Key Questions the Justices of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal will have to resolve on a YES or NO basis: A REMINDER
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1. Whether Forfeiture is same as Fine? (Section 494, ACJA 2015 says YES, what will the court say)
2. If Forfeiture is a Fine , whether Tinubu was liable for that fine for dishonesty? (Court Judgment from Illinois)
3. Whether the order by a court in USA is conclusive?
4. Whether the said fine contravenes section 137(1)(d) of the Constitution?
5. Whether the said fine would be considered under section 137(1)(e) of the Constitution even though the petitioners relied on 137(1)(d)?
6. Whether Shettima knowingly allowed himself to be nominated as a candidate for the office of VP and Senate at the same time?
7. Whether, upon the resignation of Masari as the VP for Tinubu, Tinubu/APC failed to nominate and forward to INEC a replacement within the 14 days period? (Section 33 Electoral Act)
8. Whether Peter Obi is a member and was validly sponsored by LP as Presidential candidate? (Section 77, Electoral Act)
9. Whether the Electoral Act and INEC regulations made it mandatory the transmission of results on form EC8A onto the IREV and collation system at the Polling Unit? (By Section 60 & 64, Electoral Act; Clause 38 & 48, Regulations & Guidelines; Oyetola v Adeleke, it is MANDATORY)
10. Whether Collation at the ward level can proceed without ascertaining the accreditation number on the hardcopy of form EC8A with the accreditation displayed on physical BVAS machine? (Section 64(4), Electoral Act; Clause 38 & 48, Regulations and Guidelines says you must ascertain)
11. Whether Collation at the ward level can proceed without ascertaining the votes scored by political parties on the hardcopy form EC8A with that in the uploaded copy of EC8A on the IREV? (Section 64(4), Electoral Act; Clause 38 & 48, Regulations and Guidelines says you must ascertain)
12. Whether the INEC hardcopy results on form EC8A must be a mirror copy of the form EC8A scanned by BVAS and uploaded onto the IREV? (Section 104, 105, Evidence Act)
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13. Whether results Not ascertained by the uploaded copy is invalid? (Section 64(4)(9), Electoral Act)
14. Whether CTC results uploaded onto the IREV but unreadable be considered invalid ?
15. Whether CTC original results sheets that are unreadable be considered invalid?
16. Whether INEC is at liberty to upload unverified or unreliable results onto the IREV to be viewed by the Nigerian Public?
17. Whether invalid results be cancelled according to section 51(2) of the electoral act?
18. Whether there are polling units where over-voting occurred?
19. Whether the combined failure to upload results from the Polling Unit , “unreadable” form EC8A results and instances of over voting be adjudged as substantial non-compliance with the Electoral Act?
20. Whether the combined affect of instances of over-voting and “unreadable” results would have probably brought about a different outcome of the election?
21. Whether INEC knowingly neglected to upload the results at the Polling Unit?
22. Whether INEC knowingly neglected to ascertain the political parties results with the results upload onto the IREV during the collation process?
23. Whether FCT, Abuja is considered one of the states of the Federation for the purpose of Presidential election?
24. Whether the provisions of the constitution mandates the person with the plurality or majority of votes also secure 25% in FCT, Abuja in addition to securing 25% in at least 24 of the 36 states of the Federation?
Keep your eyes open, keep your ears open and watch how they answer these questions.
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