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Friday, 31 July 2015

Appeal court declares Sen. Dino Melaye's election tribunal should be re-tried

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday set aside the decision of the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Kogi which struck out the petition of Sen. Smart Adeyemi. Adeyemi of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had challenged the election of Sen. Dino Melaye of APC, alleging electoral irregularities and malpractices.


Justice Muhammed Adume held that the tribunal was wrong in striking out Adeyemi’s petition on the grounds of technicalities, instead of substantial justice. The appellate court, therefore, remitted the case to the tribunal for “trial on merit’’.

The court further held that the decision of the tribunal that Adeyemi did not file his petition within the time frame allowed by law was wrong and nullified it forthwith. Adume said the respondents did not provide sufficient evidence before the tribunal that the petition was filed late.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the tribunal had dismissed the petition of Adeyemi, a one-time National President, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) for late filing. The tribunal Chairman, Justice Akon Ikpeme, had in the ruling of June 18, held that the Kogi West ex-Senator’s case was “incurably defective’’.

Source: NAN

48 comments:

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    1. Mr one word, your regular comment is "ok". Get off the web and skip wasting your airtime.

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  2. Well, good development to Nigeria justice system and dis wil go a way in making d judicial system to b more accountable.

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    1. Well said man. Don't mind those one-word addicts with empty heads who never have an opinion

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  3. a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said..
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    So bcos he escorted saraki wife to court dude don enter wahala....
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    ***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

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    1. Na so I see am o! Politics? Hian!

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  4. Ngwanu Dino go prove you deserve the office you occupy. Linda take note!

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  5. Ngwanu Dino go prove you deserve the office you occupy. Linda take note!

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  6. Ngwanu Dino go prove you deserve the office you occupy. Linda take note!

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  7. E don be for Dino

    Sipping my champagne at Dance Ville show #Uyo dance

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    1. Lol, you gottme cracking my ribs, I dey Sidon dey look too.

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  8. Get Dino out of d way. Lousy shit!

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  9. They will definitely be on Dino"s side.
    Not surprised.

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  10. Interesting...Scene 1 act 1: all Sen. Saraki's men take note.

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  11. Ghen ghen. ...fire Dino. He needs time to follow his friend mrs Saraki all over. Welcm senator smart adeyemi. Welcome decorum and decency

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  12. Toyin saraki's bodyguard

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  13. Perfect! Dis loud mouth didn't deserve it! He just used apc to gain ground

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  14. Good for DINOsaur, Tinubu will fck u all up. Just dey watch.. JAGABAN BABA.. ENI TI SANGO BA TI OJU RE WO ILE, KIN BU OBA KOSO!

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  15. Ghen ghen. ...fire Dino. He needs time to follow his friend mrs Saraki all over. Welcm senator smart adeyemi. Welcome decorum and decency

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  16. Aah dts nt gud o! Dts my new senator boyfriend o, I need to pay owse rent soon and town ain't smiling. Pls leave him alone o. Pls baba tinubu forgiv senseless boyfy I need him to survive in dis harsh economy o! Plus Linda I'm ready for d backlash frm ur hypocrites readers. Tongue out

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  17. I prefer smart all day evryday shit malaye let's see see if saraki's wife would escort you to court

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  18. APC will not mind losing that set to PDP to spite Dino for surporting Saraki. Lawal Daura of DSS has been threatening Tribunal members

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  19. No northern/Muslim agenda for Dis case? Bcos na justice Muhammed judge am.

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  20. If they had said Dino should be the chairman wrestling community I won't argue it,because he's more than qualify in that aspect,but for this one,lets go to court.oya Linda carry ya paper and Biro make we dey go

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  21. Make him comot dere jhooor no be escort him dey do for Toyin Saraki

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  22. Nothin can remove dino from dat post athough smart adeyemi is a good candidate also

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  23. Lousy mofo, woman beater u going down.

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  24. Hope dis ain't witch-hunting....








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  25. Tinubu has the courts in his pocket . this change is starting to smell funny o

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  26. I used to like Dino and have high hopes about him even being the president someday, but he portrays himself too much as a thug and I don't really think he stands against corruption.

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  27. Dino! Imole de..okunkun para da. No shaking

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  28. What is "Oh".
    This chap and afew empty heads like him just wait for Linda to make a post and they will instantly make their empty one word comments without reading anything. They irritate me. Get off the web if you have nothing to say or do.

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  29. It should come as a standing rule that No Elected Member of the NASS should be sworn in or be given an committee leadership if they have a petition or a case in Court about their election. Let the National Assembly be truly honourable and scandal free. What happens if criminals get prematurely sworn in and they end up embarrassing the country and their constituency. Imagine that a thief steals the ballot, collects all the initial entitlements and allowances, how do you retrieve those undeserved benefits after his election is nullified by s tribunal? In the case of Dino Melaye, we are already seeing him giving a bad image to the Senate as a bootlicker, houseboy and supporter of corruption. Imagine that he rigged his election, gets a committee post, runs around EFCC with other thieves and legislates against jailing of thieves like him, would that reflect well on the credibility of other Senators? Dino should stand down his recent Publicity Committee appointment until his election tribunal validates him as qualified to be in the Senate. And until cleared, he has no moral right to vote on any debate.

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  30. Let the law take its course.

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  31. Hope his sin not bcos he supported Saraki Pls leave the pples senator alone. Tinubu take note

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