"The Ekiti State Chapter of the Progressive Peoples Alliance has dragged the Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Segun Oni, before the Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti, seeking an interpretation over his tenure in office.


In the originating summons filed on Wednesday, the party also joined the Independent National Electoral Commission and Attorney-General of the Federation as co-defendants to the suit.

The PPA also urged the court to take cognisance of the fact that the supplementary election that returned Oni to office on May 6, 2009 was held only in 63 out of the 177 wards of the state, and urged the court to hold that his last oath of May 6 was a continuation of the one he took on May 29, 2007"

Legally i think they are wrong but morally they are correct,

How do we make sure thief dont enjoy the gains,

dont know - but i think it is going to be 2 years.

There has been a near similar decision in Anambra or so. Although the Governor elected on that occassion is another person, and the court takes a view that the new governor should start his own 4  years.

Now, if justices is to be seen to be fair, there should be uniformity.

If an elected person is challenged during the course while in office, and he/she succeeded in winning again, then he/she should complete his/her remaining years as if he/she has been in that office from the begining.

If the challenger wins, he/she should complete whatever is remaining in the other persons time(and that will amount to per of his/her terms), otherwise an elected person might set up a 'front' to challenge his/her election a day before the end of the term and get tenure enolgation through the back door.


If the court will be minded to say the new person does 4 years, then the sitting elecetd person should start 4 years afresh.


The supreme court has to set a standard here which will discourage 'touts' to start petition and rerun election in the middle of the term which will make governance a serious problem.

Another issue where election and challenge should be conducted before taking oath of office, and if anything happens after oath of office, all the hearings must not be more than 6 months.

LEADERSHIP is needed to look at Nigeria from a very holistic way and set out a vision of modern Nigeria for the benefits of everyone both the majority and minority.