its time to dance skelwu to change!!

It seems Nigeria is becoming unsafe for men and women of the judiciary especially after the recent Supreme Court judgments, it is time for people to start claiming asylum until we can have a real democracy in place.

Serves all of you right. The change you advocated is on your laps.

When Metuh was taken to court in handcuff, they said it served him right.

When Nnamdi Kanu and Dasuki were granted bail and Buhari refused to release them, they said it served them right.

Now the chicken has come home to roast.

Enjoy your change Yorubas!

I don't want to see any Hausa/Fulani or Yoruba complain about Dictator Buhari because he is your hero

Some are already blaming Buhari. This is what you get when you jump into hasty conclusions

So if you have issues with your wife, and she is connected, pronto EFCC go just gbab your lawyer for defending you ehkwa? And ignorant Zombies go de halla kwarraption! Kwarraption!

Imagine SANs defending indefensible, crime is crime , he stole and must be held accountable period.

GodpunishBuhari:

Sorry for you and your mentality

thanks!

NBA has finally spoken out.
Thank Goodness. Now you want to talk because of Ricky. When the FG was disobeying court orders u didn't talk. When pmb was denigrating the judiciary on national media chat, u did nt talk. When Metuh was incarcerated for days without trial, u didn't talk. When oye gun called for the probe of the hallowed justices at the SC , u didn't talk. now u want to talk about Ricky.
I was almost ashamed of belonging to this association.

Did i hear NBA complain of lawlessness by the EFCC and Buhari"s govt? HYPOCRATES!!! Them all!!! when EFCC and Buhari was busy violating citizens rights by disregarding court rulings, they were busy interpreting the law to justify the actions of EFCC, now it is their colleague, they turn around to cry foul, who is deceiving who?, let the man face the law according to the definition of EFCC and president Buhari, chikena!!!

Nonsense! so because Tarfa is a lawyer he cannot be arrested? If his hands are clean, then the NBA and it's rank of corrupt SANs should have nothing to worry

The judiciary in this country can move forward if the current corrupt and greedy lawyers and judges are purged from the system

If you want to defend an accused person you must have no skeleton in your cupboard

Two days after, Ricky Tarfa gets bail
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Two days after, Ricky Tarfa gets bail
•Tarfa
•Lawyers slam EFCC

Lagos lawyer, Rickey Tarfa (SAN) detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for obstruction was released last night after spending almost 48 hours in detention.

Tarfa was released at 6.10 pm to the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Augustine Alegeh (SAN).

Before he was released, lawyers criticised the EFCC for detaining the lawyer.

Tarfa was held at the commission’s Lagos office following his arrest by the anti-graft agency at the premises of the Lagos High Court in Igbosere on Friday, following a five-hour stand-off when the EFCC attempted to re-arrest two of his clients, who were out on bail.

The senior lawyer had gone to court to represent two Benin Republic nationals, Gnahouse Sonrou Nazaire and Senoue Modeste, who were standing trial before Justice Raliat Adebiyi over allegations of conspiracy, forgery and uttering.

After the proceedings, the commission’s operatives attempted to re-arrest the Beninoise for a separate ongoing investigation.

It was alleged that the defendants hid in Tarfa’s car from about 12 noon till about 5pm before the EFCC operatives could effect their arrest.

Tarfa was also arrested for allegedly obstructing officers of the commission from performing their duties by preventing the arrest of an individual, who has a case to answer with the anti-graft agency.

According to a statement from Rickey-Tarfa & Co, efforts by NBA president Austin Alegeh and more than 10 other senior lawyers to get Tarfa released to the NBA president’s custody on Saturday were not successful.

“The NBA president was kept waiting in the office of EFCC from about 2:00pm till 8:00pm with no responsible official to discuss or process the bail, contrary to the assurance given to him (NBA President) by EFCC,” the statement said.

Former Presidents of the NBA, Mr. Joseph Bodunrin Daudu (SAN), Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), Prof. Kanyisola Ajayi (SAN) and Chief Emeka Ngige (SAN) all condemned the detention without bail.

Dauda said: “We shall consult with the president and take a united action against that at the Bar to protect the interest of Nigerian lawyers.”


http://thenationonlineng.net/two-days-after-ricky-tarfa-gets-bail/

vedaxcool:
Because you are a lawyer doesn't confer on you superiority over others. The man cannot defraud his wife and call it a matrimonial issue. If you are being investigated please provide the necessary cooperation.

oga face front, dis is a case between a husband and his wife, efcc will be right if they were divorced before the alleged defraudment....in any other case, dis is absolutely wrong.

vedaxcool:
Because you are a lawyer doesn't confer on you superiority over others. The man cannot defraud his wife and call it a matrimonial issue. If you are being investigated please provide the necessary cooperation.

HAS THE CONSTITUTION CHANGED?
THE CONSTITUTION DOESN'T ALLOW POLICE HAVE AN ACCUSED FOR MORE THAN 48 HOURS WITHOUT CHARGING HIM TO COURT.

vedaxcool:
Because you are a lawyer doesn't confer on you superiority over others. The man cannot defraud his wife and call it a matrimonial issue. If you are being investigated please provide the necessary cooperation.

HAS THE CONSTITUTION CHANGED?
THE CONSTITUTION DOESN'T ALLOW POLICE HAVE AN ACCUSED FOR MORE THAN 48 HOURS WITHOUT CHARGING HIM TO COURT.

BAR Association pls I beg you don't complain I remember how so many of you were used then by this same APC crooks to rubbish past administration now you are begining to feel the heat and you are complaining pls manage it that way, Mr EFCC oh sorry *Mr Sealing Officers* (that is EFCC new name because all they know is sealing houses, hotel, motor park, keke napep park, mosques, churches, toilet, kitchen, gutters etc) don't release him keep him with you as long as you want they want CHANGE and they got big time I have be waiting for days like this to come and it came indeed pls Mr Sealer Officers arrest them more and continue sealing their gates, their car doors, their toilet doors ok.

The dictatorial tendency of EFCC is begging for attention,the continuous detention of Ricky Tarfa without bail or arraignment should be condemned by any right thinking Nigerian.We are in grave danger if the EFCC can arrest and detain anyone without reasonable reason.The allegation against Ricky Tarfa is that he obstructed an EFCC agent while the agent was making effort to arrest his client within the court premises.Be as it may,the Nigerian Police is saddled with prosecuting offense of this nature, while the EFCC was created solely to fight financial crime.If the EFCC has any problem with Ricky Tarfa they should hand him over to the Police.

Montaque:
NBA has finally spoken out.
Thank Goodness. Now you want to talk because of Ricky. When the FG was disobeying court orders u didn't talk. When pmb was denigrating the judiciary on national media chat, u did nt talk. When Metuh was incarcerated for days without trial, u didn't talk. When oye gun called for the probe of the hallowed justices at the SC , u didn't talk. now u want to talk about Ricky.
I was almost ashamed of belonging to this association.

Don't mind them. The present leadership of the NBA should be asked by the members to resign asap.

GodpunishBuhari:


Do you have a comprehension problem? The man was defending his client who is having legal battle with his wife and the lawyer got a arrested don't you get it?

I thot EFCC said he was hiding the accused persons in his car?? Or is there sumthing we r not hearing?

bobbiekrantz:
Efcc is fast becoming lawless and acting so outta line!


Thanks to Buhari's recent dictatorial orientation

Go back to school! Kid

GodpunishBuhari:

The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA and senior lawyers in the country, have condemned the recent arrest and continued detention of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Rickey-Tarfa, SAN, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, since Friday without releasing him on bail. Former President of the NBA, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu , SAN, commenting on the issue said; “I think that this is an unfortunate development, a situation where lawyers are arrested in court while performing their lawful duties, this must be condemned in unequivocal terms. However, this is the work of an agency, no government can allow this, especially when you have a senior lawyer, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria as the Vice-President, the government will do its best to avoid such things. It is the work of overzealous agents, we will call on the Vice-President to intervene and ensure his release.
“Since the NBA President has intervened, they should release him to NBA President for him to appear on Monday to answer to whatever charges they have against him. He is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, he cannot jump bail, This is utter disregard for the rule of law and the sanctity of the legal profession guaranteed by the Constitution.” Another former President of the NBA, Mr. Joseph Bodunrin Daudu, SAN, said: “ Well, you see, this is what we face with the current EFCC. Let’s get the facts straight, all of us who are defending accused persons are now endangered species, all of us are being investigated by the EFCC, so we are all waiting for the day they will come and carry us.” Reacting, the law firm, Rickey Tarfa &Co. in a statement signed by its Partner and Head of Chambers, Mr. John Olusegun Odubela, said: “It is germane to state that the matter before the court has no bearing with corruption related issue. It is purely between a husband and wife struggling for the control of a manufacturing company they jointly promoted.It is purely a matrimonial issue that went sour.”

http://dailyindependentnig.com/2016/02/nba-others-condemn-ricky-tarfas-arrest-efcc/

Rikky no b that Corrupt people's lawyer na his way.

Nigerians don't think too far, the operatives of that agency even worse. When the next government comes in and there are moves to proscribe, degrade or destroy that agency with political might out of vengance let us accept the carnage we will have caused by hailing a dancing madman with a light in a gas station.

If we must succeed we must have long term perspectives to mind our actions. This is only possible with the guidance of institutions and these institutions can only be founded if the shoots grow in the soil of professionalism, equity and justice.

The way the EFCC is going it is heading for the dustbin of history if it doesn't do things right and we the people will pay for it by having to start from scratch again and again.

It is not there to serve individual interests or even government interests but the interests of the people who own and fund it and must reflect the ideals of the people.

WAI in the 80's was a great policy and program. The reason it is not here today is that it turned against the people it was meant to serve becoming a willing tool in the hand of government so when the government fell, it fell. Wisdom in life is neither hot nor cold, it is finding the right balance.

Is this the kind of change Nigerians are asking for?

nijanigga:
Imagine SANs defending indefensible, crime is crime , he stole and must be held accountable period.

do u know the tenets of the legal profession?

Ecoterrorist:
EFCC is now doing the job of Police and also they are now settling marital frictions.



Ndi iberibe..

Was ECONOMIC crime committed or not? What's the full meaning of EFCC?

walcolm:
Nonsense! so because Tarfa is a lawyer he cannot be arrested? If his hands are clean, then the NBA and it's rank of corrupt SANs should have nothing to worry

The judiciary in this country can move forward if the current corrupt and greedy lawyers and judges are purged from the system

If you want to defend an accused person you must have no skeleton in your cupboard

And wailers who wail without using their brains.

bigerboy200:

I thot EFCC said he was hiding the accused persons in his car?? Or is there sumthing we r not hearing?

Efcc can lie sha

alcmene:
Serves all of you right. The change you advocated is on your laps.

When Metuh was taken to court in handcuff, they said it served him right.

When Nnamdi Kanu and Dasuki were granted bail and Buhari refused to release them, they said it served them right.

Now the chicken has come home to roast.

Enjoy your change Yorubas!

I don't want to see any Hausa/Fulani or Yoruba complain about Dictator Buhari because he is your hero

No yoruba man is complaining if na my uncle them arrest i will still praise them so don't deceive yourself.

vedaxcool:
Because you are a lawyer doesn't confer on you superiority over others. The man cannot defraud his wife and call it a matrimonial issue. If you are being investigated please provide the necessary cooperation.

It's obvious that you and all the others who liked your comment cannot read?You, like your other lazy friends just saw "lawyers and concluded that it was the lawyer who defrauded his wife.
With the likes of your kind who needs enemies?

Super1Star:


Nigerian journalists and their sensational headlines.

The law firm has already explained why EFCC arrested him. The wahala is between him and his wife. Is it a crime for the wife to refuse being defrauded by his husband?

Mschewwwwwww.

Always "dashing" idiocy from the abundance of their stupidity.. He's representing a client in a matrimonial dispute.. This is a civil case not a criminal.. I bet you don't know the difference

Soooooo because he is a lawyer and NBA. Presido says "Release him to me , he should be released?? Lols

Anyway EFCC can't hold everybody on suspicion that they will jump bail.

Though I won't go as far as calling it impunity or tyranny. ,I only believe EFCC has become more aggressive and this body language is what is needed to push through reforms .