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Monday 23 March 2015

Court bars soldiers from polling stations during forthcoming election

A Federal high court sitting in Lagos has barred the Federal Government from deploring soldiers to supervise the forthcoming general elections.‬

Delivering judgement on a suit filed by Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, a member of the House of Reps representing Surulere Federal Constituency 2 on the platform of the APC against the President, Chief of Defence Staff, Chief Of Army, Chief of Air Force, Chief of Naval Staff and Attorney General of Federation, the presiding judge, Justice Ibrahim Buba said it was unconstitutional to deploy military for the supervision of election purposes without the approval of the national assembly.‬

99 comments:

Davido's driver said...

Saibuhari all day... Lindaobserve

Unknown said...

I think its a wise choice.


OKORO UPGRADED

Unknown said...

Including d north? U gotta be kidding me!!!

AbokiDaWarriBoy said...

Good one, soldiers are bully

Anonymous said...

I HOPE U GUYS WIL B ABLE TO HANDLE SOME VOOLENCE IN NATURE PPLE, N NOT SAYIN DS DEN GO BCK TO D COMFORT OF UR HOUSE(s) AND ALLOW INNOCENT PPLE TO B AFFECTED...TOMJERRYSWIT

Unknown said...

Dis political drama's is getting interesting by d day and we should expect more of dis. Definitely I see an appeal already on d way. Let's enjoy dis while it last.

STARRY LARRY said...

I support this

Unknown said...

Haah y nah. I think its a bad idea to bar dem jare

Linda's Intern said...

This is the best news of the week.
Thank God our men in khaki would not intimidate us on Saturday.
The issue of IG asking people to leave immediately after voting should also be addressed promptly

Unknown said...

a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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Soldiers should be deployed there abeg bcos this election need calmness abeg...
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

Unknown said...

Lol.If you a member of Pdp u get court orders from Abuja and if your a member of Apc you get court orders from Lagos.Useless country let me see how soldiers will obey.

Unknown said...

Soldiers shouldn't supervise the elections abi? Who the can guarantee the safety of the corps members participating as returning officers? Hmmmm what happened in 2011 in some northern parts of the country must not happen again o. A word is enough for the wise.

Unknown said...

Yes ooo. Good move to scuttle election rigging. The Otuoke clown will want to use soldiers to intimidate opposition strongholds as was the case in Ekiti where the twat governor won. Ndigbo si nno Ikechukwu Buhari ka fa ga eso#GEJbackToOtuoke

Oscu Uhunamure said...

Nice sef....their own don dey too much!












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yeancah012 said...

Hope the president listens

BONARIO NNAGS said...

Putting into consideration our security situation, it will be imperative to deploy soldiers during the forthcoming election.
But they should avoid being used to intimate citizens or rig the election.

~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA

Unknown said...

But are they against the deployment of soldiers? See why I dnt trust These APC memebers

yeancah012 said...

Judiciary at work

Anonymous said...

D-PinPionter Says: The judge seats in his office and issue injunctions; how is the order going to be enforced? Is the police going to ask the army to leave when they come? Useless system.

Unknown said...

Gbam






Moye says so via BB Passport...Courtesy LIB....


Unknown said...

Beta oooooo, walahiiiiiii I doubt if der will b rigging in ds cuming election cos dy are doing everytn 2 block rigging ohk ooo kiping my fingers crossed on ds 1.

Unknown said...

Beta oooooo, walahiiiiiii I doubt if der will b rigging in ds cuming election cos dy are doing everytn 2 block rigging ohk ooo kiping my fingers crossed on ds 1.

Unknown said...

God Will Definitely Protect US!

Anonymous said...

Nonsense.Who will protect the defenseless corpers who will be carrying out this elections.Action without thinking.

Unknown said...

God 4bid Apc. U pple hv failed woefully. Just imagine dis bunch of classless vampires! Court ko, court ni

Unknown said...

I DON'T KNW WHERE APC ARE HEADING, WHETHER THEM LIKE IT ON NOT, MILITARY MEN WILL BE VISIBLE DURING AND AFTER ELECTION, BCOS THEY ARE THERE FOR OUR SECURITY NOT OTHERWISE.BEFORE TOMORROW A COURT IN ABUJA WILL GIVE A DIFFERENT VERDICT.

Anonymous said...

Who will protect the corpers from lawless politicians. I hope d judge will make provisions for DAT.God is watching

Unknown said...

That's a welcome development for me. There's no point intimidating innocent voters n citizens with camouflage. Moreover, we all saw how Ekitigate played out.

Anonymous said...

having them around pooling units wouldnt have been a bad idea to me. At least the would have provided better security compared to the police men. My honest opinion though...

Unknown said...

The court is totally right that move we dn need the military on the election ground so the dnt intimidate our pple the should go and protect our border and to make no bad egg enter the country during the election::www.chizobas.blogspot.com

Unknown said...

Nice one, we don't want a repeat of Ekiti state election. Linda take note!

Unknown said...

Apc?? Why Una dey fear... Y'ALL know Gej will win....

Unknown said...

Nice one, we don't want a repeat of Ekiti state election. Linda take note!

Unknown said...

Nice one, we don't want a repeat of Ekiti state election. Linda take note!

Unknown said...

Nice one, we don't want a repeat of Ekiti state election. Linda take note!

Unknown said...

Nice one, we don't want a repeat of Ekiti state election. Linda take note!

Jules said...

Whatever! The elections should just come and go

Unknown said...

Abi o, I wonder wat dey wnt 2 do wt military @ d polling units o, der plans is 2 use dem 2 intimate d voters. May God bless d judge jare

Unknown said...

Abi o, I wonder wat dey wnt 2 do wt military @ d polling units o, der plans is 2 use dem 2 intimate d voters. May God bless d judge jare

Unknown said...

Abi o, I wonder wat dey wnt 2 do wt military @ d polling units o, der plans is 2 use dem 2 intimate d voters. May God bless d judge jare

APPLE said...

Tinubu has bribed the judge, that is what he is good at.

Anonymous said...

na wa ooo....anyways GeJ all the way

Chi chi said...

God be praised, even more reason to go out and vote now.

Anonymous said...

hmmm, dis people want aboki to stab someone. hw can an aboki man respect himself witout soldiers been around. God pls save ur pple. Dis P.O job self wey dey give corpers.

Unknown said...

I wish it will effect!
Abeg share your thoughts about joyobidike.blogspot.com

Unknown said...

Hmmmm drama everywhere. thank God is Lagos not Maiduguri

OSINANL said...

If anything happens APC should be held responsible

FUTURE LEADER said...

**DEPLOYING**

SAVE NIGERIA, THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY WITH BAD PEOPLE

Anonymous said...

APC wants to rig this election by fire by force!

knowurway.com said...

May God bless the justice ibrahim Buba, oh. For this good judgment he delivered And our Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, for this suit. sai Buhari, all the way, Nigerians wake-up wherever you are enough is enough, I pledge to Nigeria my country to vote Buhari and Osinbajo on 28 of march, to be gentle, loyal on election day, to say NO TO GEJ and PDP party again with all my strength, to protect my PVC and uphold no violence and trouble.. So help me God..
Forward this to ur frnds if u love Nigeria ur country, enough is enough PDP and GEJ corrupt Government must go. #ihavedecided to vote for #change#

Unknown said...

So who will protect the lives of people?... All these military officers should be used to bring peace and decorum on that Election day so this banning doesn't make sense..

Anonymous said...

The president cannot unilaterally sign a law that will amend a Nigeria constitution to an Islamic State without passing through both National Assemblies after three readings. We have had some National Conference to mend the constitution and which one has seen the light of the day.

At the Assemblies you have both major religion and also those that believe in other gods. All these will agree before such decision to Islamize Nigeria will possible.

When Buhari was Head of State, he never took Nigeria to OIC or attend any of their meetings till date. But Jonathan have attended their meeting once since he became President.

Every religion strives to get more followers. And on the Christian, we have held millions crusades where pronouncements have been made to converts every soul that agrees to Christian. Though from history the Muslim method have always being through the sword and blood but time have changed when that is not obtainable now. For example what has been happening in North Africa and Middle East, it is just a few MENTALLY DERANGED (less than 5% Muslim) that want JIGHAD. The war to stop these Elements are being fought by their fellow Muslims with less input by Western Forces.

On Nigeria fight against Boko Haram, you have both Christians and Muslims soldiers and in our Allied Forces (Cameroon, Chad & Niger) on one front fighting these Terrorist. Tell me how possible is it to Islamize Nigeria? In the last 500 years, no Country have have been Islamize through the sword and blood. SO WHY NOW?

Our great Country have been divided on Ethnic and Religion lines never seen before since the history of Nigeria by President Jonathan, his political associates including Pastors who establish and ran their churches for their family interest - family members takes over the church after the death of a Pastor(RCCG exclusive).

President Jonathan government is a FAILURE and we need to campaign BASED on PERFORMANCE AND NOT RELIGION OR ETHNICITY. We have played politics on the above sentiments and our Country HAVE NEVER MOVED FORWARD. Should we continue to reason BACKWARD IN THIS MODERN ERA?

On our economy being the largest in Africa, I still ponder on which economic indexes the government made their judgement? I was home the last time and I saw POVERTY BEYOND COMPARE. Who is fooling who?

Unknown said...

Next pLS

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Unknown said...

APC hmmmmmmmm!!!

Anonymous said...

R u mentally ill?

Anonymous said...

Therefore endangering the lives of citizens, if things go wrong APC should be held responsible.

ary said...

So why the heck did they postpone the election?! Which kind dead country be this.

Oskirin said...

ds people no go gree.PDP wan win election by force.av we forgotten d ekiti shw of shame? enof soldiers wey dem go deploy.dem go cum say na bcoz of security....

Bishop Dammy said...

We are secured by the Almighty soldier already (christ). The elections shall be free of violence. Psalm 46:1. @Bishop_Dammy

Anonymous said...

Our police cannot withstand political violence within the polling station. At the end of the day they will get the military involve to bring stability and order.

Anonymous said...

#smh - why should we have the military in the polls? They can as well take over by force since they don't want us to go to the polls. CAN YOU IMAGINE APPROACHING THE BALLOT BOXES WITH MILITARY MEN AROUND???

#MamaWar said that if you are in Labour go and vote first before you go to the hospital; tells you how much HATRED this woman has for other Nigerian women and children (even those yet unborn).

#Message from the Pope: Accompany the victims! Come to the aid of the poor! Teach the youth! Become promoters of a more just and fraternal society!

Anonymous said...

Idiot u r mentally ill..fuck off @anonymous 3.25

Anonymous said...

Fools...nothing will go wrong or else ur party Pdp wants to rig.bigots

Anonymous said...

My taught exactly. Anyway God will help us

Anonymous said...

What's happened to Apc...educated illiterates!! It's unconstitutional and against ethics of elections. Get more knowledge zoo animal

knowurway.com said...

@ Anon 3:25 pm. No oh I am not ill, i am fyn, are u alright too?

Anonymous said...

They better use army on this forthcoming elections 'cos the question still remains... who dey fear police??? At least when army stands on the road we go fear... but for police... story story bribing things all the way

Anonymous said...

How will it make sense...when ur useless party Pdp wants to use them to rig!! You are just senseless & full of negative thoughts!! GTFOH animal in human form,i hope Pdp and is giving u dollars on pay roll for u to be saying Daft comments here like u retarded. People like u can't make society grow..... stupidity dwells and thrives in you just like ur candidates. Bunch of Ogre Asswipes

Anonymous said...

Bastard fuck off..nothing will happen it's against constitution and electoral process....stop thinking and reasoning like an Asshole, u must be a family member of there izz God oh !! Illiterates

knowurway.com said...

Thank u @ Anon 3:O5 pm. U no ignorance is very bad. That is what is killing some of our Nigreians people 2day. Bible say my people perish because of lack of knowledge.

Leeely Clinton said...

why is APC afraid of having soldiers meters away from the polling locations? rigging !! so they trust police that will abandon us if anything goes wrong?

Anonymous said...

GEJ all de way...
But am now afraid 2 go out and vote
Wit de corruption and insecurity in our own country military ought 2 b needed
I rest my case
#oneandonlynwa@gmail.com#

yeancah012 said...

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Unknown said...

A welcome development. Thumbs up to our judiciary. This bodes well for our democracy

Unknown said...

We need the military at polling unit o
Police is not enough.

Anonymous said...

When the problems and violence starts we will beg the same military to come to our rescue. What a nation of ingrates!

Anonymous said...

Soldiers should be deployed on the streets with their APC but they should stay at least 500 meters away from any pooling booth

iyke cindy said...

U nailed it man.....tel dem.,#simple as A-Z....

Anonymous said...

You all are talking nonsense. I will still be here when you guys will start running back to linda ikeji's blog ranting like hopeless fools. Don't forget. The situation at the north, you heartless southerners. You guys sit at your comfort zones and pass judgment on things you have no idea about. What a shame!

Subomi said...

yeeeessssssssssssssssss, perfect, its the military FG uses to bully people during elections, we dont want the likes of that sisi army general in Obanikoro leaked tape to disturb voters

Anonymous said...

How come all this pro APC judgments only come from Justice Buba...? Hmmmm. Fellow Nigerians, dey dont want soldiers but their famioies are abroad... we are watching

Anonymous said...

Vampire

Anonymous said...

Vampire

Anonymous said...

Are you one of the vampire s

Anonymous said...

They thirst for blood but any blood of children of God Will turn to poison for them IJN

Anonymous said...

You Will welcome it bros you are also a vampire

Anonymous said...

When did you start supporting Vampire s or have You been initiated?

Vulcan said...

Lol. Don't rejoice yet.
PDP will overturn it with a counter order on Friday 27th. It's that simple.

Anonymous said...

Story of the gods. It can't happen

Anonymous said...

You mother is the Vampire

Anonymous said...

Your Mother

Anonymous said...

Your Mummy

Anonymous said...

Your mother

Anonymous said...

Welcomes. Your mother

Anonymous said...

Wen ur mother became a Vampire

Anonymous said...

Be smart, see wat u just said. With the "corruption and insecurity" headed by GEJ. Vote wisely. #voteBuhari

Anonymous said...

Anon 3.25 is definately retarded. God help u.

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