Lawyers of the embattled Nasarawa State Governor, Tanko Al-Makura, have written a letter to the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Suleiman Dikko, urging him to shun the calls to dissolve the panel set up to investigate the impeachment allegations levelled against the governors.

It was learnt that the letter written by the governor’s lawyers followed an earlier one sent to the CJ by the counsel for the House of Assembly, Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama (SAN), asking the Justice Dikko to disband the panel because it was allegedly constituted contrary to constitution provisions.

The lawmakers through their counsel had said the panel constituted by the CJ did not meet the expectations of section 188(5) of the constitution.

The lawmakers had also requested the Chief Judge to set up a fresh panel.

But Al-Makura’s lead counsel to the governor, Chief Nnoruka Udechukwu (SAN), in their own letter, asked the CJ to reject the lawmakers’ quest.

Udechukwu is leading Olufunke Aboyade (SAN), Prof. Ernest Ojukwu, Kehinde Aina, O.O. Adelye, Olatoye Akinbode, Abdulwashi Musah, C.J. Mbachu and Benjamin Nwosu, in the governor’s legal team.

A copy of their letter read in part, “Your Lordship is functus officio and lacks the authority under the constitution to disband a panel which you have set under section 188(5) of the constitution.

“All ministers in the temple of justice should well advise themselves to abide by the letters and spirit of the 1999 constitution.

“The point we are making is that whoever is seriously aggrieved by any step taken by your Lordship under Section 188(5) of the constitution should follow constitutional stipulations in pursuit of that grievances and not to politicise a serious constitutional matter without minding the damage such negative action would do to the constitution and to organs of government which draw their legitimacy there from.”

The panel, which is headed by Yusuf Shehu Usman will resume sitting on Monday in Lafia.


http://www.punchng.com/news/impeachment-panel-al-makuras-lawyers-write-nasarawa-cj/

Let d war begin.
Almakura legal team na die...so rich!
The judiciary is an independent arm of gov't , and must not be interfered with in its discharge of constitutional duty. I'm sure those rogues from the state assembly do not know this.
Yeye!

things r heating up

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These children make una sleep! Una dey distorb our meeting!

Jonathan should end all these dirty politics he is playing. He is going to taint his few remain strands of good image with the way he is going about this 2015!

MrRhymes101: i almost made it o!!! caseless u no d sleep?? mtcheeewww

hahhahaahhahah, u for put sleeping pill for him zobo

If the governor wants the current panel to continue, it must be he is sure of a favourable outcome. I had been wondering if the constitution gave power to the CJ to disband the panel as requested by the law makers. Their only option would be to go to court to prove the how the panel constituted by the CJ did not meet the expectations of section 188(5) of the constitution. Impeachment prolonged.

Im Loving This Drama as e dey go. This is what you get when a Gov is in full control of state structure, Not a Miser Like Nyako who wouldnt play with a Piece of Mango in His Farm, Sincerely, Its not Good to be Stingy







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Judicial war.

PDP has just made Gov Al makura more popular than was. #SMH Lost battle#

I thought Jonathan intervened in this issue or was he just trying to clean his already dented image thereby deceiving himself?
I don't think Al-mukura's impeachment will go through, is like APC don wake up

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As far as there are 20 PDP members to 4 APC members the governor will just be running up and down.

See gobe

Aiit

See me dey look...

As far as the lawmakers and the judiciary are not on the same page, then things fall apart. Only the masses will suffer.

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Cool

I respect your courage Al-makurah
This is good for our democracy.
Justice/Injustice shouldnt be done anyhow,due processes must be followed and you have shown that you know the processes that mist be followed.
Doff my cap sir

i wish nyako was halve brilliant as al makura. i pity labaran maku in 2015. the lawbreakers must vomit the money that was shared to them in abuja

caseless: Let d war begin.
Almakura legal team na die...so rich!
The judiciary is an independent arm of gov't , and must not be interfered with in its discharge of constitutional duty. I'm sure those rogues from the state assembly do not know this.
Yeye!

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Alishachris: Jonathan should end all these dirty politics he is playing. He is going to taint his few remain strands of good image with the way he is going about this 2015!

What has jonathan got to do with this?

MrRhymes101: i almost made it o!!! caseless u no d sleep?? mtcheeewww

Funny, congrats anyway for the silver.

If the legislators fail in their bid to remove Al-makura, the boomerang effect will spell their political doom. Even now they've fled Lafia and they may remain in "exile" for awhile.