25% In FCT: If Someone Isn’t Elected In Accordance With The Law A Fresh Nomination Is Done – Michael Aondoakaa

With less than a week to the inauguration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as President of Nigeria, some Nigerians are still questioning his victory at the polls, especially the aspect of Tinubu not having 25% of votes in the Federal Capital Territory as provided by the constitution.  Continue Full Reading>>>

Reacting to this, Mr Michael Aondoakaa who is a legal practitioner has exhaustively explained what is written in section 133b and section 134 of the constitution.

According to him, the constitution does not consider the FCT as a state, and that in section 133 of the constitution, it stated that a Presidential candidate must score 25% of votes in 2/3rd of the 36 states in the country, and he must also score 25% of votes in the FCT.

Michael Aondoakaa said that the constitution clearly stated that if someone is not elected in accordance with the constitution, a fresh nomination should be conducted.  Continue Full Reading>>>

In his words, he said:

“If you go back to section 133b of the constitution that speaks about Presidential Election, it states that a candidate must score 25% in two-third of all the states and the FCT.

It goes to say that if somebody is not elected in accordance to the constitution, fresh nomination should be done. That’s how serious it is.”