All this quota system and envelope SANs. There is something called intent of the law. Does it make sense that someone wins 36 states and loses FCT and does not become president? Do you think that was the intent of the law? Sometime we have to pretend to have common sense even when we don’t have any!

AlexReports:

https://barristerng.com/without-winning-fct-a-president-cannot-be-legally-declared-ozoani/

Barrister Ozoani, that got his SAN by exchanging envelope didn’t know the basic constitution, the phrase reads 2/3 of 36 states including the FCT. FCT was specifically mentioned because it is a state with the FCT as its ‘name’ since it has no specific name as the rest of the 36 states.

But because the Ozoani of a man is Ibo/Igbo/IPOB, he has to introduce propaganda into otherwise straightforward interpretation. Lies, crime, fraud and misinformation are the traits of this set of people.

Please go to court and have all your Ibo/Igbo/IPOB lawyers on your side and while at it, carry all your Ezes and Ezeogwus and Odogwu’s to sit in court with you, the verdict of who the elected president is will still stand.

Clowns

Na so

kollinzgee:
To gain admission into a university you must have at least 5 credits in five subjects with math and english.
Saying tinubu won the election withoue 25% in fct means you are saying you just need 5credits wthout maths and english to gain admission.

math. N English here are special case, why must FCT be speacial??.

Fct here is listed as a state which means u must get 25% in 24 states of the federation.

As per say if you get 25% in FCTV,de will count it for u as 1 state and not remove it

This is disgraceful coming from a SAN. Aside the technicality of English Language that he doesn't understand, he still chose to play ignorance on the Sct judgement. It Nigeria has always been described as consist of 36 states and FCT. Put that in context and you will understand what the law says. Don't be a SAN trying to have ObiDient sense. I'm disappointed.

This issue is not this complex. The problem is because FCT has always been regarded as a different territory from the states technically.

First, common sense should dictate that the law cannot consider FCT people as more important than other states. If it does, there would have been more focus on lobbying votes within the FCT.

Second and most importantly, if you expand or paraphrase the provision such that instead of saying 36 states, you name them one by one, that is: " at least one quarter of the votes in two-thirds of Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Borno .........Zamfara and the FCT". Would this mean if you dont get 25% in Bauchi, or Anambra you cannot win the election? It becomes obvious that the FCT is part of the list and is only differentiated due to its separate categorization.

Some people just carry law degree for head without substance.

Dear Mr James, I need at least 5 persons from you and your wife on my birthday while coming, if not the gateman won't allow you in.



Can any honest person interpret the above statement correctly for me please? Does the above statement mean that Mr James will be allowed into my birthday venue if he comes with 6 guests without his wife amongst them?

kollinzgee:
To gain admission into a university you must have at least 5 credits in five subjects with math and english.
Saying tinubu won the election withoue 25% in fct means you are saying you just need 5credits wthout maths and english to gain admission.

math. N English here are special case, why must FCT be speacial??.

Fct here is listed as a state which means u must get 25% in 24 states of the federation.

As per say if you get 25% in FCTV,de will count it for u as 1 state and not remove it.

In 1979 wen laGos was FCT , the then president got only 7% der and was declared.

Go n check the result

akpaulite:
For a SAN
I am disappointed

Time for them to milk politicians dry by trying to quote what is against the constitution....the oppositions should go to court and based their case on rigging not stupid winning or 25% in FCT

AlexReports:

https://barristerng.com/without-winning-fct-a-president-cannot-be-legally-declared-ozoani/

This is nonsense. Does it mean if a candidate won 25%of votes in 30 states but dies not win or score 25% in FCT he should not be declared the winner?

Throwback:


"And" that exist without a comma?

The law states that "25% in 2/3 of the 36 States of the federation and Abuja,..."

Meaning 37 possible sources from which 25% can be obtained.

2/3 of 37 is 25 (to make it a whole)

Tinubu already secured 25% in 28 states.

So no case here at all.

you get sense jare.

Throwback:


"And" that exist without a comma?

The law states that "25% in 2/3 of the 36 States of the federation and Abuja,..."

Meaning 37 possible sources from which 25% can be obtained.

2/3 of 37 is 25 (to make it a whole)

Tinubu already secured 25% in 28 states.

So no case here at all.

You do well jare, can you see why majority fail jamb any how?

Only God knows how some people pass law school

This is shameful

WATCHOVER:

Am not Igbo I bet you need a hot slap for talking like a child! You must always listen to message not the messenger.
What he said is 100% correct but looking at the recent sceneries conducted by Supreme Court one is afraid justice might not be served.
Our Judiciary has now become a scam

Stop fooling yourself. Tell the political SAN to read the electoral law

basilo102:
Abuja is regarded as a state in the law but "and" is conjucive. Therefore 25% is compulsory in " Abuja state"

"and" there stands for "in addition" . which means tinubu shouldn't have been declared the winner

This is funny. So a presidential candidate will win all the states of the federation and just because he failed to get 25% of the votes in the FCT; he can't be declared the winner of the election. This is a joke taken too far. This technicality can't fly in the face of logic and in law; Just look at the letters and spirit in that section of the constitution and you will know why lawyers sometimes misled their clients to file frivolous suits in court

Simple English Igbo SAN can't comprehend, any client that hire this one to defend a case will automatically go to prison because Emeka can not defend his certificate.

election is all about who gathered the most vote

kollinzgee:
To gain admission into a university you must have at least 5 credits in five subjects with math and english.
Saying tinubu won the election withoue 25% in fct means you are saying you just need 5credits wthout maths and english to gain admission.

You are extremely dumb

How I wish there's a software to measure irresponsibility before one is admitted into nairaland. We are all toiling with the future of this country by not doing the right thing.
When these things will hunt us all those old people we're defending would be long gone.
Youths let be civil. Let's demand for the right things to be done. Nor because of today but 2moro

This man failed to know that this subject of winning FCT was decided by high court of Abuja to clarify the supposed ambiguity in the constitution.
So that court pronouncement serves as d law.

kollinzgee:
To gain admission into a university you must have at least 5 credits in five subjects with math and english.
Saying tinubu won the election withoue 25% in fct means you are saying you just need 5credits wthout maths and english to gain admission.

Only olodo like you follow Obi

Ibo may not recover from this defeat. It is like a civil war to them.

Their over bloated ego has been brutalised.

Dumb Judge.

We don’t regard the FCT as a State (36 States and a Capital).

WATCHOVER:

Am not Igbo I bet you need a hot slap for talking like a child! You must always listen to message not the messenger.
What he said is 100% correct but looking at the recent sceneries conducted by Supreme Court one is afraid justice might not be served.
Our Judiciary has now become a scam

In programming, a conditional statement can do you a whole lot of good if you get it right and can ruin you still if you get it wrong. Just like millions of programmers out there in the world can attest.

We make use of AND when we really need to make sure a program is run perfectly ONLY when the conditions are met.
That's why we have the OR for cases that one of the conditions is met!.

Programmers I lie? Its all all about 1s and 0s.

AND && OR ||

feel free to correct me if I'm wrong sha!

Hmmm. To me there no confusion here- ....."25% votes in 2/3rd of all the 36 states and Abuja" then " Abuja is regarded as a state by section 299". My conclusion is 25% votes in 2/3rds of all the 36states plus 1= 25% votes in 25 states. Period. Very clear.

AlexReports:

https://barristerng.com/without-winning-fct-a-president-cannot-be-legally-declared-ozoani/

kollinzgee:
To gain admission into a university you must have at least 5 credits in five subjects with math and english.
Saying tinubu won the election withoue 25% in fct means you are saying you just need 5credits wthout maths and english to gain admission.

You made alot of sense here.