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INEC Rejects Jonathan's Anointed Candidate For Bayelsa Election
Posted: November 22, 2011 - 11:17
Henry Seriake-Dickson at the flawed primary on Saturday
By SaharaReporters, New York

President Goodluck Jonathan's plan to force a governorship candidate on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State is facing fresh hurdles as the Independent National Electoral Commission, Nigeria's electoral body, said it would reject the winner of the fraudulent primary if presented to it as a candidate of the party.

The PDP went ahead with a seriously flawed primary election despite a high court injunction stopping the exercise. INEC officials also boycotted the primary last Saturday in view of the court order stopping the primary.

Jonathan's anointed candidate, Henry Seriake-Dickson, was declared the winner in the flawed primary. Saharareporters had revealed that Mr. Dickson was programmed to win. Some contestants, who felt cheated, walked out in protest.

But speaking to Saharareporters this morning, a top INEC official said the primary was a nullity as far as his commission was concerned, and that Dickson will not be an acceptable candidate for the PDP.

'As you know, we (INEC) stayed away from the congress" the official said. "The law expects us to observe party primaries. But we had to stay away so as not to be part of an illegality.

"The court issued an injunction and it is only reasonable that the law is respected. We cannot accept the outcome of such a process. Except the court rules otherwise, we cannot accept the winner of that election as a candidate," the official said.

The official spoke shortly before INEC spokesperson, Kayode Idowu, confirmed to us that his commission stayed away from the congress in compliance with the court injunction.

"We got an injunction, and we had to respect it," he said.

Meanwhile, Saharareporters has received reports that the PDP has filed an appeal against the injunction obtained by Governor Timipre Sylva against the primary.

Ironically, the party had claimed that it did not know of any court injunction against the party congress prior to the primary.

Our sources said the appeal is a desperate ploy by the party to vacate the injunction and acquire legitimacy for the sham primary conducted in flagrant disobedience of a federal high court order.

An Appeal notice filed by the party legal adviser, Olusoka Oke, asked the court of appeal to vacate the injunction of the lower court and a motion urging the court of appeal for a motion for the stay of execution. The chairman of the PDP Usman barrage is represented by Tayo oyetibo, SAN while Mr. Dickson the candidate who emerged from the defective primaries has asked to the suit through Joe-Kyari Gadzama, SAN.

At today's resumed  hearing before a Federal High Court judge, Justice Gabriel Kolawole, Gov. Timipre Sylva's represented by Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN and Femi Falana, disclosed to the court that the PDP had served processes of appeal to them. After reviewing the pleadings by lawyers in the case, the judge adjourned the case "sine die". In his ruling giving a leeway to the court of appeal, Justice Kolawole stated that the integrity  and the sanctity of the processes of court must be preserved.

President Jonathan has reportedly given instructions to his aides to influence the Court of Appeal judges to allow the case receive favorable treatment as he flies to for a summit.

If the Court of Appeal rules in favor of the illegal primaries, INEC would have no choice but to recognize Mr. Dickson as the authentic candidate for the PDP.

Useless Jonathan now wants to start acting kingmaker after coming short to be the WEAKEST Nigerian president in history and future! The look on his face all the time shows he is a joke and even little ants will laugh their Bottom off! LOL!

INEC. . . . if na OBJ, dem no get spine to reject.

Jonadunce is in big wahala.

Ironically, the party had claimed that it did not know of any court injunction against the party congress prior to the primary.

Are these clowns for real? See your worthless leaders and their ogboju koro koro bold face lie.

Jonadunce is in big wahala.

This was exactly what happened in Ogun-State??PDP will loose in Bayelsa

Thats their business

in rivers state 2007, how did rotimi ameachi win d pdp primaries? ***just asking***

maki:

in rivers state 2007, how did rotimi ameachi win d pdp primaries? ***just asking***

Meaning!?

Okija_juju:

Meaning!?

u can frown for all i care, i said i was just asking, will u find me guilty for asking a question? guess u cant,

^^^Ameachi's case was different. He won a valid primary and his name submitted to INEC within the stipulated time but was removed at a time when it is illegal for any political party to substitute its candidate except in the case of death.

Sylva has not won any Primary election and he did not get the party's nod. Apart from Ben Bruce Murray, others have not told us why they were disqualified by their party. Sylva should tell us so that the public can speak for him!

These guys are a Joke.  Lets kick POLIO PdP out of Nigeria.

But sun news and punch newspaper reports otherwise.which do we believe now?

Brb

Useless Jonathan now wants to start acting kingmaker after coming short to be the WEAKEST Nigerian president in history and future! The look on his face all the time shows he is a joke and even little ants will laugh their Bottom off! LOL! Grin Grin


I hope you can make it to be a president one day so that Nigerians will see how you will perform.

Which one do we believe? Sahara reporters or sunnews?

http://sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/newsonthehour/2011/nov/23/newsbreak-23-11-2011-001.html

If Ben Bruce was not another bootlicker of Goverment in power, he would have been able to see beyond his nose, and would not have contested on the platform of PDP.

If he had contested on the platform of APGA, I believe he would win, even despite all PDP,s attemp to rig. You can see from the little campeign he did so far that has a goodwill similar to the one Okorocha has in Imo. People want a geniuie change and would have voted for him massisvely.
Maybe now all the pro-goverment tendencies on Silverbird morning shows will stop.

stepo707:

But sun news and punch newspaper reports otherwise.which do we believe now?

Don't mind Gbawe and his multiple names aimed at ridiculing the President all the time. INEC announced yesterday that it is yet to take a stance on the outcome of Bayelsa PDP primaries.

Talk to Bayelsans (not state govt officials) if they want Sylva. See, 85% of Bayelsans, not just Jonathan don't want Sylva.

Must we link every thing that happens to GEJ? He was not there at the primaries and his absence has been linked to the court injunction. Most of you here can't even control themselves especially their tongue not to talk of leading a country of over 150 million. You call GEJ all sorts of names?
It is not that I GEJ but honestly, the way some people talk here shows that they too can't rule this country.

DDN:

Useless Jonathan now wants to start acting kingmaker after coming short to be the WEAKEST Nigerian president in history and future! The look on his face all the time shows he is a joke and even little ants will laugh their Bottom off! LOL! Grin Grin


I hope you can make it to be a president one day so that Nigerians will see how you will perform.

Don't mind him.

I just dnt knw where and how Saharareporters derive their own news, IN as much as i would love it to be real, I watched in news yesterday as Inec said dey have no power to reject any candidate from any political party. Sahara Reporters na wa oo.

As usual it is Sahara . . .Shameful Junky news portal . . . for junky seeking minds . . .

this is one of the reason he sacked Waziri

jmaine:

As usual it is Sahara . . .Shameful Junky news portal . . . for junky seeking minds . . .

You hate the truth,

lanre_front:

If Ben Bruce was not another bootlicker of Goverment in power, he would have been able to see beyond his nose, and would not have contested on the platform of PDP.

If he had contested on the platform of APGA, I believe he would win, even despite all PDP,s attemp to rig. You can see from the little campeign he did so far that has a goodwill similar to the one Okorocha has in Imo. People want a geniuie change and would have voted for him massisvely.
Maybe now all the pro-goverment tendencies on Silverbird morning shows will stop.

Most politicians in bayelsa believe that they can only win on pdp plattform.

seanet02:

You hate the truth,

Yes i hate twisted truths which amounts to lies and fictitious stories . . So continue feeding and constipating on the junky news the useless Sahara provides in abundance

It can only be from Sahara Misreporter, purveyor of fake news.

We have warned these clowns that rely solely on them to do so with a pinch of salt, but they wouldn't listen.

Shame!