent defection to the All Progressives Congress. What is your view on this?

I am strongly of the view that he is entitled to resign from the Peoples Democratic Party and join any party of his wish, in accordance with his constitutional rights; particularly since the provision for election of speaker does not have any party label. It does not say ‘Somebody belonging to the majority party, or somebody who was elected on a particular platform.’ It doesn’t say so. It is a free provision, which allows anybody in the House to be elected, provided he has the simple majority.


In March, a court dismissed a suit filed by some lawmakers who defected to the APC in defence of their action. Is this ruling applicable to him?

In my view, it doesn’t (apply to him) because the constitutional provision says that if there is a division within a particular party, any legislator in that party can resign and join another party. In my view, there was a major division within the PDP, which has not been resolved. Therefore, I think there is a constitutional basis for him to leave the PDP and join another party. In fact, I don’t agree with the judgment of the Federal High Court, although the judgment is valid until overruled. But that judgment does not apply to him because he wasn’t a party to the case, and I hope the matter might go to the Court of Appeal for a resolution because that judgment, in my view, was wrong by not recognising the separate declaration by a group of PDP people that they are the proper executives and officers of the PDP, as against the orthodox group. Not recognising that as a division within the party shows that that court did not quite understand the language of the constitution.

How does this piece of legislation compare with those of other countries?

I think, in that regard, we are probably very unique. In most other countries, particularly in the developed Western democratic world—this I can say confidently—anyone can change from one party to another without any problem. The famous Winston Churchill used to be a Liberal, before he became a Conservative. Later, he became a prime minister under the Conservatives. They don’t have this restriction that we have here. And frankly, I think the restriction is illegitimate, because it restricts a person’s right of association.

The argument has also been raised that elected officials represent their parties at the point of election and that it is, therefore, illegal for them to defect to other parties. Do you agree with this notion?

The party merely provides a platform for electoral contest, so we cannot say it was a party that was elected. It was the person who was elected on that party’s platform. I think it is the case against (Rivers State Governor, Rotimi) Amaechi that is being used. But even that is an incorrect application of the case, because what that case said was that the original person nominated by the party continues to be the valid nominee, regardless of who actually contested an election. So, we must not mix up things. A party is not elected; it is a person who is elected on a party platform, and that person has a right to change his mind. The only penalty he can suffer is for the original party, under which he was elected, to use it to campaign against him in the next election, to ensure that he is not re-elected. That is all.

But the Independent National Electoral Commission says they recognise only parties, rather than individuals. Does this position not further justify such a debate?

I am not sure in what context INEC says it recognises only parties. It recognises only parties for the purpose of contesting elections. In other words, if you want to contest elections, you must be a party member. You must belong to a party—that is the present law. Beyond that, when the person has been sponsored by the party, and the election has taken place, the party still has a moral hold over him, but certainly not a legal hold.

Will you then say the constitution is flawed, because, as you have noted, it doesn’t unequivocally assure everyone of their right to freedom of association?

In my view, the constitution should not have any restriction on the right of a person to cross from one party to the other. It is not a good thing, because it shows a lack of integrity; it shows opportunism and lack of principles. What happens in all other communities and political cultures in the world is that the act itself condemns the person and he becomes unacceptable in future. That is the punishment; you don’t need a law for that. You need political culture for that. In essence, we should jettison that law and expect our political culture and maturity to develop and it will take care of that problem.

http://www.punchng.com/feature/interview/tambuwal-has-right-to-defect-sagay/

Nbote:
Most of those countries on d list didn't make it to d list as a result of d frustration as a result of d poverty or hunger levels.. The hunger and poverty level now propelled us to d top 5 in dis list.. I'm sure if we giv dis govt more tym we'll comfortably b atop dat list

Vornic:
Buhari is the most undemocratic person to occupy the presidential seat since obasanjo

Buhari2019:
Time will time. No room for traitors.

Section 50 (1) (a) of the document states that there shall be “a President and Deputy President of the Senate, who shall be elected by the members of that House from among themselves.” [CHECKED]

Section 50 (2) of the Constitution which says “The President or Deputy President of the Senate or the Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives shall vacate his office:

a) If he ceases to be a member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives, as the case maybe, otherwise than by reason of a dissolution of the Senate or the House of Representatives; or

b) When the House of which he was a member first sits after any dissolution of that House; or

c) If removed from office by a resolution of the Senate or the House of Representatives, as the case may be, by the votes of not less than two-thirds majority of the members of the House.

[CHECKED]

Kewtt:
how do you sanction a non member?

NgeneUkwenu:
Because the energetic Oshiomole was proactive to have noticed your loyalty was no longer with the party, the moment your benefactor Saraki, indicated interest to go back to the Regional/Ipob party called PDP...

So you were outsmarted by the able Chairman. So quietly go and lick Saraki poo with the useless pigs from the other side. .

Sai Baba Till 2023....Osinbajo/ Elrufai Till 2031..

hisexcellency34:
Temidayo Akinsuyi, Lagos

President Muhammadu Buhari may travel to the United Kingdom (UK) on Thursday August 2, a presidency source has informed Daily Independent.

According to our source” The President will be away for two weeks attending to his health”

Efforts to confirm the development from Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture proved abortive as they are both attending the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.

Details later…

https://independent.ng/breaking-buhari-to-travel-to-uk-for-two-weeks/

NgeneUkwenu:
Head, Tail, Hand or Foot, There is no combination that can defeat President Buhari in 2019, I mean NONE! .

If they field Atiku: He may not win any State in the North, aside few states in the North Central (Benue, Taraba and Plateau)

In the South West, he will be so demarketed before the election that he will struggle to garner 300,000 ,votes across the 6 states.

. In the South South and South East, he will run neck to neck with Buhari in the total vote cast

If they field Saraki: He will only win Kwara and Benue states in the entire North.

He will lose woefully in the South West even worse than ATIKU as he is widely known as a betrayal.

In the South South and South East, He will run neck to neck with Buhari...

If they field Kwankwaso: He will do well in the North, but will not garner up to 35% against Buhari in the core North
and there will be voter's apathy in the North Central, as they see both Kwankwaso/Buhari as the same thing..

He will fail woefully in the South West, worse than Atiku or Saraki.

In the South South / South East, he will get less votes than Atiku, Saraki or Buhari.

If they field Tambuwal. Buhari may as well go to sleep on the election day and wake up to be sworn in for the 2nd term without breaking a sweat.

This man will not win any State outrighly outside 2 or 3 states in the South East/South South..

The rest like Lamido, Makarfi and Shekarau are not worth discussing..


Miss Ngene.

bedspread:
Impeachment Notice Because he Decamped from a Party that wants to turn Benue State to Graveyard??

Dead on Arrival (DOA)

mmb:
Do you advice he maintains this outfit than the khaki?