It is morally offending to hear so many people saying that politics should be left to 'dirty people'. The case of our dear Anambra state has really reached an alarming stage. For how long are we going to be at home and watch while our collective holdings in Anambra state are being blatantly shared by few charlatans.
Our present governor has done all he possibly could as human to show that being the governor of a state should not necessarily translate to being the Chief looter of the state. Nobody in this country, can rightly say that Mr. Peter Obi should ever be mentioned whenever corrupt governors are mentioned. I always want to add this whenever this kind of discuss come up:WHAT WE DO TODAY WILL DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY AFFECT US, WHETHER NOW OR IN THE FUTURE! Now, how does ill -governed Anambra state affect you, you may ask!?
You can count few states in Nigeria who are as enterprising and as dogged as Anambraian BUT where are we in Nigerian Politics?
Is it not a shame that there was no single federal government accredited government hospital in the whole of Anambra state before the advent of Mr. Peter Obi?
What do you think it will cost us to hand over the state treasury to looters again?
Don't you agree that it will be to our collective interest that we ALL rally round to see that PDP does not get to Awka Again?
Is what is happening in Lagos State whithout PDP not fit for Anambra state?
Mr.Ngige may mean good but I would be happy if the masses are left to decide.
Will it be so out of place to posit that Mr.Peter Obi can rightly be in record as the most persecuted governor in the history of Nigeria?
Then, wont it be just plain straight reasoning to give him a second term [in peace] so that he can show us what he has in stock?
A single sentence you joined here may seem small but it will go a long way in telling PDP [ a la Uba brother's] that Anambra has gone beyond few's interest!
WE WILL WANT TO HEAR YOUR OPINION......
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Andy Uba's Desparation!
A panel of the Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu is expected to lay to rest today the long-drawn legal battle by Dr. Emmanuel Andy Uba who is seeking the revalidation of the governorship mandate given to him by the people of Anambra State in 2007.
Further hearing of the case was fixed for today. Uba had approached virtually all the superior courts in the land to seek redress over the constitutional issue that truncated his mandate after he had spent barely two weeks as governor of Anambra State elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The Appellate Court, which on February 18 2008, upheld Uba’s election as governor of Anambra , had adjourned till October 19 to rule on an application by Uba who prayed for a declaratory order by the court for him to enforce the judgment by automatically taking over as governor on March 17, 2010 when Obi’s tenure is expected to expire.
But many observers who trooped to the court premises as early as 7 am Monday were disappointed as officials of the court told them few hours later that the case would no longer come up that day and went further to announce a new date which is today. No official reason was given for the shift.
The court presided over by Justice J. S. Ngwuta had at its sitting on September 28 adjourned the case following the receipt of an application from Chief Nwafor Orizu, counsel to the first respondent in the case and a governorship aspirant of the PDP in Anambra, Chief Nicholas Ukachukwu, in which he informed the court that he had already filed for adjournment of the case, pending the ruling of the Supreme Court in his application seeking for an order that election be conducted in the state on February 6 next year. The apex court has since thrown out the case setting the stage for hearing of Uba’s fresh case at the Appeal Court, Enugu.
The fresh application by Uba, no doubt, would change the political landscape in the country particularly if it is decided in his favour. It would not only enthrone another administration in the state after the exit of the outgoing Governor Peter Obi of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), it would also truncate the scheduled February 6, governorship election in the state for which former governor of the Central Bank, Professor Chukwuma Soludo had already been selected as candidate of the PDP.
While explaining the rationale for Uba’s return to the appeal court, Uba’s lawyer Wole Olanipekun (SAN) had said: “I, counsel to Chief Uba had told newsmen on September 28 when the new case was mentioned that my client was in court to possibly put an end to the controversies and confusion that had trailed the governorship seat of Anambra.”
He noted that it was not the intention of Uba to ridicule the judiciary. “It’s about law. We are very happy that one of the respondents to our application has gone to the Supreme Court seeking for an order for election to be held in the state next year. We are happy because there have been lots of confusion in the minds of the public as to what we are here for. We are here because Mr. A won an election which can only be nullified by the Tribunal or Court of Appeal, but another Mr. U went to the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court asking for the elongation of his tenure.
“The Apex court granted his prayers that he should go and exhaust his tenure, but later, the Court of Appeal sitting here in Enugu gave a ruling setting aside the ruling of the lower tribunal which had struck out the same case based on the Supreme Court ruling, making it clear that the dismissal of the matter based on the Supreme Court ruling was erroneous. We are therefore here to insist that there should be consequential relief that should be granted to the benefit of the appellant whose application had succeeded at the Appeal level” .
On June 14, 2007, the Supreme Court, acting on a motion by Governor Obi of All Progressive’s Grand Alliance (APGA) declared that Obi was entitled to a four-year tenure as governor and that the four year should begin counting from the 17th of March, 2006 when the Court of Appeal, Enugu, sacked Dr. Chris Ngige of the PDP as governor.
In a landmark judgment, the apex court ruled that the nearly three years spent by Ngige could not have been part of Obi’s tenure, and ordered Uba to vacate office for Obi to complete his tenure.
Following this judgment of the Supreme Court, the Elections Petitions Tribunal which had begun to sit in Awka, on July 19, 2007, citing the Supreme Court judgment, nullified Uba’s election.
“Since the gubernatorial election in Anambra State on the 14/4/2007 was a nullity, in the light of the Supreme Court judgment referred to above, we hereby declare the said gubernatorial election, the subsequent inauguration and any steps in furtherance of the said election a nullity”, the panel which comprised of Justices James Abiriyi, Ayuba Kwajaffa, Peter Isibor, Biobele Georgewill and Abubakar Lamido, declared.
The tribunal went ahead to strike-out the petitions, including the cross-petition, which it also held were nullity. But apparently dissatisfied, Uba approached the Court of Appeal, Enugu, praying the court to set aside the decision of the lower tribunal since, in Uba’s words, the tribunal erred in nullifying his election.
On February 18, 2008, the Court of Appeal in the lead judgment by Justice Mohammad Muntaka-Coomassie, affirmed: “By virtue of section 16 of the Court of Appeal Act, this court hereby order as following:- that the orders of nullification made by the lower tribunal on July 19, 2007 as they affect each of the consolidated appeals in the Governorship/National Assembly and Legislative Houses of Election Tribunal, Anambra State sitting in Awka are hereby revoked and discharged.”
Following this decision by the Court of Appeal which revoked the decision of the tribunal, Uba again returned to the same court to make a declaratory order on its February 18, 2008 judgment. Uba had told the court through his counsel, Olanipekun, that, “Our submission, is that the applicant’s reliefs are located on stronger legal ground than that of Rotimi Amaechi.
Source:Tony Edike
Further hearing of the case was fixed for today. Uba had approached virtually all the superior courts in the land to seek redress over the constitutional issue that truncated his mandate after he had spent barely two weeks as governor of Anambra State elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The Appellate Court, which on February 18 2008, upheld Uba’s election as governor of Anambra , had adjourned till October 19 to rule on an application by Uba who prayed for a declaratory order by the court for him to enforce the judgment by automatically taking over as governor on March 17, 2010 when Obi’s tenure is expected to expire.
But many observers who trooped to the court premises as early as 7 am Monday were disappointed as officials of the court told them few hours later that the case would no longer come up that day and went further to announce a new date which is today. No official reason was given for the shift.
The court presided over by Justice J. S. Ngwuta had at its sitting on September 28 adjourned the case following the receipt of an application from Chief Nwafor Orizu, counsel to the first respondent in the case and a governorship aspirant of the PDP in Anambra, Chief Nicholas Ukachukwu, in which he informed the court that he had already filed for adjournment of the case, pending the ruling of the Supreme Court in his application seeking for an order that election be conducted in the state on February 6 next year. The apex court has since thrown out the case setting the stage for hearing of Uba’s fresh case at the Appeal Court, Enugu.
The fresh application by Uba, no doubt, would change the political landscape in the country particularly if it is decided in his favour. It would not only enthrone another administration in the state after the exit of the outgoing Governor Peter Obi of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), it would also truncate the scheduled February 6, governorship election in the state for which former governor of the Central Bank, Professor Chukwuma Soludo had already been selected as candidate of the PDP.
While explaining the rationale for Uba’s return to the appeal court, Uba’s lawyer Wole Olanipekun (SAN) had said: “I, counsel to Chief Uba had told newsmen on September 28 when the new case was mentioned that my client was in court to possibly put an end to the controversies and confusion that had trailed the governorship seat of Anambra.”
He noted that it was not the intention of Uba to ridicule the judiciary. “It’s about law. We are very happy that one of the respondents to our application has gone to the Supreme Court seeking for an order for election to be held in the state next year. We are happy because there have been lots of confusion in the minds of the public as to what we are here for. We are here because Mr. A won an election which can only be nullified by the Tribunal or Court of Appeal, but another Mr. U went to the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court asking for the elongation of his tenure.
“The Apex court granted his prayers that he should go and exhaust his tenure, but later, the Court of Appeal sitting here in Enugu gave a ruling setting aside the ruling of the lower tribunal which had struck out the same case based on the Supreme Court ruling, making it clear that the dismissal of the matter based on the Supreme Court ruling was erroneous. We are therefore here to insist that there should be consequential relief that should be granted to the benefit of the appellant whose application had succeeded at the Appeal level” .
On June 14, 2007, the Supreme Court, acting on a motion by Governor Obi of All Progressive’s Grand Alliance (APGA) declared that Obi was entitled to a four-year tenure as governor and that the four year should begin counting from the 17th of March, 2006 when the Court of Appeal, Enugu, sacked Dr. Chris Ngige of the PDP as governor.
In a landmark judgment, the apex court ruled that the nearly three years spent by Ngige could not have been part of Obi’s tenure, and ordered Uba to vacate office for Obi to complete his tenure.
Following this judgment of the Supreme Court, the Elections Petitions Tribunal which had begun to sit in Awka, on July 19, 2007, citing the Supreme Court judgment, nullified Uba’s election.
“Since the gubernatorial election in Anambra State on the 14/4/2007 was a nullity, in the light of the Supreme Court judgment referred to above, we hereby declare the said gubernatorial election, the subsequent inauguration and any steps in furtherance of the said election a nullity”, the panel which comprised of Justices James Abiriyi, Ayuba Kwajaffa, Peter Isibor, Biobele Georgewill and Abubakar Lamido, declared.
The tribunal went ahead to strike-out the petitions, including the cross-petition, which it also held were nullity. But apparently dissatisfied, Uba approached the Court of Appeal, Enugu, praying the court to set aside the decision of the lower tribunal since, in Uba’s words, the tribunal erred in nullifying his election.
On February 18, 2008, the Court of Appeal in the lead judgment by Justice Mohammad Muntaka-Coomassie, affirmed: “By virtue of section 16 of the Court of Appeal Act, this court hereby order as following:- that the orders of nullification made by the lower tribunal on July 19, 2007 as they affect each of the consolidated appeals in the Governorship/National Assembly and Legislative Houses of Election Tribunal, Anambra State sitting in Awka are hereby revoked and discharged.”
Following this decision by the Court of Appeal which revoked the decision of the tribunal, Uba again returned to the same court to make a declaratory order on its February 18, 2008 judgment. Uba had told the court through his counsel, Olanipekun, that, “Our submission, is that the applicant’s reliefs are located on stronger legal ground than that of Rotimi Amaechi.
Source:Tony Edike
More On PDP Anambra State Primaries
Aggrieved former aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Anambra State, have written a letter of protest to Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), urging him and the Commission to ignore the candidacy of Prof. Chukwuma Soludo and Senator Emma Anosike, in the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State.
In a letter signed on behalf of the aggrieved aspirants by theirleader, Chief Chuma Nwofor, they claimed that selection of the Soludo/Anosike ticket was against a subsisting court order and against the guideline set by PDP for the election of the party’s governorship candidate.
The letter of protest dated October 19, 2009, titled, “the illegal,unlawful and unconstitutional selection of Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo as the Governorship Candidate of PDP for the 2010 Anambra State gubernatorial election,” said the selection was against a court order by Ekwulobia High Court of Justice, which “unequivocally restrained PDP either by themselves, their servants, from conducting the primary election on October 2, 2009, and the suit was adjourned to October 12, for hearing.”
The petition further said another court in suit AG/450M/ 2009between Alphonus Igwebuike and two others in the state, restrained PDP from conducting the said primary election and the suit was adjourned to October 7.Accordingly, the protest letter to INEC noted that the election of Soludo in Abuja, on October 9, 2009, was against the guideline issued by PDP for the election of the governorship candidate and therefore, “all resolutions, election, selection or anything whatsoever following from it are null and void, and of no effect whatsoever.Quoting Article 17.2 (b) of the PDP, the letter of protest noted that the selection of Soludo breached the party's constitution, especially clause No. 6 of the PDP guideline for the 2009 Governorship election, which said that the venue of the special state congress must name the venue of the election, at least seven days before the commencement of the election.The letter to INEC also said that Article 17 (1) which the NWC of PDP used to select Soludo cannot be exercised in a vacuum, but in conjunction with Article (2) of the party's constitution.Also, the group, quoting the 2006 Electoral Act Section 85 (1), said INEC ought to be given 21 days notice to observe the selection of Soludo and stating that where there were obvious violation of PDP constitution, guideline and the Electoral Act, that INEC should ignore Soludo's candidacy.
By Chuks Okocha in Abuja
In a letter signed on behalf of the aggrieved aspirants by theirleader, Chief Chuma Nwofor, they claimed that selection of the Soludo/Anosike ticket was against a subsisting court order and against the guideline set by PDP for the election of the party’s governorship candidate.
The letter of protest dated October 19, 2009, titled, “the illegal,unlawful and unconstitutional selection of Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo as the Governorship Candidate of PDP for the 2010 Anambra State gubernatorial election,” said the selection was against a court order by Ekwulobia High Court of Justice, which “unequivocally restrained PDP either by themselves, their servants, from conducting the primary election on October 2, 2009, and the suit was adjourned to October 12, for hearing.”
The petition further said another court in suit AG/450M/ 2009between Alphonus Igwebuike and two others in the state, restrained PDP from conducting the said primary election and the suit was adjourned to October 7.Accordingly, the protest letter to INEC noted that the election of Soludo in Abuja, on October 9, 2009, was against the guideline issued by PDP for the election of the governorship candidate and therefore, “all resolutions, election, selection or anything whatsoever following from it are null and void, and of no effect whatsoever.Quoting Article 17.2 (b) of the PDP, the letter of protest noted that the selection of Soludo breached the party's constitution, especially clause No. 6 of the PDP guideline for the 2009 Governorship election, which said that the venue of the special state congress must name the venue of the election, at least seven days before the commencement of the election.The letter to INEC also said that Article 17 (1) which the NWC of PDP used to select Soludo cannot be exercised in a vacuum, but in conjunction with Article (2) of the party's constitution.Also, the group, quoting the 2006 Electoral Act Section 85 (1), said INEC ought to be given 21 days notice to observe the selection of Soludo and stating that where there were obvious violation of PDP constitution, guideline and the Electoral Act, that INEC should ignore Soludo's candidacy.
By Chuks Okocha in Abuja
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Messy PDP
It is no longer news that over 50 persons are aspiring to take over from Mr.Peter Obi[the present governor of Anambra State]. What is of my concern here is that among the so-called 47 person coming in from PDP, 15 of them are alleged to have been sponsored by one shameless pretender, who prides himself in attaching a God-knows-where-he-got doctorate to his name and a former Mr Obasanjo's kitchen aide! Now, can it be true that this man whose younger brother once terrorized and destroyed every collective holdings of Anambra State just because he supposed god-son-governor, then, refused to open up the cash vault of Anambra State for him, paid a whooping =N=5,250,000 for this alleged 15 PDP aspirants? Has anybody asked what is appropriate for this kind of person? Why do we refuse to look into the activities of persons like this ,who had made up their minds to run Anambra state down, if they are not given opportunity to drain every penny Anambra will ever have? What do this kind of person has to offer to Anambrarians and why do his party[PDP] always have sympathy for him?
Can anybody here help us to define define the REAL meaning of nemesis? Is it affecting PDP now [ as they are yet to produce a candidate just few hours to the INEC deadline !] Whay all these fight ? Is it for our collective good as NDI ANAMBRA? Is not time this madness stops? While I refuse to admit that Anambra state is diffficult politically, can we see the kind of dare-devil oppositions that face the present governor? What can we as Anambrarians do to stop these asinine madness? Is it not proper that we do all we humanly possibly can to stop these pretenders from getting to the government house Awka?
Then what have you to say about Mr.Suzwe's[PDP Anambra State Governorship primaries Chairman] allegation that a certain aspirant offered to give him =N= 1 BILLION CASH!? :o Who offered this money and where did he get this kind of money to practically throw away? If he is ready to give out this sum of money, where did he plan to recover the money from? Should this kind of person become the governor of Anambra State, what do you think will be his first priority!? Time for us all to wake up and take the destiny of our dear blessed state in our hands.Enough of these madness! Your frank opinion will go a long way in this just cause.WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Can anybody here help us to define define the REAL meaning of nemesis? Is it affecting PDP now [ as they are yet to produce a candidate just few hours to the INEC deadline !] Whay all these fight ? Is it for our collective good as NDI ANAMBRA? Is not time this madness stops? While I refuse to admit that Anambra state is diffficult politically, can we see the kind of dare-devil oppositions that face the present governor? What can we as Anambrarians do to stop these asinine madness? Is it not proper that we do all we humanly possibly can to stop these pretenders from getting to the government house Awka?
Then what have you to say about Mr.Suzwe's[PDP Anambra State Governorship primaries Chairman] allegation that a certain aspirant offered to give him =N= 1 BILLION CASH!? :o Who offered this money and where did he get this kind of money to practically throw away? If he is ready to give out this sum of money, where did he plan to recover the money from? Should this kind of person become the governor of Anambra State, what do you think will be his first priority!? Time for us all to wake up and take the destiny of our dear blessed state in our hands.Enough of these madness! Your frank opinion will go a long way in this just cause.WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Monday, October 5, 2009
THE SPOILERS IN ANAMBRA STATE
How can we be awake and watch as our collectives are recklessly thrown to the dogs? It happens at every level of governance here in Nigeria , where our so called leaders are so ignorant [or pretend not to know] that the masses are at the point of eating from the dust bin. God in his every wondrous design deliberately wants to pull Anambra State from the mess called PDP. Mr Peter Obi may not be playing to the galary as many people may want but the man is very sincere,the areas he is touching are the areas most 'colorful and noisy' politicians will over look , simply because it will not bring immediate public applause. Talk about the health sector in Anambra State.He had done what he could as a human to elevate many hospitals in Anambra to accreditation. Some persons will readily say that a certain former governor constructed more roads! My questions are: did he have any more options given that his then godfather was after his head? What manner of roads were constructed when we don not have even one good hospital in the whole Anambra State then? What manner of charater is a medical doctor who does not 'know' that life/health should be first? And what kind of conscience does somebody like him has to dwell so low as to go to a shrine with a miscrant just because he wanted power so desperately? For once, lte's reason as humans should in this country. Close your eyes now and imagine the incumbent governor on his way to shrine! IT IS NOT POSSIBLE AND WILL NEVER BE POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE MAN DOES NOT PRETEND BUT LIVES HIS LIFE AS EVERYBODY CAN SEE. There is no basis of comparison at all. lets join hands and give Mr. Obi the needed support to complete the designs he has for Anambra State in the next four years.
=N=10 b Scandal in Anambra PDP Primaries!?
We are trying to be very objective in asking some questions regarding those who are aspiring to govern Anambra State in 2010. It is no longer news that PDP is well bent on taking over from from Mr Obi[the incumbent governor] through ANY MEANS possible! The drama that is now unfolding, even when they election proper is months away, calls for serious concern from ALL well meaning Anambrarians. How can we reconcile the fact or[ or is it rumor?] that the so-called would be gubernatorial candidates in the coming election, under the platform of PDP had to bride the party members that will monitor the proceedings of the primaries to the tune of close to =N=10 billion.This can not just be swept under the carpet because, it is very logical to ask this: is any sincere person who is going to the government house to serve ready to bribe his way to the top? Is the money being quoted not enough to transform the fortunes of some whole states in Nigeria right now? Where did the bribe givers got such money the practically threw away? Who are they? Who are the bribe takers? DO THEY HAVE THE INTEREST OF ANAMBRA STATE AT HEART? Lend your voice to this cause.....Posterity will soon judge the Uba's and his likes in Anambra State who are determined to drag that our dear State years behind. Will they succeed without our consent?
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