Archives Tag: Election Tribunal
Atiku vs. Buhari: A Tribunal’s Verdict on a Contested Election
April 19, 2022
On Thursday, September 11, the Presidential Elections Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) sitting at the Court of Appeal premises in Abuja gave its verdict on the February 23 presidential elections where Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) had asked that the election of President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) be set … Continue reading Atiku vs. Buhari: A Tribunal’s Verdict on a Contested Election
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How To Brood A Shameless Judiciary
April 19, 2022
Ordinarily, one would expect a level of consistency in verdicts rolled out by judges across board but we hardly get such. No matter how many times we tout the judiciary as the hope of the common man, the reality is that commoners hardly get justice. It is often to our chagrin that we find out … Continue reading How To Brood A Shameless Judiciary
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The Trials of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar
April 19, 2022
It would seem that the era of trying to toy with elections via the media has come to stay, as it was revealed over the weekend that an Israeli PR firm was hired to spice up the last elections with propaganda damaging the credibility of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in … Continue reading The Trials of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar
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The Season of Election Tribunals and Judgments
April 19, 2022
On Friday, May 3rd, the Federal High Court, Abuja sacked Abdulrauf Modibbo as House of Representatives member-elect representing Yola South/Yola North/Girei Federal Constituency of Adamawa State in the National Assembly. Modibbo, who won the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries, represented the APC in the 2019 general elections in which he was declared winner. Modibbo was … Continue reading The Season of Election Tribunals and Judgments
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INEC Server, APC’s Defense and the Fate of Atiku at the Tribunal
April 19, 2022
Coming on the heels of the All Progressives Congress (APC) insinuating at their defense at the presidential election petition tribunal that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was not born in Nigeria, as the constitution required of anyone contesting the presidential elections, other allegations and counter allegations have ensued. In fact, until the matter comes to a close … Continue reading INEC Server, APC’s Defense and the Fate of Atiku at the Tribunal
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Election Tribunals: Judiciary as the Last Hope of the Electorate
April 19, 2022
The electorate breathed a sigh of relief as the Osun State Election Tribunal passed judgment on Friday, 22nd March declaring Senator Ademola Adeleke of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as the rightful winner of the Osun state elections held on September 22th 2018. The three-man panel of judges had two of the judges favouring the … Continue reading Election Tribunals: Judiciary as the Last Hope of the Electorate
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Mr President, Arms of Government and Constitutional Supremacy
April 19, 2022
It may be said that no two nations run an exactly similar type of government. Based on their political evolution, every country adapts their own system of government. In Nigeria too, you would find that the national government is branched into 3 arms comprising the Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary. These 3 arms are present in … Continue reading Mr President, Arms of Government and Constitutional Supremacy
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