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Mopolchi: Whether selective or not, it is not your concern. Just keep quiet and allow justice to unfold itself.

Fo0l! Should we then forget that he erred by issuing an illegal perpetual injuction restraining EFCC from arresting a man who looted a state treasury, and who was petitioned to the NJC for gross incompetence and flagrant abuse of powers amounting to judicial misconduct and violations of the code of conduct for judicial officers because he hasn't obstructed justice this time around? Not all of us suffer from amnesia! Selective justice is no justice at all!

http://mobile.saharareporters.com/petition/petition-national-judicial-council-against-justice-ibrahim-n-buba-relation-peter-odili

Ds our judicial systm self! Alwz d ryt tin in a wrong way. 1billion naira on top wetin? Wat wil be d consequence of his ability or inability to pay? I smell politics here....

Do the people commenting here even know how bail works?

makaveli1: Chineke God of Japan, see ignorant folks abeg. He was granted bail in the sum of 1Billion naira doesnt mean he has to come up with 1,000,000,000 to perfect his bail. Legal heads in the house should shine small light for these ones before they enter the house of ignoramus

Na u de ignorant pass 4 NL.
Interpret in legal terms d bail d conditions b4 u spil rubbish.
LOL.

Before you guys turn this thread to another North Vs. South Vs. East bashing thread, let me make an observation:

A lot of people have been complaining about the "bail amount".
One person even asked whose account that One Billion Naira is going to!

For information sake:
[b]"An accused, when granted Bail, does not have to DEPOSIT THAT CASH (real hard Notes) into any Court or Bank.
What is posted is called a BAIL BOND, issued by the accused Lawyer and/or family members.
Its a promise to produce the accused or the Money or the property used to post the bond (whose value is more than the cash value of Bail), is forfeited.
What it means is that "If the accused FAIL to be produced in court on next or any future hearing" i.e JUMPS BAIL,
The Surety/Guarantor has to COME UP with the said amount and forfeit it to the Government" ... Or forfeits the house (to be sold) whose documents are used as part of the bail conditions.

Note: Only and when the accused "jumps bail" ...is the physical cash now required (or landed property) seized/taken by the government.

So, dont worry about the amount, its just to ensure that the accused is produced in court, next hearing.

Have you ever wondered why "Bail is FREE" in a Police Station?
You only need a Lawyer or a Surety to "stand Bail or Post Bail bond" for you. [/b]

Is there no specific fine or bail to be paid in proportion or in multiple of the loot according to the law? Or the judge just pronounce any amount that pleases him? If someone who stole N200 million be asked to pay N1billion bail, shouldn't the pension thief pay something around N100billion? Why was the pension thief who stole N23billion be asked to pay N700,000( around 0.003% of the loot) and Kuforiji asked to pay N1billion(about 400% of the loot)? Even if he has to pay interest on the stolen money,it shouldn't be this much na. This's a record breaking judgement ,but i'll love to see the bigger thieves having it this hard. However, this judge is a PDP card carrying member, no doubt.

There are 2 sides to this judgment. When a court imposes such a ridiculously high bail condition on an accused, it must be that the validity of the allegations is somewhat evident so much that the court is not genuinely willing to let the convict out on bail... Since he has right to bail, the court then offers conditions that he may likely unable to fulfill. In that case he will remain in detention.
On the other hand, if he fulfills this bail condition, it will jeopardize his defense because the plaintiff's lawyer will capitalize on that to nail him completely. "How can a speaker who is originally a mere honorable, whose mandate is only to serve his people afford a bail of N1b if not the proceed of corruption?" It will be unwise for the speaker to pay that bail even if he somehow can afford it, if he is willing to have any chance at all at the final judgment.

ifihearam:

If it were to be a PDP controlled state,foolish nairalanders would have blamed it on the president abi? now that its tinubu's terrain what do you have to say?

Bros they will never understand, ACN a party that is full of captious people and politicians. I have said it time without number the worst thing that will ever happen in this country is to vote anyone from ACN to be our president. If we do, we are finished!

A good way to start dealing with these dis-honorable thieving crooks! Next is to initiate the impeachment process!
It was this same Judge(Ibrahim Buba), who issued Peter Odili an order of "Perpetual Injunction" restraining the EFCC from arresting, detaining or prosecuting him! "Selective justice"

Confused judiciary! Pension billions of naira gets convicted with a find of 750k. Here, less than half a billion naira fetches N1b mark! How much will be the monetary punishment if eventually convicted since the bail now is 1b? N20billion! Judiciary rise up and be equitable and merciless on our looters.

Is he ACN or PDP?

Anvaller: There are 2 sides to this judgment. When a court imposes such a ridiculously high bail condition on an accused, it must be that the validity of the allegations is somewhat evident so much that the court is not genuinely willing to let the convict out on bail... Since he has right to bail, the court then offers conditions that he may likely unable to fulfill. In that case he will remain in detention

On the other hand, if he fulfills this bail condition, it will jeopardize his defense because the plaintiff's lawyer will capitalize on that to nail him completely. "How can a speaker who is originally a mere honorable, whose mandate is only to serve his people afford a bail of N1b if not the proceed of corruption?" It will be unwise for the speaker to pay that bail even if he somehow can afford it, if he is willing to have any chance at all at the final judgment.

Very intelligent submission

Nwa oguta: efcc please come to imo state and arrest rochas for me.

come arrest ur papa !!! Foolishman

omokayode9258: These ar d type of judge we want in nigeria. May Almighty God grnd him d bst of dis world nd d hereafta. He shuld hv bn d 1 to handle, akala, lawan, gbenga, alamesia, bode nd al oda bastard. I love d man, he must be a man of God. D hypocrt wulnt c d beauty of Islam in him nw, bt if otherwse, Nairaland wil be ful of neg coment.

for ur mind d judge na saint...tot u would ve seen a comment dat says he was d same judge dat made peter odili an untouchable b4 efcc some time ago..isn't dat enof to tell u dat justice buba is workin for his oga @ d top....he is fytin his ogas course...omo shun dat 1 buba seems d worse to me..

Gud explanation, tanx,but what if d accused didn't show up @last,and thr asked 2 pay d said amount, which account dos it eventually goes to?

lastpage: Before you guys turn this thread to another North Vs. South Vs. East bashing thread, let me make an observation:

A lot of people have been complaining about the "bail amount".
One person even asked whose account that One Billion Naira is going to!

For information sake:
[b]"An accused, when granted Bail, does not have to DEPOSIT THAT CASH (real hard Notes) into any Court or Bank.
What is posted is called a BAIL BOND, issued by the accused Lawyer and/or family members.
Its a promise to produce the accused or the Money or the property used to post the bond (whose value is more than the cash value of Bail), is forfeited.
What it means is that "If the accused FAIL to be produced in court on next or any future hearing" i.e JUMPS BAIL,
The Surety/Guarantor has to COME UP with the said amount and forfeit it to the Government" ... Or forfeits the house (to be sold) whose documents are used as part of the bail conditions.

Note: Only and when the accused "jumps bail" ...is the physical cash now required (or landed property) seized/taken by the government.

So, dont worry about the amount, its just to ensure that the accused is produced in court, next hearing.

Have you ever wondered why "Bail is FREE" in a Police Station?
You only need a Lawyer or a Surety to "stand Bail or Post Bail bond" for you. [/b]

mehn this country is fucking rich while its citizen re surfering and feeding from hand to mouth, if a state speaker is being asked to pay 1billion as bail then the federal house of assembly speaker will then have pay 1trillon also as bail. I keep saying we as nigerians re so greedy and there is evil sprits that control those in power. Cudos to that judge i think the judiciary needs to be fully independent.to do grate job like this one.

I miss EFCC under Ribadu

take dat: I am a Fo0l! Should we then forget that he erred by issuing an illegal perpetual injuction restraining EFCC from arresting a man who looted a state treasury, and who was petitioned to the NJC for gross incompetence and flagrant abuse of powers amounting to judicial misconduct and violations of the code of conduct for judicial officers because he hasn't obstructed justice this time around? Not all of us suffer from amnesia! Selective justice is no justice at all!

http://mobile.saharareporters.com/petition/petition-national-judicial-council-against-justice-ibrahim-n-buba-relation-peter-odili

And then, even if he was selective with regard to the two cases, what is your concern there? Avert baseless emotion from blinding you. Are the two cases the same in terms of objects, circumstances and motives? What happened in the first case he handled will not necessarily repeat in the second. So stop be sentimental here and allow your reasoning work. A and B are alphabetical letters but do not necessarily mean that they will be used interchangeably. Get that rather than raining curses here.

N1 billion bail?!! I think the Judge wants the Speaker to remain in detention. But whom am I kidding? At least 5 individuals in Nigeria can contribute donate the bail amount to him.

Terminator007:
It was this same Judge(Ibrahim Buba), who issued Peter Odili an order of "Perpetual Injunction" restraining the EFCC from arresting, detaining or prosecuting him! "Selective justice"

Haba @Terminator! I have seen these words before, is it that you don't know what to say or how well to say it? You should have quoted the original contributor. Please show your ingenuity always.

farem: Confused judiciary! Pension billions of naira gets convicted with a find of 750k. Here, less than half a billion naira fetches N1b mark! How much will be the monetary punishment if eventually convicted since the bail now is 1b? N20billion! Judiciary rise up and be equitable and merciless on our looters.

No be only FIND of 750k na LOST of 750k.

As much as I extol the ACN govt, this is a reprehensible fault capable of marring the party's reputation.
But for a few people here conversant with nigeria politics, especially in a legislative terrain like the LAHA, it is very obvious here that corruption allegations against the speaker is like letting the cat outa the bag perhaps due to an attempt to renege on existing agreement .so no one is absolved of blame. This is a returning speaker for fair analysis sake
BTW, the judge has not done anything special or landmark until he is able to effect rectitude by delivering a fair judgement in the end.

pls can those with legal knowledge come to my rescue here...do these guys have to pay the bail sum or is it just one of the legal stuffs that laywoman...like me fail to understand?

awodman: Oga judge chaiiiii!!!..Ikuforuji no steal reach half of that amount Йą..whr U̶̲̥̅̊ want make im get that kind money from..abi U̶̲̥̅̊ wan make im steal again complete am??..anyway sha Jagaban dey im side so no lele..shey im even escort go house of commons go give address

But that is the point. If u steal from the public or the countries treasury, ur bail if u get one should be about 3x what u stole.

why are some of us so stuborn and difficult to comprehend? THE BAIL MONEY IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A PHYSICAL CASH. IT IS IN FORM OF A BOND THAT GUARANTEES THAT THE SURETY WILL PRODUCE THE SUSPECT WHENEVER HE IS REQUIRED.IT IS WHEN THE SUSPECT FAILS TO HONOUR THE COURT BY WAY OF 'JUMPING BAIL' THAT THE PHYSICAL CASH IMPOSED BY THE COURT WILL BE PAID BY THE SURETY.

Fantastic development

prodam: As much as I extol the ACN govt, this is a reprehensible fault capable of marring the party's reputation.
But for a few people here conversant with nigeria politics, especially in a legislative terrain like the LAHA, it is very obvious here that corruption allegations against the speaker is like letting the cat outa the bag perhaps due to an attempt to renege on existing agreement .so no one is absolved of blame. This is a returning speaker for fair analysis sake
BTW, the judge has not done anything special or landmark until he is able to effect rectitude by delivering a fair judgement in the end.

Fucck! All these words and not one iota of sense made.......you must be a lawyer

Mopolchi: And then, even if he was selective with regards to the two cases, what is your concern there? Avert baseless emotion from blinding you. Are the two cases the same in terms of objects, circumstances and motives? What happened in the first case he handled will not necessarily repeat in the second. So stop be sentimental here and allow your reasoning work. A and B are alphabetical letters but do not necessarily mean that they will be used interchangeably. Get that rather than raining curses here.

Selective justice is no justice at all. The man abused his judicial authority in the past what's to stop him from doing same again tightly or wrongly, justice should always be dispelled justly with neither excess nor undervalued.

Nwa oguta: efcc please come to imo state and arrest rochas for me.

brOs u weLL @ oL

kraftykc:

Fucck! All these words and not one iota of sense made.......you must be a lawyer

I don't have a writing problem, you have a reading problem. Change ur perception and attitude towards the issue. Well, ur opinion and view cannot and will not change the fact!..

take dat: Fo0l! Should we then forget that he erred by issuing an illegal perpetual injuction restraining EFCC from arresting a man who looted a state treasury, and who was petitioned to the NJC for gross incompetence and flagrant abuse of powers amounting to judicial misconduct and violations of the code of conduct for judicial officers because he hasn't obstructed justice this time around? Not all of us suffer from amnesia! Selective justice is no justice at all!

http://mobile.saharareporters.com/petition/petition-national-judicial-council-against-justice-ibrahim-n-buba-relation-peter-odili

Thanks for our memory upgrade about the judge and his ALLEGED miscarriage of justice in Odili's case.
Are you suggesting that the speaker not be prosecuted since Odili is free FOR NOW based on your highlighted quote above
What happened to the saying:

Half bread is better than none!

I am sure someone else will SELECT justice for Odili in due course.
Meanwhile let's thank God for small mercies.