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Buhari certificate: Presidency threatens legal
suit against Nwokocha for declaring Buhari
guilty in press interviews
ON June 19, 2016 3:00 PM / IN News / Comments
By Levinus Nwabughiogu
ABUJA-Presidency is considering a legal action against a private lawyer,
Mr. Nnamdi Nwokocha who it said has by his press interview prejudiced
public opinion against President Mohammadu Buhari for alleged lack of
school certificate and declared him guilty on the pages of newspapers.
A Presidential Media Aide, Malam Garba Shehu, while reacting to
Nwokocha's press interviews, in a statement explained that "it is unfair for
a lawyer who is a litigant to a case in court to go out of his way to hijack
the power of a Judge by declaring the President guilty of what he is
accused of."
According to Malam Shehu, "newspaper pages are not alternative courts
where a lawyer can declare anybody guilty of anything when the court has
not formally given a definitive judgment on an issue before it."
He stated that "The two-pages interview splashed on pages 56-57 of
ThisDay edition of Saturday June 11th breaches a lawyer's ethical code
and we hope that the court and the Bar Association will take notice of
this."
The Presidential Media Aide said "any lawyer that sincerely believes in
judicial process and the rights of other parties to a case would not have
engaged in the inappropriate and unprofessional practice of trial by media,
especially a situation where Nwokocha openly declared the President
guilty when the court didn't make that declaration."
Malam Shehu noted that "gag orders emerged in the United States on
account of lawyers' inappropriate conduct on trying and convicting people
on the pages of newspapers or the court of public opinion."
The Presidential Media Aide noted that "free speech is not synonymous
with recklessness and wanton abuse of the rights other parties to a case
in court."
He also said that "The litigant's unabashed claim that he was a card-
carrying member of the opposition PDP which lost power in the last
election clearly indicates a scheme that seeks power by circumventing the
democratic process of elections."
Malam Garba Shehu said "if Nwokocha has not stopped his unfair and
professionally inappropriate abuse of free speech, the President's
competent team of lawyers will seek the instrumentality of the law in
dealing with his unethical actions."
He said "you cannot be a litigant and be a Judge at the same time."

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/06/buhari-certificate-presidency-threatens-legal-suit-against-nwokocha-for-declaring-buhari-guilty-in-press-interviews/

Welcome to Nigeria.

A country where it is easier to sue someone and defend yourself with 15 SAN in a long legal battle than to enter your bedroom and bring out your certificate.

This government will self destroy itself. They will finally make a caricature of themselves at the end. APC is a disaster waiting to happen.

Oh really? When EFCC will be granting interviews or leaking info about trumped up charges and investigations against other people whom they haven't even arrested or are before the court for dem no dey know abi?

Even the court had to rebuke dem in Metuh's case if I'm not mistaken. Now they've decided to start threatening or intimidating a lawyer that hasn't even done anything yet. Rubbish goats dem

D same Buhari that overruled a competent court on live TV when asked about orders to release Nnamdi Kanu unconditionally. Nonsense!

Produce Buhari's certificate and show proof that he did not lie on oath! Simple!

Bubu should climb off his high horse and order brutai to show his certificate after all Gej told the military to hide it

The guilty run when no one pursues.
We know who to hold responsible if anything happens to the lawyer.
Illiterates on the corridors of power


Ekwensu etinye aka na WAEC Buubuu

dimieprincess:

By Taboola Sponsored Links
Buhari certificate: Presidency threatens legal
suit against Nwokocha for declaring Buhari
guilty in press interviews
ON June 19, 2016 3:00 PM / IN News / Comments
By Levinus Nwabughiogu
ABUJA-Presidency is considering a legal action against a private lawyer,
Mr. Nnamdi Nwokocha who it said has by his press interview prejudiced
public opinion against President Mohammadu Buhari for alleged lack of
school certificate and declared him guilty on the pages of newspapers.
A Presidential Media Aide, Malam Garba Shehu, while reacting to
Nwokocha's press interviews, in a statement explained that "it is unfair for
a lawyer who is a litigant to a case in court to go out of his way to hijack
the power of a Judge by declaring the President guilty of what he is
accused of."
According to Malam Shehu, "newspaper pages are not alternative courts
where a lawyer can declare anybody guilty of anything when the court has
not formally given a definitive judgment on an issue before it."
He stated that "The two-pages interview splashed on pages 56-57 of
ThisDay edition of Saturday June 11th breaches a lawyer's ethical code
and we hope that the court and the Bar Association will take notice of
this."
The Presidential Media Aide said "any lawyer that sincerely believes in
judicial process and the rights of other parties to a case would not have
engaged in the inappropriate and unprofessional practice of trial by media,
especially a situation where Nwokocha openly declared the President
guilty when the court didn't make that declaration."
Malam Shehu noted that "gag orders emerged in the United States on
account of lawyers' inappropriate conduct on trying and convicting people
on the pages of newspapers or the court of public opinion."
The Presidential Media Aide noted that "free speech is not synonymous
with recklessness and wanton abuse of the rights other parties to a case
in court."
He also said that "The litigant's unabashed claim that he was a card-
carrying member of the opposition PDP which lost power in the last
election clearly indicates a scheme that seeks power by circumventing the
democratic process of elections."
Malam Garba Shehu said "if Nwokocha has not stopped his unfair and
professionally inappropriate abuse of free speech, the President's
competent team of lawyers will seek the instrumentality of the law in
dealing with his unethical actions."
He said "you cannot be a litigant and be a Judge at the same time."

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/06/buhari-certificate-presidency-threatens-legal-suit-against-nwokocha-for-declaring-buhari-guilty-in-press-interviews/

Bring the damn certificate that's all we ask for.

Why
Power of the State

And efcc has tagged so many nigerians criminals without trial to jubilation of zombies. Buharri, taste the pill small. Illiterate Duncce

Which one is better hiring 15 sans or producing your certificate.

This yeye govt is fond of media trial is high time we tried them in the media

chiwetaluAGU:
And efcc has tagged so many nigerians criminals without trial to jubilation of zombies. Buharri, taste the pill small. Illiterate Duncce

Don't mind the hypocrites. They are now crying against media trial which they are so guilty of.

chiwetaluAGU:
And efcc has tagged so many nigerians criminals without trial to jubilation of zombies. Buharri, taste the pill small. Illiterate Duncce

Thanks

Just to show certificate, you guys are babbling. Na waa ooh

chiwetaluAGU:
And efcc has tagged so many nigerians criminals without trial to jubilation of zombies. Buharri, taste the pill small. Illiterate Duncce

It is this same bubu that tried and convicted dasuki and KANU under 3 mins on NTA that is crying media trial

The same bubu that tried and convicted all Nigerians as criminals in London or the one that tagged all Nigerians as fantastically corrupt is wailing

Yeye dey smell

The pummeler has been pummeled.
The same Buhari convicted Dasuki and Kanu on live TV without trial.

ozoigbondu:


It is this same bubu that tried and convicted dasuki and KANU under 3 mins on NTA that is crying media trial

Yeye dey smell

Yea, that same bitter pill is in his mouth right now, and the old bag of bones wont swallow

The certificate brouhaha is a blight on Buhari's much vaunted credibility. If a leader cannot be truthful on a trifle issue like his certificate, how does he hope to enjoy public trust?

freeze001:
Oh really? When EFCC will be granting interviews or leaking info about trumped up charges and investigations against other people whom they haven't even arrested or are before the court for dem no dey know abi?

Even the court had to rebuke dem in Metuh's case if I'm not mistaken. Now they've decided to start threatening or intimidating a lawyer that hasn't even done anything yet. Rubbish goats dem

D same Buhari that overruled a competent court on live TV when asked about orders to release Nnamdi Kanu unconditionally. Nonsense!

Produce Buhari's certificate and show proof that he did not lie on oath! Simple!

Tell them please

But why must a right thinking president be dragged to court before he could simply produce his certificate? Is that not madness on side of the government and the so called president?

ook o

What is more expensive, producing the certificate or hiring hundreds of Falana?

Buhari please ooo.. show us ur Certificate.. karma law taking effect.