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IS THE MARGIN OF LEAD PRINCIPLE A LAWFUL MEANS OF DETERMINING WHO WON A SENATORIAL ELECTION IN NIGERIA?

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BY ADEMOLA FEBIAN ADEBOWALE ESQ., PURPOSE This article aims to explore ways by which a winner of a senatorial election in Nigeria is determined vis-à-vis Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), Electoral Act 2022 and INEC’s Regulations and Guidelines for the conduct of Elections 2022. KEYWORDS Electoral Act, Margin of lead principle, Election, Constitution, INEC’s Regulations and Guidelines for the conduct of Elections. INTRODUCTION Amidst the vibrant tapestry of democracy, one timeless element reigns supreme: the sacrosanct ritual of elections. Nowhere is this revered practice more evident than in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, where it finds its rightful place in the very heart of the Constitution. Truly, the Constitution stands as “the fons et origo,” an unwavering beacon of governance and the “grundnorm”—the bedrock upon which the entire legal framework takes form, meaning and origin from. In this great nation, the Constitution's hallowe
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President Buhari pays Biafra police pension

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Of all the things that have transpired between the Federal government of Nigeria, under the leadership of APC's Muhammadu Buhari v. those agitating to secede from Nigeria, known as ‘Biafrans', this act by the president has definitely gotten some people's attention. I guess we didn’t see this coming. 
The Nigerian President has approved the payment of pension to police officers who served under the then Biafra police during the civil war. According to report, this was contained in a statement released on Wednesday, October 18 by the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD). It was announced that about 162 of such retired police officers and 57 Next of Kin will be paid their benefits in the first phase which kicks off this month.
 The Biafran police officers were granted presidential pardon in 2000, during the tenor of ex-president, Olusegun Obasanjo. The statement read: “The general public would recall that Nigeria witnessed an ugly civil war between July, 1967 and January, 1970 and as a result of that unfortunate period in our history, some members of the Armed Forces, the Nigeria Police and paramilitary officers who took part with the Secessionist were dismissed from the service. “The dismissal of those officers was commuted to retirement in the year 2000 through a Presidential Amnesty granted on 29th May, 2000 by the Administration of the then President, Olusegun Obasanjo.

MY COMMENTRY: Having seen this, an average pragmatic Nigerian will have reasons to believe that the president is trying to make things right, so as to reduce the tension in Nigeria. Whether the Biafran agitators will appreciate this is another issue to contend with.

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