By Onozure Dania

A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, yesterday dismissed a contempt application filed by a former Minister of State for Finance, Mrs. Esther Nenadi Usman, seeking to commit the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed to prison for the inclusion of her name in the ‘looters’ list’ he released to the public. Justice Rilwan Aikawa described the application as a distraction which could interfere with the speedy determination of the matter.


Usman, who is standing trial over alleged money laundering, preferred against her and a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, had argued in the contempt application that the inclusion of her name on the list released by the information minister during the pendecy of the case against her was contemptuous.

She therefore urged the court to commit the Information Minister to prison for contempt of court for his alleged contemptuous action.

She also submitted that Mohammed’s action undermines the integrity of the court aimed at poisoning the mind of the public against her.

But the EFCC lawyer, Rotimi Oyedepo, urged the court to decline Usman’s application, insisting that the applicant was never referred to as a looter by the information minister, adding that what was published by some newspapers only bordered on allegations and cannot be said to be prejudicial to the applicant’s case in court.

He said: “The minister of information is not a party to the criminal proceedings against the applicant.”

There is no evidence to show that the alleged contemnor works with the various media houses that published the alleged offensive publication. Besides, there were no allegations against the media houses that published the alleged offensive publication.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/11/looters-list-court-throws-out-contempt-suit-against-lai-mohammed/

PDP and their aid are the same.
Meanwhile Buhari said: Let anybody lead this country but not PDP.

Loot and loot and loot, loot loot loot looot, loot looott and loot

Compromised court, so now its just some newspaper report on allegations.

When a liar leads.

e go hard for dis kont3 to better nor be curse

hdh

As expected, the law is an ass.

Let anybody lead this country but not PDP

Buhari GCFR 2018

[/quote]But the EFCC lawyer, Rotimi Oyedepo, urged the court to decline Usman’s application, insisting that the applicant was never referred to as a looter by the information minister, adding that what was published by some newspapers only bordered on allegations and cannot be said to be prejudicial to the applicant’s case in court[quote]

The lawyer is even calling Lie a lair

lie will be doing this right now

at all his enemies!!

I wonder if there is any integrity left for Buhari. He has wounded himself by centering his agenda on corruption fight. The people in his government are worse than even PDP they are alleging of corruption. Thank God PDP even shared some of the looted funds to the masses cos I know some of my friends that got government job by merely working for PDP. How many of their foot soldier on nairaland can boast of such privilege. They are only looting for themselves and their family throwing crumb of 30k and 10k trader money to their supporters. For naija to be better, only God knows that.Awon ole oloriburuku.

I rest my case for this Lai matter

My own is that it should be carefully aimed and thrown back at her so it dos'nt hit an innocent Nigerian bystander.
Bloody theives and looters.

You have a corruption case in court but you don't want to be addressed as someone that has a corruption case in court.

I'm I missing something?

For those blaming the judiciary, the way it's cumbersome for Efcc to prosecute looters successfully it's the same way it's going to be for looter to prove they're not looters

Anijay1212:
My own is that it should be carefully aimed and thrown back at her so it dos'nt hit an innocent Nigerian bystander.
Bloody theives and looters.

Read again.
The lawyer denied that Lie called her looter, the lawyer shifted the blame on newspaper.

Na so

Zico5:
I wonder if there is any integrity left for Buhari. He has wounded himself by centering his agenda on corruption fight. The people in his government are worse than even PDP they are alleging of corruption. Thank God PDP even shared some of the looted funds to the masses cos I know some of my friends that got government job by merely working for PDP. How many of their foot soldier on nairaland can boast of such privilege. They are only looting for themselves and their family throwing crumb of 30k and 10k trader money to their supporters. For naija to be better, only God knows that.Awon ole oloriburuku.

u're doing ur work #30/post

Adekunleideology:
As expected, the law is an ass.

Especially when it doesn't suit /favour looters narrations.

Lol.

Remains Dokpesi.

new2012:
Compromised court, so now its just some newspaper report on allegations.

When a liar leads.

Compromised court especially when it gives looters and their admirers uppercuts

Peacecore:
u're doing ur work #30/post

God forbid bad thing. I will never descend so low to that level.

MrAJQ:
PDP and their aid are the same.

Meanwhile Buhari said: Let anybody lead this country but not PDP.

I concur 100%,looters.

dorothy111:
But the EFCC lawyer, Rotimi Oyedepo, urged the court to decline Usman’s application, insisting that the applicant was never referred to as a looter by the information minister, adding that what was published by some newspapers only bordered on allegations and cannot be said to be prejudicial to the applicant’s case in court

The lawyer is even calling Lie a lair

Since you are the judge go and convict him Miss Barrister?

Afamed:

Compromised court especially when it gives looters and their admirers uppercuts

Same court that freed dasuki right? Ain't that compromised?

That narrative will fit your reasoning better.

Get up above politics and be realistic... Emancipate yourself from mental slavery.

BlackAfrican:
Let anybody lead this country but not PDP

Buhari GCFR 2018

Historical statement that we must be singing after National Anthem.