Close Menu
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • News
  • Interviews
  • Events
  • Fashion
  • Article
  • Lifestyle
  • Movies & TV
  • Music
What's Hot

Wike is a disaster, I won’t attend PDP meetings until he is expelled – Sule Lamido

FCTA yet to reopen PDP secretariat 24 hours after President Tinubu’s directive

Niger State workers lament 10% deductions in May salary, third-party charges

Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • News
  • Interviews
  • Events
  • Fashion
  • Article
  • Lifestyle
  • Movies & TV
  • Music
Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram Pinterest
DAILY BLAST
Contact
HOT TOPICS
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • News
  • Interviews
  • Events
  • Fashion
  • Article
  • Lifestyle
  • Movies & TV
  • Music
DAILY BLAST
You are at:Home»Breaking News»Return certificate INEC issued to Tinubu will soon bounce like dud cheque – Datti Baba-Ahmed
Breaking News

Return certificate INEC issued to Tinubu will soon bounce like dud cheque – Datti Baba-Ahmed

DailyblastBy DailyblastMarch 22, 2023003 Mins Read
Share WhatsApp Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email Telegram Copy Link
Share
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email WhatsApp Copy Link

Vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Datti Baba-Ahmed, has described the victory of President-elect Bola Tinubu at the February 25 election as a mirage that will soon vanish as his party commenced legal actions against Mr Tinubu’s victory.

The Labour Party filed its petition, challenging the election results on four grounds, before the elections petitions tribunal on Tuesday. 

Related posts:

  1. Man declared wanted for obtaining money under False Pretence and Issuance of Dud Cheque
  2. (Video) Supreme Court affirmed illegality declared by INEC – Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed
  3. Tinubu, Atiku don’t have enough days to finish spending money kept – Datti Baba-Ahmed
  4. (Photos) Former president Goodluck Jonathan meets with Yusuf Datti Baba -Ahmed

Likening Mr Tinubu’s certificate of return to a dud cheque that lacked the required credit to be considered of any value, Mr Baba-Ahmed said the election did not produce any legitimate winner. 

“We do not have a president-elect in Nigeria today. What Alhaji Tinubu is holding is a dud certificate. It’s a dud cheque. There are no funds in that account. It will bounce,” Mr Baba-Ahmed said on ARISE TV.

Although the Labour Party candidate cited the wrong section, he attempted to dissect what he described as the constitutionality of Mr Tinubu’s emergence. He posited that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) misinterpreted a particular section of the Constitution (133(b)) which addresses the number of votes the president-elect must garner to be declared the winner.

Section 133 (1) (b) of the Nigerian Constitution states that a candidate can only be declared president if “he has not less than one-quarter of the votes cast at the election in each of at least two-thirds of all the states in the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.”

According to Mr Baba-Ahmed, INEC did not comply with this section as Mr Tinubu lost the FCT to the Labour Party having had only 90,902 votes (19 per cent) against Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi’s 281,717 (61 per cent). 

“There is the clear interpretation of 134, and there is the INEC interpretation of 134,” he said. 

Mr Baba-Ahmed’s claim came as legal arguments over how to interpret the clause are interrogated in the chambers of election counsels. 

Femi Falana, a senior lawyer in Nigeria, has argued that other provisions of the Constitution define the Federal Capital Territory as Nigeria’s 37th state, making the 25 per cent requirement not mandatory in the FCT. 

The Appeal Court will have busy weeks ahead as it examines the arguments brought by contending parties and candidates arguing that they were unfairly edged out in the election.

The Labour Party, the APC, and the PDP had asked the court for permission to examine sensitive election records to look for irregularities and gather sufficient proof to back up their claims of victory.

Post Views: 172
Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email Telegram WhatsApp Copy Link
Previous ArticleLabour Party, Obidients keep vigil in Enugu INEC office to defend votes
Next Article INEC declares Labour Party’s Alex Otti winner of Abia governorship election
Dailyblast

Related Posts

Wike is a disaster, I won’t attend PDP meetings until he is expelled – Sule Lamido

May 28, 2025

FCTA yet to reopen PDP secretariat 24 hours after President Tinubu’s directive

May 28, 2025

Niger State workers lament 10% deductions in May salary, third-party charges

May 28, 2025
Add A Comment

Comments are closed.

Recent Posts
  • Wike is a disaster, I won’t attend PDP meetings until he is expelled – Sule Lamido May 28, 2025
  • FCTA yet to reopen PDP secretariat 24 hours after President Tinubu’s directive May 28, 2025
  • Niger State workers lament 10% deductions in May salary, third-party charges May 28, 2025
  • Governor Nwifuru unveils EBOCAB: A bold step towards transforming Ebonyi’s transport sector May 28, 2025
  • Multiple children dead as Diphtheria outbreak forces school closure in Imo community May 28, 2025
Top Posts

(Video) female prison officer filmed having sex with inmate in London prison

June 29, 20241,206 Views

UNN suspends lecturer for allegedly impregnating four students

February 17, 20253,078 Views

(Photos) Blood bath in Ihiala as gunmen kill billionaire businessman, seven others while preparing for mother’s burial

January 2, 2025599 Views
Latest Reviews
Most Popular

(Video) female prison officer filmed having sex with inmate in London prison

June 29, 20241,206 Views

UNN suspends lecturer for allegedly impregnating four students

February 17, 20253,078 Views

(Photos) Blood bath in Ihiala as gunmen kill billionaire businessman, seven others while preparing for mother’s burial

January 2, 2025599 Views
Our Picks

Wike is a disaster, I won’t attend PDP meetings until he is expelled – Sule Lamido

FCTA yet to reopen PDP secretariat 24 hours after President Tinubu’s directive

Niger State workers lament 10% deductions in May salary, third-party charges

© 2025
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.