Breaking News:2019 Supplementary polls:DA agent shot in Kuje Lga polls, hospitalized:DA National Chairman H.E. Prince Frank Ukonga condemn the Violence and Rigging in the General and Supplementary polls Nationwide.Explodes "The Conduct and Results of the entire elections both the general and supplementary is unacceptable to DA - As it is not the true reflection of the will and votes of the Nigerian people"

DA National chairman H.E. Prince Frank ukonga reject the results and conducts of the 2019 general and supplementary election calls for cancellation and a rerun of the entire election

Breaking News:2019 Supplementary polls:DA agent shots in Kuje Lga polls, hospitalized:DA National Chairman H.E. Prince Frank Ukonga condemn the Violence and Rigging in the General and Supplementary polls Nationwide.Explodes "The Conduct and Results of the entire elections both the general and supplementary is unacceptable to DA - As it is not the  true reflection of the will and votes of the Nigerian people"
" And in particular the DA that is the 3rd force fielding more than 1200 candidates in the election has been shortchanged and massively rigged out by acts of omission and commissions that characterized the travesty and charade called the 2019 general election. We call for the cancellation of the entire election and a rerun of the general election rescheduled.
The 2019 Supplementary polls has been characterized by the same idiosyncrasies that marred the general elections of the 2019 polls which is the wide spread violence unleashed on the polity by the tugs of the APC party addressed to achieve a diabolical motive of rigging the 2019 election in favour of their non performing government. The Nigerian peoples have vehemently rejected the APC at the polls in the 2019 elections both general and the supplementary polls but the APC are determined to subvert the wish of the Nigerian over 250 million peoples through violence, tyranny, rigging and all other vices to continue to perpetuate themselves in government.
The APC and the cabals do not like the brand of politics of DA calling for a generational paradigm shift of leadership to the youth and women and have launched a diabolical plot against the DA Party not to win any seat in the 2019 elections so that they can de register DA in the obnoxious stratagem of smuggling into the Nigerian constitution at the eleventh hour to the 2019 election giving constitutional powers to INEC to de register political parties that cannot win a seat in the Assemblies to be de registered.
It is philosophically  wrong and an aberration for an umpire to be given rights and powers to call the shots on which party should exist or die in a multi party multi ethnic democratic dispensation. By the powers give to INEC unwittingly the Senate have sold the birth right of all Nigerians to associate and form political parties to an organization that could least be described as independent.
Under section 222 [a-f] of the Nigerian constitution as amended giving powers to INEC to de register political parties any party could be de registered even if you win a seat in  an election. Even the most notable opposition party with serving Senators and governors could be de registered under some sections of the constitution, Whence the constitutional amendment by the Senate of the 8th Republic should be subjected to another review by the incoming Senate /Legislatures of the 9th Republic to save the Nigerian democracy from denigrating into a full blown dictatorship of One Party State.
In this context the DA was shortchanged in the 2019 election to make sure that the party never win any seat either councillorship, governorship nor National and state assembly elections nationwide.
The story is the same in every constituency where DA has comparative advantage of winning, thugs would come to disrupt the election and rig in any party  of their choice as directed by their masters.
In some cases DA logo would be conspicuously omitted from the ballot papers as in Abuja House of Representative election of Municipality/Bwari constituency, as in gwagwalada central ward councillorship , as in some constituencies in Lagos state and some other states.
We do not have the resources to go to the tribunal in most of these cases to complain and seek redress.We have over 150 cases where DA were violated directly and brutally rigged out in the general and supplementary elections. We may not be able to go to the election tribunal but we are compiling all the cases for the purpose of public court to judge on how the most friendly youth and women party was shortchanged, violated and rigged out in the charade  of vote buying and selling , violence and outright allotments of votes called the 2019 election.
The Nigerian Democracy is in grave danger of becoming a full blown dictatorship,Gratitude.

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Breaking News: 2019 Election impasse:The Position of DA-Party:"The Man Dies in Him who Keep Silent in the Face of Tyranny" & the Reply of H.E. Prince Frank Ukonga-Presidential Candidate of DA in the 2019 election:to the diatribe of John Collins Nwobodo - A legal practitioner on his assessment of the Political Situation in Nigeria Focus on the performances of Political Parties in the 2019 elections

2019 presidential Candidates of Nigeria: Reaction of the Democratic Alternative Party and hr Presidential Candidate H.E. Prince Frank Ukonga to the outcome of the 2019 elections

Breaking News: 2019 Election impasse:The Position of  DA-Party:"The Man Dies in Him who Keep Silent in the Face of Tyranny" & the Reply of H.E. Prince Frank Ukonga-Presidential Candidate of  DA in the 2019 election:to the diatribe of John Collins Nwobodo - A legal practitioner on his assessment of the Political Situation in Nigeria Focus on the performances of Political Parties in the 2019 elections

Your analysis JOHN COLLINS NWOBODO is a diatribe of faulty reducio de absurdum based on contradictory, obfuscating precepts of the darker aspects of rational inferences in political philosophy and creation hatched by dangerously calculating irrendentists who insists on violating the being and essence of all of the citizens of this great country and perpetrating their oligarchy and elitism on all and sundry as conquered people...and you have just been misguided by their never ending wimps and diabolical stratagems addressed to put you and the majority of Nigerians under locks and chains to eternity.It is a disgrace to intelligence that you a Masters Degree Holder in Law has fallen for their abracadabra and cannot comprehend the hidden scripts of the fifth columnist in the entire charade of the 2019 elections in the sovereignty as a travesty that cannot stand the investigations of a respectable, responsible jurisprudence; as it cannot be adjudged free, fair and credible.The fact that many aggrieved and short changed political parties are not challenging the election results in the tribunal is because of the prohibitive high cost of going to the election tribunal..you need to have a minimum of N50 Million Naira to put up a credible challenge in legal fees and other fees.Whence the Status Quo should be maintained Anti Bellum. And any human soul or institution that base it assessments of the political turfs of the sovereignty on the results of a widely disputed election to judge the performances of political parties and institutions involved in the entire larceny and trade of votes should be held suspect as accessory to the collateral damage and destruction of democratic ideals in Nigeria and the entire African continent..which portends grave dangers to the fortunes of the polity and the Human Race in generality. gratitude.

THE DIATRIBE OF JOHN COLLINS NWOBODO FOR YOUR ESTEEEM PERUSALS:

DECONGESTING THE POLITICAL SPACE: INVOKING THE DE-REGISTRATION CLAUSE UNDER THE 1999 CONSTITUTION

BY

JOHN COLLINS NWOBODO

The first legal provision on deregistration of Political Parties post 1999 general election is contained in section 78(7) of the Electoral Act, 2010. The section contains two grounds for deregistration viz: (1) breach of any of the requirements for registration (2) failure to win Presidential or Governorship election or a seat in the National or State Assembly election.

First of all, it is important to say that the right to form or belong to a Political Party is a fundamental human right enshrined in section 40 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended). In the said section, it provides, “Every person shall be entitled to assemble freely and associate with other persons, and in particular he may form or belong to any political party…for the protection of his interest.”

The introduction of the deregistration clause in the Electoral Act, 2010 was greeted by mixed reactions. While some hailed it, others deprecated it. The National Conscience Party (NCP) was the first to challenge the legality of section 78(7)(ii) in Court. Hon. Justice Abang of the Federal High Court Lagos in its judgment of 6th March, 2013 held the provision to be legal and valid. However the Court of Appeal Lagos in a judgment delivered on 24th July, 2015 declared section 78(7)(ii) unconstitutional, null and void. Thus, in the case, NCP & Anor. v National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria & 2 Ors. (2016) 1 NWLR (Pt.1492) 1 CA, the Court of Appeal per Chinwe Eugenia Iyizoba, JCA in declaring section 78(7)(ii) as inconsistent with the Constitution and null and void stated:

“I reiterate once more that there is nothing in section 221-229 of the Constitution prescribing that the continued existence of a recognized political party depended on its ability to win at least a seat in the National or State Assembly. There is no quarrel with section 78(7)(i) which empowers the Commission to de-register a political party on the ground of breach of any of the requirements of registration. But deregistration under section 78(7)(ii) for failure to win at least a seat in the National or State Assembly is a different ball game. There is no constitutional backing for the provision.”

Relying on the de-registration clause, INEC on 18th August, 2011 deregistered 7 Political Parties namely DA, NAC, NDLP, MMN, NPC, NEPP and NUP. Similarly, on 5th December, 2012 INEC deregistered 28 other Political Parties ostensibly due to failure to win election. The Fresh Democratic Party (Fresh) challenged its deregistration at the Federal High Court, Abuja. Justice Gabriel Kolawole in a judgement delivered in March 2013 restored the registration of the Party. In the same vein, the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) and Better Nigeria Progressive (BNPP) took out an action at the Federal High Court, Abuja which court presided over by Justice Adeniyi Ademola on 16th December, 2015 restored their registration.

In Barrister Jezie Ekejiuba v. INEC & Anor. (2016) LPELR-40926 (CA), the Court of Appeal, Enugu Division per Tom Shaibu Yakubu, JCA most succinctly stated:

“I am of the considered opinion that if the framers of the 1999 Constitution, having provided for the recognition of political associations which could metamorphose to political parties through the processes of registration by the 1st respondent pursuant to section 222 of the Constitution, had the mind that the registered political parties could be de-registered, the conditions for such de-registration would have been spelt out in the Constitution. In order words, since the conditions and processes involved before a political association is registered as a political party by the 1st respondent are clearly spelt out in section 222 of the Constitution, similarly the processes and conditions for a de-registration of a political party by the 1st respondent, if that was in the mind of the framers of the Constitution, the same would have been clearly set out in the Constitution.”

The two Court of Appeal decisions placed side by side oppose each other in some respects. Both decisions are to the effect that INEC cannot deregister a Political Party on the ground of failure to win election. However, there is dissonance in the interpretation of section 78(7)(i) which borders on deregistration on the ground of breach of any of the requirements for registration. NCP’s case approves of that ground, whereas Ekejiuba’s case struck it down. The Court in Ekejiuba’s case reasoned that if the intention of the framers of the Constitution was that a Political Party could be deregistered under certain conditions, it would have provided for same.

Therefore, in a bid to fortify INEC with powers to deregister Political Parties, the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fourth Alteration, No. 9) Act , 2017 provided elaborately the grounds for deregistration. Today, deregistration of Political Parties is now constitutionally provided. Section 225A of the Constitution (as amended) provides as follows:
The Independent National Electoral Commission shall have power to de-register a Political Party for-
(a) breach of any of the requirements for registration;
(b) failure to win at least twenty-five percent of votes cast in-
(i) one state of the Federation in a Presidential election;
or
(ii) one Local Government of the State in a Governorship election.
(c) failure to win at least-
(i) one ward in the Chairmanship election;
(ii) one seat in the National or State House of Assembly election; or
(iii) one seat in the Councillorship election.

The Constitution has therefore comprehensively set out conditions for deregistration. The ground of breach of any of the requirements of registration has six items as contained in section 222 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). In Barrister Jezie Ekejiuba v. INEC & Anor. (2016) LPELR-40926 (CA), the Court stated: “The six conditions of registration are well spelt out in section 222 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) thus:

No association by whatever name called shall function as a political party, unless-

(a) the names and address (sic) of its national officers are registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission;
(b) the membership of the association is open to every citizen of Nigeria irrespective of his place of origin, circumstances of birth, sex, religion or ethnic grouping;
(c) a copy of its constitution is registered in the principal office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in such form as may be prescribed by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
(d) any alteration in its registered Constitution is also registered in the principal office of the Independent National Electoral Commission within thirty days of the making of such alteration;
(e) the name of the association, its symbol or logo does not contain any ethnic or religious connotation or give the appearance that the activities of the association are confined to a part only of the geographical area of Nigeria; and
(f) the headquarters of the association is situated in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

Without argument, the large number of Political Parties that participated in the 2019 General Elections created logistics challenges for INEC including cost, space and time. For example, 73 Political Parties were on ballot for the Presidential election. This is the largest number that we have witnessed in any election in Nigeria. Apart from the two dominant political parties-APC and PDP, the performance of the remaining 71 political parties was a huge joke. They made no impact in terms of the share of the votes cast. Also, the large number of Political Parties in the Presidential election made collation of results hectic and longer than usual.

Although, there are a few supplementary elections pending in places where election was declared inconclusive by INEC; nevertheless, we can tell how many Political Parties were able to escape the INEC sledge hammer of deregistration. How many of the Political Parties that participated in the Presidential election won at least twenty-five percent of the votes cast in one State of the Federation? With the exception of APC and PDP no other Party did. How many of Political Parties that participated in the Governorship election in the 29 States where Governorship election was held won twenty-five percent of the votes cast in one Local Government Area of the State? Again, with the exception of APC and PDP no other Party did. Judging the political parties on the basis of seats won in the National Assembly, only 11 Political Parties were successful. The successful Political Parties are APC, PDP and YPP in the Senate and APC, PDP, APGA, ADC, AA, PRP, APM, SDP, ADP and LP in the House of Representatives. For the House of Assembly, the seats revolve around APC, PDP and a couple of other Political Parties within the group of 11 Political Parties that won seats in the National Assembly or perhaps a few other Political Parties outside the 11. From the foregoing, it is a sore narrative that a paltry 12 percent of the 91 registered Political Parties survived the constitutional slaughter provision.

The Independent National Electoral Commission should rise to clear the political space by deregistering the ‘sickler’ political parties in accordance with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). This should be done as soon as the 21 days of presenting election petition elapses. Section 285(5) provides that an election petition shall be filed within 21 days after the date of the declaration of result of the elections. With barely four days to the end of the 21 days for presenting presidential election petition no other Party outside the group of 11 have presented a petition challenging the presidential election. INEC has a duty to maintain a healthy balance in the Political environment by ensuring that Political Parties which are too weak for competitive party democracy are not allowed to loiter the political space creating political nuisance.
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Breaking News:36 Hrs to governorship/Assembly Polls of March 9th 2019: National Broadcast of H.E. Prince Frank Ukonga the National Chairman of DA-Democratic Alternative Party to all Nigerians: "Vote DA as Governors & Assembly Members"

H.E.Prince Frank Ukonga- The National Chairman of DA- Democratic Alternative Party
broadcast to the Nation 36 hrs ahead of the March 9th 2019 governorship elections.

Breaking News:36 Hrs to governorship/Assembly Polls of March 9th 2019: National Broadcast of H.E. Prince Frank Ukonga the National Chairman of DA-Democratic Alternative Party to all Nigerians: "Vote DA as Governors & Assembly Members for Job creation, Industrial, Economic and Agric Revolution: for Peace,Progress and Prosperity Vote DA"

"My Dearest Fellow Compatriots, On the behalf of all members of DA in Nigeria and the Diaspora I Prince Frank Ukonga- the National Chairman of DA-Democratic Alternative Party fielding over 1200 candidates in the 2019 election as the 3rd force and the 3rd largest party in Nigeria in fielding quality candidates all over Nigeria for the 2019 polls, only second to the APC and the PDP of the league of 91 registered political parties in Nigeria offer the following observations:

1]That we come to you solemnly with humility to solicit your Votes in the 2019 governorship and state House of Assembly polls of 2019 March 9th as we tell you firmly that the DA is the most youth, Women and Men friendly party in Nigeria sponsoring more Youth and Women to grab power in the 2019 election than any other party in Nigeria and Sub Saharan Africa.

2] That the DA has the best Constitution and the Best Manifesto among the entire parties in Nigeria and Sub Saharan Africa that is determined to deliver the dividends of democracy to all and sundry in the polity.

3]Total Eradication of Hunger and Poverty: The DA if voted to power is dedicated to programs that would eradicate poverty and Hunger from Nigeria and produce an egalitarian, wealthy Country with a civilization second to non in the entire histography of the Homo Sapiens on Planet Earth.

4]Job Creation / Total Abolition of Voluntary and involuntary Redundancies: If voted to power we promise to create over 30 million Jobs annually through the DA Marshal plans of Economic , Industrial and Agric Revolution.

5]Economic & Industrial boom: $3,5 Trillion Dollar Economy: We promise to create an economic and industrial boom of $3,5 trillion Dollars GNP Economy which will position Nigeria as an emerging Economic and Industries Tiger to be counted among the Top ten economic giant of the universe of all times.

6] Industrial, Agricultural and Mining Revolution: The DA Marshal plan of rapid development is crested on the development of the Iron and steel industrial, development of the manufacturing and the down stream sectors economy as well as the mining industries to produce an industrial giant country South of the Sahel.

7]Electricity,Housing and Infrastructural Development :We promise to produce 50,000 MW Electricity which would just be adequate to jump start the DA Marshal plan of providing cheap and uninterrupted supply of electricity to all Nigerians 24/7. We promise good houses, roads, trains,trams, metros, bridges, Airports, Seaports and accelerated quality infrastructural development of the polity.

8]Health & Security: We Promise to deliver proactive healthcare and security initiatives that would guarantee all the citizens of the sovereignty top quality security of health , lives and properties addressed to produce peace, progress and prosperity of the Nation State.

9] Youth , Women, PWD Empowerment: We promise to empower the Youth, Women and the Vulnerable in the Sovereignty.

10]Public Probity, Transparency and Anti Corruption: We promise to strengthen all anti corruption institutions and the Judiciary.We promise to create a transparent government, we promise anti corruption crusade we promise resilient and sustainable standards of public probity in the order of the Freudian philosophy.

Conclusion: Fellow Compatriots: The Lord Almighty has hard your cry for a Messiah and has sent DA- Democratic Alternative Party to liberate you and yours from this eternal slavery and bondage of the cabals, to liberate you from the jaws and claws of the imperialist and Black on Black exploitation. The Choice is yours. Your Voters' card is the key to open the floodgates of eternal bliss and Happiness. Use it wisely. Vote for DA. We Promise not to let you down but to set forth at dawn. Gratitude.

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The Scorecard of Candidates and Parties in the 2019 Presidential Election of the Nigerian Federation

The Scorecard of Candidates and Parties in the 2019 Presidential Election f the Nigerian Federation. H.E Prince Frank
Ukonga was he Presidential Candidate of DA-Democratic Alternative Party.

The Scorecard of Candidates and Parties in the 2019 Presidential Election of the Nigerian Federation

The 2019 Presidential election of the Nigerian Federation was held on the 23rd of February 2019 and the vote scored by each candidate and their parties are listed below.

1.  Isaac Ositelu (A) - 19,209

2.  AbdulRashid Baba (AA) - 14,380

3.  Omoyele Sowore (AAC) - 33,953

4.  Chike Ukaegbu (AAP) - 8,902

5.  Shipi Godia (ABP) - 4,523

6.  Nwokeafor Ikechukwu (ACD) - 11,325

7.  Obiageli Ezekwesili (ACPN) - 7,223

8.  Obadiah Mailafia (ADC) - 97,874

9.  Yusuf Yabaji (ADP) - 54,930

10. Nwachukwu Nwabuikwu (AGA) - 4,689

11. Umenwa Godwin (AGAP) - 3,071

12. Yusufu Obaje (ANDP) - 3,104

13. Fela Durotoye (ANN) - 16,779

14. Shittu Moshood (ANP) - 3,586

15. Tope Fasua (ANRP) - 4,340

16. Aliyu Ibrahim (APA) - 36,866

17. Muhammadu Buhari (APC) - 15,191,847

18. Shittu Mohammed (APDA) - 26,558

19. John Gbor (APGA) - 66,851

20. Mamman Yusuf (APM) - 26,039

21. Obinna Ikeagwuonu (APP) - 3,585

22. John Dara (ASD) - 2,146

23. Angela Johnson (AUN) - 1,092

24. David Ize-Iyamu (BNPP) - 1,649

25. Geff Ojinika Chizee (C4C) - 2,391

26. Lewis Abah (CAP) - 1,111

27. Emmanuel Etim (CNP) - 1,874

28. Frank Ukonga (DA) - 2,769

29. Awosola Olusola (DPC) - 5,242

30. Felix Osakwe (DPP) - 14,483

31. John Onwubuya (FJP) - 4,174

32. Chris Okotie (FRESH) - 4,554

33. Davidson Akhimien (GDPN) - 41,852

34. Samuel Eke (GPN) - 4,924

35. Albert Owuru (HDP) - 1,663

36. Nnamdi Madu (ID) - 1,845

37. Sunday Chukwu-Eguzolugo (JMPP) - 1,853

38. Adesina Fagbenro-Byron (KP) - 1,911

39. Kriz David (LM) - 1,438

40. Usman Muhammed (LP) - 5,074

41. Olufunmilayo Adesanya-Davies (MAJA) - 2,651

42. Isah Bashayi (MMN) - 14,540

43. Hamisu Santuraki (MPN) - 2,752

44. Rabia Hassan (NAC) - 2,279

45. Babatunde Ademola (NCMP) - 1,378

46. Yunusa Salisu (NCP) - 1,378

47. Johnson Edosomwan (NDCP) - 1,192

48. Robinson Akpua (NDLP) - 1,588

49. Paul Ishaka (NEPP) - 1,524

50. Asukwo Archibong (NFD) - 4,096

51. Eunice Atuejide (NIP) - 2,248

52. Ike Keke (NNPP) - 6,111

53. Maimuna Maina (NPC) - 10,081

54. Usman Ibrahim (NRM) - 6,229

55. Moses Ajibiowu (NUP) - 5,323

56. Felix Nicholas (PCP) - 110,196

57. Atiku Abubakar (PDP) - 11,262,978

58. Peter Ameh (PPA) - 21,822

59. Victor Okhai (PPC) - 8,979

60. Hamza Al-Mustapha (PPN) - 4,622

61. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim (PT) - 2,613

62. Israel Nonyerem Davidson (RAP) - 2,972

63. Chukwudi Osuala (RBNP) - 1,792

64. Nseobong Nsehe (RP) - 2,388

65. Donald Duke (SDP) - 34,746

66. Thomas Da-Silva (SNC) - 28,680

67. Ahmed Buhari (SNP) - 3,941

68. Isiaka Balogun (UDP) - 3,170

69. Mark Emmanuel (UP) - 1,561

70. Ahmed Inwa (UPN) - 1,631

71. Nwangwu Uchenna (WTPN) - 732 

72. Ali Soyode (YES) - 2,394

73. Kingsley Moghalu (YPP) - 21,886

Registered voters - 82,344,107

Accredited voters - 29,364,209

Votes cast - 28,614,190

Valid votes - 27,324,583

Rejected votes - 1,289,607

1.  Isaac Osi

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