Salewa97:
Oba of Benin is right. Change takes time, especially with the mess left behind. Tinubu is on the right path, and with patience, we will see the fruits of his labor. Let’s give him the chance to deliver!

Jonathan's government was only one 1⃣ year old when Tinubu and his gang staged protest against it

samomoli:
These people know that the oppressed want to get it right this time to deal with their oppressors, that's why the oppressors are running from pillar to post. Time they say wait for nobody. If the president knew timing is important, he should have taken his time during his inauguration speech on the issue of subsides. He was beclouded by money to loot.. be street wise. NO TIME

Jonathan's government was only one 1⃣ year old when Tinubu and his gang staged protest against it

Malista:
More time to do more damages I guess. It will never be well with any religious, political, and or traditional ruler who is still supporting Tinubu despite the economic hardship. Sinc I was born, I've never had it this bad to the extent of wanting to commit suicide due to debt and hunger.

Jonathan's government was only one year old when Tinubu and his gang staged protest against it

nabes:
At least two years will be enough to judge

Jonathan's government was only 1⃣ year old when Tinubu and his gang staged protest against it

kedeojo:
He became president in 2009

2009?!
How?!
You Yorubas are hideous and devious

Peejayz:
3 years old

Or we should not count the 2 year he completed for yaradua

2 years for Yar'Adua?! How?!

Pls Oba d masses no talk say dem won scatter area na just peaceful protest but u fit invite boyz make dem com dey chop for side sha .

But y dem dey fear protest shebi dem protest GEJ

Peejayz:
3 years old

Or we should not count the 2 year he completed for yaradua

The two year's was for yaradua

Peejayz:


But who was in power was yaradua ruling from heaven/hell?

That's doesn't matter. 8 years is what the constitution said. That why he contested during the election that brought APC to power. The two year's was for yaradua. 2011 was when Jonathan took over as elected president.

Salewa97:
Oba of Benin is right. Change takes time, especially with the mess left behind. Tinubu is on the right path, and with patience, we will see the fruits of his labor. Let’s give him the chance to deliver!

Give me or or two reasons that made you believe that your president is in the right path? That it will yield something in future

Peejayz:


How many years did yaradua use as president?

Jonathan was acting president in March 2010 and executive president in May the same year
Stop lying
Not everyone is a zombie like you

Akaegwu:
That's doesn't matter. 8 years is what the constitution said. That why he contested during the election that brought APC to power. The two year's was for yaradua. 2011 was when Jonathan took over as elected president.

Yar'Adua ruled for 3 years

tishbite42:

Yar'Adua ruled for 3 years

The court further held that in the eyes of the law, Jonathan’s tenure commenced on May 29, 2011, saying he only assumed the presidential seat in 2010 following the demise of his boss, late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua who it said duly contested and won the 2007 presidential election.

In its interpretation of Section 137 of the constitution, the court, insisted that the germane issues for determination were “whether the death of Yar’Adua and swearing-in of Jonathan to complete the tenure, remains four-year tenure? Did the firstt defendant (Jonathan) contest presidency the first time in 2001? Was he ever declared and sworn-in as president in 2007? Was he the presidential candidate of the PDP in 2007?”

Justice Oniyangi further maintained that “the distinguishing factor is that after the election of Yar’Adua, there was no election or bye-election upon which Jonathan became president. He was merely asked to assume the position. I will like to borrow the word that was used by the legislature then, doctrine of necessity.

“He was not elected into the position but was asked to assume the position. Having exhausted that tenure, he sought and obtained the ticket of the party to contest for presidency in 2011.

“Consequently, it is my considered view that the first defendant is on his first tenure of four years. It therefore follows that if he so wishes, he can seek from his party to contest for presidential election in 2015. Let me put it on record in order to guide against any mischief; this court is not saying that he is the automatic candidate of the PDP or any party, but that he could seek for the sponsorship of his political party or any other party of his choice to vie for the position.
“He is running his first tenure and can aspire to seek for nomination like any other Nigerian to contest in 2015. I do not see how such right can affect the plaintiff in anyway. When that time comes the plaintiff can also seek alongside other aspirants to vie for presidency subject to nomination by his party,” he added.

The court equally held that Section 137, applies only when someone is elected and not when such person assumes the office like in the instant case. “In the case of Jonathan, the section applies to when he was elected as president, by implication, when he took oath of office on May 29, 2011.
“I therefore hold that the tenure of office of the first defendant did not begin on May 6, 2010 but May 29, 2011. The constitution was clear that no person shall take oath of allegiance and oath of office prescribed in the seventh schedule of the constitution more than twice except on special circumstance as witnessed in the demise of Yar’Adua. Thus, the order of injunction against the first defendant contesting in 2015 is refused.
’’ Application for an order restraining the second defendant, PDP, from sponsoring him is refused and dismissed. Likewise, application for an order directing the Indipendent National Electoral Commission, INEC not to accept Jonathan if sponsored by the second defendant in 2015 is also dismissed and refused. The plaintiff is to pay a token of N20,000, to each of the defendants,” Oniyangi ruled.
Earlier, the court had while upholding preliminary objections filed against the suit by both Jonathan and the PDP, held that the plaintiff who is also a chieftain of the party, Mr Cyriacus Njoku, lacked the locus-standi to institute the action, noting that the matter was pre-mature considering that Jonathan was yet to declare his intention to run for the election in 2015.

The court held that in-line with provision of Section 87 of the Electoral Act, a political party has the exclusive powers to nominate or pick candidates to sponsor in any given election, adding that such issue was a domestic affair of political parties which no court had the powers to determine.

“The mere fact that the plaintiff is nursing the ambition to be a candidate of the party does not confer right on him to seek to stop another candidate also nursing a similar ambition. It is crystal clear that the plaintiff’s suit did not disclose any cause of action; it is only an expression of interest to contest which is still at its embryo stage. At least, it is still within the realm of speculation and no court pays heed to speculation. All the grounds of objection by the defendants succeed and are sustained. The plaintiff lacks locus standi and the suit is accordingly struck out.”


Specifically, the plaintiff who is a registered member of the PDP in Zuba Ward, Abuja, in his suit, urged the court among other things, to determine “whether Section 135(2) of the 1999 Constitution, which specifies a period of four years in office for the president, is only available or applicable to a person elected on the basis of an actual election or includes one in which a person assumes the position of President by operation of law, as in the case of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.”

Arguing that Jonathan was constitutionally barred from contesting the presidency in 2015, Njoku, also asked the court to determine “whether Section 137(1) (b) of the Constitution, which provides that a person shall not be qualified for election to the office of President, if he has been elected to such office at any two previous elections, applies to the first defendant, who first took an oath of office as substantive President on May 6, 2010 and took a second oath as President on May 29, 2011.”

He also sought a declaration that ‘’the President’s tenure of office began on May 6, 2010 when his first term began and his two terms shall end on May 29, 2015 having taken his second oath of office on May 29, 2011; and by virtue of Section 136 (1) (b) of the Constitution, that no person (including the first defendant) shall take the oath of allegiance and the oath of office prescribed to in the Seventh Schedule to this Constitution more than twice.’’

He then prayed the court for an order of injunction restraining President Jonathan from further contesting or attempting to vie for President after May 29, 2015 when his tenure shall by the Nigerian Constitution end.
Furthermore, the plaintiff asked the court to issue an order of injunction restraining the PDP from further sponsoring or attempting to sponsor Jonathan as candidate for election to the office of the President in 2015, as well as make an order directing the INEC, to refrain from accepting the name of the 1stdefendant, Jonathan, should the party decide to sponsor him in the next presidential election.
However, both President Jonathan and the PDP, in separate preliminary objections they filed, described the siut as “frivolous and highly vexatious,” saying it ought to be dismissed in its entirety as grossly lacking in merit.
They argued that the plaintiff failed to disclose any reasonable cause of action that precipitated the suit, insisting that Jonathan is currently doing his first term of four years in office as the President of Nigeria as provided by the 1999 Constitution, as amended.

“President Jonathan’s status and position is formidably backed by the 1999 Constitution. The constitution of Nigeria only makes provisions for a president to contest for not more than two terms of four years each.

The constitution recognizes the President’s tenure of office to be four years,” the PDP stated.
It further maintained that Jonathan had not indicated or announced anywhere whether in words or in writing that he would contest the presidential election in 2015, adding that the plaintiff lacked the locus-standi to seek for such declarative orders against Jonathan.
Similarly, Jonathan, through his consortium of lawyers led by Chief Ade Okeaya-Inneh, SAN, maintained that the 1999 Constitution, as amended, permits him to contest for not more than two terms of four years each.

In a 15-paragraph counter affidavit deposed on his behalf by a lawyer, Mr Osahon Okeaya-Inneh, Jonathan said he was yet to indicate or announce anywhere that he would contest for presidency in 2015, just as he dismissed the suit as an academic exercise.
In the counter affidavit against the suit, the Counsel to Jonathan averred: “I am a counsel in the law firm of Ade Okeaya-Inneh and Co. Counsel to the first defendant in this suit, by virtue of which I am conversant with the facts of this case
“I have the consent and authority of the 1stdefendant respondent to depose to this affidavit. When my law firm was briefed by the first defendant to The constitution recognizes the President’s tenure of office to be four years,” the PDP stated.

It further maintained that Jonathan had not indicated or announced anywhere whether in words or in writing that he would contest the presidential election in 2015, adding that the plaintiff lacked the locus-standi to seek for such declarative orders against Jonathan.

Similarly, Jonathan, through his consortium of lawyers led by Chief Ade Okeaya-Inneh, SAN, maintained that the 1999 Constitution, as amended, permits him to contest for not more than two terms of four years each.

In a 15-paragraph counter affidavit deposed on his behalf by a lawyer, Mr Osahon Okeaya-Inneh, Jonathan said he was yet to indicate or announce anywhere that he would contest for presidency in 2015, just as he dismissed the suit as an academic exercise.

In the counter affidavit against the suit, the Counsel to Jonathan averred: “I am a counsel in the law firm of Ade Okeaya-Inneh and Co. Counsel to the first defendant in this suit, by virtue of which I am conversant with the facts of this case
“I have the consent and authority of the 1stdefendant respondent to depose to this affidavit.

When my law firm was briefed by the first defendant to represent him in his action, I, together with Mr Mattew Aikhionbare (senior special assistant to the President) and Dr Reuben Abati (special adviser on media and publicity to the President) meticulously went through the 11-paragraph affidavit of the plaintiff in support of his originating summons.

The first defendant is currently doing his first term of four years in office as the president of Nigeria as provided by the 1999 constitution as amended. The first defendant status and position is formidably backed by the 1999 constitution.
“The constitution of Nigeria only makes provisions for a president to contest for not more than two terms of four years each. The constitution recognizes the Executive President’s tenure of office to be four years.

“I was informed by Dr Reuben Abati on the April 4, 2012 at about 5.30 pm in his office and I verily believe that. The first defendant has not indicated or announced anywhere whether in words or in writing that he will contest for the presidential elections to be conducted in 2015.

The late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua contested and won the presidential elections conducted in 2007 for a one term of four years. He was the president from May 29, 2007 until sometime in May 2010 when he passed on. Yar’Adua’s four years was to end in 2011.”

Jonathan further told the court that on May 6, 2010, he was sworn in as the president after the demise of the Late President Yar’Adua thereby completing Yara’Adua’s 12 months of the four years tenure, stressing that this was the first time he is coming to power as the president of Nigeria through a conducted election wherein he was voted as the presidential candidate of his party, the PDP.

Peejayz:


But who was in power was yaradua ruling from heaven/hell?

The court further held that in the eyes of the law, Jonathan’s tenure commenced on May 29, 2011, saying he only assumed the presidential seat in 2010 following the demise of his boss, late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua who it said duly contested and won the 2007 presidential election.

In its interpretation of Section 137 of the constitution, the court, insisted that the germane issues for determination were “whether the death of Yar’Adua and swearing-in of Jonathan to complete the tenure, remains four-year tenure? Did the firstt defendant (Jonathan) contest presidency the first time in 2001? Was he ever declared and sworn-in as president in 2007? Was he the presidential candidate of the PDP in 2007?”

JAOS:
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https://dailytrust.com/hunger-protest-tinubus-govt-needs-more-time-oba-of-benin-tells-nigerians/

Wetin im sabi say dem dey talk for economy, when no be tohtoh matter...Oba of Tohtoh

Peejayz:
so Jonathan never took any decisions that affected the good or bad while as the acting president?


I was enjoying the conversation till you added zombie... I'm not ready for all that , have a nice day .

I will use the word again
I have bursted your lies
You can lie to zombies like you

chopnaira:
The Obidient mob, food don ready. Oya go and attack the oba. 🤣

They dare not.

Oba of Benin?

Please, if these children don’t know who the Oba of Benin is, please educate them.

In fact I don’t know the kind of youths we produce nowadays.

It won’t surprise me if they start insulting the Oba.

All this people have been bribe,am not suprise

Bros na so buhari talk, give us time give us time, when him time finally reach what was the result? Time no dey wait fr anybody the reason I or some of us no fit give anybody time.

Salewa97:
Oba of Benin is right. Change takes time, especially with the mess left behind. Tinubu is on the right path, and with patience, we will see the fruits of his labor. Let’s give him the chance to deliver!

Salewa97:
Oba of Benin is right. Change takes time, especially with the mess left behind. Tinubu is on the right path, and with patience, we will see the fruits of his labor. Let’s give him the chance to deliver!

What mess was left behind? Was there a time he was never part of the mess?

Snowx:


Give me or or two reasons that made you believe that your president is in the right path? That it will yield something in future

Power supply will be ramped up dramatically in this Tinubu administration.

A lot is going on behind the scenes.

We are even seeing improvements already.

Tempulated:


Hmmm nawa oo..

I'm serious

snapshot:
The most difficult message to receive is for a well feed man asking a hungry and angry man to be patient,if to say everyone dey inside this hunger e for make sense,but government officials with jombo pay and numerous allowances asking a jobless and hungry graduate to be patient? E no go work

Gbam!

Always the rich telling the poor to be patient!

Make Oba leave us oooo… if you check well the same oba dey use limousine Upanda..,.

nabes:
At least two years will be enough to judge

you dey mad
Useless Tinubu online bot

victorazy:


I hate it when ppl don't talk with with theirs brains attached to their tongues.
Is Buhari APC diff from Tinubu's APC! Which change?

you’re responding to a paid Tinubu human bot. 🤖
lol check all of his post