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JUSTICE SET BACK ON ITS HEELS: WHY JUDGES WILL SURVIVE ATTEMPTS TO INTIMIDATE THEM
By Ajiroba Yemi Kotun
“My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.” – Jane Austin
INTIMIDATION is an animal thing. Ethical people do not intimidate. Unlike English novelist Jane Austin (1775-1817), the author of “Pride and Prejudice”, 279 pages, a brilliant novel published anonymously in 1813, which Austin herself called “my own darling child”, and who is celebrated mainly for her six novels that tacitly interpret, review, and comment upon the British propertied aristocracy at the close of the 18th century, Nigeria’s stubborn losers in the February 25, 2023 presidential election that are now angrily, ignorantly, and cowardly trying to knock the stuffing out of the judiciary, take its breath away, make the judges’ hair stand on end, or scare the daylights out of them with their so-called “All eyes on the judiciary” covert threat, do not know that there is a stubbornness about the institution that “never can bear to be frightened at the will of others” <Refers to the 2014 paperback, “All Eyes On Me”, 234 pages, Barnes & Noble, by bestselling author Linsey Lanier>.
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Probably, the judges, too, who before now know that intimidators use fear and bullying as their foremost big sticks, are keen as mustard on their own to reply these ignorant and angry ‘tricksters’ inaudibly that: “Bring it on! We are falling for your hurricane eyes, but you do not know us yet because our real eyes will expose your real lies one by one in the Court's own good time <Refers to 1 Peter 3:14 - "...do not fear their intimidation, and do not be troubled">. Really, as you make your bed, so you must lie on it. Suitably, Hilary Clinton, 75, the 67th U.S. Secretary of State (2009-2013) and author of “State of Terror” (2022), 512 pages, Simon & Schuster, a novel of unrivaled kicks and unmatched insider knowledge, wrote “Extremism thrives amid ignorance and anger, intimidation and cowardice” <Refers to the 2016 Nollywood movie, "Intimidation", starring Mike Ezuruonye, Ini Edo, Koffi Adjorlolo, Tonto Dikeh, and Pat Asore>. Barking dogs seldom bite just as bullies are cowards.
And since democracy will not compromise any of its salient elements, these coercing ‘democrats’ should learn a thing or two from Mo Ibrahim, 77, a Sudanese-British billionaire businessman and the founder of “Celtel”, who said frankly that “Intimidation, harassment, and violence have no place in a democracy.” They should also read less of such refined “intimidation” defenders as British-American media executive Anna Wintour, 73, Vogue’s Editor-in-Chief since 1988 and the author of the 2021 book, “Wonderland”, 439 pages, Amazon, who tried to justify her “interest in getting things done” by saying “I think I’m decisive, and I like to get things done quickly. So if that comes across as intimidation, I’m sorry to hear it.” However, a worried blunt, hard-boiled, and galvanic Sandra Day O’Connor, 93, Judge of the Arizona Court of Appeal (1979-1981), the first female associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1981-2006), and the author of the 2004 hardcover, “The Majesty of the Law: Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice”, 352 pages, hit the bull’s eye when she wrote thus “The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy. The problem comes when healthy criticism is replaced with more destructive intimidation and sanctions.”
Democratic or autocratic, all governments dislike those who ride roughshod over others. This is akin to how Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979-1990) who was pleased when a Russian newspaper nicknamed her “the Iron Lady” as many had doubted whether a woman would be strong enough to lead any big European or American country in this modern age, disliked British left-wing zealots whom she accused of having “often been prepared to ride roughshod over due process and basic considerations of fairness when they think they can get away with it.”Just like these ones, the defeated former contenders of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, 71, the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, too, think the ends always seem to justify the means and that intimidating the judiciary, keeping it at bay, or just riding roughshod over it with their indirect blackmails, subtle threats, or furtive pressure can yield them their hearts’ desires, turn the tables on the declared winner of the election, and deny him the sweat of his brow.
That to control the judges, they just have to instill fear in them or make them feel afraid. But, instead of making such enemies for themselves and looking like the bad guys or not really good at being the bad guys (like American professional wrestler Ric Flair, 74), since the hustings towards the last general elections began and ended and up till now, they should be thinking of winning more friends and attracting and swaying people to their goals, whatever those are. In the 1936 book, “How to Win Friends and Influence People”, 288 pages, American writer and lecturer Dale Carnegie (1888-1955), whose enduring principles are helping many people to achieve their maximum potential in the difficult and competitive modern age, wrote “We ride roughshod over the feelings of others, getting our own way, finding fault, issuing threats, criticizing… without even considering the hurt to the other person’s pride.” Carnegie’s above book teaches “the six ways to make people like you, the twelve ways to win people to your way of thinking, and the nine ways to change people without arousing resentment.”
Many people thank their lucky stars that they see everything in front of their eyes. Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know. Therefore, Nigerians are silently thanking their lucky stars for not having these kinds as their elected leaders who will rule by intimidation, possibly, because they have nothing else to bring to the table or contribute freshly.
American attorney Michelle Obama, 59, who served as the first African-American First Lady of the United States (2009-2017) and the author of the 2009 hardcover, “Believe in the Possibility: The Words of Michelle Obama”, 128 pages, Goodreads, wrote aptly, confirming the foregoing thus “Leaders who demonize and dehumanize entire groups of people often do so because they have nothing else to offer.” We have on our hands disappointed people, who want to steal the presidency of ‘their country’ by using “lies, arrogance, and intimidation”, variegated with so much hate and rage. As Dr. Leslyn Lewis, 52 a Canadian lawyer and politician who has served as the member of Parliament for Haldimand – Norfolk since 2021, would easily recommend, after letting the dust of all this braggadocio settle, maybe part of what Nigeria will be needing going forward is a sweeping and truthful talk around the culture of rudeness, disrespect, disrepute, and intimidation that we have permitted to aggravate concerning the judiciary, our senior citizens, and other Nigerians at risk of holding poles apart views. Definitely, intimidation is one tool that decent people do not take in hand as a means to attain victory or success in any endeavor.
We must tell ourselves the plain truth that a political culture of intimidation, bullying, pressure, coercion, fear, threats, or blackmails is no way to build a nation and no way a nation is governed. “Frightening other Nigerians” or intimidating and insulting them will not get any political party, group, tribe, or religion anywhere. According to Evangelist Ugochukwu-Uko of the Igbo Youths Movement (IYM), "Nobody ever acquired political power by reining insults on those with opposing political views." Intimidation against people who hold different views from our own views has no justification whatsoever. It is headstrong and totally indefensible.
Nightcaps:
1. Canadian politician Stockwell Day, 73, the Leader of Opposition (2000-2001) and Minister of Public Safety (2006-2008), also agreed that “Judges must be free from political intervention or intimidation.”
2. It is easy to be wise after the event. People who devise wild skills to embarrass their fellow humans inevitably blunder their own feelings <Denotes to the failed plot to humiliate the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwo-ola, 69, in March 2003 over the grossly fake, misleading and malicious story that he disguised to meet then President-elect Bola Tinubu in London>.
3. Intimidation is a tradition. It first gets its own natural life before growing into a disorder.
4. Will history repeat itself again, why not?
By Ajiroba Yemi Kotun
“My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.” – Jane Austin
INTIMIDATION is an animal thing. Ethical people do not intimidate. Unlike English novelist Jane Austin (1775-1817), the author of “Pride and Prejudice”, 279 pages, a brilliant novel published anonymously in 1813, which Austin herself called “my own darling child”, and who is celebrated mainly for her six novels that tacitly interpret, review, and comment upon the British propertied aristocracy at the close of the 18th century, Nigeria’s stubborn losers in the February 25, 2023 presidential election that are now angrily, ignorantly, and cowardly trying to knock the stuffing out of the judiciary, take its breath away, make the judges’ hair stand on end, or scare the daylights out of them with their so-called “All eyes on the judiciary” covert threat, do not know that there is a stubbornness about the institution that “never can bear to be frightened at the will of others” <Refers to the 2014 paperback, “All Eyes On Me”, 234 pages, Barnes & Noble, by bestselling author Linsey Lanier>.
Probably, the judges, too, who before now know that intimidators use fear and bullying as their foremost big sticks, are keen as mustard on their own to reply these ignorant and angry ‘tricksters’ inaudibly that: “Bring it on! We are falling for your hurricane eyes, but you do not know us yet because our real eyes will expose your real lies one by one in the Court's own good time <Refers to 1 Peter 3:14 - "...do not fear their intimidation, and do not be troubled">. Really, as you make your bed, so you must lie on it. Suitably, Hilary Clinton, 75, the 67th U.S. Secretary of State (2009-2013) and author of “State of Terror” (2022), 512 pages, Simon & Schuster, a novel of unrivaled kicks and unmatched insider knowledge, wrote “Extremism thrives amid ignorance and anger, intimidation and cowardice” <Refers to the 2016 Nollywood movie, "Intimidation", starring Mike Ezuruonye, Ini Edo, Koffi Adjorlolo, Tonto Dikeh, and Pat Asore>. Barking dogs seldom bite just as bullies are cowards.
And since democracy will not compromise any of its salient elements, these coercing ‘democrats’ should learn a thing or two from Mo Ibrahim, 77, a Sudanese-British billionaire businessman and the founder of “Celtel”, who said frankly that “Intimidation, harassment, and violence have no place in a democracy.” They should also read less of such refined “intimidation” defenders as British-American media executive Anna Wintour, 73, Vogue’s Editor-in-Chief since 1988 and the author of the 2021 book, “Wonderland”, 439 pages, Amazon, who tried to justify her “interest in getting things done” by saying “I think I’m decisive, and I like to get things done quickly. So if that comes across as intimidation, I’m sorry to hear it.” However, a worried blunt, hard-boiled, and galvanic Sandra Day O’Connor, 93, Judge of the Arizona Court of Appeal (1979-1981), the first female associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1981-2006), and the author of the 2004 hardcover, “The Majesty of the Law: Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice”, 352 pages, hit the bull’s eye when she wrote thus “The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy. The problem comes when healthy criticism is replaced with more destructive intimidation and sanctions.”
Democratic or autocratic, all governments dislike those who ride roughshod over others. This is akin to how Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979-1990) who was pleased when a Russian newspaper nicknamed her “the Iron Lady” as many had doubted whether a woman would be strong enough to lead any big European or American country in this modern age, disliked British left-wing zealots whom she accused of having “often been prepared to ride roughshod over due process and basic considerations of fairness when they think they can get away with it.”Just like these ones, the defeated former contenders of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, 71, the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, too, think the ends always seem to justify the means and that intimidating the judiciary, keeping it at bay, or just riding roughshod over it with their indirect blackmails, subtle threats, or furtive pressure can yield them their hearts’ desires, turn the tables on the declared winner of the election, and deny him the sweat of his brow.
That to control the judges, they just have to instill fear in them or make them feel afraid. But, instead of making such enemies for themselves and looking like the bad guys or not really good at being the bad guys (like American professional wrestler Ric Flair, 74), since the hustings towards the last general elections began and ended and up till now, they should be thinking of winning more friends and attracting and swaying people to their goals, whatever those are. In the 1936 book, “How to Win Friends and Influence People”, 288 pages, American writer and lecturer Dale Carnegie (1888-1955), whose enduring principles are helping many people to achieve their maximum potential in the difficult and competitive modern age, wrote “We ride roughshod over the feelings of others, getting our own way, finding fault, issuing threats, criticizing… without even considering the hurt to the other person’s pride.” Carnegie’s above book teaches “the six ways to make people like you, the twelve ways to win people to your way of thinking, and the nine ways to change people without arousing resentment.”
Many people thank their lucky stars that they see everything in front of their eyes. Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know. Therefore, Nigerians are silently thanking their lucky stars for not having these kinds as their elected leaders who will rule by intimidation, possibly, because they have nothing else to bring to the table or contribute freshly.
American attorney Michelle Obama, 59, who served as the first African-American First Lady of the United States (2009-2017) and the author of the 2009 hardcover, “Believe in the Possibility: The Words of Michelle Obama”, 128 pages, Goodreads, wrote aptly, confirming the foregoing thus “Leaders who demonize and dehumanize entire groups of people often do so because they have nothing else to offer.” We have on our hands disappointed people, who want to steal the presidency of ‘their country’ by using “lies, arrogance, and intimidation”, variegated with so much hate and rage. As Dr. Leslyn Lewis, 52 a Canadian lawyer and politician who has served as the member of Parliament for Haldimand – Norfolk since 2021, would easily recommend, after letting the dust of all this braggadocio settle, maybe part of what Nigeria will be needing going forward is a sweeping and truthful talk around the culture of rudeness, disrespect, disrepute, and intimidation that we have permitted to aggravate concerning the judiciary, our senior citizens, and other Nigerians at risk of holding poles apart views. Definitely, intimidation is one tool that decent people do not take in hand as a means to attain victory or success in any endeavor.
We must tell ourselves the plain truth that a political culture of intimidation, bullying, pressure, coercion, fear, threats, or blackmails is no way to build a nation and no way a nation is governed. “Frightening other Nigerians” or intimidating and insulting them will not get any political party, group, tribe, or religion anywhere. According to Evangelist Ugochukwu-Uko of the Igbo Youths Movement (IYM), "Nobody ever acquired political power by reining insults on those with opposing political views." Intimidation against people who hold different views from our own views has no justification whatsoever. It is headstrong and totally indefensible.
Nightcaps:
1. Canadian politician Stockwell Day, 73, the Leader of Opposition (2000-2001) and Minister of Public Safety (2006-2008), also agreed that “Judges must be free from political intervention or intimidation.”
2. It is easy to be wise after the event. People who devise wild skills to embarrass their fellow humans inevitably blunder their own feelings <Denotes to the failed plot to humiliate the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwo-ola, 69, in March 2003 over the grossly fake, misleading and malicious story that he disguised to meet then President-elect Bola Tinubu in London>.
3. Intimidation is a tradition. It first gets its own natural life before growing into a disorder.
4. Will history repeat itself again, why not?
IAM NOT DESPERATE TO BE PRESIDENT, I WANT NIGERIAN DEMOCRACY TO SURVIVE FOR BETTER — PETER OBI
While meeting with Press Doyens in Lagos yesterday, He provided answers to some Hostile feelings and lay many Fears to rest.
When asked how he will feel if the Courts rules against him on the ongoing Election trial..
He said "i am not the one in Court as Mr Peter Obi for Peter Obi's interest, I am simply representing vast majority of Nigerians including the Families of the Judges and members of all Parties who want a better redeemed Nation, those who want to see a working NIGERIA that will come with people who actually want to see progressive Nigeria ,who believe that Nigeria has what it takes to be Better than many Nations if well handled ,those who believe that Nigerians deserve undiluted joy from the Government they elected".
Any judge should have that in mind ,to me it's not a do or die affair.
"The task is that of a driver who must work hard to take Passengers out of Hostile areas,take them through tough and rough roads to destination in one good piece no matter the odds, such driver should know that it's a big responsibility,so whatever the driver is doing He must remember that He has so many lives and interest to protect".
"Nigeria is in Court, the Future of Our Children including that of Grand Children of both Judges, Politicians, Securities are all in Court, I am just representing them ,We are in Court not to Drag for anything, we are in Court for the Court to look at what the masses demanded by casting Votes and casting it for who they believe will give them back hope and oiled Future, it's not about Peter but about the nation and our tomorrow".
He was asked why he still move about the Nation freely despite the fears of insecurities of the Nation and Fear of Harm coming to him ?
He said his "job is to restore sanity in the Nation, build back Hope for the common masses ,that if the common masses doesn't see him amongst them ,it will send a bad message , he went further to explain , if he recovers his Mandate that it won't take him away from the Masses,that he is working for them and he is accountable to them and will never create a barrier between him and the masses".
He recollected, During campaign He visited Many extreme hostile places where no politicians have ever Visited including some parts of Borno state, BENUE State, and places even Governor's of such states refused to go because of insecurities,He said We travel even against security intelligent Advise,I Will tell my Security that if they can't go ,let me go and if I die among my people out there ,then it's not a bad price for me to pay .
"I know there are insecurity in many places, but as long as there are Nigerian living out there,no one can be left behind ".
Asked about the SUBSIDY REMOVAL and the effect on the nation..
He smiled " I said that SUBSIDY is a Scam that I will remove, the first thing would've being to identify the Scam, remove the scam , restore a seamless PETROLEUM production and distribution, and not to cause the Nation lots of undeserved pains which can be avoided".
"We know that Subsidy is a Scam ,what should be removed is the Scam and causes of Subsidies".
Mr Peter Obi as we noticed still have stamina that dwarfed that of all his mates ,as he travels far and wide weekly on speaking engagement, social events and reaching out to the society,a situation that can't be seen with any Politician who lost Mandate and should be battling through thick and thin to win or recover such Mandate or get compensated by any person in power, to many Politicians it's not about the masses, it's Business extension.
Mr Peter Obi simply move around the Nation feeling freer than those in power with all National provided Security details for the people in power.
Peter simply can be said to be Boil between the Legs that gives you sleepless night on how to deal with it or allow it to be , whichever way ,it Means moral and physical torture.
The man is not one who believe when an elder takes what belong to a child and raise his hand up ,the child will wait,when the hand grew weary he bring it down for the child to take back what belong to him ,in peters case ,you take his belonging,he will be pissing on your legs and trousers, it's either you give him back his belongings and take back your sanity or He continues enjoying maximizing your pains.
Mazi Odera
While meeting with Press Doyens in Lagos yesterday, He provided answers to some Hostile feelings and lay many Fears to rest.
When asked how he will feel if the Courts rules against him on the ongoing Election trial..
He said "i am not the one in Court as Mr Peter Obi for Peter Obi's interest, I am simply representing vast majority of Nigerians including the Families of the Judges and members of all Parties who want a better redeemed Nation, those who want to see a working NIGERIA that will come with people who actually want to see progressive Nigeria ,who believe that Nigeria has what it takes to be Better than many Nations if well handled ,those who believe that Nigerians deserve undiluted joy from the Government they elected".
Any judge should have that in mind ,to me it's not a do or die affair.
"The task is that of a driver who must work hard to take Passengers out of Hostile areas,take them through tough and rough roads to destination in one good piece no matter the odds, such driver should know that it's a big responsibility,so whatever the driver is doing He must remember that He has so many lives and interest to protect".
"Nigeria is in Court, the Future of Our Children including that of Grand Children of both Judges, Politicians, Securities are all in Court, I am just representing them ,We are in Court not to Drag for anything, we are in Court for the Court to look at what the masses demanded by casting Votes and casting it for who they believe will give them back hope and oiled Future, it's not about Peter but about the nation and our tomorrow".
He was asked why he still move about the Nation freely despite the fears of insecurities of the Nation and Fear of Harm coming to him ?
He said his "job is to restore sanity in the Nation, build back Hope for the common masses ,that if the common masses doesn't see him amongst them ,it will send a bad message , he went further to explain , if he recovers his Mandate that it won't take him away from the Masses,that he is working for them and he is accountable to them and will never create a barrier between him and the masses".
He recollected, During campaign He visited Many extreme hostile places where no politicians have ever Visited including some parts of Borno state, BENUE State, and places even Governor's of such states refused to go because of insecurities,He said We travel even against security intelligent Advise,I Will tell my Security that if they can't go ,let me go and if I die among my people out there ,then it's not a bad price for me to pay .
"I know there are insecurity in many places, but as long as there are Nigerian living out there,no one can be left behind ".
Asked about the SUBSIDY REMOVAL and the effect on the nation..
He smiled " I said that SUBSIDY is a Scam that I will remove, the first thing would've being to identify the Scam, remove the scam , restore a seamless PETROLEUM production and distribution, and not to cause the Nation lots of undeserved pains which can be avoided".
"We know that Subsidy is a Scam ,what should be removed is the Scam and causes of Subsidies".
Mr Peter Obi as we noticed still have stamina that dwarfed that of all his mates ,as he travels far and wide weekly on speaking engagement, social events and reaching out to the society,a situation that can't be seen with any Politician who lost Mandate and should be battling through thick and thin to win or recover such Mandate or get compensated by any person in power, to many Politicians it's not about the masses, it's Business extension.
Mr Peter Obi simply move around the Nation feeling freer than those in power with all National provided Security details for the people in power.
Peter simply can be said to be Boil between the Legs that gives you sleepless night on how to deal with it or allow it to be , whichever way ,it Means moral and physical torture.
The man is not one who believe when an elder takes what belong to a child and raise his hand up ,the child will wait,when the hand grew weary he bring it down for the child to take back what belong to him ,in peters case ,you take his belonging,he will be pissing on your legs and trousers, it's either you give him back his belongings and take back your sanity or He continues enjoying maximizing your pains.
Mazi Odera
Tinubu, APC looking for a rerun without Peter Obi : Raw courtroom closing addresses
*Peter Obi/LP vs Tinubu/Shetima/APC/INEC*
The judges are now seated.
It’s time for the business of the day.
The Clerk has now called the case.
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| Peter Obi |
Peter Obi is now up with smiles all over: Respectfully my lord, I am Mr. Peter Obi for the petitioners
APC: With utmost humility my lord, I am Saturday Monsignia for the 2nd Respondent.
Lead Counsel:
Labour Party and Peter Obi - SAN Livy Uzoukwu
INEC - SAN AB Mahmoud
Tinubu and Shettima - SAN Olanipekun
APC - SAN L.O Fagbemi
INEC’s lead counsel SAN AB Mahmoud is now up and he’s suggesting the petitioners start first.
SAN Livy: They filed before we did, so they have to go first.
Justice Tsammani: AB Mahmoud please let’s start.
SAN AB Mahmoud: Yes my lord, my colleague will take it up from here.
Another INEC lawyer stands up to continue.
INEC: My lord, the 1st respondent written address was filed 14th July 2023 and we also filed the reply of point of law on 28 July 2023
Before I go on I want to make a slight correction my lord. On the 3rd line of the reply of point of law there’s “have” and it should be “do not have”
And after that I wish to adopt this my lord.
There’s now currently an adjustment on the 3rd line and the judges are looking through.
Tinubu and Shettima’s lawyers are now up.
SAN Olanipekun: My lord, my colleague will lead this proceeding for the 2nd respondent.
2nd respondent: We filed a response on 23rd July 2023. Upon receipt of the reply of the petitioners then it became pertinent to file our reply of point of law which we did on the 27 July 2023 and we seek that my lordships strike out these petitioners request.
Thank you my lord.
SAN Fagbemi is now up for APC
Fagbemi: We filed a reply on 23rd July 2023 and then we filed of point of law on receipt of the petitioners address and the point of law was filed on 27th of July and served on 28th of July.
We now seek to adopt this and reply on these due processes and we urge my able lords to reject and discountenance those petitioners documents. Very much obliged my lords.
SAN Livy is now up on his feet.
SAN Livy: My lord, my learned colleague SAN Kalu will lead this case today.
SAN Kalu is now up on his feet
SAN Kalu: My lord the reply was filed against the 1st respondents on the 14th July and with humility I adopt these reply.
Justice Tsammani: Mention all your replies and adopt. You’re mixing the whole thing.
Let’s finish with the respondents objection and come to yours.
SAN Kalu: I am responding to the 1st respondent my lord
Justice Tsammani: Respond to all at once
SAN Kalu: My lord it’s division of Labour, my learned colleague here is to handle the 2nd and 3rd respondent.
Justice Tsammani: No, we can’t allow that, you have to do all at once.
Justice Ugo: I think your economics teacher was too thorough with division of Labour
SAN Kalu: 😅😅😅 My lord, we just want to do it how it would be easier but no problem.
Justice Tsammani: It’s even a coincidence, you’re from Abia State and my Economics Teacher in Maiduguri was also from Abia
SAN Kalu: Then my lord, you should be paying me tithes
SAN Livy: My lord, Anichebe SAN would continue with the objections.
SAN Anichebe: My lord, the first objection was filed on 23rd of July 2023.
Which is the objection filed against documents submitted by 1st respondents.
My lord, the objection filed by the petitioner against the 2nd and 3rd respondents was filed on 20th of July 2023.
My lord, we respectfully adopt the arguments canvassed in 2 processes in opposition of the documents rendered by all the respondents and we seek that you sustain our objections here to.
Justice Tsammani: Please note that we would use 10 minutes each for adoptions and then 20 minutes each for oral submission of your final address.
SAN AB Mahmoud: Thank you my lord. My lord on 14th July 2023 we filed our final address and then we filed the reply on 20th of July 2023 and these are the processes filed by the 1st respondent and we seek your humble permission to take our prayers and dismiss this petition as it lacks merit and should be dismissed by the court.
I will seek your indulgence to clarify.
On page 15 of our written address we listed issues and the first issue listed B has to do with the petioners complaints of noncompliance and other regulations and guidelines by the 1st respondent.
The technology introduced by the 1st respondent was misunderstood and misconstrued by the petitioners and the purpose was not well understood.
What was introduced cited by the petitioners is on the BVAs which was solely used for authentication of voters and upload of results from the PU to the IREV portal.
“Hmmmm… INEC is capping”
The evidence before the court shows clearly that the 1st respondent went to great lenght to ensure that the technology functioned as designed.
The only point of disagreement are 2:
1. The petitioners have constructed in their mind that the electronic method be used to collate result and No evidence was presented to support this by the petitioners and the 1st respondent through its witness has certified that there is nothing like electronic collation but manual collation which was carried out impeccably.
There has been no electronic collation in any election in this country because it does not exist.
2. The petitioners claim this glitch was humanly done to give room for manipulation of election result and no evidence was given by them to prove it.
We have brought evidence to show that this glitch is not unusual to technology especially new technologies.
‘Ahhhh INEC
STOP THE CAPPING 😅’
INEC: My lord, the allegation of the so called 88,000 blurred results should be discarded because they do not in any way suggest that the original copies of the result sheets are also blurred. They have still not provided any form EC8A original copies from their agents to prove the 88,000 blurred results.
My lord, the petitioners brought up the 88,000 blurred issue just for dramatisation without evidence.
“The whole courtroom shouts ahhh”
The glitch which was for 4 hours 15 minutes did not affect the presidential election and there is no eveidence of any manipulation of the result and I seek my lord to discountenance all statement of noncompliance from the petitioners.
“NEPA”
😅
Justice Ugo: This is a glitch too
AB Mahmoud: Yes, even the courtroom has glitches
🙄
INEC: Now on the 25% of FCT is in relation to the interpretation of the constitution section 134 that candidates must score 25% on two-thirds of the state and the FCT, my lords, do not listen to approach that are not constitutional. FCT in accordance of 299 is to be taken as a State and nothing more, nothing less and not elevated to a status it does not hold or ascribe superiority as that has never been the intention of the constitution.
Justice Tsammani: Your time is up
AB Mahmoud: My time for my submission is up
“Everyone is laughing😅”
Justice Tsammani: Don’t worry you still have more time on earth.
AB Mahmoud: I plead that this petition be dismissed. Thank you.
Ahhhhhh INEC
“Stop the capping😅”
Tinubu and Shettima’s lawyer SAN Olanipekun is now up and starts with a banger:
O: My lord, let us take it that the petitioners have no case in this court, yes because they don’t have a case here.
“The whole courtroom is looking like who be this one🥲”
O: Look at exhibit X1, pages 22 and 23 of the decision at the Supreme Court states that this exhibit X1 settles the matter and it’s the case of APC Vs Labour Party and others and it’s very fresh from the oven.
Let me go to hype being made on FINE and let me draw your attention to section 137 1D of the constitution and we have made submissions and it says “he is under a statement of debt”
It’s simple grammer, he didn’t say was
It says he is under
It’s present tense, present continuous”
“LMAO”
SAN Queen Premier 😅🤣😅
English
My lord, the law says 10 years after any offence is gone, so even though there is anything, the law has cleared it.
This is the constitution and in secondary school we were thought past tense and past participle and present tense.
Lmao SAN Grammarian
SAN Oxford Dictionary
Best in English
My lord on 25% on FCT
Let me say this oh bended knees (but he is still standing oh)
My lord on bended knees (Baba you’re still standing oh🤣😭🤣)
My lord FCT is like every other state. It is a state.
My lord, again the 1st petitioner has no locus standi because the constitution has taken him out of participating in any election rerun even if there’s going to be because the candidate must be the candidate who has the highest of vote and 1 among of the remaining candidates which is PDP which has the majority of votes in the states cast in the elections
He is not, so he cannot even be in any rerun
Lastly, to show that he is not a member of Labour Party exhibit shows he cannot run because he’s not a member, he cannot push the 2nd person and claim 2nd.
Justice Tsamamni: But if you’re entering a bus in Lagos
“The whole courtroom is laughing”
“Lmao APC is begging for a RERUN, but they don’t want Peter Obi to contest”
Why are they afraid 😅.
APC lawyer is now up
Fagbemi takes the stage to give us his own Queen premier English.
Fagbemi: My lord as simple as it is, I join my learned colleagues, SAN AB Mahmoud and my leader SAN Wole Olanipekun to say that this case should be quickly dismissed as it’s a waste of time.
This petition is ambitious (na wa oh, English)
This is the petitioners fourth coming on the case of electronic collation.
The first one was in Federal High Court here in Abuja and they abandoned it and ran to Lagos and that case lasted 8 days and they went to court of appeal and it was disastrous for them because they lost. We have presented this in exhibit X1.
Now they are here again about electronic collation.
It is a gross abuse of court time.
“This one is on colos”
🥲
Fagbemi: If anyone wants to attack any result, there has to be a PU by PU allocation and proof because there was a glitch in PU A but none in B but the petitioners said there was no glitch in their own places they won and they should at least have their proof but have none and it is abysmally lacking in this case.
Now on the issue of Rerun it should be a 2 man race and that is between the winner of the election and the runner up and that has nothing to do with the petitioner.
“APC are actively looking for a rerun, they now know there is nowhere to run to😅🤣😅”
I thought you people said you won.
They don’t want Peter Obi and Labour Party on the ballot, that is their game now😅.
Fagbemi: My lord so on disqualification, everyone can run in an election rerun as long as you’ve ran in the election.
“Wait oh, it’s like someone has fainted oh 😭😭😭”
Awww one APC baby lawyer is having breathing problems, I hope she gets okay”
The court is waiting for them to take her out and give her the attention she needs. Hope she gets better.
Fagbemi: My lord, on the issue of forfeiture, the court already gave the 2nd respondent a clean bill of health on that.
Then on 25% of FCT, the constitution states 25 States of the federation even if the candidate scores 0 in FCT 25% in 25 States stands and there is no dispute that the 2nd respondent scored 25% in 29 States and to put FCT higher would amount to constitutional absurdity.
“One INEC lawyer just stood up and crossed over to pass a note to Fagbemi”
I don’t know if that is allowed.
Fagbemi: My lord on the glitches (Fagbemi started sounding like he was crying and his voice became funny)
“Everyone starts laughing while he was talking and it was difficult to hear him.
One baby lawyer ram and gave him water”
Justice Ugo: It’s a voice glitch
“Everyone starts laughing”.
Fagbemi: Yes my lord, since time is up, let me say that INEC scored a high mark in this election at least 50% is a pass mark and INEC scored 90% which is more than enough of the petitioners are only complaining about glitch.
So my lord, I seek that this petition be thrown out.
SAN Livy is now up with the microphone: testing testing 123
😅🤣😅
SAN Livy: My lord, it is my submission that the respondents have laboured in vain to diminish this petition.
“Hmmmm”
SAN Livy: As the case of Oyetola Vs INEC where the Supreme Court said IREV is part of electoral process, my lords, I will seek your indulgence to refer you to paragraph 22 of the witness disposition of RW1 which all the respondents have preferred to ignore and I will like to further drag them out of their uncomfortable zone.
The witness, their own witness said the authentic portal on which results can be accessed for review or determination of the election is the IREV Portal.
Now they are saying that IREV is no more important.
And an election where 88,000 blurred results were uploaded on this IREV is a flawed election.
Oyaaaaa🔥🔥🔥
Livy: My lord, INEC gave results to the petitioners to present in this court and 88,123 of those results were blurred and they were certified by the same INEC and some were even blank copies of A4 papers, certified and among them you have pictures certified by them, INEC and they want to say they conducted an election properly so called.
My lord, let me repeat myself.
Justice Tsammani: We have heard you
Livy: My lord, let me say this, it is my submission that a CERTIFIED TRUE COPY of a document MUST BE AN EXACT REPLICA OF THE ORIGINAL.
Must be, there is no choice, you cannot give us blurred CTC
INEC can only have in its custody blurred blank result and not the original and so they have no basis as to what they used to declare that result, they only went to declare someone a winner and they don’t even have the original copies of results they certify because it could never have been any other thing apart from blurred sheets and pictures.
Fire on SAN
Livy: My lord, the 2nd respondent forfeited $460,000 on NARCOTICS, they don’t want to hear that, NARCOTICS
🤣🤣🤣
Livy ohhhh! Livy: My lord they have been quoting section 137 1D they are trying to form a case for us and avoiding the main case, even when you focus on money laundering which was part of the crimes of the 2nd respondent, the NARCOTICS should not be ignored and the constitution is clear on such crimes.
Now on rerun my lord, let us be clear, the only candidate who comes clear for a rerun is the 1st petitioner according to section 131 3D and my lord, in the case of Awolowo and Shagari, of course the provision now was not available then in that case.
And let me quickly refer to what the lawyer of the 2nd respondent said that the petition has been abandoned and I can’t believe this came from a brother I know, petition that you spent time filing replies and you don’t even have replies to file is what you’re saying abandoned.
A petition where you don’t even have any witness.
🔥🔥🔥
Livyyyy! Livy: My lord, I don’t want to spend time talking about FCT because the constitution is very clear on it, none of them even defined the meaning of AND.
I didn’t hear that from any of them whether disjunctive or otherwise and that would lead to manifest absurdity and they know so that is why they ignored that and did not urge my lord to interprete the AND as being disjunctive.
“The clerk rings the bell”
Livy: My lord, I’m replying 3 people, my time is not up
🤣😅🤣
Livy: My lord, the petitioners have proved their case and to the issue of noncompliance from INEC they have no defence. They said because of toner, that’s why results CTC are blurred
4 months after was when they explained a 4 hours glitch, 4 months after.
Up unto 29th of May, they were still giving us blurred documents of election result, 4 months after elections, how can you reconcile the 2. It’s not possible.
Justice Tsammani: Your time is to
Livy: My lord, one more sentence
the petitioners have proved that there was no glitch whatsoever in this election.
May it please my lordship.
Justice Tsamamani: Okay, we will announce the date for judgement to you all.
OMG
🥹
“Learned silks, this is it, it’s done”.
It’s going to be a testimony.
Earlier in PDP closing address:
This PDP’s lawyer SAN Uche deserves cold Guinness Stout
His wife must have rubbed his head well today 😭🤣😭
SAN Uche: My learned colleague on the other side said the criminal offence is timely and INEC the time has passed then the offence has passed. He said it here that the constitution forgives.
Well my lord, I am here to say that TIME DOES NOT RUN AGAINST CRIME
“The whole courtroom shouts Yeeessss”🤣😭🤣
Justice Tsammani: Uche, we should not mislead the public this thing is coming from the mouth of a Senior Advocate.
Some people already have their headline and that’s not right.
It’s a constitutional issue, it’s written in the constitution, so it’s not any time does not run against crime, it’s just the constitution. Let’s not mislead the public. The constitution states how long any crime can stand.
“Everyone is looking at Justice Tsammani like; is like agbado is under your wig”😭🤣😭
SAN Uche: Well my lord, at least he admitted that the 2nd respondent committed a crime. He said there’s forgiveness in the constitution and even when there is forgiveness let’s not forget that there’s also a punishment for sin.
“The whole courtroom is about to start clapping and giving a round of applause”
🤣🤣🤣
SAN Uche: Yes, there is Punishment for sin
Justice Tsammani: Uche you’re a Christian are you not a Christian, Christians forgive and even Jesus said go and sin no more.
SAN Uche: That was Jesus Christ oh, me I’m not Jesus
🤣🤣🤣
“The whole courtroom is laughing”
SAN Uche: Then on Precedence my lord, my learned colleague said there is no precedence of annulling presidential election in Nigeria.
SAN Olanipekun now stands up angrily: I take objection to that. Don’t misquote me, I am on my feet right now Uche so sit down.
SAN Uche: But I am still talking and you’re using out of my time.
SAN Olanipekun: I am on my feet. I object to that, I allowed you talk and kept my cool since even when you’re mentioning things that is not in your written address, I kept my cool, I didn’t talk, please don’t make me talk.
I object to that statement you’re making now. Don’t do that.
SAN Uche: Well, I heard you clearly and we all did, you said Precedence does not exist in annulment of presidential election.
My lord if I may go on, that Precedence that they said has never happened can be created today and be done in this case TODAY
“The whole courtroom is shouting Yes”🤣😭🤣
Justice Tsammani interrupts with smiles on his face: But Judgement is not today na
“The whole courtroom is almost on the floor with laughter 😂🤣😂”
SAN Uche: My lord as I end this case, let that precedence be today, HEAVEN WILL NOT FALL
“The whole courtroom wants to clap”
😅😅😅
Wowww amazing
PDP you guys have tried today, I’m proud😅.
Justice Tsammani: So we will inform you guys on the date of judgment, it was great listening to you all. Thank you for coming.
🥹
Awww their case has now ended.
Up next, abour Party and Peter Obi’s case by 2pm.
*Peter Obi/LP vs Tinubu/Shetima/APC/INEC*
The judges are now seated.
It’s time for the business of the day.
The Clerk has now called the case.
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| Peter Obi |
Peter Obi is now up with smiles all over: Respectfully my lord, I am Mr. Peter Obi for the petitioners
APC: With utmost humility my lord, I am Saturday Monsignia for the 2nd Respondent.
Lead Counsel:
Labour Party and Peter Obi - SAN Livy Uzoukwu
INEC - SAN AB Mahmoud
Tinubu and Shettima - SAN Olanipekun
APC - SAN L.O Fagbemi
INEC’s lead counsel SAN AB Mahmoud is now up and he’s suggesting the petitioners start first.
SAN Livy: They filed before we did, so they have to go first.
Justice Tsammani: AB Mahmoud please let’s start.
SAN AB Mahmoud: Yes my lord, my colleague will take it up from here.
Another INEC lawyer stands up to continue.
INEC: My lord, the 1st respondent written address was filed 14th July 2023 and we also filed the reply of point of law on 28 July 2023
Before I go on I want to make a slight correction my lord. On the 3rd line of the reply of point of law there’s “have” and it should be “do not have”
And after that I wish to adopt this my lord.
There’s now currently an adjustment on the 3rd line and the judges are looking through.
Tinubu and Shettima’s lawyers are now up.
SAN Olanipekun: My lord, my colleague will lead this proceeding for the 2nd respondent.
2nd respondent: We filed a response on 23rd July 2023. Upon receipt of the reply of the petitioners then it became pertinent to file our reply of point of law which we did on the 27 July 2023 and we seek that my lordships strike out these petitioners request.
Thank you my lord.
SAN Fagbemi is now up for APC
Fagbemi: We filed a reply on 23rd July 2023 and then we filed of point of law on receipt of the petitioners address and the point of law was filed on 27th of July and served on 28th of July.
We now seek to adopt this and reply on these due processes and we urge my able lords to reject and discountenance those petitioners documents. Very much obliged my lords.
SAN Livy is now up on his feet.
SAN Livy: My lord, my learned colleague SAN Kalu will lead this case today.
SAN Kalu is now up on his feet
SAN Kalu: My lord the reply was filed against the 1st respondents on the 14th July and with humility I adopt these reply.
Justice Tsammani: Mention all your replies and adopt. You’re mixing the whole thing.
Let’s finish with the respondents objection and come to yours.
SAN Kalu: I am responding to the 1st respondent my lord
Justice Tsammani: Respond to all at once
SAN Kalu: My lord it’s division of Labour, my learned colleague here is to handle the 2nd and 3rd respondent.
Justice Tsammani: No, we can’t allow that, you have to do all at once.
Justice Ugo: I think your economics teacher was too thorough with division of Labour
SAN Kalu: 😅😅😅 My lord, we just want to do it how it would be easier but no problem.
Justice Tsammani: It’s even a coincidence, you’re from Abia State and my Economics Teacher in Maiduguri was also from Abia
SAN Kalu: Then my lord, you should be paying me tithes
SAN Livy: My lord, Anichebe SAN would continue with the objections.
SAN Anichebe: My lord, the first objection was filed on 23rd of July 2023.
Which is the objection filed against documents submitted by 1st respondents.
My lord, the objection filed by the petitioner against the 2nd and 3rd respondents was filed on 20th of July 2023.
My lord, we respectfully adopt the arguments canvassed in 2 processes in opposition of the documents rendered by all the respondents and we seek that you sustain our objections here to.
Justice Tsammani: Please note that we would use 10 minutes each for adoptions and then 20 minutes each for oral submission of your final address.
SAN AB Mahmoud: Thank you my lord. My lord on 14th July 2023 we filed our final address and then we filed the reply on 20th of July 2023 and these are the processes filed by the 1st respondent and we seek your humble permission to take our prayers and dismiss this petition as it lacks merit and should be dismissed by the court.
I will seek your indulgence to clarify.
On page 15 of our written address we listed issues and the first issue listed B has to do with the petioners complaints of noncompliance and other regulations and guidelines by the 1st respondent.
The technology introduced by the 1st respondent was misunderstood and misconstrued by the petitioners and the purpose was not well understood.
What was introduced cited by the petitioners is on the BVAs which was solely used for authentication of voters and upload of results from the PU to the IREV portal.
“Hmmmm… INEC is capping”
The evidence before the court shows clearly that the 1st respondent went to great lenght to ensure that the technology functioned as designed.
The only point of disagreement are 2:
1. The petitioners have constructed in their mind that the electronic method be used to collate result and No evidence was presented to support this by the petitioners and the 1st respondent through its witness has certified that there is nothing like electronic collation but manual collation which was carried out impeccably.
There has been no electronic collation in any election in this country because it does not exist.
2. The petitioners claim this glitch was humanly done to give room for manipulation of election result and no evidence was given by them to prove it.
We have brought evidence to show that this glitch is not unusual to technology especially new technologies.
‘Ahhhh INEC
STOP THE CAPPING 😅’
INEC: My lord, the allegation of the so called 88,000 blurred results should be discarded because they do not in any way suggest that the original copies of the result sheets are also blurred. They have still not provided any form EC8A original copies from their agents to prove the 88,000 blurred results.
My lord, the petitioners brought up the 88,000 blurred issue just for dramatisation without evidence.
“The whole courtroom shouts ahhh”
The glitch which was for 4 hours 15 minutes did not affect the presidential election and there is no eveidence of any manipulation of the result and I seek my lord to discountenance all statement of noncompliance from the petitioners.
“NEPA”
😅
Justice Ugo: This is a glitch too
AB Mahmoud: Yes, even the courtroom has glitches
🙄
INEC: Now on the 25% of FCT is in relation to the interpretation of the constitution section 134 that candidates must score 25% on two-thirds of the state and the FCT, my lords, do not listen to approach that are not constitutional. FCT in accordance of 299 is to be taken as a State and nothing more, nothing less and not elevated to a status it does not hold or ascribe superiority as that has never been the intention of the constitution.
Justice Tsammani: Your time is up
AB Mahmoud: My time for my submission is up
“Everyone is laughing😅”
Justice Tsammani: Don’t worry you still have more time on earth.
AB Mahmoud: I plead that this petition be dismissed. Thank you.
Ahhhhhh INEC
“Stop the capping😅”
Tinubu and Shettima’s lawyer SAN Olanipekun is now up and starts with a banger:
O: My lord, let us take it that the petitioners have no case in this court, yes because they don’t have a case here.
“The whole courtroom is looking like who be this one🥲”
O: Look at exhibit X1, pages 22 and 23 of the decision at the Supreme Court states that this exhibit X1 settles the matter and it’s the case of APC Vs Labour Party and others and it’s very fresh from the oven.
Let me go to hype being made on FINE and let me draw your attention to section 137 1D of the constitution and we have made submissions and it says “he is under a statement of debt”
It’s simple grammer, he didn’t say was
It says he is under
It’s present tense, present continuous”
“LMAO”
SAN Queen Premier 😅🤣😅
English
My lord, the law says 10 years after any offence is gone, so even though there is anything, the law has cleared it.
This is the constitution and in secondary school we were thought past tense and past participle and present tense.
Lmao SAN Grammarian
SAN Oxford Dictionary
Best in English
My lord on 25% on FCT
Let me say this oh bended knees (but he is still standing oh)
My lord on bended knees (Baba you’re still standing oh🤣😭🤣)
My lord FCT is like every other state. It is a state.
My lord, again the 1st petitioner has no locus standi because the constitution has taken him out of participating in any election rerun even if there’s going to be because the candidate must be the candidate who has the highest of vote and 1 among of the remaining candidates which is PDP which has the majority of votes in the states cast in the elections
He is not, so he cannot even be in any rerun
Lastly, to show that he is not a member of Labour Party exhibit shows he cannot run because he’s not a member, he cannot push the 2nd person and claim 2nd.
Justice Tsamamni: But if you’re entering a bus in Lagos
“The whole courtroom is laughing”
“Lmao APC is begging for a RERUN, but they don’t want Peter Obi to contest”
Why are they afraid 😅.
APC lawyer is now up
Fagbemi takes the stage to give us his own Queen premier English.
Fagbemi: My lord as simple as it is, I join my learned colleagues, SAN AB Mahmoud and my leader SAN Wole Olanipekun to say that this case should be quickly dismissed as it’s a waste of time.
This petition is ambitious (na wa oh, English)
This is the petitioners fourth coming on the case of electronic collation.
The first one was in Federal High Court here in Abuja and they abandoned it and ran to Lagos and that case lasted 8 days and they went to court of appeal and it was disastrous for them because they lost. We have presented this in exhibit X1.
Now they are here again about electronic collation.
It is a gross abuse of court time.
“This one is on colos”
🥲
Fagbemi: If anyone wants to attack any result, there has to be a PU by PU allocation and proof because there was a glitch in PU A but none in B but the petitioners said there was no glitch in their own places they won and they should at least have their proof but have none and it is abysmally lacking in this case.
Now on the issue of Rerun it should be a 2 man race and that is between the winner of the election and the runner up and that has nothing to do with the petitioner.
“APC are actively looking for a rerun, they now know there is nowhere to run to😅🤣😅”
I thought you people said you won.
They don’t want Peter Obi and Labour Party on the ballot, that is their game now😅.
Fagbemi: My lord so on disqualification, everyone can run in an election rerun as long as you’ve ran in the election.
“Wait oh, it’s like someone has fainted oh 😭😭😭”
Awww one APC baby lawyer is having breathing problems, I hope she gets okay”
The court is waiting for them to take her out and give her the attention she needs. Hope she gets better.
Fagbemi: My lord, on the issue of forfeiture, the court already gave the 2nd respondent a clean bill of health on that.
Then on 25% of FCT, the constitution states 25 States of the federation even if the candidate scores 0 in FCT 25% in 25 States stands and there is no dispute that the 2nd respondent scored 25% in 29 States and to put FCT higher would amount to constitutional absurdity.
“One INEC lawyer just stood up and crossed over to pass a note to Fagbemi”
I don’t know if that is allowed.
Fagbemi: My lord on the glitches (Fagbemi started sounding like he was crying and his voice became funny)
“Everyone starts laughing while he was talking and it was difficult to hear him.
One baby lawyer ram and gave him water”
Justice Ugo: It’s a voice glitch
“Everyone starts laughing”.
Fagbemi: Yes my lord, since time is up, let me say that INEC scored a high mark in this election at least 50% is a pass mark and INEC scored 90% which is more than enough of the petitioners are only complaining about glitch.
So my lord, I seek that this petition be thrown out.
SAN Livy is now up with the microphone: testing testing 123
😅🤣😅
SAN Livy: My lord, it is my submission that the respondents have laboured in vain to diminish this petition.
“Hmmmm”
SAN Livy: As the case of Oyetola Vs INEC where the Supreme Court said IREV is part of electoral process, my lords, I will seek your indulgence to refer you to paragraph 22 of the witness disposition of RW1 which all the respondents have preferred to ignore and I will like to further drag them out of their uncomfortable zone.
The witness, their own witness said the authentic portal on which results can be accessed for review or determination of the election is the IREV Portal.
Now they are saying that IREV is no more important.
And an election where 88,000 blurred results were uploaded on this IREV is a flawed election.
Oyaaaaa🔥🔥🔥
Livy: My lord, INEC gave results to the petitioners to present in this court and 88,123 of those results were blurred and they were certified by the same INEC and some were even blank copies of A4 papers, certified and among them you have pictures certified by them, INEC and they want to say they conducted an election properly so called.
My lord, let me repeat myself.
Justice Tsammani: We have heard you
Livy: My lord, let me say this, it is my submission that a CERTIFIED TRUE COPY of a document MUST BE AN EXACT REPLICA OF THE ORIGINAL.
Must be, there is no choice, you cannot give us blurred CTC
INEC can only have in its custody blurred blank result and not the original and so they have no basis as to what they used to declare that result, they only went to declare someone a winner and they don’t even have the original copies of results they certify because it could never have been any other thing apart from blurred sheets and pictures.
Fire on SAN
Livy: My lord, the 2nd respondent forfeited $460,000 on NARCOTICS, they don’t want to hear that, NARCOTICS
🤣🤣🤣
Livy ohhhh! Livy: My lord they have been quoting section 137 1D they are trying to form a case for us and avoiding the main case, even when you focus on money laundering which was part of the crimes of the 2nd respondent, the NARCOTICS should not be ignored and the constitution is clear on such crimes.
Now on rerun my lord, let us be clear, the only candidate who comes clear for a rerun is the 1st petitioner according to section 131 3D and my lord, in the case of Awolowo and Shagari, of course the provision now was not available then in that case.
And let me quickly refer to what the lawyer of the 2nd respondent said that the petition has been abandoned and I can’t believe this came from a brother I know, petition that you spent time filing replies and you don’t even have replies to file is what you’re saying abandoned.
A petition where you don’t even have any witness.
🔥🔥🔥
Livyyyy! Livy: My lord, I don’t want to spend time talking about FCT because the constitution is very clear on it, none of them even defined the meaning of AND.
I didn’t hear that from any of them whether disjunctive or otherwise and that would lead to manifest absurdity and they know so that is why they ignored that and did not urge my lord to interprete the AND as being disjunctive.
“The clerk rings the bell”
Livy: My lord, I’m replying 3 people, my time is not up
🤣😅🤣
Livy: My lord, the petitioners have proved their case and to the issue of noncompliance from INEC they have no defence. They said because of toner, that’s why results CTC are blurred
4 months after was when they explained a 4 hours glitch, 4 months after.
Up unto 29th of May, they were still giving us blurred documents of election result, 4 months after elections, how can you reconcile the 2. It’s not possible.
Justice Tsammani: Your time is to
Livy: My lord, one more sentence
the petitioners have proved that there was no glitch whatsoever in this election.
May it please my lordship.
Justice Tsamamani: Okay, we will announce the date for judgement to you all.
OMG
🥹
“Learned silks, this is it, it’s done”.
It’s going to be a testimony.
Earlier in PDP closing address:
This PDP’s lawyer SAN Uche deserves cold Guinness Stout
His wife must have rubbed his head well today 😭🤣😭
SAN Uche: My learned colleague on the other side said the criminal offence is timely and INEC the time has passed then the offence has passed. He said it here that the constitution forgives.
Well my lord, I am here to say that TIME DOES NOT RUN AGAINST CRIME
“The whole courtroom shouts Yeeessss”🤣😭🤣
Justice Tsammani: Uche, we should not mislead the public this thing is coming from the mouth of a Senior Advocate.
Some people already have their headline and that’s not right.
It’s a constitutional issue, it’s written in the constitution, so it’s not any time does not run against crime, it’s just the constitution. Let’s not mislead the public. The constitution states how long any crime can stand.
“Everyone is looking at Justice Tsammani like; is like agbado is under your wig”😭🤣😭
SAN Uche: Well my lord, at least he admitted that the 2nd respondent committed a crime. He said there’s forgiveness in the constitution and even when there is forgiveness let’s not forget that there’s also a punishment for sin.
“The whole courtroom is about to start clapping and giving a round of applause”
🤣🤣🤣
SAN Uche: Yes, there is Punishment for sin
Justice Tsammani: Uche you’re a Christian are you not a Christian, Christians forgive and even Jesus said go and sin no more.
SAN Uche: That was Jesus Christ oh, me I’m not Jesus
🤣🤣🤣
“The whole courtroom is laughing”
SAN Uche: Then on Precedence my lord, my learned colleague said there is no precedence of annulling presidential election in Nigeria.
SAN Olanipekun now stands up angrily: I take objection to that. Don’t misquote me, I am on my feet right now Uche so sit down.
SAN Uche: But I am still talking and you’re using out of my time.
SAN Olanipekun: I am on my feet. I object to that, I allowed you talk and kept my cool since even when you’re mentioning things that is not in your written address, I kept my cool, I didn’t talk, please don’t make me talk.
I object to that statement you’re making now. Don’t do that.
SAN Uche: Well, I heard you clearly and we all did, you said Precedence does not exist in annulment of presidential election.
My lord if I may go on, that Precedence that they said has never happened can be created today and be done in this case TODAY
“The whole courtroom is shouting Yes”🤣😭🤣
Justice Tsammani interrupts with smiles on his face: But Judgement is not today na
“The whole courtroom is almost on the floor with laughter 😂🤣😂”
SAN Uche: My lord as I end this case, let that precedence be today, HEAVEN WILL NOT FALL
“The whole courtroom wants to clap”
😅😅😅
Wowww amazing
PDP you guys have tried today, I’m proud😅.
Justice Tsammani: So we will inform you guys on the date of judgment, it was great listening to you all. Thank you for coming.
🥹
Awww their case has now ended.
Up next, abour Party and Peter Obi’s case by 2pm.
If Tinubu is not disqualified by the Court, forget about justice in Nigeria
I have carefully perused the Petition of APM versus Tinubu, Shetima, APC and INEC and all I can say is that it appeared too mundane, but carries the strongest venom against Tinubu, Shetima, APC and INEC.
Many looked down on the case and say that the Supreme Court has already determined the issue of double nomination. However, a close look at the Petition will show that the case was never about double nomination of Shetima, but one of invalid nomination. The core of the case is that as at the time Tinubu nominated his running mate, he himself was no longer a candidate by virtue of the a combine provisions of the Constitution and Electoral Act, 2022 in Section 142 (1) and Section 33 of the Constitution and Electoral Act, respectively.
Let me bring you closer to the fact, law and the Petition before Court of Appeal by the APM. Due to the impression created about double nomination, the APC and Tinubu, in concert with INEC have presented a case before the Supreme Court that got them out of the trap of double nomination. However, in the there bid to escape double nomination, they fell into INVALID NOMINATION.
Follow me, patiently. Now, in the pleadings and final address, one fact remained consistent and undoubtedly solid as all the parties are in concurrence. The 1st, 2nd 3rd and 4th Respondents all agreed that the "placeholder" Alhaji Masari, withdrew as Vice Presidential placeholder on 24th of June, 2022. They also all agreed that the replacement was made on 14th July, 2022. It is not debatable that between the withdrawal and replacement, a period of 21 days lapsed.
Now, Section 142 (1) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) provides that a Presidential Candidate is not qualified if he has not nominated another person to run with him/her as Vice President. So, without a Vice Presidential Candidate duly selected by the Presidential Candidate, the ticket is useless. So, in order to beat this provision and other requirements for time in the Electoral Act, 2022 that APC invented what we now call the "Placeholder" to secure the Presidential ticket. For the period before his replacement, Alhaji Masari was the Vice Presidential Candidate of the APC in the eyes of our laws. This was why he had to also explore the provision of the Electoral Act, 2022 to withdraw as Vice Presidential Candidate on the 24th of June, 2022.
Now, Section 33 of the Electoral Act, 2022 is also visible to the blind as it mandate a political party whose Candidate withdraws to replace such a candidate within 14 days. 14 days is 14 days and no Court can extend such a time for anyone. It is just like time for election petition can not be extended by any court.
APM is simply saying that as at the 14th day of July, 2022 APC had no valid Candidate for President as its Vice Presidential Candidate withdrew 21 days before a replacement was made, instead of within 14 days. You see, this is our law and no court can amend it because of one person. This is a clear case of power coming from God.
While they attempted to evade double nomination, they fell into INVALID NOMINATION. Isn't God's way above the ways of man?
A perusal of INEC's final address reveals the disgraceful partisan posture of an institution that ought to be neutral. INEC shamelessly claimed that APM did not plead that APC replaced its Vice Presidential Candidate outside 14 days allowed by law. But, luckily, the Petition was handy for APM to point INEC's blind eyes to the portion of the petition where the facts were copiously pleaded. What remains?
Now, the law, the facts and the case are all against the Candidacy of Tinubu and no one can say otherwise. I only wait to see how the law Lords will deal with this. It will be interesting to see a contrary position from what the law clearly is. But what do I know?
Silas Joseph Onu, Esq.
Abuja - Nigeria.
I have carefully perused the Petition of APM versus Tinubu, Shetima, APC and INEC and all I can say is that it appeared too mundane, but carries the strongest venom against Tinubu, Shetima, APC and INEC.
Many looked down on the case and say that the Supreme Court has already determined the issue of double nomination. However, a close look at the Petition will show that the case was never about double nomination of Shetima, but one of invalid nomination. The core of the case is that as at the time Tinubu nominated his running mate, he himself was no longer a candidate by virtue of the a combine provisions of the Constitution and Electoral Act, 2022 in Section 142 (1) and Section 33 of the Constitution and Electoral Act, respectively.
Let me bring you closer to the fact, law and the Petition before Court of Appeal by the APM. Due to the impression created about double nomination, the APC and Tinubu, in concert with INEC have presented a case before the Supreme Court that got them out of the trap of double nomination. However, in the there bid to escape double nomination, they fell into INVALID NOMINATION.
Follow me, patiently. Now, in the pleadings and final address, one fact remained consistent and undoubtedly solid as all the parties are in concurrence. The 1st, 2nd 3rd and 4th Respondents all agreed that the "placeholder" Alhaji Masari, withdrew as Vice Presidential placeholder on 24th of June, 2022. They also all agreed that the replacement was made on 14th July, 2022. It is not debatable that between the withdrawal and replacement, a period of 21 days lapsed.
Now, Section 142 (1) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) provides that a Presidential Candidate is not qualified if he has not nominated another person to run with him/her as Vice President. So, without a Vice Presidential Candidate duly selected by the Presidential Candidate, the ticket is useless. So, in order to beat this provision and other requirements for time in the Electoral Act, 2022 that APC invented what we now call the "Placeholder" to secure the Presidential ticket. For the period before his replacement, Alhaji Masari was the Vice Presidential Candidate of the APC in the eyes of our laws. This was why he had to also explore the provision of the Electoral Act, 2022 to withdraw as Vice Presidential Candidate on the 24th of June, 2022.
Now, Section 33 of the Electoral Act, 2022 is also visible to the blind as it mandate a political party whose Candidate withdraws to replace such a candidate within 14 days. 14 days is 14 days and no Court can extend such a time for anyone. It is just like time for election petition can not be extended by any court.
APM is simply saying that as at the 14th day of July, 2022 APC had no valid Candidate for President as its Vice Presidential Candidate withdrew 21 days before a replacement was made, instead of within 14 days. You see, this is our law and no court can amend it because of one person. This is a clear case of power coming from God.
While they attempted to evade double nomination, they fell into INVALID NOMINATION. Isn't God's way above the ways of man?
A perusal of INEC's final address reveals the disgraceful partisan posture of an institution that ought to be neutral. INEC shamelessly claimed that APM did not plead that APC replaced its Vice Presidential Candidate outside 14 days allowed by law. But, luckily, the Petition was handy for APM to point INEC's blind eyes to the portion of the petition where the facts were copiously pleaded. What remains?
Now, the law, the facts and the case are all against the Candidacy of Tinubu and no one can say otherwise. I only wait to see how the law Lords will deal with this. It will be interesting to see a contrary position from what the law clearly is. But what do I know?
Silas Joseph Onu, Esq.
Abuja - Nigeria.
Obi, Atiku United in the Cause
POEM Deepens...
If you had time to study the HE Peter Obi and Labour Party final address on one hand and the HE Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party's own on the other, one would notice a path of unity in almost all arguments. Both addresses were in response to HE Bola Ahmed Tinubu and HE Kashim Shettima's own final address in defence of the heist called the February 25 presidential election conducted by the Prof Mahmood Yakubu-led Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Both petitioners' sets of legal teams brushed aside the arrogance, provocation and threats from the rabble-rousing team led by Wole Olanipekun, SAN to dwell on issues of their respective petitions. Drawing from both the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and the 2022 Electoral Act, both teams cleanly pushed the dagger through the arteries of the Respondents by providing proofs evidently beyond every reasonable doubt in matters relating to non-compliance, Tinubu's drug-related forfeiture business, forgery of certificates, Shettima's double nomination and the matter of 25% votes in the Federal Capital Territory.
Most interesting of the arguments can be enjoyed from digesting the submissions both ventilated while supplying proofs upon proofs, including citations, of the intentions of the drafters of the constitution by the use of *AND* in reference to 25% of the votes cast in at least ⅔ of the 36 states of the Federation and the FCT, Abuja.
Though choosing their different sets of words, both teams arrived at exactly the same conclusion - any president of Nigeria *MUST* obtain at least 25% of the total number of the votes cast at the FCT in addition to other constitutional requirements, to be declared president-elect. Tinubu did not, and both parties are crying foul.
It is significant to note here that even when Atiku and the PDP did not get up to the required 25% votes in FCT, they stoutly defended the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Kudos to Atiku, the PDP and their legal team for insisting on the right thing even when they would not benefit directly from the move. A new Nigeria is indeed POssible!
The Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-man Tribunal is on the spotlight. Expectations are quite high that they should rise to the occasion and deliver equitable justice. The nation is all eyes as much as the international communities, especially the European Union, who sunk a whopping €38 million into the exercise, having been convinced by Prof Yakubu and his INEC that the election was going to be free, fair and credible.
Tsammani has the yearning chance to clean up the mess of Yakubu and let the country enjoy the confidence of the EU and the watching world. No country lives in isolation from the rest of the world, and a country of over 200 million should not be an exception.
#ANewNigeriaIsPOssible
This is POEM
POEM Deepens...
If you had time to study the HE Peter Obi and Labour Party final address on one hand and the HE Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party's own on the other, one would notice a path of unity in almost all arguments. Both addresses were in response to HE Bola Ahmed Tinubu and HE Kashim Shettima's own final address in defence of the heist called the February 25 presidential election conducted by the Prof Mahmood Yakubu-led Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Both petitioners' sets of legal teams brushed aside the arrogance, provocation and threats from the rabble-rousing team led by Wole Olanipekun, SAN to dwell on issues of their respective petitions. Drawing from both the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and the 2022 Electoral Act, both teams cleanly pushed the dagger through the arteries of the Respondents by providing proofs evidently beyond every reasonable doubt in matters relating to non-compliance, Tinubu's drug-related forfeiture business, forgery of certificates, Shettima's double nomination and the matter of 25% votes in the Federal Capital Territory.
Most interesting of the arguments can be enjoyed from digesting the submissions both ventilated while supplying proofs upon proofs, including citations, of the intentions of the drafters of the constitution by the use of *AND* in reference to 25% of the votes cast in at least ⅔ of the 36 states of the Federation and the FCT, Abuja.
Though choosing their different sets of words, both teams arrived at exactly the same conclusion - any president of Nigeria *MUST* obtain at least 25% of the total number of the votes cast at the FCT in addition to other constitutional requirements, to be declared president-elect. Tinubu did not, and both parties are crying foul.
It is significant to note here that even when Atiku and the PDP did not get up to the required 25% votes in FCT, they stoutly defended the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Kudos to Atiku, the PDP and their legal team for insisting on the right thing even when they would not benefit directly from the move. A new Nigeria is indeed POssible!
The Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-man Tribunal is on the spotlight. Expectations are quite high that they should rise to the occasion and deliver equitable justice. The nation is all eyes as much as the international communities, especially the European Union, who sunk a whopping €38 million into the exercise, having been convinced by Prof Yakubu and his INEC that the election was going to be free, fair and credible.
Tsammani has the yearning chance to clean up the mess of Yakubu and let the country enjoy the confidence of the EU and the watching world. No country lives in isolation from the rest of the world, and a country of over 200 million should not be an exception.
#ANewNigeriaIsPOssible
This is POEM
Peter Obi’s Address to Nigerians on the Eve of the Consumption of a Civilian-Led Coup By Mohammadu Buhari, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and Yakubu Mahmood, APC and Other Nigerian Political Elites
Peter Obi’s Address to Nigerians on the Eve of the Consumption of a Civilian-Led Coup By Mohammadu Buhari, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and Yakubu Mahmood, APC and Other Nigerian Political Elites
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“For all Nigerians, this is a time for deep reflection. It is also a time to re-examine our assumptions, even as we reaffirm our hopes. Let us calmly review our aspirations, in order to recalibrate our expectations and pin down the causes of our missed opportunities and disappointments. We stand at that critical moment in time when, as a people, we must collectively come to grips with the reality of our injured destiny as well as the reasons for that injury. It is for us to reassess our plight as a young democracy and identify clear pathways to a better and greater future for us all. As we await the verdict of the election tribunal, I urge all Nigerians to use this opportunity to renew their commitment to the Nigerian ideal. That ideal remains noble and worth every sacrifice we can make.
Nigeria remains our only patrimony and it is a patrimony we must protect, rather than violate. We have no other nation but this, so let us remain committed to rescuing and rebuilding it.
The judiciary is part of the democratic enterprise and a critical governance tool for determining the propriety of the decisions and actions of every citizen and every institution of state. To that extent, and for that reason,
I urge everyone to treat it with the respect and dignity it deserves.
We expect that the Nigerian judiciary will use the election cases now before it to reaffirm its independence and integrity. It has to do so, for all our sakes and for itself.
Nigerians must, therefore, remain peaceful and law abiding. No matter the depth of anyone’s reservations about what is going on in the polity today, no matter the real and imagined provocations, and no matter the disagreement out there,
we should remember that this will not last forever.
I remain committed, and untiring, in my determination to work with like-minded fellow Nigerians to end the curse of missed opportunities and squandered hope that has become our lot here.
I will never shrink from that original commitment, because I firmly believe that we must change from the present politics of criminality, and corruption, in order to make a new Nigeria possible.
I call on fellow Nigerians, especially the youths to remain steadfast, calm, patient, and peaceful. Our journey may be long and difficult but it is worth it in every way. Victory is assured.
We have to work together to move our beautiful country from corruption and criminality to a center of productivity rather than aimless consumption.
I am aware of some evil designs being hatched against me and my supporters in the coming months. Efforts will be made to taint my image. Campaigns of calumny are being perfected to defame my character and diminish my hard-earned integrity.
These schemes will aim at degrading our support base and confusing the public. But, no evil campaign will alter the substance of my character; nor diminish my patriotic commitment to a better Nigeria.
It is about the future of our youths. it is about ending the Years of Locust.
In all of this, I thank Nigerians, our great party (LP) and the media. The latter, as the Fourth Estate of the realm, has remained a trusted ally.
This Estate must continue to guide our people on the immense promise of a future in a new Nigeria.
God bless Nigeria and protect the troops keeping us safe in this season of vaulting insecurity.
Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria. -PO
“For all Nigerians, this is a time for deep reflection. It is also a time to re-examine our assumptions, even as we reaffirm our hopes. Let us calmly review our aspirations, in order to recalibrate our expectations and pin down the causes of our missed opportunities and disappointments. We stand at that critical moment in time when, as a people, we must collectively come to grips with the reality of our injured destiny as well as the reasons for that injury. It is for us to reassess our plight as a young democracy and identify clear pathways to a better and greater future for us all. As we await the verdict of the election tribunal, I urge all Nigerians to use this opportunity to renew their commitment to the Nigerian ideal. That ideal remains noble and worth every sacrifice we can make.
Nigeria remains our only patrimony and it is a patrimony we must protect, rather than violate. We have no other nation but this, so let us remain committed to rescuing and rebuilding it.
The judiciary is part of the democratic enterprise and a critical governance tool for determining the propriety of the decisions and actions of every citizen and every institution of state. To that extent, and for that reason,
I urge everyone to treat it with the respect and dignity it deserves.
We expect that the Nigerian judiciary will use the election cases now before it to reaffirm its independence and integrity. It has to do so, for all our sakes and for itself.
Nigerians must, therefore, remain peaceful and law abiding. No matter the depth of anyone’s reservations about what is going on in the polity today, no matter the real and imagined provocations, and no matter the disagreement out there,
we should remember that this will not last forever.
I remain committed, and untiring, in my determination to work with like-minded fellow Nigerians to end the curse of missed opportunities and squandered hope that has become our lot here.
I will never shrink from that original commitment, because I firmly believe that we must change from the present politics of criminality, and corruption, in order to make a new Nigeria possible.
I call on fellow Nigerians, especially the youths to remain steadfast, calm, patient, and peaceful. Our journey may be long and difficult but it is worth it in every way. Victory is assured.
We have to work together to move our beautiful country from corruption and criminality to a center of productivity rather than aimless consumption.
I am aware of some evil designs being hatched against me and my supporters in the coming months. Efforts will be made to taint my image. Campaigns of calumny are being perfected to defame my character and diminish my hard-earned integrity.
These schemes will aim at degrading our support base and confusing the public. But, no evil campaign will alter the substance of my character; nor diminish my patriotic commitment to a better Nigeria.
It is about the future of our youths. it is about ending the Years of Locust.
In all of this, I thank Nigerians, our great party (LP) and the media. The latter, as the Fourth Estate of the realm, has remained a trusted ally.
This Estate must continue to guide our people on the immense promise of a future in a new Nigeria.
God bless Nigeria and protect the troops keeping us safe in this season of vaulting insecurity.
Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria. -PO
THE INAUGURATION OF MAY 29TH, PUTTING IT IN PROPER CONTEXT
Few opinions I have read captured my opinion on this prevailing issue of the international community especially the US position on this issue of stolen mandate and the coming inauguration.
Two opinions from two former American officials capture the American idiosyncrasy and attitude in matters like this. One was the remarka of the former Secretary of states James Baker when he was reminded that one of the leaders they were dealing with was an evil and repressive dictator. The then Secretary of state retorted and said: Yea! He's a son of the bitch, but he's our son of the bitch.
The second is the so called political attaché to the US embassy in Nigeria in the early 90s - I've forgotten his name. Reacting to the issue of annulment of the June 12th elections and the emergence of of Gen. Abacha, in his official residence as he was being sent forth at the end of his tour of duty, he said: I do not know what else they will do to the Nigerian people before thy will rise up.
So many misread what the United states has said or done regarding the issue of the illegal declaration of Tinubu as the president elect and the on going preparation for his inauguration on May 29th 2023.
What so many seem not to understand is that, as long as there's no official sanctions against Nigeria or the leadership as we speak, the American official and basic diplomatic formalities towards Nigeria will continue to flourish regardless of what may be the true realities as witnessed in this past presidential elections that INEC declared Tinubu the winner.
The truth is that the US and other nations intelligence community perhaps have deeper knowldge of what transpired in the last elections in Nigeria. They knew it was a sham. More like a charade and state capture. They will express their disgust privately but must follow the official position of their policy until when such compelling reasons will cause them to alter such pre existing standing policy - we have not seen such compelling reasons from those their mandate was stolen through what's essentially a civilian coup.
They clearly understand that what happened in Nigeria is simply unprecedented. Like a good Judge who will never, regardless of how he feels about the circumstances of your case will never suddenly become your solicitor or advocate in that case before him or her. The Judge will remain focused as a judge, but can only pray and wishing that who ever you hire as a lawyer can raise such issues and the legal precedents and authority he could stand on to unleash opinion and judgement that will now truly convey how he or she as the judge had actually felt about the matter before his or honorable court. This has not happened in this case.
In this situation before us, it is on what the Nigerian people started here, the level of opposition and rejection of this open heist and state capture by the Lebanese global criminals like Gilbert Chagoury, the man standing behind Tinubu and his cohorts attempt to hijack Nigeria and deliver to them while Nigerians are either dwelling in ambivalence or are simply scheming around to be invited to the dinner table, even if only to pick the crumbs from under the table. This is what's playing out as it is today.
It is on the level of our rejection of this which will reach a considerable critical mass before the global official position will shift and as a good Judge, it is only then that we shall hear their true opinion and judgement on all that has transpired.
So it is Nigerians that will make the case for the situation Nigerians find themselves today. But it seems that even the educated are having such unreasonable expectations of others. It is like expecting from others what you are not willing to give to yourself and that aint going to happen. Nigerians must carry their own cross for liberation and freedom, and there's no better time as PMB the last member of the axis of evil that have held Nigeria on a chokehold is facing the inevitable sunset on his career and life.
As a matter of fact, the US authorities in what appears as straddling their position, they've been doing alot of balancing act in this situation. While some official reports condemned the process and the out come of the elections, even as far as proposing a Visa ban on the arrow heads of election malpractices that produced the same leader they congratulated- more like a contradiction but in reality a deliberate strategy of reserving the right to play either way it goes. Afterall the US authorities are reputable to make deals with devils to remain relevant and protect their strategic interest as the case may be.
The Biden Administration through Antony Blankin engaged the INEC declared winner Tinubu in a phone conversation and they also proceeded to put together what in my opinion as well, one of the lowest level of American official for the inauguration of President of the most populous black nation on earth as well as African economic giant and a net supplier of global energy. The caliber of the team sent by the Biden administration is the clearest indication of their very low opinion of the incoming administration - if you know you know.
Infact, if all things are equal, this will be considered a slap in the face of this Country. But trust the desperate APC team. They have like the proverbial ant that went around boasting that the gift of yams it received from the grand parents are as huge as its legs. But then as it turned out the ant's legs are nothing to write home about.
C.O.M
Few opinions I have read captured my opinion on this prevailing issue of the international community especially the US position on this issue of stolen mandate and the coming inauguration.
Two opinions from two former American officials capture the American idiosyncrasy and attitude in matters like this. One was the remarka of the former Secretary of states James Baker when he was reminded that one of the leaders they were dealing with was an evil and repressive dictator. The then Secretary of state retorted and said: Yea! He's a son of the bitch, but he's our son of the bitch.
The second is the so called political attaché to the US embassy in Nigeria in the early 90s - I've forgotten his name. Reacting to the issue of annulment of the June 12th elections and the emergence of of Gen. Abacha, in his official residence as he was being sent forth at the end of his tour of duty, he said: I do not know what else they will do to the Nigerian people before thy will rise up.
So many misread what the United states has said or done regarding the issue of the illegal declaration of Tinubu as the president elect and the on going preparation for his inauguration on May 29th 2023.
What so many seem not to understand is that, as long as there's no official sanctions against Nigeria or the leadership as we speak, the American official and basic diplomatic formalities towards Nigeria will continue to flourish regardless of what may be the true realities as witnessed in this past presidential elections that INEC declared Tinubu the winner.
The truth is that the US and other nations intelligence community perhaps have deeper knowldge of what transpired in the last elections in Nigeria. They knew it was a sham. More like a charade and state capture. They will express their disgust privately but must follow the official position of their policy until when such compelling reasons will cause them to alter such pre existing standing policy - we have not seen such compelling reasons from those their mandate was stolen through what's essentially a civilian coup.
They clearly understand that what happened in Nigeria is simply unprecedented. Like a good Judge who will never, regardless of how he feels about the circumstances of your case will never suddenly become your solicitor or advocate in that case before him or her. The Judge will remain focused as a judge, but can only pray and wishing that who ever you hire as a lawyer can raise such issues and the legal precedents and authority he could stand on to unleash opinion and judgement that will now truly convey how he or she as the judge had actually felt about the matter before his or honorable court. This has not happened in this case.
In this situation before us, it is on what the Nigerian people started here, the level of opposition and rejection of this open heist and state capture by the Lebanese global criminals like Gilbert Chagoury, the man standing behind Tinubu and his cohorts attempt to hijack Nigeria and deliver to them while Nigerians are either dwelling in ambivalence or are simply scheming around to be invited to the dinner table, even if only to pick the crumbs from under the table. This is what's playing out as it is today.
It is on the level of our rejection of this which will reach a considerable critical mass before the global official position will shift and as a good Judge, it is only then that we shall hear their true opinion and judgement on all that has transpired.
So it is Nigerians that will make the case for the situation Nigerians find themselves today. But it seems that even the educated are having such unreasonable expectations of others. It is like expecting from others what you are not willing to give to yourself and that aint going to happen. Nigerians must carry their own cross for liberation and freedom, and there's no better time as PMB the last member of the axis of evil that have held Nigeria on a chokehold is facing the inevitable sunset on his career and life.
As a matter of fact, the US authorities in what appears as straddling their position, they've been doing alot of balancing act in this situation. While some official reports condemned the process and the out come of the elections, even as far as proposing a Visa ban on the arrow heads of election malpractices that produced the same leader they congratulated- more like a contradiction but in reality a deliberate strategy of reserving the right to play either way it goes. Afterall the US authorities are reputable to make deals with devils to remain relevant and protect their strategic interest as the case may be.
The Biden Administration through Antony Blankin engaged the INEC declared winner Tinubu in a phone conversation and they also proceeded to put together what in my opinion as well, one of the lowest level of American official for the inauguration of President of the most populous black nation on earth as well as African economic giant and a net supplier of global energy. The caliber of the team sent by the Biden administration is the clearest indication of their very low opinion of the incoming administration - if you know you know.
Infact, if all things are equal, this will be considered a slap in the face of this Country. But trust the desperate APC team. They have like the proverbial ant that went around boasting that the gift of yams it received from the grand parents are as huge as its legs. But then as it turned out the ant's legs are nothing to write home about.
C.O.M
TINUBU'S PRESIDENCY: WIKE AND WHAT SOUTH EAST APC LEADERS SHOULDN'T WAIT TO BE TOLD
By Sam Onwuemeodo
I have chosen to begin with Nyesom Wike, the Rivers State Governor. And for obvious reasons.
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The previous week, the President-elect, Senator Bola Tinubu was in Portharcourt, Rivers State. He was there on the invitation of Wike. He was invited to commission projects. And he did.
ln doing that, he was quoted to have said that, he owed Wike nothing. And some people began to celebrate that. Some people believed that. They took Tinubu's comment to the bank. They went home with it. And l hasten to say this.
lf there's one Nigerian Tinubu owes a lot, that's Wike. Nyesom Wike. Aside keeping his Party, PDP, and it's candidate, Atiku Abubakar on their toes all through, he delivered Rivers State to Tinubu and his APC. I am talking about the INEC declared results for Rivers . INEC's own results.
Wike, a pdp governor, ensured that APC or Tinubu was declared winner in his State. ln Wike's Rivers, Tinubu got 231, 591 votes. His own party, PDP, got 88, 468 votes and the Labour Party, 175, 071 votes. lf there's one man who has a lot of claims to make in Tinubu's presidency, that man is Wike. There is nothing he wants in BAT's government that he would not get. Don't believe me. But mark my words. He destroyed PDP for Tinubu to navigate. So, paying Wike's Rivers, the money spent on federal projects in the State would be one of the easiest things Tinubu would do as President.
Unlike Wike , those who should be worried about the direction Tinubu's presidency will be going are the leaders of the APC in the South East. Already, Tinubu's body language isn't encouraging. I am not writing that they should believe me , but letting them know the fate that awaits them in BAT's Presidency. Like l said, they should not wait to be told that Tinubu and his Presidency won't have anything tangible in store for them.
For Tinubu, his Presidency and his close associates , all the leaders of APC in the South East are OBIDIENTS. This is the mindset of Tinubu and his own emerging cabal. lt's written all over them. And there seems to be nothing anybody can do to help the situation.
The only prayer point left for APC leaders in the South East is that , the election of Tinubu should be annulled or be nullified by the Tribunal. But if the Tribunal confirms or authenticates his election, then, there is every reason to worry by APC leaders in the South East. Some of them, going to the Defence House and taking photographs with him, won't change anything.
Tinubu didn't hide his disdain for the South East. He began early enough to show that. He first settled for a fellow Muslim as Vice- Presidential candidate, believing that Heaven wouldn't fall. And he was right. Heaven didn't fall. And he did it, knowing that the South East could be adjudged the " soul" of Christianity in Nigeria. l am painting a picture. But see the major issues.
At a time, the discussion or the debate in the APC was that, the South should produce the Presidential candidate of the Party and by extension , Muhammadu Buhari's successor, Ahmed Lawan came on board with a bang. And who were in the forefront of the Lawan's project?. Senator Orji Uzor Kalu and His Excellency, Governor Hope Uzodinma. And they were overtly serious about it. They bought Lawan's nomination forms and displayed them for all and sundry to see, on the screens of national televisions. l do not know who drafted each other into the Lawan venture. Whether Kalu drafted the lmo Governor or vice versa.
lf there was a major threat to Tinubu's aspiration for the Presidential ticket of the APC, it was that Ahmed Lawan's entry. That man's case. And our own people were the pilots. The architects. On the TV screens, the Yobe State Governor, Mala Buni, Lawan's own governor was behind. At the back of Kalu and governor Uzodinma. l am still painting a picture. They didn't support Tinubu. They didn't support Rochas Okorocha or Ogbonnaya Onu or Emeka Nwajiuba or David Umahi. But Lawan from the North. Continue reading my lips correctly.
Then, the Concensus issue. Lawan was announced the consensus Presidential candidate of the party by the Abdullahi Adamu led NWC . lf that had worked out as planned, Tinubu's ambition would have been submerged or destroyed at that point. His group fought back. l want you to grab something here. Something "ominous". Something not palatable at all. Something "imirimious". Do you understand?
Then, the Presidential primary proper. The South East delegates voted for Lawan, from all indications. And not Tinubu. Not Okorocha. Not Nwajiuba. Not Onu or Umahi. They went for the Yobe man, Lawan. After Yobe, you get Borno State. l had been there. That was in 2004. l had gone for the Turbanning of Emir of Damaturu, Alhaji Shehu Hashimi 11 lbn Umar El-kanemi. The rest became history.
Ahmed Lawan for presidency project was the biggest threat Tinubu's ambition had, before the INEC conducted election. Buhari's cabal also led Nwajiuba to go to court , asking that Tinubu should be disqualified and announce him APC candidate. Buhari's deceitful cabal.
For the February 25, 2023 Presidential election, the leaders of APC in the South East were helpless. Nigerians, including the South East people, opted or settled for Peter Obi of the Labour Party. But Tinubu and his already existing cabal won't look at it from that perspective. They seem to have made up their minds. For them, APC leaders in the zone were all Obidients or "lPOB".
ln Anambra, for instance, APC ( Tinubu), had 5, 111 votes. PDP (Atiku), 9,036 votes. Labour party ( Obi), 584, 621 votes. ln Ebonyi, APC, 42, 402 votes. PDP, 13, 503 votes. Labour party, 259, 738 votes. ln Enugu State, APC, 4, 772 votes. PDP, 15, 749 votes. Labour Party, 428,640 votes. ln Abia, APC, 8, 914, PDP, 22, 676 and Labour Party, 327, 095. ln lmo , APC, 66, 406 votes, PDP, 30, 234 votes and the Labour party, 360, 495 votes. Don't forget. These're Mahmood Yakubu's INEC declared results.
Looking at these figures, one would be forced to agree or believe that the issue is not what anybody thinks should be Tinubu's right actions, but what will be the case with regard to South East APC leaders in Tinubu's presidency.
That is the problem with Orji Uzor Kalu and Osita lzunaso's aspirations for the position of Senate president. Otherwise, having denied the South East the position of President most patriotic Nigerians had believed should be their turn , and having also denied them the office of Vice president, the most appropriate thing to do now is to concede the office of Senate president to them. But for the reasons l had earlier mentioned, that has become a tall dream. They would never live to see that happen.
They have gone to South South. Akwa lbom State in Particular. And their choice is Godswill Akpabio. At the primary, he withdrew for Tinubu. ln the election, APC had 160, 620 votes. More than what Tinubu got in the whole of South East. That's the politics behind their choice of Akpabio. They won't tell you this.
For the South East and APC leaders in the zone in Particular, they should not expect much from Tinubu and his Presidency. No great expectations. Like I had intoned , the politics has begun. And only those with foresight or " four-sights" would understand better . Would be able to read the handwriting on the wall and interpret it. MENE, MENE, TEKEL, URPHARSIN.
There is already a gang up. While the lmo Governor was at "war" with Joe Ajaero of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in lmo , the kano State Governor of APC extraction, Alhaji Ganduje, was rolling out red carpets in kano for the same Ajaero. The same period. And he gave him the Chieftaincy Title of Sarkin Yakin, meaning, Workers' warrior.
Even when Tinubu might not remember some of these incidents, those who have his ears would always remind him of all these. And there is no difference between him and Buhari in terms of being easy prey in the hands of wicked cabal. Even, Tinubu's own cabal may be worst than Buhari's own cabal. The signs are everywhere. l hope you're reading between the lines. There is " fire in the Soweto".
This whole thing is also a wake-up call for Governor Uzodinma, especially in his bid for second tenure . Yes, APC governor. The worst opposition to his second term bid may not come from within, but from "without". Outside. Don't say l told you. Do not quote me. Do not quote Sam. Onwuemeodo. Caveat emptor. Disclaimer. l am only guessing. lmagining things. Which can't be located or situated. . On your "marks". Ready....go!!!. The expected heat may be imported. External heat. Perhaps, from the barbeach or zuma rock. Do you understand?
The Lagos State Government had, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, arraigned Eze Ndigbo in Ajao Estate Lagos, Fredrick Nwajagu, on terrorism charges. And he has been remanded in prison custody. The man was quoted to have said that, if the attacks on the lgbos and their properties in Lagos continue, he might invite IPOB. That was a conditional statement. He didn't invite IPOB. But he's already in prison. And those who attacked, killed and maimed lgbos during the elections in Lagos walked away free and still walking freely . l am still painting a picture. What to expect from BAT's Presidency.
The Chief of Army Staff , Lt. Gen. Faruk Yahaya on Friday , May 5, 2023, had had reason or reasons to threaten to crack down on potential threats to Tinubu's inauguration on May 29.
ln doing that, Gen. Yahaya warned the "lndigenous People of Biafra , IPOB, Eastern Security Network, ESN and other fringe groups not to test the will of the military ". He specifically mentioned IPOB and ESN and described similar groups in other parts of the country as " fringe groups". Are you following?. What to expect.
Even when l have never read where IPOB had threatened to frustrate or prevent the inauguration of Tinubu as President on May 29. The man singled out IPOB and ESN, and left other related groups in other parts of the country.
That's the nature of the on-going blackmail against the South East and the people of the area. There is nothing to show or believe that Tinubu's presidency would be different from that of " Bubu", with regard to the fate of the South East.
With the prevailing circumstances and for Tinubu's presidency, APC leaders in the South East or the South East people in general, are all Obidients. Or, IPOB. Depending on which of the words they would prefer to use at any given time. That's their mindset. That's their belief. Nobody should wait to be told all these.
Orji Uzor Kalu had thought that, talking against Obi's Presidential bid or the corporate aspiration of the South East people to produce the President of the Country this time, would make them to bring him in or take him into confidence or forget his role in the Lawan for President venture. But he has seen that, that's not the case. They are also holding him in contempt. He has seen that the sound of bitter kola in the mouth does not reflect the taste. At all. At all, at all.
The only consolation is that, if the South East people survived Buhari's eight years of negligence and gross disregard, they would also survive Tinubu and whatever he comes up with. Necessity has always remained the mother of invention. The earlier this situation is understood, the better.
Nevertheless, we shall continue to clap for Jesus. And there is nothing anybody can do about it.
By Sam Onwuemeodo
I have chosen to begin with Nyesom Wike, the Rivers State Governor. And for obvious reasons.
The previous week, the President-elect, Senator Bola Tinubu was in Portharcourt, Rivers State. He was there on the invitation of Wike. He was invited to commission projects. And he did.
ln doing that, he was quoted to have said that, he owed Wike nothing. And some people began to celebrate that. Some people believed that. They took Tinubu's comment to the bank. They went home with it. And l hasten to say this.
lf there's one Nigerian Tinubu owes a lot, that's Wike. Nyesom Wike. Aside keeping his Party, PDP, and it's candidate, Atiku Abubakar on their toes all through, he delivered Rivers State to Tinubu and his APC. I am talking about the INEC declared results for Rivers . INEC's own results.
Wike, a pdp governor, ensured that APC or Tinubu was declared winner in his State. ln Wike's Rivers, Tinubu got 231, 591 votes. His own party, PDP, got 88, 468 votes and the Labour Party, 175, 071 votes. lf there's one man who has a lot of claims to make in Tinubu's presidency, that man is Wike. There is nothing he wants in BAT's government that he would not get. Don't believe me. But mark my words. He destroyed PDP for Tinubu to navigate. So, paying Wike's Rivers, the money spent on federal projects in the State would be one of the easiest things Tinubu would do as President.
Unlike Wike , those who should be worried about the direction Tinubu's presidency will be going are the leaders of the APC in the South East. Already, Tinubu's body language isn't encouraging. I am not writing that they should believe me , but letting them know the fate that awaits them in BAT's Presidency. Like l said, they should not wait to be told that Tinubu and his Presidency won't have anything tangible in store for them.
For Tinubu, his Presidency and his close associates , all the leaders of APC in the South East are OBIDIENTS. This is the mindset of Tinubu and his own emerging cabal. lt's written all over them. And there seems to be nothing anybody can do to help the situation.
The only prayer point left for APC leaders in the South East is that , the election of Tinubu should be annulled or be nullified by the Tribunal. But if the Tribunal confirms or authenticates his election, then, there is every reason to worry by APC leaders in the South East. Some of them, going to the Defence House and taking photographs with him, won't change anything.
Tinubu didn't hide his disdain for the South East. He began early enough to show that. He first settled for a fellow Muslim as Vice- Presidential candidate, believing that Heaven wouldn't fall. And he was right. Heaven didn't fall. And he did it, knowing that the South East could be adjudged the " soul" of Christianity in Nigeria. l am painting a picture. But see the major issues.
At a time, the discussion or the debate in the APC was that, the South should produce the Presidential candidate of the Party and by extension , Muhammadu Buhari's successor, Ahmed Lawan came on board with a bang. And who were in the forefront of the Lawan's project?. Senator Orji Uzor Kalu and His Excellency, Governor Hope Uzodinma. And they were overtly serious about it. They bought Lawan's nomination forms and displayed them for all and sundry to see, on the screens of national televisions. l do not know who drafted each other into the Lawan venture. Whether Kalu drafted the lmo Governor or vice versa.
lf there was a major threat to Tinubu's aspiration for the Presidential ticket of the APC, it was that Ahmed Lawan's entry. That man's case. And our own people were the pilots. The architects. On the TV screens, the Yobe State Governor, Mala Buni, Lawan's own governor was behind. At the back of Kalu and governor Uzodinma. l am still painting a picture. They didn't support Tinubu. They didn't support Rochas Okorocha or Ogbonnaya Onu or Emeka Nwajiuba or David Umahi. But Lawan from the North. Continue reading my lips correctly.
Then, the Concensus issue. Lawan was announced the consensus Presidential candidate of the party by the Abdullahi Adamu led NWC . lf that had worked out as planned, Tinubu's ambition would have been submerged or destroyed at that point. His group fought back. l want you to grab something here. Something "ominous". Something not palatable at all. Something "imirimious". Do you understand?
Then, the Presidential primary proper. The South East delegates voted for Lawan, from all indications. And not Tinubu. Not Okorocha. Not Nwajiuba. Not Onu or Umahi. They went for the Yobe man, Lawan. After Yobe, you get Borno State. l had been there. That was in 2004. l had gone for the Turbanning of Emir of Damaturu, Alhaji Shehu Hashimi 11 lbn Umar El-kanemi. The rest became history.
Ahmed Lawan for presidency project was the biggest threat Tinubu's ambition had, before the INEC conducted election. Buhari's cabal also led Nwajiuba to go to court , asking that Tinubu should be disqualified and announce him APC candidate. Buhari's deceitful cabal.
For the February 25, 2023 Presidential election, the leaders of APC in the South East were helpless. Nigerians, including the South East people, opted or settled for Peter Obi of the Labour Party. But Tinubu and his already existing cabal won't look at it from that perspective. They seem to have made up their minds. For them, APC leaders in the zone were all Obidients or "lPOB".
ln Anambra, for instance, APC ( Tinubu), had 5, 111 votes. PDP (Atiku), 9,036 votes. Labour party ( Obi), 584, 621 votes. ln Ebonyi, APC, 42, 402 votes. PDP, 13, 503 votes. Labour party, 259, 738 votes. ln Enugu State, APC, 4, 772 votes. PDP, 15, 749 votes. Labour Party, 428,640 votes. ln Abia, APC, 8, 914, PDP, 22, 676 and Labour Party, 327, 095. ln lmo , APC, 66, 406 votes, PDP, 30, 234 votes and the Labour party, 360, 495 votes. Don't forget. These're Mahmood Yakubu's INEC declared results.
Looking at these figures, one would be forced to agree or believe that the issue is not what anybody thinks should be Tinubu's right actions, but what will be the case with regard to South East APC leaders in Tinubu's presidency.
That is the problem with Orji Uzor Kalu and Osita lzunaso's aspirations for the position of Senate president. Otherwise, having denied the South East the position of President most patriotic Nigerians had believed should be their turn , and having also denied them the office of Vice president, the most appropriate thing to do now is to concede the office of Senate president to them. But for the reasons l had earlier mentioned, that has become a tall dream. They would never live to see that happen.
They have gone to South South. Akwa lbom State in Particular. And their choice is Godswill Akpabio. At the primary, he withdrew for Tinubu. ln the election, APC had 160, 620 votes. More than what Tinubu got in the whole of South East. That's the politics behind their choice of Akpabio. They won't tell you this.
For the South East and APC leaders in the zone in Particular, they should not expect much from Tinubu and his Presidency. No great expectations. Like I had intoned , the politics has begun. And only those with foresight or " four-sights" would understand better . Would be able to read the handwriting on the wall and interpret it. MENE, MENE, TEKEL, URPHARSIN.
There is already a gang up. While the lmo Governor was at "war" with Joe Ajaero of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in lmo , the kano State Governor of APC extraction, Alhaji Ganduje, was rolling out red carpets in kano for the same Ajaero. The same period. And he gave him the Chieftaincy Title of Sarkin Yakin, meaning, Workers' warrior.
Even when Tinubu might not remember some of these incidents, those who have his ears would always remind him of all these. And there is no difference between him and Buhari in terms of being easy prey in the hands of wicked cabal. Even, Tinubu's own cabal may be worst than Buhari's own cabal. The signs are everywhere. l hope you're reading between the lines. There is " fire in the Soweto".
This whole thing is also a wake-up call for Governor Uzodinma, especially in his bid for second tenure . Yes, APC governor. The worst opposition to his second term bid may not come from within, but from "without". Outside. Don't say l told you. Do not quote me. Do not quote Sam. Onwuemeodo. Caveat emptor. Disclaimer. l am only guessing. lmagining things. Which can't be located or situated. . On your "marks". Ready....go!!!. The expected heat may be imported. External heat. Perhaps, from the barbeach or zuma rock. Do you understand?
The Lagos State Government had, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, arraigned Eze Ndigbo in Ajao Estate Lagos, Fredrick Nwajagu, on terrorism charges. And he has been remanded in prison custody. The man was quoted to have said that, if the attacks on the lgbos and their properties in Lagos continue, he might invite IPOB. That was a conditional statement. He didn't invite IPOB. But he's already in prison. And those who attacked, killed and maimed lgbos during the elections in Lagos walked away free and still walking freely . l am still painting a picture. What to expect from BAT's Presidency.
The Chief of Army Staff , Lt. Gen. Faruk Yahaya on Friday , May 5, 2023, had had reason or reasons to threaten to crack down on potential threats to Tinubu's inauguration on May 29.
ln doing that, Gen. Yahaya warned the "lndigenous People of Biafra , IPOB, Eastern Security Network, ESN and other fringe groups not to test the will of the military ". He specifically mentioned IPOB and ESN and described similar groups in other parts of the country as " fringe groups". Are you following?. What to expect.
Even when l have never read where IPOB had threatened to frustrate or prevent the inauguration of Tinubu as President on May 29. The man singled out IPOB and ESN, and left other related groups in other parts of the country.
That's the nature of the on-going blackmail against the South East and the people of the area. There is nothing to show or believe that Tinubu's presidency would be different from that of " Bubu", with regard to the fate of the South East.
With the prevailing circumstances and for Tinubu's presidency, APC leaders in the South East or the South East people in general, are all Obidients. Or, IPOB. Depending on which of the words they would prefer to use at any given time. That's their mindset. That's their belief. Nobody should wait to be told all these.
Orji Uzor Kalu had thought that, talking against Obi's Presidential bid or the corporate aspiration of the South East people to produce the President of the Country this time, would make them to bring him in or take him into confidence or forget his role in the Lawan for President venture. But he has seen that, that's not the case. They are also holding him in contempt. He has seen that the sound of bitter kola in the mouth does not reflect the taste. At all. At all, at all.
The only consolation is that, if the South East people survived Buhari's eight years of negligence and gross disregard, they would also survive Tinubu and whatever he comes up with. Necessity has always remained the mother of invention. The earlier this situation is understood, the better.
Nevertheless, we shall continue to clap for Jesus. And there is nothing anybody can do about it.
Comrade Lamidi Apapa is the Labour Party chair says FCT High Court
Ignore the fake news by Apapa group, Abure still national chairman says Obiora Ifoh
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An Abuja High Court has authenticated and confirmed the recognition of Lamidi Apapa as Labour Party National chairman today.
The court in a fresh ruling this afternoon, recognized Lamidi Apapa as the acting national chairman of the party pending any other court order.
In his reaction, Lamidi Apapa appreciated the court and issued a stern warning to any other person parading himself as the chairman of the party.
He also ordered Peter Obi’s lawyers to report to him in 48 hours in order to be briefed about the ongoing election tribunal.
Barrister Julius Abure and other three members of the national working committee of the Labour Party were previously restricted from parading themselves as the officials of the Labour Party on series of criminal allegations and corruption.
Meanwhile, aside the unsubstantiated propaganda, Apapa leadership has said times without number that it has nothing against Peter Obi and Labour Party mandate recovery litigation ongoing at the election petition tribunal.
Congratulations to Pa Lamidi Apapa on his big win at the court.
However, Abure Faction has in a statement debunked the above position of the court as not true and fake.
Read the statement:
*Dear Esteemed Stakeholders,*
Ignore the fake news by Apapa group, Abure still national chairman.
The FCT State High Court under his Lordship, Justice Hamza Muazu today said he will go ahead to hear the motion by the group loyal to the suspended Deputy National Chairman, Lamidi Apapa against some of our leaders including the National Chairman, Julius Abure and three others.
In his Lordship ruling, he said that he will go ahead to hear the substantive matter. As to this, the matter was adjourned to Friday, May 19 for the start of the case proper and for further deliberations.
Today's sitting is not for judgement as no judgement was given by the court as Apapa's group is peddling in their usual way of misinforming Nigerians.
Meanwhile, Barrister Julius Abure remains the National Chairman of the Party pending the final determination of the matter.
Signed:
Obiora Ifoh
Ag. National Publicity Secretary
Ignore the fake news by Apapa group, Abure still national chairman says Obiora Ifoh
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| Apapa |
An Abuja High Court has authenticated and confirmed the recognition of Lamidi Apapa as Labour Party National chairman today.
The court in a fresh ruling this afternoon, recognized Lamidi Apapa as the acting national chairman of the party pending any other court order.
In his reaction, Lamidi Apapa appreciated the court and issued a stern warning to any other person parading himself as the chairman of the party.
He also ordered Peter Obi’s lawyers to report to him in 48 hours in order to be briefed about the ongoing election tribunal.
Barrister Julius Abure and other three members of the national working committee of the Labour Party were previously restricted from parading themselves as the officials of the Labour Party on series of criminal allegations and corruption.
Meanwhile, aside the unsubstantiated propaganda, Apapa leadership has said times without number that it has nothing against Peter Obi and Labour Party mandate recovery litigation ongoing at the election petition tribunal.
Congratulations to Pa Lamidi Apapa on his big win at the court.
However, Abure Faction has in a statement debunked the above position of the court as not true and fake.
Read the statement:
*Dear Esteemed Stakeholders,*
Ignore the fake news by Apapa group, Abure still national chairman.
The FCT State High Court under his Lordship, Justice Hamza Muazu today said he will go ahead to hear the motion by the group loyal to the suspended Deputy National Chairman, Lamidi Apapa against some of our leaders including the National Chairman, Julius Abure and three others.
In his Lordship ruling, he said that he will go ahead to hear the substantive matter. As to this, the matter was adjourned to Friday, May 19 for the start of the case proper and for further deliberations.
Today's sitting is not for judgement as no judgement was given by the court as Apapa's group is peddling in their usual way of misinforming Nigerians.
Meanwhile, Barrister Julius Abure remains the National Chairman of the Party pending the final determination of the matter.
Signed:
Obiora Ifoh
Ag. National Publicity Secretary
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Oyo State LP Chair Tunji Sadiq, 4 Others suspended says Secretary Gabriel Ogunlana
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Oyo State LP Chair Tunji Sadiq, 4 Others suspended says Secretary Gabriel Ogunlana
The secretary of the Oyo State chapter of the Labour Party Comrade Gabriel Ogunlana has confirmed the suspension of the state chairman Tunji Sadiq Atayese and four others in a statement today.
Previously Sadiq Atayese has been suspended by the Comrade Apapa led court and INEC recognized national working committee of the Labour Party for attending Julius Abure's illegal Asaba NEC meeting.
According to Ogunlana: Tunji Sadiq claimed to have called meeting of SEC on May 6th, 2023 whereas Tunji Sadiq had been suspended by the acting National Chairman in a communique issued on 3rd May, 2023 at a NEC meeting held in Bauchi state.
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| Tunji Sadiq Atayese |
It should be noted that majority of the Labour Party chairmen have involved in atrocities, missmanagement and fraudas even more than Julius Abure.
READ THE FULL STATEMENT BELOW!!!
*IMPORTANT NOTICE*
My attention has been drawn to a content of a message written in a third-rate grammar purporting that Gabriel Ogunlana has been suspended from the office of the Secretary. I want to unequivocally inform well-meaning members of the Labour Party, conscientious stakeholders and the public that the purported suspension is a rudely calculated ruse, void abnitio and journey without destination.
Tunji Sadiq claimed to have called meeting of SEC on May 6th, 2023 whereas Tunji Sadiq had been suspended by the acting National Chairman in a communique issued on 3rd May, 2023 at a NEC meeting held in Bauchi state
Tunji Sadiq was among the corrupt state Chairmen who attended illegal NEC meeting convened by suspended national chairman (Julius Abure) on the same date.
In order to affirm the suspension order of the INEC recognized national chairman (comrade Apapa Lamidi), I pronounced Tunji Sadiq suspended on 6th May, 2023.
Other officers I suspended along with Tunji Sadiq include, Biodun Adeyeye (D. Chairman), Kudirat Apanpa (PRO), Ajibade Adeyemi (Finsec), Sola Ayodele (D. Chairman)
They're suspended because of their involvement in anti-party activities, gross misconduct and related offences.
Party members should desist from patronizing these officers until further notice.
Gabriel Ogunlana
LP State Secretary
The secretary of the Oyo State chapter of the Labour Party Comrade Gabriel Ogunlana has confirmed the suspension of the state chairman Tunji Sadiq Atayese and four others in a statement today.
Previously Sadiq Atayese has been suspended by the Comrade Apapa led court and INEC recognized national working committee of the Labour Party for attending Julius Abure's illegal Asaba NEC meeting.
According to Ogunlana: Tunji Sadiq claimed to have called meeting of SEC on May 6th, 2023 whereas Tunji Sadiq had been suspended by the acting National Chairman in a communique issued on 3rd May, 2023 at a NEC meeting held in Bauchi state.
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| Tunji Sadiq Atayese |
It should be noted that majority of the Labour Party chairmen have involved in atrocities, missmanagement and fraudas even more than Julius Abure.
READ THE FULL STATEMENT BELOW!!!
*IMPORTANT NOTICE*
My attention has been drawn to a content of a message written in a third-rate grammar purporting that Gabriel Ogunlana has been suspended from the office of the Secretary. I want to unequivocally inform well-meaning members of the Labour Party, conscientious stakeholders and the public that the purported suspension is a rudely calculated ruse, void abnitio and journey without destination.
Tunji Sadiq claimed to have called meeting of SEC on May 6th, 2023 whereas Tunji Sadiq had been suspended by the acting National Chairman in a communique issued on 3rd May, 2023 at a NEC meeting held in Bauchi state
Tunji Sadiq was among the corrupt state Chairmen who attended illegal NEC meeting convened by suspended national chairman (Julius Abure) on the same date.
In order to affirm the suspension order of the INEC recognized national chairman (comrade Apapa Lamidi), I pronounced Tunji Sadiq suspended on 6th May, 2023.
Other officers I suspended along with Tunji Sadiq include, Biodun Adeyeye (D. Chairman), Kudirat Apanpa (PRO), Ajibade Adeyemi (Finsec), Sola Ayodele (D. Chairman)
They're suspended because of their involvement in anti-party activities, gross misconduct and related offences.
Party members should desist from patronizing these officers until further notice.
Gabriel Ogunlana
LP State Secretary
THE REAL REASON TUNJI SADIQ (OYO STATE LP CHAIRMAN) IS PRO- JULIUS ABURE AND ANTI-PA LAMIDE APAPA
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The Labour Party built on the collective resolve of the working masses would have transcended the mantra of the third force to the main force if a founding champion and a Labour Movement veteran like comrade Lamidi Apapa had been in charge of her national affairs years before now.
It’s unfortunate that a self-styled personality like Barrister Julius Abure whose only mission is to destroy the common interest for personal gain was championing people’s agenda at a critical time of the 2023 general elections. It was a similitude of Joseph Sterlin’s championing of a purported revolution which had been betrayed from the outset.
Tunji Sadiq like some other corrupt state chairmen were the instruments upon which Julius Abure could exploit every means for personal aggrandizement. The perjury, forgery, alteration and all other criminal charges levied against Julius Abure would not be complete if some corrupt state chairmen were not joined in the suit because Julius Abure couldn’t have succeeded without the conspiracy of some state chairmen.
In Oyo state, for instance, Atayese Tunji Sadiq is a typical example of a famished Jackal who’s offered a monumental chance to manage ranches. Everyone knows that such a person would definitely devour the affairs he’s overseeing. The unholy marriage between Atayese Tunji Sadiq and Julius Abure are a mirror of coalition of plundering interest between two cunning personalities.
The same totalitarian approach to leadership being deployed by Julius Abure agrees with Sadiq’s. Members of the Labour Party, stakeholders and wary Nigerians couldn’t have been oblivious of dictatorial dismissal of some entire state executive structure by Julius Abure which was a sheer contravention of the provisions of the Labour Party constitution. This is the reason an illegal ‘firer’ is being fired. He is being haunted by his dubious past.
On the respective meetings convened by the two fashions of the Labour Party last Wednesday 3rd May, 2023, Tunji Sadiq cunningly neglected comrade Apapa Lamidi’s Bauchi meeting to attend Abure’s meeting in Abuja. He only sent delegations to Bauchi to spy on comrade Apapa’s fashion of proceedings. Baba Apapa who was supposed to get the full backing of Tunji Sadiq did not hesitate to suspend all the state chairmen who attended Abure’s jankara meeting.
The public should be aware that Tunji Sadiq will be loyal to Abure because the money meant for the presidential elections as provided to the party by Obi did not pass through the party’s account. Sum of fifty million naira was sent to the private account of Tunji Sadiq but he only declared seventeen million (17,000,000) naira for the party. To date, Tunji Sadiq is yet to pay majority of presidential election polling unit agents.
Tunji Sadiq only declared fifty million naira (N50,000,000) out of huge amount of money that Engr. Seyi Makinde released for the Labour Party during gubernatorial elections. The template he used to share less than 20m to some state working committee members and party stakeholdersand. How he neglected the local government chairmen will soon be published. Tunji Sadiq only appeased greedy national chairman (Julius Abure) out of the remaining money and he pocketed the rest.
Like Juius Abure, suspended Tunji Sadiq will soon face legal tussle and he will be made to face the consequences of his nefarious activities.
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| Tunji Sadiq Atayese |
The Labour Party built on the collective resolve of the working masses would have transcended the mantra of the third force to the main force if a founding champion and a Labour Movement veteran like comrade Lamidi Apapa had been in charge of her national affairs years before now.
It’s unfortunate that a self-styled personality like Barrister Julius Abure whose only mission is to destroy the common interest for personal gain was championing people’s agenda at a critical time of the 2023 general elections. It was a similitude of Joseph Sterlin’s championing of a purported revolution which had been betrayed from the outset.
Tunji Sadiq like some other corrupt state chairmen were the instruments upon which Julius Abure could exploit every means for personal aggrandizement. The perjury, forgery, alteration and all other criminal charges levied against Julius Abure would not be complete if some corrupt state chairmen were not joined in the suit because Julius Abure couldn’t have succeeded without the conspiracy of some state chairmen.
In Oyo state, for instance, Atayese Tunji Sadiq is a typical example of a famished Jackal who’s offered a monumental chance to manage ranches. Everyone knows that such a person would definitely devour the affairs he’s overseeing. The unholy marriage between Atayese Tunji Sadiq and Julius Abure are a mirror of coalition of plundering interest between two cunning personalities.
The same totalitarian approach to leadership being deployed by Julius Abure agrees with Sadiq’s. Members of the Labour Party, stakeholders and wary Nigerians couldn’t have been oblivious of dictatorial dismissal of some entire state executive structure by Julius Abure which was a sheer contravention of the provisions of the Labour Party constitution. This is the reason an illegal ‘firer’ is being fired. He is being haunted by his dubious past.
On the respective meetings convened by the two fashions of the Labour Party last Wednesday 3rd May, 2023, Tunji Sadiq cunningly neglected comrade Apapa Lamidi’s Bauchi meeting to attend Abure’s meeting in Abuja. He only sent delegations to Bauchi to spy on comrade Apapa’s fashion of proceedings. Baba Apapa who was supposed to get the full backing of Tunji Sadiq did not hesitate to suspend all the state chairmen who attended Abure’s jankara meeting.
The public should be aware that Tunji Sadiq will be loyal to Abure because the money meant for the presidential elections as provided to the party by Obi did not pass through the party’s account. Sum of fifty million naira was sent to the private account of Tunji Sadiq but he only declared seventeen million (17,000,000) naira for the party. To date, Tunji Sadiq is yet to pay majority of presidential election polling unit agents.
Tunji Sadiq only declared fifty million naira (N50,000,000) out of huge amount of money that Engr. Seyi Makinde released for the Labour Party during gubernatorial elections. The template he used to share less than 20m to some state working committee members and party stakeholdersand. How he neglected the local government chairmen will soon be published. Tunji Sadiq only appeased greedy national chairman (Julius Abure) out of the remaining money and he pocketed the rest.
Like Juius Abure, suspended Tunji Sadiq will soon face legal tussle and he will be made to face the consequences of his nefarious activities.
I’ll go all the way to get back my mandate – Peter Obi
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The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi has reiterated that he will explore all ways to ensure that he reclaim his alleged stolen mandate.
Obi stated this while speaking during a Labour Party stakeholders’ meeting in Awka.
The former Anambra state governor vowed to explore all legal options in ensuring he reclaims his mandate.
Recall that Obi came third in the February 25th presidential election.
The Labour Party presidential candidate was defeated by the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Since the declaration of Tinubu as the winner of the poll by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Obi had insisted he won the election, as headed to court to contest the outcome of the poll.
In a tweet via his verified Twitter about the meeting, Obi stated, “Earlier, I interacted with the Anambra State Labour Party Stakeholders in Awka. The meeting was quite animated and constructive. Part of our discussions centred on the way forward for the party.
“I reassured them of my readiness to go all the way, explore every available legal option to ensure that we get our mandate back. I appreciated all their support so far, as I assured them of mine. PO,” he added.
Source: Vanguard News
The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi has reiterated that he will explore all ways to ensure that he reclaim his alleged stolen mandate.
Obi stated this while speaking during a Labour Party stakeholders’ meeting in Awka.
The former Anambra state governor vowed to explore all legal options in ensuring he reclaims his mandate.
Recall that Obi came third in the February 25th presidential election.
The Labour Party presidential candidate was defeated by the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Since the declaration of Tinubu as the winner of the poll by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Obi had insisted he won the election, as headed to court to contest the outcome of the poll.
In a tweet via his verified Twitter about the meeting, Obi stated, “Earlier, I interacted with the Anambra State Labour Party Stakeholders in Awka. The meeting was quite animated and constructive. Part of our discussions centred on the way forward for the party.
“I reassured them of my readiness to go all the way, explore every available legal option to ensure that we get our mandate back. I appreciated all their support so far, as I assured them of mine. PO,” he added.
Source: Vanguard News
COMMUNIQUE: Afenifere calls on judiciary to ensure that all petitions of the Presidential election be timeously and justly resolved before the end of the Buhari administration
COMMUNIQUE: Afenifere calls on judiciary to ensure that all petitions of the Presidential election be timeously and justly resolved before the end of the Buhari administration
*BEING THE COMMUNIQUE AT THE END OF THE REGULAR MONTHLY GENERAL MEETING OF THE AFENIFERE HELD AT THE RESIDENCE OF OUR LEADER CHIEF AYO ADEBANJO AT ISANYA OGBO OGUN STATE ON TUESDAY 25TH APRIL 2023.*
1. 000 PREAMBLE.
Afenifere held its Regular monthly General Meeting today, the 25th day of April 2023, at the residence of our Leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo at Isanya Ogbo, Ogun State, which Meeting had in attendance delegates from the member states and presided over by our Leader aforesaid; and after exhaustive deliberations on the state of the Nigerian Federation, Observed and Resolved as follow:
1.0 ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Afenifere reiterates our position that the emergence of a President of Southern and specifically South Eastern origin will guarantee equity, fairness and peaceful corporate existence of the Nigerian federation and for which we continue to support the victory of Peter Obi of the Labour Party in the 25th February Presidential election and all his endeavours in its realisation.
2.0 THE JUDICIARY AND THE 2023 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
Afenifere strongly calls on the judiciary to ensure that all petitions in respect of the Presidential election be timeously and justly resolved before the end of the tenure of the Buhari administration as the only way the confidence of Nigerians in its intervention may be earned. Precedents in this regard have been laid even by less endowed countries in Africa.
3.0 BUHARI’S MESSAGE OF FORGIVENESS TO NIGERIANS.
3.1 Afenifere considers the request of President Buhari for pardon “by those he might have hurt along the line of his services to the country” as rather short in statesmanship which demands that such apologies be extended to all Nigerians who have been traumatised especially by the pervasive insecurity and marooned in economic quagmire which in the last 8 years have rendered life most uninspiring, nasty, brutish and short.
3.2 That it is rather shameful and painful that the President would celebrate, as achievement, the purported containment of insecurity in Abuja where the sovereignty of the nation has been wantonly challenged by terrorists routinely routing the Presidential convoy, Correctional Centres attacked and emptied and some Local Governments in neighbouring Niger State in effective occupation by Boko Haram.
3.2 Afenifere further notes the President’s lamentations of his serial loss of elections until “God sent technology to my rescue through the introduction of the PVC” . It is rather more lamentable that the manifest desires of Buhari to improve on the efficacy of the technological processes, inherited from Jonathan, by assenting the 2022 Electoral Act with the BVAS and IREV components, were thwarted by the INEC and security agencies under his watch, while high level officers of his government were befuddled by partisan considerations to justify relapse to primitivity.
4.0 THE 2023 NATIONAL CENSUS.
4.1 Afenifere bemoans the unthinkable insistence of the Buhari administration in conducting the 2023 National Census in spite of the objective realities which make such an important national exercise most inauspicious in timing and impossible in credible implementation.
4.2 Afenifere recalls that in a paper it presented at the National Consultative Forum on the 2023 Census held at the Banquet Hall, State House Abuja on the 11th August 2022, it reiterated the imperative of census in national development noting that the application and misuse of Census data had been our bane as a country where we lie to ourselves and the world about our number indulging in laughable projections sometimes based on assumed and fixed percentage of population growth across different parts notwithstanding glaring variables.
4.3 It is in the light of the importance of credible exercise that, in the August 2022 Conference, we strongly advised against the conduct of the Census which, among other reasons, we said could not possibly hold in the same year of a General election. 4.4 Other well meaning personalities and institutions including the UNFPA Resident Representative in Nigeria who at another Conference in PortHarcourt on the 26th-29th March 2023 and most recently the Methodist Church Nigeria, Diocese of Calabar which all have raised concerns on the possibility of reasonable and genuine participation in an acceptable headcount in the current mood of the nation.
4.5 That Afenifere is particularly bemused that Government expects participation in headcount by citizens still incensed and distraught by the trauma of violence and brigandage of the elections or by those in IDP camps within their country in whose ancestral homes terrorists in occupation will now be counted as new indigenes.
4.6 That all factors considered, including its inability to supervise a transparent electoral process, a lesser headcount exercise, the integrity deficiency of this administration is abysmally compounded in conducting census which partisan disputes in Nigeria is often at the level of communities, states and ethnic nationalities having been politicised overtime.
4.7 Afenifere decries the most insensitive deployment of over 800 bilion Naira on this wasteful exercise as scandalous and an economic offence.
4.8. Afenifere conclusively says there is no compelling reason why the census must be held by the expiring Buhari administration and calls for all steps and preparations in that regards to be stopped FORTHWITH.
Issued and signed at Isanya Ogbo, Ogun State this 25th day of April 2023.
Chief Ayo Adebanjo
Leader
Chief Sola Ebiseni
Secretary General.
*BEING THE COMMUNIQUE AT THE END OF THE REGULAR MONTHLY GENERAL MEETING OF THE AFENIFERE HELD AT THE RESIDENCE OF OUR LEADER CHIEF AYO ADEBANJO AT ISANYA OGBO OGUN STATE ON TUESDAY 25TH APRIL 2023.*
1. 000 PREAMBLE.
Afenifere held its Regular monthly General Meeting today, the 25th day of April 2023, at the residence of our Leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo at Isanya Ogbo, Ogun State, which Meeting had in attendance delegates from the member states and presided over by our Leader aforesaid; and after exhaustive deliberations on the state of the Nigerian Federation, Observed and Resolved as follow:
1.0 ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Afenifere reiterates our position that the emergence of a President of Southern and specifically South Eastern origin will guarantee equity, fairness and peaceful corporate existence of the Nigerian federation and for which we continue to support the victory of Peter Obi of the Labour Party in the 25th February Presidential election and all his endeavours in its realisation.
2.0 THE JUDICIARY AND THE 2023 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
Afenifere strongly calls on the judiciary to ensure that all petitions in respect of the Presidential election be timeously and justly resolved before the end of the tenure of the Buhari administration as the only way the confidence of Nigerians in its intervention may be earned. Precedents in this regard have been laid even by less endowed countries in Africa.
3.0 BUHARI’S MESSAGE OF FORGIVENESS TO NIGERIANS.
3.1 Afenifere considers the request of President Buhari for pardon “by those he might have hurt along the line of his services to the country” as rather short in statesmanship which demands that such apologies be extended to all Nigerians who have been traumatised especially by the pervasive insecurity and marooned in economic quagmire which in the last 8 years have rendered life most uninspiring, nasty, brutish and short.
3.2 That it is rather shameful and painful that the President would celebrate, as achievement, the purported containment of insecurity in Abuja where the sovereignty of the nation has been wantonly challenged by terrorists routinely routing the Presidential convoy, Correctional Centres attacked and emptied and some Local Governments in neighbouring Niger State in effective occupation by Boko Haram.
3.2 Afenifere further notes the President’s lamentations of his serial loss of elections until “God sent technology to my rescue through the introduction of the PVC” . It is rather more lamentable that the manifest desires of Buhari to improve on the efficacy of the technological processes, inherited from Jonathan, by assenting the 2022 Electoral Act with the BVAS and IREV components, were thwarted by the INEC and security agencies under his watch, while high level officers of his government were befuddled by partisan considerations to justify relapse to primitivity.
4.0 THE 2023 NATIONAL CENSUS.
4.1 Afenifere bemoans the unthinkable insistence of the Buhari administration in conducting the 2023 National Census in spite of the objective realities which make such an important national exercise most inauspicious in timing and impossible in credible implementation.
4.2 Afenifere recalls that in a paper it presented at the National Consultative Forum on the 2023 Census held at the Banquet Hall, State House Abuja on the 11th August 2022, it reiterated the imperative of census in national development noting that the application and misuse of Census data had been our bane as a country where we lie to ourselves and the world about our number indulging in laughable projections sometimes based on assumed and fixed percentage of population growth across different parts notwithstanding glaring variables.
4.3 It is in the light of the importance of credible exercise that, in the August 2022 Conference, we strongly advised against the conduct of the Census which, among other reasons, we said could not possibly hold in the same year of a General election. 4.4 Other well meaning personalities and institutions including the UNFPA Resident Representative in Nigeria who at another Conference in PortHarcourt on the 26th-29th March 2023 and most recently the Methodist Church Nigeria, Diocese of Calabar which all have raised concerns on the possibility of reasonable and genuine participation in an acceptable headcount in the current mood of the nation.
4.5 That Afenifere is particularly bemused that Government expects participation in headcount by citizens still incensed and distraught by the trauma of violence and brigandage of the elections or by those in IDP camps within their country in whose ancestral homes terrorists in occupation will now be counted as new indigenes.
4.6 That all factors considered, including its inability to supervise a transparent electoral process, a lesser headcount exercise, the integrity deficiency of this administration is abysmally compounded in conducting census which partisan disputes in Nigeria is often at the level of communities, states and ethnic nationalities having been politicised overtime.
4.7 Afenifere decries the most insensitive deployment of over 800 bilion Naira on this wasteful exercise as scandalous and an economic offence.
4.8. Afenifere conclusively says there is no compelling reason why the census must be held by the expiring Buhari administration and calls for all steps and preparations in that regards to be stopped FORTHWITH.
Issued and signed at Isanya Ogbo, Ogun State this 25th day of April 2023.
Chief Ayo Adebanjo
Leader
Chief Sola Ebiseni
Secretary General.
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