OKOATA:
You know the truth but want to lie to yourself, as long as the court case isn't concluded there will be an interim. A druglord won't rule Nigeria.

OKOATA:
You know the truth but want to lie to yourself, as long as the court case isn't concluded there will be an interim. A druglord won't rule Nigeria.

SmartPolician:
The game is getting interesting. I cannot wait for the full litigation to commence.

APC is making this appeal about Peter Obi. If the party agrees to pick him as the presidential candidate with unopposed candidates, then why should that be the concern of APC?

Besides, political parties win elections in Nigeria, not individuals. They didn't react to the claim that Bola Tinubu is an ex-druglord. I guess they intentionally ignored it or reporter didn't mention it.

CondenseMilk:
APC said that PO should go to court. Now that PO is in court you want the judge to dismiss the case?


Never!

Afamed:
Gbam, The Pandora fraud should also be fined N10b for presenting a frivolous case and time wasting ,

The electoral law is simple, but since the Pandora fraud is a 3rd class graduate of UNN, he would not understand what the electoral law means as amended.

How can you be a registered member of PDP and still went ahead to run an election under Labour Party.

Section 77(3) of the Electoral Act is simple and unambiguous.

Truly , Obi is a trader to trader 3rd class graduate

zoedew:

Populism of the blind and headstrong slant have no place in the dispensation of Justice. Peter Obi was a member of LP within the 30 day period prior to the election. If he had stayed in PDP Tinubu would have found it near impossible to win.

mrvitalis:

That's their best approach but it's lame and no bearing what so ever

RighChannel:
We are watching

See nonsense APC and Tinubu filed against Obi, I pity them

IyaebeTheGreat:
So much from an entitled third position, this man should be arrested already.

PassingShot:

At the minimum, one would expect some of you to be reasonable and discerning.

A primary school kid should know that it is impossible to conclude an election petition case in three months let alone in a month and half.

Tinubu is our president for the next 4 years at the minimum.

JASONjnr:
They asked for it and now they can't withstand the heat...


Even though this is all a formality to act like they're afraid when in real sense, they've already pocketed the judicial system....


Tinubu has put everything in order to win by all means, but God will shame him and bring him down!!

OKOATA:
You know the truth but want to lie to yourself, as long as the court case isn't concluded there will be an interim. A druglord won't rule Nigeria.

PassingShot:

So, as the law has not been amended for such, it has to be done in this case?

And in reality, it is not possible to conclude election matters in three months after the election. IMPOSSIBLE!

Jogs1900:
Fire for fire..Obi wasn't eligible to contest for any election in Labour party..
Has Obi not laboured in vain like this?

seunmsg:


Serous cost for wasting everybody’s time.


The APC equally argued that the petition was improperly constituted having failed to join Atiku Abubakar and PDP who were necessary parties to be affected by the reliefs sought

“By Paragraph 17 of the petition, the petitioners, on their own, stated that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar came second in the presidential election with 6,984,520 votes as against the petitioners who came third with 6,101,533 votes;

“At Paragraph 102 (ii) of the petition, the petitioners urged the tribunal to determine that 1st petitioner scored the majority of lawful votes without joining Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in the petition.

“For the tribunal to grant prayer (iii) of the petitioners, the tribunal must have set aside the scores and election of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar,

“Alhaji Atiku Abubakar must be heard before his votes can be discountenanced by the tribunal,” it said.


This point alone has destroyed Peter Obi’s petition. The quacks who filed Obi Obi’s petition will be sweating after reading this technical point. Wole Olanipekun is damn good in destroying cases on technical grounds.

To delusional obedients, it’s game over. Obi’s watery case has been shredded to pieces.

seanfer:


180 days is for the tribunal, Supreme Court still have another 60 days making 240 days/8 months.

Roboto11:
Responding, the APC asked the court to dismiss the suit on the ground that Mr Obi, the 1st petitioner, lacked requisite “locus standi” to institute the petition because he was not a member of LP at least 30 days to the party’s presidential primary to be validly sponsored by the party.

It said: “The 1st petitioner (Obi) was a member of PDP until May 24, 2022.

“1st petitioner was screened as a presidential aspirant of the PDP in April 2022.

“1st petitioner participated and was cleared to contest the presidential election while being a member of the PDP.

“1st petitioner purportedly resigned his membership of PDP on May 24, 2022 to purportedly join the 2nd petitioner (Labour Party) on May 27, 2022.

“2nd petitioner conducted its presidential primary on May 30, 2022 which purportedly produced 1st petitioner as its candidate, which time contravened Section 77(3) of the Electoral Act for him to contest the primary election as a member of the 2nd petitioner

Venerable612:


You know the Law!

Well said!

The preliminary objections are quite punchy - sammarily:
1. Peter Obi does not have locus to contest the election and bring the petition at all;

2. failure to add Atiku/PDP to the petition is a huge miss, as PO can’t be declared winner if at all he is successful without first discountenancing Atiku’s votes;

3. no pleadings on polling units disruptions individually; and

4. PO’s petition is fraught with pre-election matters - and the Tribunal itself does not have jurisdiction to hear the matter.

Law is interesting! Let’s see how this place out and watch out for the Defence & potential cross petition.

Clevite:

Interim again! So, you are still on this day-dreaming about Interim government? Those false prophets have really got hold of your mind. Please free your mind!

seunmsg:


According to which law?

PassingShot:

Interim? Una be kids abeg. Go put the interim naa

SmartPolician:
The game is getting interesting. I cannot wait for the full litigation to commence.

APC is making this appeal about Peter Obi. If the party agrees to pick him as the presidential candidate with unopposed candidates, then why should that be the concern of APC?

Besides, political parties win elections in Nigeria, not individuals. They didn't react to the claim that Bola Tinubu is an ex-druglord. I guess they intentionally ignored it or reporter didn't mention it.

OKOATA:
So na druglord won rule before?

seanfer:

The electoral act says he must be a member of the party minimum of 30 days.

Eniitankorede:





Many of you are legally illiterate. If you know the law, you will see that their counter argument is very strong and compelling. How can Obi contest election when he was not a member of LP? How can Obi claim irregularities without giving evidence on polling unit basis? Answer those questions based on the law.

Clevite:

What aspect of your own law makes provision for an interim government in place of your "drug lord"?

PassingShot:

At the minimum, one would expect some of you to be reasonable and discerning.

A primary school kid should know that it is impossible to conclude an election petition case in three months let alone in a month and half.

Tinubu is our president for the next 4 years at the minimum.

Clevite:

If Peter Obi had stayed in PDP, he wouldn't have secured the ticket in the first place. The best he could have got is to be a running mate to Atiku. And there wouldn't have been anything like Obidient movement.