…SGF to Saraki,
Ekweremadu: Allow
judiciary do its job

The Secretary to the
Government of the
Federation (SGF), Babachir
David Lawal on Wednesday
said the trial of the Senate
President, Bukola Saraki and
his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu
for forgery was not a trial
for the Senate or the
National Assembly as a body.
In a statement he personally
signed, Lawal said that a
case of forgery is usually
preferred against
individuals, pointing out that
such case of certificate
forgery led to the
resignation of the former
Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Salisu
Buhari.
Noting that bringing the
National Assembly as a body
into the new court case is
unwarranted, he said that
such action can only be for
other purposes and reasons
outside the investigation and
legal proceedings.
He said: “Since the
arraignment of the President
of the Senate, Senator
Bukola Saraki and, his
Deputy Senator Ike
Ekweremadu before the
Federal High Court on
Monday, June 27, 2016, the
two leaders of the Senate,
have issued two separate
press statements conveying
messages that are far from
being complementary to the
person and government of
President Muhammadu Buhari.
“Senator Saraki in his
statement clearly insinuated
that Mr. President is not in
control of his administration
and that a cabal now runs
the federal administration. On
the part of Senator
Ekweremadu, he insists that
President Buhari is exhibiting
dictatorial tendencies that
can derail our democracy.
“From their statements, the
two leaders of the Senate
also gave this erroneous
impression that by their
arraignment, it is the entire
Senate and indeed, the
Legislative Arm of
Government that is on trial.
“They want the public to
believe that their
prosecution is utter
disregard by the Executive
Arm of government for the
constitutional provisions of
separation of powers and
that preferring the forgery
case against them is a
vendetta exercise.
Since the case is in court, he
said that the Judiciary should
be allowed to do its job.
He stressed that the case
only involves the four
accused persons.

www.thenationonlineng.net/saraki-ekweremadus-forgery-case-not-national-assembly-matter-sgf-2/

The SGF saying it as it is.

I am really impressed by this SGF response, Saraki is simply not fully aware of the enormity of his crime. He sees himself as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria whereas he is just President of the 109-member Senate... ...his actions so far can be tantamount to evoke the spirit of a parallel government which attracts serious punishment. My candid advice especially to Saraki is, RESIGN

HungerBAD:
The SGF saying it as it is.

Simple and short. If they were innocent, they wouldn't see this court case as a threat.

Bihari and his cabinet members do not have the classic politicians filter that we are are used to in the past.unfortunatly many people don't like people who are blunt and honest on issues.

SGF, what is your take on Bubu's forged Cambridge certificate? When are you going to advise Bubu to present his certificate?

OK

HungerBAD:
The SGF saying it as it is.

QED.. EOD.

Ohhh, how I miss the days of Baba Sege aka ebora of owu.....Saraki would have been long gone...Buhari is just too soft...

you see saraki life? i love what is happening now, this is true democracy. Saraki is now crying............... but what is there in going to court to defend yourself or they are expecting the president to call the chief judge on phone. ok now i get it........

This is an Executive recklessness. This issue is internal matter of Senate and as such the AGF has no jurisdiction whatsoever let alone interfere.

Even the UN doesn't interfere in issues of alleged war crimes committed by Soldiers during war if the country where the offence is committed has independent judicial institution that can handle the case. The Senate has the mechanism to amend, correct or jettison its internal rules and as such the Executive branch of government should stay clear and allow the Senate solve their internal matters.

It is time to defend democracy.

MadamExcellency:
This is an Executive recklessness. This issue is internal matter of Senate and as such the AGF has no jurisdiction whatsoever let alone interfere.

Even the UN doesn't interfere in issues of alleged war crimes committed by Soldiers during war if the country where the offence is committed has independent judicial institution that can handle the case. The Senate has the mechanism to amend, correct or jettison its internal rules and as such the Executive branch of government should stay clear and allow the Senate solve their internal matters.

It is time to defend democracy.

can you keep your mouth shut if you don't have any meaningful thing to say..forgery of any kind is an offence! One day saraki will kill somebody on the floor of the senate and people like you will tell us that it is an internal affair

MadamExcellency:
This is an Executive recklessness. This issue is internal matter of Senate and as such the AGF has no jurisdiction whatsoever let alone interfere.

Even the UN doesn't interfere in issues of alleged war crimes committed by Soldiers during war if the country where the offence is committed has independent judicial institution that can handle the case. The Senate has the mechanism to amend, correct or jettison its internal rules and as such the Executive branch of government should stay clear and allow the Senate solve their internal matters.
It is time to defend democracy.

What happened to the Senate rules was not an amendment. It was a clear forgery blatantly engineered to influence a pre-determined outcome, to lay credence to the the primordial ambition of four men.
It is a provocative treachery against 180 million Nigerians.

Best way to defend democracy is to prosecute, and throw behind bars, those who make a ridicule of it.

The senate belongs to Nigeria. It is sustained by Nigerian taxpayers, and is subject to the laws that binds all of us. It is not an institution for the celebration of treachery and brigandage of the perfidious few.

EdCure:

What happened to the Senate rules was not an amendment. It was a clear forgery blatantly engineered to influence a pre-determined outcome, to lay credence to the the primordial ambition of four men.
It is a provocative treachery against 180 million Nigerians.

Best way to defend democracy is to prosecute, and throw behind bars, those who make a ridicule of it.

The senate belongs to Nigeria. It is sustained by Nigerian taxpayers, and is subject to the laws that binds all of us. It is not an institution for the celebration of treachery and brigandage of the perfidious few.

I love and appreciate wise men....succinctly put.

Why is the Judciary not allowed to "do its job" in Buhari's CERTIFICATELESS case??

quick to support Saraki prosecution but quicker to defend his masters hiring of 15SANs to defend WAEC certificate........ what a shameless hypocrite.

Saraki u ma just kuku leave nah

EdCure:

What happened to the Senate rules was not an amendment. It was a clear forgery blatantly engineered to influence a pre-determined outcome, to lay credence to the the primordial ambition of four men.
It is a provocative treachery against 180 million Nigerians.

Best way to defend democracy is to prosecute, and throw behind bars, those who make a ridicule of it.

The senate belongs to Nigeria. It is sustained by Nigerian taxpayers, and is subject to the laws that binds all of us. It is not an institution for the celebration of treachery and brigandage of the perfidious few.

What is forgery without "title resemblance"?

The former 7th Senate's rule was called 2011 Senate Rules while this one was conspicuously written 2015 Senate Rules suggesting that it was a different version from the one of 2011 and secondly, this same document is being used presently since June 6, 2015 without a single Senator in the 8th Assembly calling for or moving a motion for amendment which means the document is perfect and acceptable to all.

tomakint:

I love and appreciate wise men....succinctly put.

Same here boss. Gracias!

MrALIVE:
can you keep your mouth shut if you don't have any meaningful thing to say..forgery of any kind is an offence! One day saraki will kill somebody on the floor of the senate and people like you will tell us that it is an internal affair

It's obvious I can't descend to your level but let me remind you that Lawmakers fight in the hallowed chambers and there are no Police arrest.

Last year, an Assemblyman nearly killed his fellow lawmaker while hitting him the mess in Rivers State which by implication should've been prosecuted for attempted murder by alas nothing happened.

Defend the independence of the Legislature not because of the occupants of its Leadership but in support of democracy and independent parliament.

EdCure:

Same here boss. Gracias!

***reaches out to him with a firm handshake***

David Cameron has resigned from Breixt. Saraki should resign too. He can't escape this forgery case. The days of impunity is over and recklessness of legislature rascality. if saraki fall, I rise. people must go down for others own to good or better.

MadamExcellency:

What is forgery without "title resemblance"?
The former 7th Senate's rule was called 2011 Senate Rules while this one was conspicuously written 2015 Senate Rules suggesting that it was a different version from the one of 2011 and secondly, this same document is being used presently since June 6, 2015 without a single Senator in the 8th Assembly calling for or moving a motion for amendment which means the document is perfect and acceptable to all.

The document is a forgery because it did not follow due course of ratification. It was done clandestinely for sinister motives by a few individuals who lied that it was passed by the entire House, and who are still laying claim to its authenticity in the face of overwhelming evidence that proves the contrary.
The concept of tittle resemblance or non is a weak defence.

Talking about perfection, Saraki is still presiding over the senate since the joke of June 6, 2015 and all his indictment for corruption. Isn't that perfect as well?

Why not advise your patrons to face their court case since you think they have a strong case?

EdCure:

The document is a forgery because it did not follow due course of ratification. It was done clandestinely for sinister motives by a few individuals who lied that it was passed by the entire House, and who are still laying claim to its authenticity in the face of overwhelming evidence that proves the contrary.
The concept of tittle resemblance or non is a weak defence.

Talking about perfection, Saraki is still presiding over the senate since the joke of June 6, 2015 and all his indictment for corruption. Isn't that perfect as well?

Why not advise your patrons to face their court case since you think they have a strong case?

The only reason I deduced from the comments so far is not about defense of democracy rather partisanship, political followership and "my enemies enemy is my friend" ideology hence I can't but pity you guys.

If I may remind you, nowhere was Saraki's name mentioned in the Police report handed over to Attorney General of the Federation but the intention of the cabals is well known.

The senators don't even know their rights to start with that is why they have being bamboozled front left right center by the executives. I agree with you @madamexcellency.
Firstly, the Agf should go to court to see if they can actually summon the senate president to court. Now let's get something clear. Saraki as senate president is first amongst equals: he represents the senate institution, now if there is something wrong with him the process is that the senat first passess a vote of confidence to him that sees him either keeping or forfeiting his seat. It is only when he has been impeached that the Agf can swoop in on him.
The prosecution of the Senate president is tantamount to the prosecution of the Senate.

Now on th part where the Agf made a comparison with an earlier incidence of a senator that involved forgery, it might interet him to know that in that case the forgery was a personal decision on his person and not this one that involved a senate proceeding which indirectly legalises it. Let's defend democracy and the institution of parliament as an independent body.

Now is time for another arm of the government (judiciary) to intepret the law.

ok. see you in court.

aventura:
The senators don't even know their rights to start with that is why they have being bamboozled front left right center by the executives. I agree with you @madamexcellency.
Firstly, the Agf should go to court to see if they can actually summon the senate president to court. Now let's get something clear. Saraki as senate president is first amongst equals: he represents the senate institution, now if there is something wrong with him the process is that the senat first passess a vote of confidence to him that sees him either keeping or forfeiting his seat. It is only when he has been impeached that the Agf can swoop in on him.
The prosecution of the Senate president is tantamount to the prosecution of the Senate.

Now on th part where the Agf made a comparison with an earlier incidence of a senator that involved forgery, it might interet him to know that in that case the forgery was a personal decision on his person and not this one that involved a senate proceeding which indirectly legalises it. Let's defend democracy and the institution of parliament as an independent body.

Now is time for another arm of the government (judiciary) to intepret the law.

Had this forgery case been between APC Senate Unity Forum vs Senate Leadership/bureaucracy, I will be happy with the case and await Judiciary to do justice to it but I will not support the Executive meddling in internal matters of the Senate for lack of Locus Standi (the executive is not a party to Senate rules hence should stay clear).

This is a dangerous precedence against the Independence of the Legislature.

What about buratai case

MadamExcellency:
This is an Executive recklessness. This issue is internal matter of Senate and as such the AGF has no jurisdiction whatsoever let alone interfere.

Even the UN doesn't interfere in issues of alleged war crimes committed by Soldiers during war if the country where the offence is committed has independent judicial institution that can handle the case. The Senate has the mechanism to amend, correct or jettison its internal rules and as such the Executive branch of government should stay clear and allow the Senate solve their internal matters.

It is time to defend democracy.

Are you trying to say, when a murder is committed in the Senate by a Senator, he the Senator can not be prosecuted becouse it happened in the Senate? You must be ignorant of Nigerian laws. A crime is a crime, regardless of who commits it.

MadamExcellency:


It's obvious I can't descend to your level but let me remind you that Lawmakers fight in the hallowed chambers and there are no Police arrest.

Last year, an Assemblyman nearly killed his fellow lawmaker while hitting him the mess in Rivers State which by implication should've been prosecuted for attempted murder by alas nothing happened.

Defend the independence of the Legislature not because of the occupants of its Leadership but in support of democracy and independent parliament.

is fighting a criminal offence?

MrALIVE:
is fighting a criminal offence?

Fighting is a criminal offense depending on the weapon used. There is a thing line between fighting and attempted murder. Using a weapon as heavy as the mase on someone's head is attempted murder considering the fact the person was unarmed... So Mr. Man fighting is a criminal offense.

Frankiss44:


Fighting is a criminal offense depending on the weapon used. There is a thing line between fighting and attempted murder. Using a weapon as heavy as the mase on someone's head is attempted murder considering the fact the person was unarmed... So Mr. Man fighting is a criminal offense.

can you please tell me the section of the criminal justice law where fighting is a crime the way forgery forgery was clearly stated..you guys are really funny..trying to defend a clear case of forgery..just 3 days ago the governor of Abia state was asked to vacate his office for forging his tax clearance form

MrALIVE:
can you please tell me the section of the criminal justice law where fighting is a crime the way forgery forgery was clearly stated..you guys are really funny..trying to defend a clear case of forgery..just 3 days ago the governor of Abia state was asked to vacate his office for forging his tax clearance form

Dude am not defending no criminal and my post doesnt suggest so... As far as am concerned, Saraki is a criminal and i careless what happens to him or another other politician but you asking if using a maze on someones head is a crime is funny. You don't need to deny the obvious to drive home your point