….demands increase of S-Court Justices to 21

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri

ABUJA—–The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Wednesday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that his fight against corruption is conducted within the ambit of the law.

NBA which is the umbrella body of legal practitioners in the country, decried what it termed over-zealousness by security agencies currently engaged in the prosecution of alleged corrupt persons, who it said had by their conduct, exhibited little regard for the due process of the law.

The National President of the association, Mr. Augustine Alegeh, SAN, who spoke at a valedictory court session that was held in honour of Justice Muhammad Muntaka-Coomassie who bowed out of the ‎Supreme Court bench upon clocking the 70 years mandatory retirement age, bemoaned that recently, “security operatives moved inside a court room to arrest a suspect”.

“We wondered why they could not wait for the person to step out of the court before executing the arrest. While we commend the ongoing effort to rid the nation of corruption, what we are saying is that the fight must be conducted within the law.

”The NBA does not condone corruption, our point is that the war can be conducted within the armbit of the law and civility.

“Certainly, it can be won without breaching the principles of rule of law upon which our democracy is built”, the NBA President added.

On the issue of corruption within the Judiciary, the NBA, acknowledged that there are “bad eggs” within the bar and the bench, saying it will henceforth, “petition any Judicial Officer involved in or suspected to be involved in any Corrupt or fraudulent transaction to the appropriate quarters for action”.

Alegeh said: “The NBA condemns in its entirety the generalisation and/or ‎categorization of the Judiciary as being corrupt and an impediment to the zero corruption policy of the present administration.

“While acknowledging that there may be a few bad eggs in the system, the NBA restates unequivocally that the categorization of the entire Judiciary as corrupt is a misconception and will stand solidly behind the Judiciary in any attempt to intimidate or harrass its personnel.

Besides, the legal body used the opportunity to call for an increase of Supreme Court Justices to 21, in line with the provisions of section 230(2)(b) of the 1999 constitution, as amended.It noted that the retirement of Justice Muntaka-Coomassie ‎Wednesday has further reduced the number of Justices of the apex court to 15.

In his valedictory speech, Justice Muntaka-Coomassie, called for more funding for the Judiciary, even as he advocated for more respect for the office of the Chief Justice of Nigeria during government functions.

‎On his part, the CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, extolled the virtues of Justice Muntaka-Coomassie who he said rendered thirty-eight years of meritorious service to the ‎Judiciary.

source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/02/you-must-fight-corruption-within-armbit-of-law-nba-tells-buhari/

Truth is Buhari feels the fight against corruption will be slow if the law is followed,hence his resort to some pattern perceived as dictatorial.

Wot he feels is that the law provides a shield for the corrupt, but I WS never like DAT wen I WS in Asorock.

Sooner than Later he will be overwhelmwd by what I saw while I was at Aso rock.

Am Gej.

AM ELECTED TO FINISH KWARAPTION, NOT ECONOMY KACHIKWO? HAHAHAHA...

in buhari's mindset the question would be like(who are these dogs that are barking?.

Desperate times call for desperate measures. Buhari, carry go!

When the custodians of the law are corrupt.

To some extend some of our law might not be necessary in combating corruption.

Imagine someone stole billions and he was granted bail of less than a million.


Gerrarahia mehhnn!!!

Tell those who wants a sane country without Law or Lawyers. ndi ara

I belong to NBA, but sincerely, they are not worthy to advice the President or the Law Enforcement or how to fight corruption.

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria was arrested for a criminal offence with damning revelations from Sahara Reporters and NBA is yet to commence disciplinary proceedings.

NBA criticised the Senators for accompanying Saraki to tribunal but is supporting it's SANs who accompanied an accused Tarfa to court.

I pray EFCC investigates NBA soon. All the practicing fees I have been paying needs to be vomited by the yam eaters.

God Bless GMB

Which law?...NBA and the judicial council better clean their house......

“security operatives moved inside a court room to arrest a suspect”.

“We wondered why they could not wait for the person to step out of the court before executing the arrest"

. Tonyebarcanista i read one of ur use.less articles when i haven't registered,where u said "Dasuki and Kanu" where "simply re-arrested" after they were granted bail,in ur bid to exhibit ur usual 'crapy' psuedo-intellectual supernova and defend Buharis uselessness and lawlessness. Now,read the above quote and digest it,dig out that stup!.d thread where u wrote that c.rab,and delete or modify it,because this answer comes to u in particular.

Kk

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demolinka:
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Buhari, carry go!

[/s] WHEN ARE NOT IN ANIMAL KINGDOM unless u want us to belief that those calls Nigeria Zoo is right.

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praise010:
I belong to NBA, but sincerely, they are not worthy to advice the President or the Law Enforcement or how to fight corruption.

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria was arrested for a criminal offence with damning revelations from Sahara Reporters and NBA is yet to commence disciplinary proceedings.

NBA criticised the Senators for accompanying Saraki to tribunal but is supporting it's SANs who accompanied an accused Tarfa to court.

I pray EFCC investigates NBA soon. All the practicing fees I have been paying needs to be vomited by the yam eaters.

God Bless GMB

[/s]You are a poor street urchin,and does not belong to any NBA!. Tell the tyrant buhari to obey the rule of law!.

EteEdoho:
[s][/s] WHEN ARE NOT IN ANIMAL KINGDOM unless u want us to belief that those calls Nigeria Zoo is right.

Leave story! They said worse to Lee kuan yew @ the outset but the guy did what he had to do. See d results today. If we really want change in this country, as in now, we must go it the hard way.

EteEdoho:
[b][/b]. Tonyebarcanista i read one of ur use.less articles when i haven't registered,where u said "Dasuki and Kanu" where "simply re-arrested" after they were granted bail,in ur bid to exhibit ur usual 'crapy' psuedo-intellectual supernova and defend Buharis uselessness and lawlessness. Now,read the above quote and digest it,dig out that stup!.d thread where u wrote that c.rab,and delete or modify it,because this answer comes to u in particular.

Shut up NDPVF, NDPVFreload, supremexyz.

You promise to ditch Nairaland on Anambra thread only for you to register this acct.
You even went on to converse with yourself.

SUBWAY101, take note of this guy eteedoho

On the issue of corruption within the Judiciary, the NBA, acknowledged that there are “bad eggs” within the bar and the bench, saying it will henceforth, “petition any Judicial Officer involved in or suspected to be involved in any Corrupt or fraudulent transaction to the appropriate quarters for action

And you are just deciding to do this after lambasting you for shielding looters for decades and in fact, how many have you reprimanded.?

Clean your dirty house first and quit crying. Disgusting unpatriotic thieves and enablers..

Sadly, the judiciary is our last defense against looters, but with bad judiciary, we are doomed forever.

Buhari is above the LAW and there's natyn we can do about it coz Wailers gonna wail and Zombies gonna follow....

IdisuleOurOwn:


Shut up NDPVF, NDPVFreload, supremexyz.

You promise to ditch Nairaland on Anambra thread only for you to register this acct.
You even went on to converse with yourself.

SUBWAY101, take note of this guy eteedoho

can u please reset your brain. This is my one and ONLY monicker on Nairaland. Am not anybody. Am me.

Tunami:
in buhari's mindset the question would be like(who are these dogs that are barking?.

Who are the dogs?

demolinka:

Leave story! They said worse to Lee kuan yew @ the outset but the guy did what he had to do. See d results today. If we really want change in this country, as in now, we must go it the hard way.

Wat do u mean by the hard way?

SylarsMcQuins:
Buhari is above the LAW and there's natyn we can do about it coz Wailers gonna wail and Zombies gonna follow....

I thought he said he is a born-to-gain DEMOCRAT.
Was the incorruptible incorrigible man of integrity telling LIES when he said that



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demolinka:
Leave story! They said worse to Lee kuan yew @ the outset but the guy did what he had to do. See d results today. If we really want change in this country, as in now, we must go it the hard way.

We are also seeing the results of the draconian rule ruin by the dull, daft and dumb Confused One since May 29, 2015, not so





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Pavarottii:
Wat do u mean by the hard way?

The opposite of the soft way!

anonimi:



We are also seeing the results of the draconian rule ruin by the dull, daft and dumb Confused One since May 29, 2015, not so





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What his predecessors couldn't do in 16 yrs u want him to do in months?

demolinka:
What his predecessors couldn't do in 16 yrs u want him to do in months?

So you are telling us he LIED when he said he would do those SPECIFIC things immediately in order to win votes from his zombie followers, innit
Moreover the navigator of his APCshit party ruled ruined our country for eight of those 16 years, not true?



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egift:


I applaud the wisdom in pairing Buhari and Osinbajo.

One General. One Professor. One Nigeria.

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praise010:
I belong to NBA, but sincerely, they are not worthy to advice the President or the Law Enforcement or how to fight corruption.

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria was arrested for a criminal offence with damning revelations from Sahara Reporters and NBA is yet to commence disciplinary proceedings.

NBA criticised the Senators for accompanying Saraki to tribunal but is supporting it's SANs who accompanied an accused Tarfa to court.

I pray EFCC investigates NBA soon. All the practicing fees I have been paying needs to be vomited by the yam eaters.

God Bless GMB

You belong to NBA? One quick question for you, what do you understand by "seperations of power?", this Buhari's govt lacks it...

NBA, abegy make una leave trash for LAWMA. Bubu, carry go, we re solidly behind yhu. Give them the Kim Jong Un style

anonimi:


I thought he said he is a born-to-gain DEMOCRAT.
Was the incorruptible incorrigible man of integrity telling LIES when he said that



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Baba calm down nw biko....

demolinka:

The opposite of the soft way!

Dull response.

anonimi:


So you are telling us he LIED when he said he would do those SPECIFIC things immediately in order to win votes from his zombie followers, innit
Moreover the navigator of his APCshit party ruled ruined our country for eight of those 16 years, not true?



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How did he lie? Have they not hit the ground running? Do you expect them to suddenly create thousands of jobs with the amount of rot their predecessors left behind? With all these damning revelations about the systemic rape of our natl wealth, how realistic would it be to expect immediate transformation in the whole of the nation?

Pavarottii:
Dull response.

a leopard never change its spots. right now baba london is ploting on how to kill d judiciary as we speak.