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Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by Dansuqi: 5:14pm On Aug 14, 2019
I know its highly unlikely and almost impossible but if buhari is disqualified by the tribunal or found ineligible to qualify due to him not having ssce or not attaching it to his inec form cf001,who takes over? Is it vice president osibanjo,atiku or the senate president? What does the constitution specifies? Is there any precedent? Lawyers in the house,contribute

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Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by helinues: 5:15pm On Aug 14, 2019
Disqualified

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Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by Nobody: 5:21pm On Aug 14, 2019
Osibanjo

That’s if it is decided that APC won the election nonetheless

However I think there is enough evidence to show INEC falsified the results and denied Atiku victory

Atiku should be declared winner for the sake of our sanity as a Nation and our democracy

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Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by fiizznation: 5:24pm On Aug 14, 2019
Hey hey, are you the person that will disqualify him? You better go and sleep my friend

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Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by onetouchconcept(m): 5:31pm On Aug 14, 2019
Not in Nigeria,
Not under the administration of buhari.
Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by tuniski: 5:33pm On Aug 14, 2019
fiizznation:
Hey hey, are you the person that will disqualify him? You better go and sleep my friend
'iF' that is a conditional statement not declaratory.

Anyway, that is up to the courts to decide.
Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by tuniski: 5:35pm On Aug 14, 2019
krendo:
Osibanjo

That’s if it is decided that APC won the election nonetheless

However I think there is enough evidence to show INEC falsified the results and denied Atiku victory

Atiku should be declared winner for the sake of our sanity as a Nation and our democracy

If he is disqualified that leaves Atiku/pdp as the winner. The petitioner have a compelling case.
Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by Officialgarri: 5:50pm On Aug 14, 2019
krendo:
Osibanjo

That’s if it is decided that APC won the election nonetheless

However I think there is enough evidence to show INEC falsified the results and denied Atiku victory

Atiku should be declared winner for the sake of our sanity as a Nation and our democracy
The OP asked one question which to your own best of knowledge you have answered already. You are not asked to wail afterwards.....
Who asked u if Atiku is cumming or not?

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Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by OlujobaSamuel: 6:10pm On Aug 14, 2019
The runner-up at the party presidential primary according to previous SC ruling, however, in this case, I don't know since he was a sole candidate
Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by Optional09: 6:11pm On Aug 14, 2019
Sowore will take over and he will do an excellent job

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Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by MobilityExpress: 6:24pm On Aug 14, 2019
Dansuqi:
I know its highly unlikely and almost impossible but if buhari is disqualified by the tribunal or found ineligible to qualify due to him not having ssce or not attaching it to his inec form cf001,who takes over? Is it vice president osibanjo,atiku or the senate president? What does the constitution specifies? Is there any precedent? Lawyers in the house,contribute

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Senate President takes over grin

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Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by printemps: 6:24pm On Aug 14, 2019
krendo:
Osibanjo

That’s if it is decided that APC won the election nonetheless

However I think there is enough evidence to show INEC falsified the results and denied Atiku victory

Atiku should be declared winner for the sake of our sanity as a Nation and our democracy



If Osinbanjo becomes the President when Buhari gets disqualified over certificate issues, I'm sure Osinbanjo's eligibility will be challenged up to the Supreme Court. By all rationality, if Buhari is disqualified, Osinbanjo is ineligible considering the joint ticket that brought them both on board as President/Vice-president,. The next in Line would be the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan. If it were to be the United States of America, the House Leader, Nancy Pelosi and not Senate President, Mitch McConnell will be next in line after Trump and Pence is removed.

But hey, in the words of Falz " This is Nigeria.....everybody be criminal...
Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by czarina(f): 6:33pm On Aug 14, 2019
Officialgarri:

The OP asked one question which to your own best of knowledge you have answered already. You are not asked to wail afterwards.....
Who asked u if Atiku is cumming or not?
cheesy cheesy

Cc: Immhotep

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Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by Nobody: 6:34pm On Aug 14, 2019
printemps:




If Osinbanjo becomes the President when Buhari gets disqualified over certificate issues, I'm sure Osinbanjo's eligibility will be challenged up to the Supreme Court. By all rationality, if Buhari is disqualified, Osinbanjo is ineligible considering the joint ticket that brought them both on board as President/Vice-president,. The next in Line would be the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan. If it were to be the United States of America, the House Leader, Nancy Pelosi and not Senate President, Mitch McConnell will be next in line after Trump and Pence is removed.

Oga na grammar you dey speak

The constitution is clear and this has been tested in court as well. We vote parties in Nigeria and not individuals

That’s why Amaechi was able to replace Omehia in River State

If the tribunal disqualify Buhari because of certificate then Osibanjo as the next in line in APC takes over and then nominates a new VP

That if the court determines that Buhari lied on his INEC form but upholds INEC declaration of the election that APC won.

There is however overwhelming evidence and if the court go by the evidence they will disqualify Buhari but also declare PDP winner of the election based on the contents of the real result sheets

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Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by Dansuqi: 6:40pm On Aug 14, 2019
krendo:
Osibanjo

That’s if it is decided that APC won the election nonetheless

However I think there is enough evidence to show INEC falsified the results and denied Atiku victory

Atiku should be declared winner for the sake of our sanity as a Nation and our democracy
There's no such evidence please except in your imagination.focus on the topic
Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by Dansuqi: 6:43pm On Aug 14, 2019
printemps:




If Osinbanjo becomes the President when Buhari gets disqualified over certificate issues, I'm sure Osinbanjo's eligibility will be challenged up to the Supreme Court. By all rationality, if Buhari is disqualified, Osinbanjo is ineligible considering the joint ticket that brought them both on board as President/Vice-president,. The next in Line would be the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan. If it were to be the United States of America, the House Leader, Nancy Pelosi and not Senate President, Mitch McConnell will be next in line after Trump and Pence is removed.

But hey, in the words of Falz " This is Nigeria.....everybody be criminal...
Its like saying if the president is impeached or dies (God forbid),the vice president will automatically follow suit since its joint ticket? You have nothing to say
Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by Dansuqi: 6:44pm On Aug 14, 2019
tuniski:


If he is disqualified that leaves Atiku/pdp as the winner. The petitioner have a compelling case.
Where is the constitutional backing or precedent? You are using your own intuition as usual
Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by Dansuqi: 6:47pm On Aug 14, 2019
OlujobaSamuel:
The runner-up at the party presidential primary according to previous SC ruling, however, in this case, I don't know since he was a sole candidate
No sir.the law says once a winner has been declared by inec and the winner cant operate,the deputy takes over.again,the benericiary must have participated in all stages of the elections which osibanjo has fulfilled
Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by printemps: 6:50pm On Aug 14, 2019
krendo:


Oga na grammar you dey speak

The constitution is clear and this has been tested in court as well. We vote parties in Nigeria and not individuals

That’s why Amaechi was able to replace Omehia in River State

If the tribunal disqualify Buhari because of certificate then Osibanjo as the next in line in APC takes over and then nominates a new VP

That if the court determines that Buhari lied on his INEC form but upholds INEC declaration of the election that APC won.

There is however overwhelming evidence and if the court go by the evidence they will disqualify Buhari but also declare PDP winner of the election based on the contents of the real result sheets


Sorry you wey no speak grammar but dey compose syntax.


Nigeria with her fraudulent Constitution that has accelerated her decline in the last two decades. If you people no fix that fraud of a Constitution una no go ever progress. Also Nigeria's Supreme Court need a revamping, a nonpartisan supreme court is what the country requires to deliver real justice.
Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by OlujobaSamuel: 6:55pm On Aug 14, 2019
Dansuqi:

No sir.the law says once a winner has been declared by inec and the winner cant operate,the deputy takes over.again,the benericiary must have participated in all stages of the elections which osibanjo has fulfilled
That is in cases where the person can't function as a result of events after declaration (post electoral issues, eg he is found guilty of misconduct while in office).
In previous instance where an election winner was found ineligible to contest, the court gave the mandate to the party runner-up.
This applies not just to president, it applies to governor and legislative members.
However, I don't know how similar rules apply to deputy/vice as we are yet to have any of such case.

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Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by tuniski: 6:58pm On Aug 14, 2019
Dansuqi:

Where is the constitutional backing or precedent? You are using your own intuition as usual
Has any president ever been disqualified? Has any gov been disqualified? Answer is NO. However, a flawed candidacy by virtue of fake cert in other elections have been decided varying depending on the locus standi of the petitioner.

Here the pdp/atiku are the petitioners seeking to be declared winners or election canceled. It therefore goes without saying that will be the beneficiary in that event.
Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by OlujobaSamuel: 7:04pm On Aug 14, 2019
printemps:




If Osinbanjo becomes the President when Buhari gets disqualified over certificate issues, I'm sure Osinbanjo's eligibility will be challenged up to the Supreme Court. By all rationality, if Buhari is disqualified, Osinbanjo is ineligible considering the joint ticket that brought them both on board as President/Vice-president,. The next in Line would be the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan. If it were to be the United States of America, the House Leader, Nancy Pelosi and not Senate President, Mitch McConnell will be next in line after Trump and Pence is removed.

But hey, in the words of Falz " This is Nigeria.....everybody be criminal...
If disqualified, the party pry runner-up takes over or the v.p.
The pdp or any other party can't get the mandate.
Buhari was disqualified, not the party.
Party owns the ticket, no one voted for Buhari but APC in the eyes of the law.
Except we have an unusual case like that of Zamfara and Rivers where the party was disqualified which is very unlikely as it was an in-house work(APC members challenging themselves)

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Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by tuniski: 7:04pm On Aug 14, 2019
krendo:


Oga na grammar you dey speak

The constitution is clear and this has been tested in court as well. We vote parties in Nigeria and not individuals

That’s why Amaechi was able to replace Omehia in River State

If the tribunal disqualify Buhari because of certificate then Osibanjo as the next in line in APC takes over and then nominates a new VP

That if the court determines that Buhari lied on his INEC form but upholds INEC declaration of the election that APC won.

There is however overwhelming evidence and if the court go by the evidence they will disqualify Buhari but also declare PDP winner of the election based on the contents of the real result sheets

Amaechi's case was disputation of party candidate not non qualification. Where a party field an ineligible candidate, their votes become wasted. QED

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Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by tuniski: 7:07pm On Aug 14, 2019
OlujobaSamuel:

If disqualified, the party pry runner-up takes over or the v.p.
The pdp or any other party can't get the mandate.
Buhari was disqualified, not the party.
Party owns the ticket, no one voted for Buhari but APC in the eyes of the law.
Except we have an unusual case like that of Zamfara and Rivers where the party was disqualified which is very unlikely as it was an in-house work(APC members challenging themselves)
A party fielding an unqualified candidate has wasted votes! The PDP simply will then be declared the winner. Or you think PDP/Atiku are working to install Osinbajo abi to claim the presidency.
Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by seunmsg(m): 7:08pm On Aug 14, 2019
krendo:


Oga na grammar you dey speak

The constitution is clear and this has been tested in court as well. We vote parties in Nigeria and not individuals

That’s why Amaechi was able to replace Omehia in River State

If the tribunal disqualify Buhari because of certificate then Osibanjo as the next in line in APC takes over and then nominates a new VP

That if the court determines that Buhari lied on his INEC form but upholds INEC declaration of the election that APC won.

There is however overwhelming evidence and if the court go by the evidence they will disqualify Buhari but also declare PDP winner of the election based on the contents of the real result sheets

Your position is not correct. If Buhari is disqualified, Osinbajo and APC also stand disqualified. The implication is that APC had no valid candidate in the election. The validity of Osinbanjo’s candidature depends solely on the validity of Buhari’s candidature. One is not valid without the other. Consequently, the party with a valid candidate that scored the highest votes and meets all other constitutional requirements will be declared winner.

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Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by printemps: 7:12pm On Aug 14, 2019
Every judicial case is unique and has to be tested in a competent court of law. Making comparisons with past judicial cases is nonsense.
Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by printemps: 7:24pm On Aug 14, 2019
OlujobaSamuel:

If disqualified, the party pry runner-up takes over or the v.p.
The pdp or any other party can't get the mandate.
Buhari was disqualified, not the party.
Party owns the ticket, no one voted for Buhari but APC in the eyes of the law.
Except we have an unusual case like that of Zamfara and Rivers where the party was disqualified which is very unlikely as it was an in-house work(APC members challenging themselves)


The ruling or whatever constitutionality behind the idea that people vote for party and not candidates is flawed.If electorates vote for party and not candidates then no campaign for individual candidates of political parties should be allowed, parties should just campaign for themselves and appoint or apportion positions to their members or candidates. You see why the Nigerian Constitution and the whole judicial system in Nigeria need a total clinical overhaul.

The present system by which Nigeria operates is a total mess.
Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by OlujobaSamuel: 7:31pm On Aug 14, 2019
printemps:


The ruling or whatever constitutionality behind the idea that people vote for party and not candidates is flawed.If electorates vote for party and not candidates then no campaign for individual candidates of political parties should be allowed, parties should just campaign for themselves and appoint or apportion positions to their members or candidates. You see why the Nigerian Constitution and the whole judicial system in Nigeria need a total clinical overhaul.

The present system by which Nigeria operates is a total mess.
That's the mess we found ourselves in. Let's manage it till we make it as individuals and return to earth. Me don tire to dey talk about that nonsense book wey no one, especially from the top wan respect
Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by michelz: 7:38pm On Aug 14, 2019
OP,if the president gets disqualified, then Atiku will be sworn in. It is as simple as that.
That is exactly why you have first runner up,second runner up,third runner up etc.

Disqualification of the president simply implies that the party ticket is nullified;of course, the party ticket bears Buhari and Osibanjo.
Don't misconstrue it with impeachment, in which case the vice president takes over.

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Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by Wiseandtrue(f): 8:03pm On Aug 14, 2019
Osibanjo that if APC is not disqualified

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Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by bandol(m): 8:12pm On Aug 14, 2019
All the votes acquired by APC would be considered as void votes. PDP would be declared a winner. More so there was no other candidates except President Buhari during APC primary .
Re: Who Takes Over If The President Is Disqualified? by amaniro: 9:00pm On Aug 14, 2019
MobilityExpress:


Senate President takes over grin


If the president get pushed out of office with immediate effect. They'll set up an interim president first then settle everything

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