shayubobo:
Oga that is not olodo,i hope you remember how Aregbesola emerged as Governor in 2010.... where several votes were cancelled in some areas and Aregbesola was declared winner

udemzyudex:


Ok but the supreme court said its wasted vote.

seunmsg:


Wasted votes and void votes are the same. All these arguments are just semantics from partisan interest. Wasted/void votes are valid when determining the total vote cast in any election. Arguing otherwise is going against the constitution and the electoral act. If the PDP candidate failed to get 25% of total vote cast in at least 2/3 of the local governments in the state, INEC will have to conduct a run-off election between the candidates of PDP and the party that came third. Anything short of what I have explained will amount to illegality.

seunmsg:


Wasted votes and void votes are the same. All these arguments are just semantics from partisan interest. Wasted/void votes are valid when determining the total vote cast in any election. Arguing otherwise is going against the constitution and the electoral act. If the PDP candidate failed to get 25% of total vote cast in at least 2/3 of the local governments in the state, INEC will have to conduct a run-off election between the candidates of PDP and the party that came third. Anything short of what I have explained will amount to illegality.

Buckubuck:

I like ur logic abt the court not being a tribunal. But it buttresses the fact then that if APC was not supposed to be on the ballot, then whatever accrued to it does not exist in real terms. It's almost as if saying those people did not vote at all.

garfield1:

You dont just reason from the anus you dwell there.this argument is over,if you continue replying me,ill continually hit you hard.be guided...

OGHENAOGIE:
if am pro pdp it's my right...let's stay on d cos here...the Supreme Court didn't order for re run it said declare d second runner up winner...moreover let's wait for inec interpretations on Monday...and stop dis useless partisan supportership except dem de pay u... Apc shd wait til 2023 re run or not pdp has an advantage and won't let it slip...

Osagyefo98:




lolzzzzzzzzzzzz
pained

meanwhile, Inec declares pdp winner of all elective positions in zamfara state.


https://www.independent.ng/breaking-inec-declares-matawalle-other-pdp-candidates-winners-zamfara-polls/?utm_source=&utm_medium=facebook


U need real emotional treatment.

PaChukwudi44:

500k people voted legitimately? What brand of weed are you smoking?

udemzyudex:


Ok but the supreme court said its wasted vote.

garfield1:

They voted sir legally for nobody but they voted..

garfield1:

Yea,i am undergoing treatment but i heard that your a patient at yabaleft.it fits your station

Osagyefo98:



Am done with you.
Done and Dusted...

Let me beam my searchlight on other issues.....

Buckubuck:

Yes. Indeed they voted. Just as people in osun voted as well. I think we should just see how it pans out on Monday

ihatesycophant:
The electoral law has been modified and re-modified since that time. In our today's electoral law no such vote as wasted but invalid vote which are part of vote cast. No court and I mean no court can segregate citizen vote because he voted for a certain party of his choice. As at the time of voting APC candidates were legally entitled to be voted for based on court ruling and sustained by the process of Appeal sought by one party. A case that has been Appealed cannot be implemented. Meaning APC votes were part of the votes cast as at the time PDP had its own. Now that APC has no right to contest in the first place that does not take a way the vote cast for them as valid but now turned to invalid by Supreme Court judgement. By our electoral law every invalid vote is also part of cast vote

garfield1:

Am sure you are celebrating the victory like adeleke.may you continue celebrating till you celebrate out of oblivion tribalist

Osagyefo98:



Look at unnecessary accusations again....have our part crossed before here?


Anyway stop hitting my shares, is irritating...stop it...stop it...

What sort of nonsense is that.

Udantu:
Wasted votes are dead votes

Zamfara at a glance. Crunching the figures: PRE-SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT:
1) total votes cast: 810, 782
2) total cancelled votes: 17,844
3) total valid votes: 792,938
4) APC votes: 534,541
5) PDP votes: 189, 452
6) NRM votes: 15, 177

POST-SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT:

1) Total valid votes 792, 938
- APC wasted votes 534, 541
= 258, 541

2) total valid votes at play
= 258, 541
3) cancelled votes 17, 844

RESULTS AS THEY STAND POST-SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT:

1) PDP 189, 452
2) NRM 15, 177

a) Difference between PDP & NRM votes: 174, 272

b) Cancelled votes 17,844

i) Total votes cast: 258, 397
ii) PDP votes 189, 452
Difference = 68, 945

Pdp has won it

garfield1:

Inec just declared pdp candidate winner so the matter ends there for now but i still hold on to my opinion and hopes that one day,the records will be set straight

garfield1:

But i warned you na.i told you to stop the debate but you pushed on.you should never have argued with me forgetting that i greatly disgust or unnerve you

PHILipu1:

But the court did not say that those votes did not exists abi?

So if the number of wasted,voided,rubbish votes are higher than the difference between the winner and loser,is that not a re run?

seunmsg:


This is a PRE-election matter, the whole 500,000+ votes APC scored, doesn't NOT exist...it SHOULDN'T have been counted in the FIRST place, and CANNOT count now... whether as invalid, void, or whatever words you chose to use...those votes simply doesn't EXIST
Very wrong conclusion. Void votes are valid when determining total vote cast in an election. The votes scored by Zamfara APC (though now voided) are still very valid when determining the total vote cast for the election.

The above notwithstanding, the OP is also wrong in claiming that the PDP candidate need 202,696 votes to be returned elected. All that is required to win a governorship election is for a candidate to score a simple majority of the vote cast and get 25% of total vote cast in at least 2/3 of all the local government in the state.

seunmsg:



Very wrong conclusion. Void votes are valid when determining total vote cast in an election. The votes scored by Zamfara APC (though now voided) are still very valid when determining the total vote cast for the election.

The above notwithstanding, the OP is also wrong in claiming that the PDP candidate need 202,696 votes to be returned elected. All that is required to win a governorship election is for a candidate to score a simple majority of the vote cast and get 25% of total vote cast in at least 2/3 of all the local government in the state.

seunmsg:


Wasted votes and void votes are the same. All these arguments are just semantics from partisan interest. Wasted/void votes are valid when determining the total vote cast in any election. Arguing otherwise is going against the constitution and the electoral act. If the PDP candidate failed to get 25% of total vote cast in at least 2/3 of the local governments in the state, INEC will have to conduct a run-off election between the candidates of PDP and the party that came third. Anything short of what I have explained will amount to illegality.

Ratello:
APC is out of the race already. The Supreme Court rules in clarity on this case and going by the voided votes of APC by the highest ruling body in Nigeria it is very clear that a rerun can never be and the issue of requirements clause of 25% is not needed in PDP's case as they are the legitimate runners up in that election. Simple as ABC.