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  • Boko Haram: Who is afraid of Super Camp Strategy?

    I was jolted out of my seat when I read the story published by Reuters titled ‘Islamic State fills the void in Nigeria as soldiers retreat to ‘super camps”. I imagined how such a piece laced with outright mischief, and illogical conclusions would have passed editorial integrity and certified fit for publication.

     

    As a start, the whole concept of the Super Camp Strategy launched by the Nigerian Army was deliberately presented to picture a situation where troops would leave communities they hitherto protected to form clusters somewhere in a bid to avoid or minimize casualties. While this misrepresentation of fact can be stated to be uncharitable, it further reinforces the conspiracy theory that stated that Boko Haram/ISWAP fighters are receiving support from external sources, as well as the deplorable role most international NGOs are playing in the theatre of operations in North-East Nigeria.

     

    I say this because the Reuters story quoted sources from the international NGOs in operation in North-East Nigeria and they based their judgment on what was availed them, which in my opinion is the height of unprofessionalism and unbecoming of a news medium such as Reuters.

     

    It is more challenging to come to terms with the fact it was stated that the army’s withdrawal into large bases has coincided with a string of insurgent raids on newly unprotected towns and has left the militants free to set up checkpoints on roads as they roam more freely across the countryside. The first question is, were they referring to any part of North-East Nigeria or a neighbouring country? Because I am at a loss, just like the generality of Nigerians as to why anyone or organization would want to adopt a strategy such as the one advanced by Reuters in areas that it has complete control over. It is tantamount to leaving the comfort of one’s bedroom and taking solace elsewhere.

     

    This is quite worrisome and somewhat an insult to our sensibilities as a people in Nigeria when foreign media organizations come in and scoop half-truths from their accomplices masquerading under various humanitarian nomenclatures in an attempt to unsettle the efforts of the Nigerian Military in the fight against terrorism in Nigeria mainly when successes are recorded and Boko Haram/ISWAP fighters retreating to the fringes of the Lake Chad Basin region.

     

    This in my considered opinion is the height of mischief, and unsuspecting members of the general public must disregard it because, since the introduction of the Super Camp Strategy by the Nigerian Army in the fight against terrorism in North-East Nigeria, Boko Haram/ISWAP fighters have suffered heavy casualties as rightly reported by reputable news mediums in Nigeria.

     

    The Super Camp Strategy is not a situation where troops would withdraw to “super camps” that can be more easily defended against insurgents as stated by Reuters. Instead, the Super Camp Strategy is one that is designed to create military presence everywhere in villages and localities of the troubled areas of Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa states.

     

    I recall in a parley with members of the Borno Elders Forum, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Olusegun Adeniyi, stated that the Super Camp Strategy will ensure fast mobilizing, quick reaction and more extended reach at tactical level, combined with the striking power of the Air Taskforce to see that the days of Boko Haram moving freely and passing in between static defence location is over.” Also, true to his words, the introduction of the Super Camp Strategy has seen to the presence of troops in places such as remote communities, unlike in times past where soldiers were stationed in military bases.

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    If the Super Camp Strategy is not a brilliant one, I don’t know what else to call it. And my guess is that those that do not want an end to the Insurgency in North-East Nigeria are those behind the Reuters story, and it is such a shame that Reuters with all its years of journalism would condescend so low to tow this dishonourable path.

     

    This is on the heels that activities of international NGOs operating in North-East Nigeria have been suspect. For them, the war against terrorism in North-East Nigeria should not come to an end so they can continue to justify their stay in Nigeria as well as funding for their operations. This is aside from the fact that it has been speculated in some quarters that most of these NGOs are involved in espionage activities for the sponsors of Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists.

     

    In all of these, one thing comes to my mind, and it is the fact that with the introduction of the Super Camp Strategy, the end of Boko Haram/ISWAP is in sight, and this fact is not going down well with a group of actors and as such all must be done to discredit in its entirety. But again, would this new offensive against the operations of the Nigerian Military work? Would the Military hierarchy succumb to the Reuters blackmail?

     

    Your guess is as good as mine. I believe that all must be done by the military hierarchy to sustain the tempo in its operations in North-East Nigeria, with regards to the Super Camp Strategy. And less I forget to mention that the Super Camp Strategy involves two critical components, which is taking the fight to the enemies in their domains and a routine introduction of counter-insurgency strategies that always takes the Boko Haram/ISWAP fighters unawares as against what was obtainable in the past.

     

    At this point, the likes of Reuters and its accomplices should adopt another strategy in their attempt to mislead members of the unsuspecting general public. The attempt at discrediting the Super Camp Strategy is feeble in its delivery. And those afraid of the end of Boko Haram/ISWAP should do the needful, which is to pack their belongings and leave Nigeria, instead of the futile attempt at distorting facts.

     

    Murphy is a security expert based in Calabar.

  • AbdulRazaq hails Buhari’s victory at Tribunal

    Kwara state Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his well-deserved victory at the presidential election tribunal.

    “Given the unprecedented margin of victory that Mr. President recorded in our state, Kwara, and the very glaring acceptability of his candidature across the country, I have always known that any legal challenge to his victory was just an academic exercise because the people have spoken clearly.

    “Without prejudice to the right of the opposition to seek redress as they did, the judgment of the presidential election tribunal only affirmed the position of the people of Nigeria who appreciate the discipline, integrity, patriotism, and commitment of Mr. President to a better Nigeria,” the governor’s spokesperson Rafiu Ajakaye has said.

    He said the judgment was a victory for the ordinary Nigerians who stood for many hours on the queue to cast their ballot in the election.

    AbdulRazaq also commended the erudition of the President’s legal team who the Governor said remained focus “even in the face of every-day propaganda by the opposition.”

    He called on Nigerians across party lines to rally round the President to deliver more dividends of democracy.

  • Lawan congratulates Buhari, APC over victory

    President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the president’s victory at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.

    The tribunal on Wednesday dismissed the petition by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in its entirety.

    Lawan in a statement on Wednesday by his Spokesperson, Ola Awoniyi said that the judgment had put a judicial seal on the mandate freely given to the president by Nigerians in the Feb.23 presidential election.

    Lawan urged the president to accept the affirmation of his election as a reminder of the confidence of Nigerians in his capacity to continue to lead the country to greatness.

    Read Also: Buhari’s victory: SANs hail Tribunal’s verdict

    The senate president said Nigerian people had great expectations from the “Next Level Agenda” of the president and further pledged full cooperation of the National Assembly in the pursuit of the best interest of the Nigerian people.

    Lawan also commended the petitioners for using the judicial window prescribed by the constitution in seeking redress for their grievances and urged them to join hands with the government and the Nigerian people in the important task of nation-building.

  • Akpabio was robbed of victory – Justice Hafizu

    A member of the National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Justice Sheriff Hafizu has said Senator Godswill Akpabio was robbed of his victory in February 23 National Assembly election.

    According to him, there was preponderance of evidence to prove that Akpabio, now Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, defeated his opponent, Chris Ekpenyong in the election for Akwa Ibom Northwest senatorial district.

    Justice Hafizu in a split judgement on September 11, 2019 held that it was his view that Senator Akpabio overwhelmingly won the election and ought to have been returned as the duly elected Senator for Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District.

    Engr Chris Ekpenyong of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was declared winner of the Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

    Senator Akpabio had challenged Ekpenyong’s declaration at the National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom citing unlawful cancellation of his collated votes by INEC to give his opponent an edge in the election.

    Delivering judgement on the petition Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice W. O. Akanbi with the concurrence of Justice Ebetu dismissed the petition and upheld the declaration of Engr Ekpenyong as the winner of the February 23 National Assembly elections into Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District.

    However, in his dissenting judgement, Justice Hafizu held that the contention of the Respondents that Senator Akpabio ought to have called unit polling agents to prove his case was wrong since Akpabio had not challenged the results of the units and therefore there was nothing to prove.

    According to Justice Hafizu, the case of Senator Akpabio centred on cancellation of duly collated votes at INEC office which went beyond the units. He cited the case of Dr William who had admitted during trial that Senator Akpabio’s votes were altered in INEC office in Uyo on the instructions of the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Mike Igini and said such alterations were unlawful.

    He said he found merit in the Petitioner’s case that his collated votes which showed that he won the election was surreptitiously and unilaterally cancelled by an INEC official so as to hand over victory to Engr Ekpenyong.

    Justice Hafizu also held that from evidence adduced during the trial it was obvious that the Returning Officer had cancelled the votes of Obot Akara Local Government Area due to an established case of over-voting and said it was wrong for the same cancelled result to be revalidated in INEC office in Uyo.

    The Minority Judge held that the Witnesses paraded by the Respondents were unreliable as they gave contradictory evidence during trial. He cited cases of witnesses who had alleged that they were abducted by APC thugs and forced to thumbprint for the party only for card reader reports to put a lie to such claim, a contention that the majority judgement glossed over.

    According to Justice Hafizu, INEC was wrong to have cancelled the 61,329 votes garnered by APC in Essien Udim Local Government Area against PDP score of 9,050 votes. He said the unlawful cancellation of the votes was a clear case of robbery since it did not follow the due process of INEC guidelines.

    The majority judgement also glossed over evidence that were given in the case including certified true copies of results released by INEC which were tendered by the Petitioners. It also remained mute on the Police reports that the elections were free, fair and credible.

    Accordingly, Justice Hafizu voided the declaration of Engr Ekpenyong as the winner of the election and declared his return invalid. He also declared Senator Akpabio as the winner of the election having garnered majority of the lawful votes and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to present a certificate of return to Senator Akpabio as the duly elected Senator of Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District.

    Attendees and lawyers at the Tribunal openly applauded the judgement of Justice Hafizu, describing it as sound and bound to stand the test of time and devoid of any pecuniary consideration but justice delivery. Supporters of Senator Akpabio jubilated and congratulated themselves on the minority judgement.

    Counsel to Senator Akpabio, Mr Adekunle Oyesanya, SAN praised Justice Hafizu for his courage in giving the dissenting judge represented the position of the law.

    It would be recalled that a lawyer and human right activist, Barrister Leo Ekpenyong had raised an alarm penultimate week in a widely published article: “Judgement for sale” alleged that two members of the National Assembly elections petition tribunal in Akwa Ibom State had been compromised predicting that there would be a split in the judgement the Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District matter.

  • JUST IN: A’Ibom Northwest: Akpabio loses to Ekpenyong

    The Akwa Ibom National Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal Wednesday night dismissed the petition by Senator Godswill Akpabio of the All Progressives Congress(APC) challenging the election of Senator Chris Ekpenyong of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) to represent Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District .

    However, Ekpenyong’s declaration by the tribunal as winner of February 23 election did not come without some drama and confusion by supporters of Senator Akpabio, now minister of Niger Delta Affairs.

    One of the judges in the three man panel had upheld the petition of Senator Akpabio and announced the nullification of the victory of Dr Chris Ekpenyong as Senator representing Akwa Ibom North West(Ikot Ekpene) Senatorial District.

    Contrary to the judgement of the other two judges, Justice S. H Tahir whose ruling was delivered by 11.45 PM, said the petitioners Senator Akpabio and the APC, had no need to present polling unit agents to prove their victory since they were not challenging what transpired at the units.

    Tahir also said that the power of cancelling illegal votes was not in the hands of the returning officer, but in the hands of polling unit officers.

    He, therefore, urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to retrieve the certificate of return from Ekpenyong and surrender it to Akpabio as the elected Senator of the district.

    But in the majority ruling read by the chairman of the panel, Justice W. O. Akanbi, the tribunal maintained that the petitioners failed to bring any witness from the polling units and thus could not prove substantial non-compliance with the Electoral Act.

    “Every reasonable person should support free, fair and credible election. The Returning Officer cannot be blamed for reporting what he saw to INEC ”

    Relying on the case between ANDREW v. INEC, the court ruled that the burden of proof for proving substantial non-compliance with the Electoral Act to ground a nullification of the election is on the petitioner and held that the Petitioner’s evidence was too weak in all ramifications to prove non-compliance, not to mention substantial non-compliance, which is the only ground for nullification of the elections.

    The court in the end, in a majority Judgement of two justices dismissed the petition and upheld the declaration of Senator Christopher Ekpenyong as the winner of the February 23, 2019 elections.

    “The Petition is hereby dismissed because they have not been able to prove noncompliance at all”, the tribunal declared.

    Reacting to the victory, Senator Chris Ekpenyong through his Counsel Samuel Ikpo Esq, said “The judgement has buried the Petition that was long dead and dead for eternity “.

    But Senator Akpabio’s Counsel Adekunle Oyesanya said he was disappointed that the majority decision did not favour him, and maintained that after studying the judgement with his clients, he will appeal the decision.

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    Few buses of uniformed APC supporters who adorned adjoining streets around Wellington Bassey Way after being restricted by heavy security agents from accessing the tribunal venue started beating drums to celebrate when they could not apparently understand the import of the judgement.

    But their celebration was short lived when PDP youths led by the chairman of the State Youth Caucus and Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Youth Matters, Aniefiok Iwa Udofia led over 800 youths and a victory March from Wellington Bassey Way through Dominic Utuk Avenue, to the residence of the victorious Senator Chris Ekpenyong, where the celebration lasted until the early hours of Thursday morning.

  • Nigeria has 81 percent study permit refusal rate in Canada

    If Canada is the destination for foreign education, the chance of a Nigerian getting a study permit from the authorities is an abysmal 29 percent, according to a report published by Polestar Students Immigration News.

    According to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) statistics on the top 25 countries that apply for Canadian study permit and their rejection rates between January and May 2019, Nigeria is the country with the third highest rejection rate – a position it shares with Pakistan.

    The only other countries with higher rejection rates are Algeria (86 per cent) and Cameroun (82 per cent).

    The report stated that Nigeria, one of the top-source countries of foreign students to Canada, has more than 12,000 applications for study permit to Canada yearly.

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    There are eight African countries on the list – with three out of every four African likely to be denied study permit.

    Morocco had the lowest rejection rate among the African countries (51 per cent), followed by Ghana (62 per cent) compared to the lowest rejection rate of four per cent from Japan and Republic of Korea.

    However, the report noted that Japan and Korean students were more likely to apply for English-as-a-second-language (ESL) programmes, which have lower refusal rates.

    Canada has developed a strategy to get more students from 11 countries. Only Morocco and Senegal made the list in Africa.

    According to the report, the main reason for rejection include suspicion that the applicant would defect; insufficient funds for study and living expenses; poor academic plan, security threat, incomplete, inaccurate or fraudulent application.

  • Nigerian selected for global writing programme

    Award-winning Nigerian poet, essayist, translator and author of short stories, Tade Ipadeola, has been selected to participate in the International Writing Program (IWP) Fall Residency at the University of Iowa, courtesy of the United States (U.S) Department of State.

    From September 1 to November 16, Ipadeola, the 2013 winner of the Nigeria Prize for Literature, will join 28 other accomplished writers from across the globe in the world’s oldest and largest multinational writing residency.

    For the 11 weeks, Ipadeola and the other participants will give readings and lectures that share their work and cultures, collaborate with artists from other genres and art forms and travel to interact with audiences and literary communities across the U.S.

    Besides, the residency will provide the writers a one-of-a-kind inter-cultural opportunity to have productive relationships with colleagues and translators.

    It would also enable them to take part in the vibrant social and academic life of the University of Iowa as well as the larger American literary scene.

    U.S Consulate’s Public Affairs Officer, Russell Brooks, congratulated Ipadeola on his acceptance into the residency programme.

    He noted that the goal of the IWP Fall Residency is to provide outstanding writers with a platform for cultural exchange and collaboration.

    “The International Writing Program Fall Residency is a unique experience for rising stars and established writers who have achieved literary distinction and have shown interest in contributing to the creative writing culture in their home countries.

    “This programme will enable Ipadeola to present his works and Nigeria’s literary culture to a wider audience. He will in turn learn more about U.S. society, culture and the American people,” Brooks said.”

    Ipadeola has three published works, including The Sahara Testament, a poetry collection, which won the Nigeria Prize for Literature in 2013 and has been translated into Dutch, French, Spanish and Xhosa.

  • Tech expert lauds Buhari on Executive Order 5

    An indigenous technological innovator, Sqn Ldr Adefolajuwon Amoo (rtd)  has lauded the effort of President Muhammadu Buhari in driving indigenous innovations through the implementation of Executive Order No 5.

    Amoo, who is the founder of GridCode, spoke with reporters on the “Role of Government in Innovation”, at the 4th edition of Nigeria Innovation Summit 2019.

    The theme of the forum was: Accelerating Nigeria’s Economic Growth Through Innovation.”

    He commended the Presidency for its zero-corruption experience in the course of the Ministry of Science and Technology’s evaluation of his GridCode system for digital addressing under the Executive Order.

    His patented invention would help people navigate reliably in any location, solving a problem currently affecting everybody in the country and causing social, economical, industrialisation, security challenges, etc.

    He said: “It is very relevant today as a testimony to highlight that Presidential Executive Order No 5 was leveraged to get attention of the government.

    “The response from the Presidency was swift and directly led to progress towards evaluation for national adoption after I was invited to a make presentation at the Ministry of Science and Technology.

    “The zero-corruption experience is highly praise-worthy and exemplary. With this experience, Nigeria is definitely on the right path to technological development by the Federal Governments demonstrated commitment to encouraging indigenous technology.

    “Nations that protect and promote their own indigenous technology get rich by doing that. India and China are perfect examples with their own tech-giant platforms and my experience with government on my product has shown that this is possible in our country.

    “Government is serious about it and encourages all innovators to get abreast of executive order five and find out how it applies to their product and bring it to the attention of government, and I am sure they would get necessary support.”

    In his keynote, the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, represented by the by Director, Research & Development, (NCC), Mr.  Ephraim Nwokenneya, said, innovation remains the way forward.

    Accelerating Nigeria’s Economic Growth through Innovation is timely and could not have come at a better time like this when advancement in the Information  Communication technology (ICT) is, on a daily basis, throwing up innovative technologies that organisations and businesses must leverage in order to remain relevant and be competitive in their sphere of operations.

  • Why I handed over treasury to women – Buhari

    PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said placing women in strategic positions of his administration, like the Financial sector, is to ensure effective management of limited resources available and promote a stronger sense of inclusiveness.

    The President said he preferred women to oversee the economic and financial hub of the country, such as the Ministry of Finance, as they can readily deploy their experience in aligning resources with the needs of the country.

    He explained that the nation has many women technocrats with local and international experiences in economy and finance.

    President Buhari spoke in Abuja when he hosted a delegation of National, Zonal, State and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) women leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), led by the party’s National Women Leader, Hajiya Salamatu Umaru Baiwa, at the State House.

    In a statement by the Special Adviser (SA) on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, the President said: “I am happy that I can defend myself very effectively on this issue. The APC party leader is my witness. Since the coming into power of this administration, I have handed over the treasury to women.

    “Even at household level, you hand over the money to women to manage. It can be taken to the level of managing the country’s treasury as well. I have consistently given it to women. It is strategic.

    “I am conscious of the leadership roles of women in the society and by my action I have justified my belief.”

    President Buhari reiterated that his administration would ensure inclusiveness for women and youths, especially in the second term, by providing more access to facilities that would enable spread of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) and encourage more interest in agriculture.

    According to him, the traditional and subsistence style of farming should be replaced with commercialised and business-oriented techniques.

    “We have to move away from the traditional ways of farming that were practised in the pre-colonial and colonial era,” he added.

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    The President said he instructed the ministers to work with traditional institutions to encourage interest in farming with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) readily providing loans at low interest rates and longer periods of repayment.

    “On unemployment, I know there is no able bodied person that went back to the farm in the last three years that regretted the action,” President Buhari added.

    Mrs Baiwa congratulated the President for his victory at the polls and the tribunal, hailing the administration for its efforts at managing the affairs of the country and providing the impetus for the vigorous campaigns.

    The national women leader said Nigerian women were particularly pleased and willing to vote for the President because the government deliberately formulated some policies to favour and empower women, like the social intervention TraderMoni.

    She said the APC had many resourceful and loyal women who would contribute to the success of the administration.

    “Our prayer is that God will give you the tenacity to overcome all obstacles,” she said.

     

  • Buhari’s victory: SANs hail Tribunal’s verdict

    Senior lawyers on Wednesday praised the verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal which affirmed President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory at the February 23 presidential election.

    They said the judgment was unimpeachable and that the petitioners had only themselves to blame.

    Those who spoke include Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) Robert Clarke, Femi Falana and Rotimi Jacobs.

    The Tribunal dismissed in its entirety the March 18 petition by Atiku and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) challenging INEC’s declaration that Buhari won.

    It said it came to an inevitable conclusion that the petitioners did not prove any of the grounds of the petition as known by law and consequently discarded the petition in its entirety.

    “And the petition is hereby dismissed in its entirety,” lead judge, Mohammed Garba said.

    Clarke agreed with the Tribunal.

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    He said the petitioners failed to show why Atiku of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) should have been declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

    “The petitioners failed woefully to prove their case,” Clarke said.

    He praised the tribunal for clarifying the Buhari certificate saga.

    According to him the PDP’s star witness that was supposed to prove that INEC transmitted results via a server, was unconvincing.

    Clarke said: “…They have an array of lawyers there. Why should they bring a man as their sole witness to talk about server when he knows nothing about it? That is their point, but they have to pay the price.

    “Secondly, on the question of certificate, the Constitution says you either have a certificate or you have attained certain training. Buhari went to the army and came out as a General. The school, even if nobody brought any evidence, the military (evidence) that was produced at the Tribunal was enough to indicate that he went to school, he sat for an exam and he entered an institution that was higher than a school certificate and he came out as a General. So, don’t let us beat about the bush. They have failed. It is their fault and they have to live with it.”

    Falana also agreed with the judgment.

    He said: “As far as the Nigerian electoral jurisprudence is concerned the judgment… is sound and unimpeachable.

    “In Buhari v Obasanjo the Supreme Court pointed out that it is virtually impossible to annul a presidential election in Nigeria. For 16 years the PDP didn’t allow any serious electoral reform.

    “The findings of the Court on Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s nationality and Alhaji Buhari’s qualification to contest the election tally with the provisions of the Constitution.

    “Since President Buhari has said that the victory belongs to the Nigerian people, then the federal government should be retrieved from western and Chinese imperialism and manned by the genuine representatives of the Nigerian people.

    “Furthermore, the  Buhari administration should implement the recommendations of the Uwais, Lemu and Nnamani panels on electoral reforms.”

    For Rotimi Jacobs SAN, the “judiciary has done well.”

    “It has, within the shortest possible time, within the time allocated, the tribunal was able to sit within the period, made sacrifices, not going on holidays despite the fact that the period fell within the annual vacation of judges, they made the sacrifice and didn’t go for the holidays.

    “It’s good for us, we were able to see the end of the case, now, either party is at liberty to appeal to the next level, which is the Supreme Court. So, I think it is good for us, at least some areas we were in doubt were clarified, particularly as to transmission of results by server. That has been resolved. “

    He added: “I’m looking forward to a situation where elections will no longer be challenged in court. That is where other countries are leaning towards. It shouldn’t be that after every election, courts will be flooded with election petitions. It is not good for our development.”