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Legal Practitionals Only! Constitutionally, Should Buhari Be Disqaulified? by nabiz(m): 8:20pm On Mar 20, 2015
Pls i want layers to come in here.
The case will be between apc and other parties that are seeking for buhari's disqaulification( u must either be for or against buhari;
let the cast start like this;
eg. Anpp: my lord, i want general muhamadu buhari to disqaulified because ::::::::::::Or
apc: my lord, buhari should not be disqaulified because;;;;;;;;;;;
give ur reasons and pls back it upp with nigeria constitution. No patia oooooh 8-)lol oya mek we enjoy am
Re: Legal Practitionals Only! Constitutionally, Should Buhari Be Disqaulified? by SeverusSnape(m): 8:26pm On Mar 20, 2015
No, He should be allowed to be defeated a record four times.

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Re: Legal Practitionals Only! Constitutionally, Should Buhari Be Disqaulified? by temitemi1(m): 8:39pm On Mar 20, 2015
No, let him wait for his failure. GEJ till 2019!!!

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Re: Legal Practitionals Only! Constitutionally, Should Buhari Be Disqaulified? by criminalmindz: 8:39pm On Mar 20, 2015
VOTE WISELY

Letter to Buhari from the grave of the innocents –
By Bashir Yusufu
Dear General Buhari; I would’ve addressed this letter privately to you, but in the expectation that you may not receive it, I decided to make it an Open Letter, in the hope that you would stumble on it, read it and hopefully feel some of the pains and anguish that have been my lot. Having said that, permit me therefore to proceed with the rest of this missive from the grave of innocents departed.
Last night, while I was at my modest home in Katsina, relaxing and probably half-awake, I heard the voice of my cousin who was killed in the North in April 2011 during the post-election violence instigated by your loss of the presidential election. With bloodshot sad eyes, my cousin, looking apparition-like, was wailing “Gen Buhari, why why”. My cousin’s name is (or was) Mallam Yusuf Danfulani, a bright young lad originally from Katsina State, who was slaughtered in cold blood and set on fire by youths chanting “Sai Buhari”, like they are again now chanting in 2015.
Gen Buhari, in case you have forgotten, Yusuf was slaughtered in your name even though he never did any wrong to you, and even voted for you against Dr Jonathan. He lost his life just because the murderers you encouraged by your many hate speeches believed Yusuf to be from middle belt or southern Nigeria, most probably because of his bulky looks and brave, patriotic attempts to prevent the killing of an innocent Youth Corper, Ukeoma Ikechukwu. Even though he cried out in Hausa and Fulfulde, he was still not believed by those you (Buhari) managed to brainwash to see all non-Fulani Nigerians as conspiring to vote against you. In this very case, Yusuf voted for you but his ‘Sai Buhari’ killers never believed he did. Like you, Gen Buhari, the mob was baying for the blood of innocents.
If not for Yusuf’s best friend who was with him and was himself nearly killed, we would not have recognized his charred body that was burnt beyond recognition. And thanks to the same friend for recounting to us the little he could make out at the last moments of Yusuf’s life, the agony he passed through and the most important words he uttered before he gave up. It is the same words I heard him utter last night from the grave: ‘Gen Buhari, why why’. Yet, to this day, you (Buhari) have not cared to apologize or show any remorse, but you instead offered lame excuses for the bloodletting you had instigated, and still instigate. I now ask you this: Gen Buhari, must you always shade blood, like you started doing from 1983, to rule Nigeria? Do you recall how you killed Brigadier Bako in 1983 just so you could take power by force from Shehu Shagari?
General Buhari, Ukeoma Ikechukwu himself was reported missing that same day Yusuf was murdered by your supporters, and finally confirmed dead the following day when his charred remains was discovered in a hooded area. Apparently, your supporters had dragged him out of the open and tortured him before finally snuffing life out of him. Like my cousin, Yusuf, Ukeoma was very young and an innocent. Unlike Dr. Jonathan, they were not contesting against you. Yet, when they were killed, part of Nigeria was killed with them; the same Nigeria that you are now angrily campaigning to rule.
Yusuf and Ukeoma were not alone. Six other innocent Youth Corpers were also murdered in Bauchi, where you Buhari, polled 1,315,209 votes (almost 82 per cent), defeating Dr Jonathan who scored 258,404 votes and did not even hit the 25 per cent mark. The corps members were reportedly chased to a police station where they sought refuge. But the rioters, who were raving mad with bloodlust and chanting “Sai Buhari”, overran the station and murdered the young Nigerians in cold blood. So, Gen Buhari, as you can see from the Bauchi result and it’s aftermath, your supporters even shade blood when you win; still you have no qualms. Today, you are prancing around the nation, arrogant and angry as usual, behaving like you have already won the election; and thus setting up another bloodletting if you are not announced winner.
The story of Obinna Okpokiri is as heart-wrenching as Yusuf’s. The 27-year-old was butchered and burnt to ashes, in the service of his fatherland. Okpokiri’s own circumstances were as gruesome as they could be. He had run to the Corpers’ Lodge as the rampaging ‘Sai Buhari’ rioters targeted Youth Corper polling officers recruited by INEC for the election. As painful death loomed, the young Nigerians contemplated fleeing to the barracks. But they were not lucky enough. Your ‘Sai Buhari’ supporters caught up with them, slaughtered and set them on fire. Like Yusuf, these innocents are human beings and future leaders on the last laps of fulfilling their national duty before moving on to a bright future. But it was not to be because, in your name, Gen Buhari, they were slaughtered, sliced, soaked in petrol and scorched. Reduced to ashes in minutes and in the most callous fashion by those that are not better citizens or humans than them.
General Buhari, while you are now busy inciting another violence, please bear in mind that in 2011, your supporters turned violent in whole 12 northern states as they burned the homes, vehicles, and properties of innocent Nigerians, some of whom are also Muslims and Northerners like you and my cousin Yusuf. Your ‘Sai Buhari’ supporters also targeted and killed Christians and members of southern Nigerian ethnic groups, who were seen as supporting the PDP, and they burnt churches across the north. One particular attack in Bauchi stood out as most heart-breaking. According to Human Rights Watch, on April 17 in Giade, a rural town in northern Bauchi, ‘Sai Buhari’ mobs attacked youth corps members in the town. The Corpers, who were mostly from Yoruba, ran to the local police station to seek refuge, but the mobs stormed the police station. The mob killed the police officer on duty and burned down the police station. They raped two of the female youth corps members and then hacked them to death with machetes, along with five male youth corps members. In total, rioters killed ten youth corps members in that town alone.
A lecturer at the Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, Kaduna State, described to Human Rights Watch how a mob of Muslims chanting “Change, Sai Buhari” attacked and killed several Christian students, a Christian lecturer and four Muslim students suspected of being PDP sympathizers on April 17: He said “Between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m., they entered the school chanting slogans and shouting: “Where are the Christians and Muslims that supported the ruling party?” They had painted their faces black and were shouting that they needed “change”, the Congress for Progressive Change campaign slogan. The mob had all sorts of weapons – machetes, sticks, and clubs. They started breaking the glass on the buildings. The students ran away but the mob pursued them into the staff quarters and they had nowhere to go. The mob beat them to death. The lecturer they killed was Yoruba“.
Finally, Gen Buhari, let me end this letter by asking you this question: When are you going to apologize to me, to Yusuf’s aged parents, to Ukeoma’s parents, to parents of all innocents murdered by your brainwashed supporters, to Nigeria and to mankind? And here is Yusuf again, asking you from the grave: “Gen Buhari, why why”.
Bashir Yusufu.
yusufubashir@yahoo.com

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Re: Legal Practitionals Only! Constitutionally, Should Buhari Be Disqaulified? by size40: 8:40pm On Mar 20, 2015
on what ground?
Re: Legal Practitionals Only! Constitutionally, Should Buhari Be Disqaulified? by Nobody: 8:54pm On Mar 20, 2015
Any legal practitioner that comments on the matter would be a foool not to know that it is prejudicial to comment on a matter that is pending before a court of law.

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Re: Legal Practitionals Only! Constitutionally, Should Buhari Be Disqaulified? by Nobody: 8:55pm On Mar 20, 2015
[b]First what the _fuck do you mean by legal practitioners only? Must one go to law school before he understands how the constitution of the land works?

Section 131 of the constitution says:

A person shall be qualified for election to the office of the President if -
(a) he is a citizen of Nigeria by birth;
(b) he has attained the age of forty years;
(c) he is a member of a political party and is sponsored by that political party; and
(d) he has been educated up to at least School Certificate level or its equivalent.

He not only has the minimum requirement of a Secondary School leaving certificate. He equally has a Masters Degree. From 1979 -1980, at the rank of colonel, Buhari (class of 1980) attended the US Army War College (established in 1901) in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States of America and gained a Masters Degree in Strategic Studies… Upon completion of the on-campus full-time resident program lasting ten months and the two-year-long, distance learning program, the United States Army War College (USAWC) college awards its graduate officers a master's degree in Strategic Studies.

Buhari is constitutionally qualified to contest as the president of Nigeria.[/b]

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Re: Legal Practitionals Only! Constitutionally, Should Buhari Be Disqaulified? by hwena: 9:03pm On Mar 20, 2015
kastonkastrol:
[b]First what the _fuck do you mean by legal practitioners only? Must one go to law school before he understands how the constitution of the land works?

Section 131 of the constitution says:

A person shall be qualified for election to the office of the President if -
(a) he is a citizen of Nigeria by birth;
(b) he has attained the age of forty years;
(c) he is a member of a political party and is sponsored by that political party; and
(d) he has been educated up to at least School Certificate level or its equivalent.

He not only has the minimum requirement of a Secondary School leaving certificate. He equally has a Masters Degree. From 1979 -1980, at the rank of colonel, Buhari (class of 1980) attended the US Army War College (established in 1901) in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States of America and gained a Masters Degree in Strategic Studies… Upon completion of the on-campus full-time resident program lasting ten months and the two-year-long, distance learning program, the United States Army War College (USAWC) college awards its graduate officers a master's degree in Strategic Studies.

Buhari is constitutionally qualified to contest as the president of Nigeria.[/b]

Dogon turanci!
The validity of the form when hin submit na the issue. And na dat one go disqualify am.
Kai Buhari!!
Re: Legal Practitionals Only! Constitutionally, Should Buhari Be Disqaulified? by Bmark: 9:19pm On Mar 20, 2015
hwena:


Dogon turanci!
The validity of the form when hin submit na the issue. And na dat one go disqualify am.
Kai Buhari!!


as long as he meets the requirement of the ground norm he is qualified.the form is inconsequential.constitution supercedes the provision of the electoral act.the PDP should stop beign mugu to pocket and mouth lawyers like ozekhome.they are after ya money.

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Re: Legal Practitionals Only! Constitutionally, Should Buhari Be Disqaulified? by Nobody: 9:33pm On Mar 20, 2015
hwena:


Dogon turanci!
The validity of the form when hin submit na the issue. And na dat one go disqualify am.
Kai Buhari!!


you are berate of any logical thinking. So the court will disqualify buhari because of this baseless and useless accusation;

• Failure of Buhari to accompany the INEC Form with evidence of his;
1. Educational qualifications
2. Evidence of his birth certificate
3. Affidavit of declaration of age

Btw my friend to you even know what locus standi means? Well believe me all the useless suits will be struck out for "want of locus standi".
Lol, you people are really insane if you think any jury will disqualify because of the above nonsense.

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Re: Legal Practitionals Only! Constitutionally, Should Buhari Be Disqaulified? by Nobody: 9:38pm On Mar 20, 2015
Bmark:
as long as he meets the requirement of the ground norm he is qualified.the form is inconsequential.constitution supercedes the provision of the electoral act.the PDP should stop beign mugu to pocket and mouth lawyers like ozekhome.they are after ya money.
don't mind these pdp guys. They don't know how the constitution works and yet they will be spewing trash. grin

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Re: Legal Practitionals Only! Constitutionally, Should Buhari Be Disqaulified? by Nobody: 9:53pm On Mar 20, 2015
Bmark:
as long as he meets the requirement of the ground norm he is qualified.the form is inconsequential.constitution supercedes the provision of the electoral act.the PDP should stop beign mugu to pocket and mouth lawyers like ozekhome.they are after ya money.

And who says INEC form is diametrically opposed to the constitution ?

The INEC form is an appendage to the constitution in this context!
Re: Legal Practitionals Only! Constitutionally, Should Buhari Be Disqaulified? by bakila: 9:58pm On Mar 20, 2015
mikeansy:


And who says INEC is diametrically opposed to the constitution ?

The INEC form is an appendage to the constitution in this context!
A principal legislation can never kowtow to the subsidiary legislation.

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Re: Legal Practitionals Only! Constitutionally, Should Buhari Be Disqaulified? by wirinet(m): 10:10pm On Mar 20, 2015
mikeansy:


And who says INEC is diametrically opposed to the constitution ?

The INEC form is an appendage to the constitution in this context!

Are you implying that it is the INEC form that is the only proof that;

Buhari is a Nigerian,

Buhari is above 40 years of age,

or that Buhari is educated up to secondary school certificate level or it equivalent;

This INEC form must override the Nigerian constitution.

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Re: Legal Practitionals Only! Constitutionally, Should Buhari Be Disqaulified? by afanide: 11:59pm On Mar 20, 2015
This is Interesting.......
Re: Legal Practitionals Only! Constitutionally, Should Buhari Be Disqaulified? by jom28gy(m): 4:14pm On Mar 21, 2015
What are the facts of the issue?

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