Leboska:
Falana's argument sounds more like a beer parlour's argument

Leboska:
Falana's argument sounds more like a beer parlour's argument

TheVictorious:


By the provision of the constitution as at then, card reader report was not strong enough to reject votes of individuals that are duly registered to vote, except otherwise they can prove beyond reasonable doubt that those individuals were not mistakenly rejected by the card reader (We all know the card reader actually rejected countless individuals that were duly eligible and duly registered to vote). This clause gave room for irregularities and this is what has led to the amendment of that law. That said fighting corruption has to do with correcting the system to increase transparency, not to pull down the system and make everybody accountable to one "infallible" individual.

By the way, I did not support anybody that wasn't doing the right thing. I'm not into the same partisan politics you guys always play.

You said "Mike is a lawyer not coz is better than other people who are not lawyers in argument but by the virtue of same law he now ignores. No matter how good an argument is, it must be base on law(constitution or act) or at least a subsisting court pronouncement."

Stop beating round the bush, come out and lucidly highlight how his argument is not based on the law.

rusher14:


Are you sure you watched the show?

Did you follow the link or even bother to read the extracts?

Because if you did, you would find that Falana stood for Dino and even won the case when it came up.

swtdrms:


That's the problem with ur ilks, u lack intelligent and analytical reasoning.
Government affairs is not based on discretion, it entirely based on provisions of the constitution. And these provisions must be strictly adhered to. That's the more reason why constitution is being amended on a regular basis. If you don't have enough knowledge of how government operates its better you keep quiet.

ogunjyde2004:

Madam is like you dnt know anything about Nigeria politics, falana was jubrin lawyer in that case u can check it here
http://www.thelinkng.com/house-seals-defiant-hon-jubrils-office/

Acidosis:


Everything you said is true... I watched it also, and I think Mike is on a right path. He also mentioned how a Nigerian was rejected by the house in the US. Obama was furious seeing that he believed so much in the man to run the agency. As good as his thoughts were, Obama bowed and tendered another name.


So what's so wrong in rejecting Magu? Nigerians will eventually kill democracy. Mike stated that the fact that anyone does not like the faces of certain Senators does not mean we must alter the constitution.

Seriously, Mike was on point. That you love Buhari and hate Saraki changes nothing! Put that shitty thoughts in your mind and allow the constitution prevail.

Meanwhile, [s]the Senate has the full right to summon any Nigerian, including the common man on the street.[/s]

mobaking:
Ok,falana was not biased when he took the national assembly to court over Dino melaye's suspension?.

swtdrms:


That's the problem with ur ilks, u lack intelligent and analytical reasoning.
Government affairs is not based on discretion, it entirely based on provisions of the constitution. And these provisions must be strictly adhered to. That's the more reason why constitution is being amended on a regular basis. If you don't have enough knowledge of how government operates its better you keep quiet.

ceaser:
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Ha! Thank you o. I just weak when I read the first few comments and they all had one ing in common: Ignorance written all over.

One even went as far as saying Falana's agreement is like beer palour argument even when Dino, one of the subjects involved in the new imbroglio is clearly playing double games as he has been a beneficiary of the fight against injustices in the senate before now. Chai!

Mike Ozhekome is currently on the radar of the police and anti-graft for corruption, so where the heck d'you think his arguments will vacillate to? In all his submissions, he did not cite any single precedence in the Nigerian court pronouncement or legal dispensation to back his claim. Falana has all the facts to draw from recent legal history to strengthen his points, yet it is beer palour gist.

How then, if youths make such comments that is devoid of deductive and critical thinking, do we get out of this quagmire?

Professor Pius Adesanmi once made mention of how one of these youths who needed him (Adesanmi) as referee for an international study went on FACEBOOk to defend a Nigerian politician involved in certificate scandal and corruption. Please if schools like LSE, Harvard or other prestigious universities of international repute were to be sent any of these defenders of corruption and injustice application for study, do they stand any chance of being considered?

Acidosis:


Everything you said is true... I watched it also, and I think Mike is on a right path. He also mentioned how a Nigerian was rejected by the house in the US. Obama was furious seeing that he believed so much in the man to run the agency. As good as his thoughts were, Obama bowed and tendered another name.


So what's so wrong in rejecting Magu? Nigerians will eventually kill democracy. Mike stated that the fact that anyone does not like the faces of certain Senators does not mean we must alter the constitution.

Seriously, Mike was on point. That you love Buhari and hate Saraki changes nothing! Put that shitty thoughts in your mind and allow the constitution prevail.

Meanwhile, the Senate has the full right to summon any Nigerian, including the common man on the street.

rusher14:


https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2017/03/30/falana-suspension-of-senator-ali-ndume-illegal/

https://www.google.com.ng/amp/s/amp.pulse.ng/local/abdulmumin-jibrin-suspension-of-lawmaker-is-illegal-falana-id5545719.html


Please stick to information you have on issues.

captainprogress:
Mike win jare, falana just dey jones...

freeze001:
Does Falana mean that the NASS does not or cannot have an internal disciplinary mechanism applicable to its members? Is that not what the independence of the NASS is about? Is he also going to say the NJC has no power to investigate petitions made on judges and make its pronouncements before further action is taken because they are also subject to the provisions of the Constitution?

The NASS must be and is in fact able to activate an internal investigation and disciplinary mechanism for its members particularly on the conduct of any member as in the case of Ali Ndume.

lokobyforch:

Really, u are saying a school principal cannot discipline a school teacher because it was not stated in the appointment letter, we bend nominal Nigerian laws just to suit selfish interest... a police man does not have to wear uniform because he was first a citizen.

Nten:
it is a terrible thing that everyday nairaland is being besieged with a vast majority plethora of low intelligence quotient individuals who can't decipher simple issues. falana quoted sections of the constitution and even cited instances of similar case he has handled, while ozekhome was speaking grammar without references to support his arguments. please falana is extremely correct on this. If caution is not applied to the overzealousness of this senators and HOR members in the name of oversight functions ,one day they will start summoning their wife's on oversight functions. Imagine the oscillating bickering of the Senate and comptroller General of customs on just uniform issue!

captainprogress:
Mike win jare, falana just dey jones...

michoim:
Mike Ozekhome is a PDP lawyer that benefit from the proceeds of corruption. So he can never talk straight.

Olumaeme:
The Senate can summon anybody, even an akara seller to come give testimony, not to talk of itse Sagay who draws money from the government.

During the subsidy probe, many busines men and oil marketeers were summoned, so I don't know where Falana gets his fact from, he has been working rigorously for APC, so am not surprised.

How can you be a custom boss without identifying with your people, you get salary, live in a quarters, fly around the country with customs money but don't want to wear their uniform, Habaaaa make we think am Na.

I also believe that Senate can suspend any of its members caught misbehaving, but in Ndume's case I think he was only trying to draw the attention of the Senate to publications, but if I think about it again, this is not the first publications against the Senate Na, why is he so bothered about this ones, but i still believed he should not have been suspended or probably not up to 6 months.

dignity33:
The problems with Nigeria is Tribalism and this make me think that Kanu is right, when a yoruba is wrong no Yoruba that will accept that he is likewise hausa, Igbo and others. So the now is why are we still one Nigeria?

President99:
Let Mike tell us the part of the constitutional provisions or subsisting court judgment he relied on to say so ; he should keep his wishful thinking to himself or his stupid logic. What makes Mike a lawyer is still law and not logic. Falana cited constitutional provisions and subsisting high court and appeal court judgments to buttress his stand. Suspending a NASS member is illegal coz he represents a constituency which is part of Nigeria. If a NASS member is suspended, are u telling us that his constituents cant be part of lawmaking in Nigeria? There should be other ways of disciplining erring members!