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Ratello:
*PDP vs APC Supreme Court Judgement slated for May 26, 2023: Matters Arising* .


Today, it seemed as if a sledgehammer had hit the APC camp as they might have been caught napping by the PDP over a case filed at the Supreme Court which came up for hearing today.

The Supreme Court Justices would have given judgment today perhaps but they moved the judgement to Friday, May 26th.

And that day is now probably the most important day in Nigeria since the February 25th Presidential election this year.

Millions of Nigerians also were not aware of the case which came up for judgement at the Supreme Court today. The shenanigans at the Presidential Election Tribunal in the past few days were enough distractions to even imagine that a case of this magnitude was waiting at the Supreme Court.

What is the judgment to be given by the Justices of the Supreme Court , in a nutshell? It is to determine if the APC Presidential running mate, Alhaji Shettima violated Section 35 of the Electoral Act 2022 by having a double nomination, thereby voiding the joint presidential ticket.

There’s been precedence set by the Supreme Court in a similar case like this with Uche Nwosu of Imo State. The Supreme Court ruled against Nwosu and disqualified him. That precedent is what many legal experts are looking at to see if the Justices will rule against Shettima and the APC this Friday.

I have spoken to a few brilliant lawyers and their positions are that Shettima has no hope of dodging this case, with all the facts of the case on ground. A couple more lawyers I asked for a balanced opinion are undecided. They feel it can go either way, since the confidence in the Supreme Court in giving the right and expected legal judgments in the political space has been waning for a couple of years now.

If the Supreme Court rules on Friday that Shettima violated the Electoral Law, it would mean outright disqualification of him and Bola Ahmed Tinubu, since it’s a joint ticket!

If that happens on Friday, it would mean a couple of things might happen, depending on the further judgement given. It might mean that the person whom INEC declared as the second position holder in the Presidential Election would be declared the President-Elect. That would be Atiku Abubakar. If that is the case, then Atiku will likely be sworn in as the President.

However, if the Supreme Court disqualifies both Tinubu and Shettima without making any pronouncement on who should be sworn in, there would likely be an extension for a number of days, of the Buhari presidency. Buhari might continue for not more than six months and if he doesn’t wish to continue in office beyond May 29th, perhaps Vice-President Osinbajo might hold forth for a few more months if he too wishes, until another election holds. These are my own layman’s opinions on what might be the scenario and not cast in stone under any legal framework. So, the reader should take this part about an extension of the Buhari/Osinbajo tenure as hypothetical on my part.

There is another scenario too. If Atiku is declared as the winner and sworn in, the case at the Presidential Election Tribunal asking for the judicial interpretation of the constitution as it concerns the 25% in the FCT will definitely come up.

Now, here’s what I think of that section of the constitution. I believe that for a winner to be declared in any Presidential Election, that person has to win 25% in the FCT. I think it’s a no-brainer. My own understanding tells me that the ‘AND’ in that section of the constitution is not in anyway ambiguous but a conjunctive requirement.

So, if Atiku is declared the winner if the judgement on Friday dismisses BAT and Shettima, it is rather likely that he will still step down when the Tribunal gives a judgment on that 25% in the FCT matter. If that happens, Atiku and Obi will slug it out in a run off election, going by the Electoral law, because BAT and Shettima would have been disqualified from running in that run-off.

So, you now can see why this Friday the 26th of May is an important day for millions of Nigerians.

I can only imagine the kind of pressure the Honourable Justices of the Supreme Court are under right now.

Nigerians can only hope that they give the judgement which satisfies their consciences according to the rule of law.

Cc: Seun, Lalasticlala, O4MJ

Stop wasting your time with Nigeria politic, nothing good will come out of it, Nigeria is highly corrupted more than any country on this earth and every country is aware of this, Tinubu will be president and nothing the judges can do about it, only solution is to divide the country

frank14011991:
they shout yes Daddy

Keep disgracing yourself, nothing separate islam with terrorist

frank14011991:
ipob and unknown gunmen are what?

You are right, they always shout Allahu akbar or Jesus is great before carrying out their attacks see how you dey disgrace yourself here

DaChosenOne:
Yoruba muslims make me embarassed to be half Yoruba. Yoruba Christians hate Islam. Igbos are smart to keep that filthy religion out of Igboland. I recently made a thread about Northern muslims celebrating the 9/11 attacks and hailing Osama Bin Laden. Someone informed me that some Yoruba muslims also celebrated and praised Bin Laden in Lagos. I can't tell you the embarrassment I felt. I wish Islam had been successfully repelled from Yorubaland.

I know one alfa in Ijebu-ode back then who told us to start calling him Osama after 9/11 attack, fear that religion

lexylaw40:
Jagaban for good things

We know you will abandon this moniker when the reality hit you on the face soon, he won't be any different from Buhari
Reality is coming soon

lexylaw40:
Do any how see any how

Online Agberorism has taken over you

lexylaw40:
Do any how see any how

Don't let peter obi matter kill you kid
Na small small you go take enter market,how many thread are you going to open? you need medical help now,

lexylaw40:
the niger delta's and the federal government take him serious, you need to understand

Peter Obi live in your head every moment of the day, dude you are really suffering, pity the people who give birth to you

forgiveness:
Hehehe! Fear catch am.

Nevertheless, Lagos state, Ogun state and Oyo state are above Anambra state. It remains fact.

Above with mouth, where is the fact?

Ebi2233:
You need it more.

What left for you now is to go naked and enter market you got empty brain

Ebi2233:
Yeah.

Dude rest, inferiority complex has done a damage in your brain, look for medical help

FreeStuffsNG:
What a brilliant Judge! Abure was allegedly forging documents and signatures upandan yet 'forgot' to submit register. All those who backed and voted these imposters need to cover their face in shame. Shame on INEC too!
Check my signature for free stuffs!

This must be latest message shared on APC whats-app group?

Mantahirdra:
Yes Ilorin are Yoruba but they are once a Hausa State.

Does what you wrote make any sense?

Mantahirdra:
North Central or Middle belt no matter what a name you can call it , it is North not Igbo land.

Kwararrafa , Nupe , GWARI , Ilorin are among Hausa State.

I THOUGHT ILORIN IS YORUBA STATE

N3TRAL:
Peter Obi is a very wicked man.

He is a liar, a thief and a mass murderer.

He will never be president of Nigeria!

He had to wait and get legal advice from his lawyers before denying the obvious. A shameless man he is.

Since Saturday. He's finally resolved on Wednesday night to save his finished political career.

If he was innocent, he would have have replied latest on Sunday morning. The revelation took him unawares and he abandoned social media for days which is quite unusual for a social media president.


Just like they said they went to the court to claim a fictitious mandate but ended up with cheap blackmail for tribunal, nothing will change here.

We all know it is illegal to leak private telephone conversations. His lawyers will sue the media platform for leaking a private telephone conversation. Doesn't in anyway mean that he isn't responsible.

Before I use to think you are grown up person with sense but recently I realize there is nothing in you big head

Softmirror:
DIS ONE STILL DEY CRY LIKE BUSH BABY.

YOU WON BUT CAN'T STOP WAILING HERE EVERYDAY IS THAT NOT SICKNESS

duro2chang:
Na you go wail and wail and wail. Make we laff kikikikikiki! Obi will continue to fail. E go cry again. An effeminate obi will never be president

I thought you won the election why can't you celebrate the winning in peace keep wailing everyday here, winner my foot