MrMcJay:


Don't mind the clown. If he wants to lead as a youth, he can go and be his family head in the village.

The leaders he is saying ruled Nigeria in their youth are responsible for the problems we face till today.

Exactly. I believe his clarion call should be for youths to develop themselves and be actively involved in making their voice known through well recognised youth fora.

James eneojo Ocholi, Tunde fashola, are seasoned professionals. They are in their 50's because it takes years to gather experience.

But the Senate president told the tribunal that he was trained in the medical line and not in law, and that it would be unfair to ask him to defend himself in a terrain he knew nothing about.

chukwudi44:


There is nothing like time been wasted under the law dear!!! Judicial regulations stipulates that the CC should suspend the trial until the supreme court finally adjudicates on the matter!!!An inferior court cannot br sitting side by side with the supreme court !! That is judicial rascality of the highest order!! I hope the NJC descends heavily on the CCT chair!! We cant have such compromised men manning our benches.

hmmm barrister chukwudi can you quote the exact section of the Judicial regulations for my perusal please.

As much as l wish that Sakari be tried & sentenced if found guilty, l wish to say that their should be fair hearing & respect to the rule of law. If CCT can adjorned bcs of an appeal in the appelate court, wht stops him to adjorn whn the matter was taken to supreme court. CCT shouldn't have proceded on trial of the matter brought before supreme court. Moreso why is CCT in a hurry?. l think Saraki's legal team are right on this. CCT chairman should watch it so that he will not be seen to be bias the matter.

favourlove1:
As for all of you who are talking trash about saraki n his lawyer who did d right thing I pray none of you would be in a situation whr you would be wrongly accused n wount be given the chance to air your opinion. E dey sweet to shout 'theif' theif'! But when we are the accused, it hurts. Do unto others as u would want them to treat you. Sarakis layer has a point. If its right for huhari to appoint all north n claim its in line with federal character it would only be fair to allow the case untill d supreme court rules. I rest my case.

Is anyone stopping or hamstringing Saraki and his legal defense team from saying what they know about the accusation by the prosecution? He is wrongly accussed? really and his only defense is to prevent the trial from taking place in order to prove his innocence, who would think so many Nigerians are bereft of logic.

olumide81:
Danladi...be warned the law is no respectal of any man!

That was why Saraki and his lawyers need to respect theirself, why stage a walkout in a court room, did they want him to throw the case out? they are mad... Saraki is digging his own grave, Anybody advising him is doing him no good.

20pounds:



That will amount to an affront on the judiciary.

I don't want to know whether Saraki is guilty or not, but the CCT is really stting a bad precedent and I congratulate the SANs for having the courage to walk out on him. We need to preserve the sanctity and independence of the Jusdiciary.

Why is the CCT in a hurry to proceed to trial? Even a first year Law student knows that the right thing to do is for the CCT to suspend actions during the pendency of the matter at the apex Court. I am sure their Lordships at the Supreme Court are very angry with the CCT for such disposition, but if they come down hard on Justice Umar, the public(who are ignorant of the law) will say the Justices of the Supreme Court had been compromised.

Can you now see how external influence impedes the wheel of Justice?

You must be blind or ignorant of the Law are you quoting , You better don't waste your Money to go to Law school as you will make a very terrible bad Lawyer , Saraki Lawyers shoot themselves on the leg when they said it's a matter of "tradition" and not that of. "law and practice so as far as am concerned there is no Tradition in Law, Law is Law because it has always been their crook tradition does not make it a Law....Here is the Law CCT Chairman base his ruling.........The CCT chairman did not give his ruling from abstraction. He relied on an updated Nigerian law which says such trial can go on!

Just that if a judgement emanates from it, it will not be executed until the higher court dispense the issues before it.

This from Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015. .............Ask urself this Question When Rivers State Governor Wike challenged the Election Tribunal jurisdiction by sitting in Abuja instead of Rivers Did the Tribunal suspend their sitting or continue with the hearing

barrister chukwudi44. graduate of nairaland law school. na night classes you attend?

agabusta:


Are u too partisan not to see that your line of argument has been overtaken by Administration of Criminal Justice Act of 2015 which says a criminal case can go on even despite the pedency of an issue before a superior court only that the judgement emanating from such case will not be executed until the issue at the supreme court is dispensed with.

Pls grow up old man.

Thanks Chairman. If to say I sabi u I for just dash u Wife. NL is filled with people who just look at issues from the eyes of the village they reside in. This Mr. Chukwudi419 is always vomiting sentimental and baseless argument even on issues he lacks understanding. No matter how wrong or otherwise a presiding judge or chairman is, it is the training of a lawyer never to walk out. That's is gross contempt and now they are threatening the Chairman. These SANs aren't a good example to young lawyers. Once again, God bless u front n back. As for u Mr. Chukwudi it's better u enrol for adult education.

We have many fools in nairaland dt knows little or nothing about Judicial system including chukwudi44. Those Saraki's lawyers think they are smart, they hv first committed handball by going to federal high court seeking 4 injunction which CCT stroked out. In judicial system, CCT has her own independency even as d case is in apex court, justice Umar can go ahead with his ruling since is a criminal proceeding.... let's not 4get Bola Tinuba of 26/10/2011....

chukwudi44:


Nope dear!! It is called rule of law!! The stupid CCT chairman should just wait for the supreme court to adjudicate on the matters of jurisdction!! What exactly is he in a hurry for?

Sorry FOOLKWUDI44 chukwudi44, Remember the date of hearing have been set before Saraki and his lawyers approach the apex court, Why dint they stage a walkout in the last hearing when the case was still in appeal court? The court has to sit yesterday and that was when the court will decide an adjournment date so as to allow the Supreme court to rule over the verdict. But saying CCT has not right to continue with the case is total nonsense and slap to the judiciary and that will affect saraki more... Did Danladi rule over the case yesterday? No atleast but parties (the Lawyers) as to sit argue and pick a later date to continue hearing. So they expect the CCT chairman to just tell them to go back home immediately they enter the court room? yeye dey smell.

chukwudi44:


The NJC is the highest judicial authourity in the country!! It can suspend any Judge from sitting including the CCT chairman.

But with PMB on the throne forget that your story ok... Danladi will even be empowered and is the have to change him it will more active judge and won't be in favor of Saraki,

wengerjay:
The legal team of the Senate president, Dr Bukola Saraki, has vowed to send a protest letter to the National Judicial Council (NJC) over the alleged biased conduct of the chair of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Mr. Danladi Umar, in the trial of their client who is facing charges of false assets declaration in Abuja.

Yesterday, three Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), Mr. Ahmed Raji, Alhaji Mahmoud Magagi and Saka Abimbola Isah, who led the legal team of the Senate president, all staged a walkout on the conduct tribunal chairman to protest alleged bias in the trial.

A source last night said that the legal team had resolved to report the tribal chairman to the NJC.

“You just wait and see the action we will take in the next few days. We cannot continue like this in this country. The judicial body has to intervene in this matter,” the source said.

The angry lawyers, accompanied by about 100 others, withdrew their services in the prosecution of Saraki by federal government, accusing the tribunal of open bias against the number three citizen and displaying judicial rascality in handling the case.

The anger of the lawyers arose when the tribunal chairman, Mr. Umar, ruled that he would not stay the trial in spite of Saraki’s pending appeal at the Supreme Court.

Magaji, who first withdrew his services in the trial, told the tribunal point-blank that going ahead with the prosecution amounted to daring and prejudicing the Supreme Court in the pending appeal case of the Senate president.

He told the chairman that, as a senior counsel in the bar and a minister in the temple of justice, he would not wish to be part of an illegality and an affront on the apex court.

Mr. Raji, who followed suit in withdrawing from the suit, told the tribunal chairman he was setting a bad precedent by sitting on the same issue at the same time with the Supreme Court.

Raji explained that apart from the law and practice, it was the tradition of respect that when the Supreme Court had been invited into a matter, the lower court will, as a matter of tradition, allow the apex court decide the matter first before taking over.

“In my capacity as a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, I have not seen where this kind of conduct will be exhibited against the apex court of the country. The action of this Code of Conduct Tribunal is an affront on the constitution and to the Supreme Court and, from my own side, I will not wish to be part of this act.

“I find it most impossible to sit down here and participate in a proceeding whose legality is being challenged at the Supreme Court.”

Earlier, both Magaji and Raji had asked the tribunal to stay proceedings pending the time the Supreme Court will make pronouncement in Saraki’s appeal in which he is challenging the legality of his trial.

They cited several authorities to buttress their arguments on the need for the tribunal to grant adjournment.

But in a ruling, the chairman of the tribunal dismissed the application for adjournment and agreed with the prosecution counsel, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs (SAN) that trial should go ahead in spite of the appeal at the Supreme Court.

The tribunal chairman held that the action of the defence was a ploy to delay the trial, adding that the arguments canvassed by Saraki’s lawyers had been overtaken by the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) 2015 which, he said, gave no room for delay in trial.

“It is an obvious fact that where a party wants to delay trial, the party normally rushes to the higher court, as in this case, but the intendment of the ACJA has taken care of such attitude where criminal trials are unjustly delayed. We will not allow that; we are going ahead with the trial,” he had ruled.

The tribunal, however, ran into trouble when no lawyer showed up to defend Saraki yesterday and he was then asked whether he would defend himself.

But the Senate president told the tribunal that he was trained in the medical line and not in law, and that it would be unfair to ask him to defend himself in a terrain he knew nothing about.

He pleaded for one month to enable him persuade his lawyers to come back or for him to look for alternatives but the tribunal insisted that one month was too long.

The case was subsequently adjourned till November 19 for trial.


. http://leadership.ng/news/472444/walkout-on-code-of-conduct-tribunal-sarakis-lawyers-vow-to-report-cct-chair-to-njc

After all the intimidation, Saraki will be in jail. He knows

chukwudi44:


Nope dear!! It is called rule of law!! The stupid CCT chairman should just wait for the supreme court to adjudicate on the matters of jurisdction!! What exactly is he in a hurry for?

What nonsense rule of law... Did they stop proceeding when the case was taken to Appeal Court? Did Supreme Court order stay-of-judgement on the matter? Why do you see rubbish and you want to paint it good. Everything is a script! They want to frustrate the Tribunal and they don't want hearing/proceeding to begin. They don't want witnesses to start coming for evidences. It s a shame.

My worry isn't the show of shame yesterday, which in itself is a contempt of court. My worry is about masses like you and me, who wants these to continue. Do you think a poor man facing the law in court will have the luxury of nonsense they displayed yesterday? Instead of us to unite together and let the bourgeoisies, polythieftians know that it cant be business as usual.

Nigerians, we are not really ready yet. The changes we yearn for begins with us. Stop waiting on government to implement change. If we don't stand our ground and caution these ruthless vagabonds, the future of the Country will be in shambles...

These lawyers have seen Democracy vs Dictatorship in the System. In a three "Power Parallel" Presidential system such as ours, The Executives are very likely to VICTIMISE others in the system. The NASS may INTIMIDATE others in the system and the Judiciary may be PARTIAL. While they are designed to compliment one another and never to impede one another's work, may our God of Nigeria protect Nigerians from bokoharam, biafra, Fulani herdsmen and other jinggoes and isotopes.

chukwudi44:


The NJC is the highest judicial authourity in the country!! It can suspend any Judge from sitting including the CCT chairman.

What makes them think that supreme court will over rule the Appeal Court earlier decision?

The job of the appeal court and supreme court is to hear an appeal over the judgment emanating from first instance courts. But corrupt Nigeria lawyers are desperate to turn them into tools to stop a judicial process.

The two appellant courts has rather become the first court of instance rather than being the last.
If the political lawyers refused to defend their client, the judge can assign Saraki any willing counsel from the state counsels or let him defend himself if he so wished.
He cannot claim that he wasn't privy to the walkout but the judge refused to be bullied or fooled.
This seems to be their last card in the delaying tactics game from day one.

bashydemy:
But with PMB on the throne forget that your story ok... Danladi will even be empowered and is the have to change him it will more active judge and won't be in favor of Saraki,

Your mumu no get part two!! You think Buhari has authourity over the judiciary? Too many illiterates on nairaland this days. Furthermore the only way the CCT would be empowered would be if a new bill seeking such empowerment is passed into law by the NASS headed by the same Saraki

Eziachi:
What makes them think that supreme court will over rule the Appeal Court earlier decision?

The job of the appeal court and supreme court is to hear an appeal over the judgment emanating from first instance courts. But corrupt Nigeria lawyers are desperate to turn them into tools to stop a judicial process.

The two appellant courts has rather become the first court of instance rather than being the last.
If the political lawyers refused to defend their client, the judge can assign Saraki any willing counsel from the state counsels or let him defend himself if he so wished.
He cannot claim that he wasn't privy to the walkout but the judge refused to be bullied or fooled.
This seems to be their last card in the delaying tactics game from day one.

Whether Saraki is right or wrong on the jurisdiction issues, the supreme court must adjudicate on this matter before the CCT trial would continue!! The CCT chairman appears to be in so much hurry!! Why should it be so if he is not teleguided

cornoil:
Yeah Saraki could be guilty no doubt, but the CCT judge is not following the way it has always been with when a matter is in supreme Court, the lower court has to wait or respect the higher court. Saraki could as well lose in Supreme Court, why is CCT judge in haste?

Wait in what aspect? did the CCT want to give final judgement yesterday? when the case was in Appeal court din't the CCT sit and hear on the case? if the CCT did not sit and hear about the case yesterday how will they adjourn till 19th? Saraki lawyers know they are loosing the case and want to disrupt it, But i like CCT chairman he dint even send them, he just ask saraki to get new lawyers in one week instead of one month saraki request for... hahah the game dey sweet me.

favourlove1:
shot up ur mouth! That's how u all would come here to blab nonsense. The SAN pointed a flaw which danladi ought to have apologized for now ur are talking trash. If buhari n co claims to be guided by d constitution y can't they allow d constitution to take its course rather than fast forward a trial we all knw its a ploy to discredit saraki. An accused remains innocent untill proven guilty n sarakis case wount be an exception. So after giving his ministers a soft landing they want to discard him? Not possible. Nonsense n tmoro buhari will say I will not b a part of d happenings of the NAS.

Mr, this line of argument of yours does not hold water.A lot of us are not conversant with the applicable law in this regard. The CCT chairman new that all actions taken so far are meant to delay trial or worse yet abort the trial. He based his decision on the relevant law currently applicable in situation like this were the intention is to delay trial.Yes before now, it was the 'tradition' for the lower court to suspend trial when there is an appeal in a higher court.But that is no longer the way it goes.The defense lawyer knows this.However he has a duty to defend his client so any means within his reach would be used, including whipping up public in support of his client and against the chairman through a staged walk out. If a case is instituted against anyone, it raises suspicion of guilt for the person to seek protection not to be tried at all and most surprising when we, the general public seem to be supporting that position.

chukwudi44:


There is nothing like time been wasted under the law dear!!! Judicial regulations stipulates that the CC should suspend the trial until the supreme court finally adjudicates on the matter!!!An inferior court cannot br sitting side by side with the supreme court !! That is judicial rascality of the highest order!! I hope the NJC descends heavily on the CCT chair!! We cant have such compromised men manning our benches.

But you and your likes including the bastard saraki lawyers did not say then when the case was in appeal court or appeal court is not superior to the CCT? Saraki lawyers have seen the hand written on the wall.

chukwudi44:


Continue making noise on NL while Saraki continues to hold forth as senate president!!! The CCT chairman would soon find himself in tot soup.

hahaha Chukwudi44, You should prepare to go down with Saraki, You think PMB will allow Saraki to be on that seat when he know he wont have his support?

Samandgrace:
As much as l wish that Sakari be tried & sentenced if found guilty, l wish to say that their should be fair hearing & respect to the rule of law. If CCT can adjorned bcs of an appeal in the appelate court, wht stops him to adjorn whn the matter was taken to supreme court. CCT shouldn't have proceded on trial of the matter brought before supreme court. Moreso why is CCT in a hurry?. l think Saraki's legal team are right on this. CCT chairman should watch it so that he will not be seen to be bias the matter.

What is fair hearing, in a hurry, allowing a deliberate attempt not only to delay the trial but to find a way of sculttling it?
Court is about facts, figures and the law. Not sentiment. The judge quoted an Act of the law he based his decision on. The so called lawyers should have quoted what law they have based their arguments on?

They claimed tradition. Whose tradition? Where was this tradition when they were at Appeal court earlier?
It was a tradition, that judicial corruption has built over the years above proper judicial process they are gunning for.
Its the job of the Supreme Court to have called for a stay of execution if they deem it necessary but they didn't and the corrupt lawyers threw a tantrum because they were not allowed to delay the proceedings.

chukwudi44:


There is nothing like time been wasted under the law dear!!! Judicial regulations stipulates that the CC should suspend the trial until the supreme court finally adjudicates on the matter!!!An inferior court cannot br sitting side by side with the supreme court !! That is judicial rascality of the highest order!! I hope the NJC descends heavily on the CCT chair!! We cant have such compromised men manning our benches.

My friend you are not a lawyer! There is actually something called time wasting, and yes a lower court can continue side by side with a higher court. E.g Wike vs electoral tribunal.

Wike took the case of jurisdiction of the electoral tribunal sitting in abuja to the Supreme Court and not only did the tribunal continue, it also gave judgment before the Supreme Court did.

chukwudi44:

Your mumu no get part two!! You think Buhari has authourity over the judiciary? Too many illiterates on nairaland this days. Furthermore the only way the CCT would be empowered would be if a new bill seeking such empowerment is passed into law by the NASS headed by the same Saraki

hahah Chukwudi will not stop fooling himself, Who is the head of the Judiciary commision and who appoint that person? CJN is the head of judiciary commision and that CJN appointment will be approved by the President... so now tell me won't the CJN obey the President?

Samandgrace:
As much as l wish that Sakari be tried & sentenced if found guilty, l wish to say that their should be fair hearing & respect to the rule of law. If CCT can adjorned bcs of an appeal in the appelate court, wht stops him to adjorn whn the matter was taken to supreme court. CCT shouldn't have proceded on trial of the matter brought before supreme court. Moreso why is CCT in a hurry?. l think Saraki's legal team are right on this. CCT chairman should watch it so that he will not be seen to be bias the matter.

The CCT adjourned because the date of ruling was set and was close. Now, the appeal has not even been heard by the supreme court. If you think every appeal should stall the CCT, then the case may last till 2030 when probably Saraki and his team would have exhausted all forms of appeal and retired from active politics.

Nigerians have always complained that the judiciary is slow, now they try to move faster people like you say, "why the hurry".

adaweezy:

Judicial authorities and seniority usually make a lower court step aside while a matter is being appealed at a higher court but that as changed as only the reading of the judgement can be suspended according to S305 of the ACJA

God go bless u for this info

bensonlee770:
This is a ploy to frustrate and intimidate the CCT Chairman.
Saraki definitely knows he is guilty of the allegations against him.
Nobody is above the Law.
It is high time Saraki submitted himself to trial and cleared his name.

Exactly, when you fight corruption, it fights back. So. What happens if the Supreme Court now tells the tribunal not to sit on the case? All abandoned and forgotten?

Saraki and his SANS are funny. Instead of going to defend your client, they are looking for who tell them to stop.

Mynd44:

The argument is that they don't know when the Supreme court will rule hence time will be wasted but if the CCT continues with the trial, they can give a judgement and stay the judgement until the Supreme Court give judgement which is in order.

Worried!
If CCB does not believe in our legal system then what message are they passing to the common man?

Ioannes:


hmmm barrister chukwudi can you quote the exact section of the Judicial regulations for my perusal please.

Abeg ask that my learned SAN

bashydemy:
hahah Chukwudi will not stop fooling himself, Who is the head of the Judiciary commision and who appoint that person? CJN is the head of judiciary commision and that CJN appointment will be approved by the President... so now tell me won't the CJN obey the President?

The CJN is nominated by the NJC mumu!!! All the president does is to swear him in!! The president cannot sack,suspend or exercise any controls whatsorever over the CJN or the NJC!! Stop been stupid.Besides this current CJN was not not sworn in by Buhari

bashydemy:
hahaha Chukwudi44, You should prepare to go down with Saraki, You think PMB will allow Saraki to be on that seat when he know he wont have his support?

Whether PMB likes it or not Saraki is already on that seat,if he dosent like that let him quickly explore the option of an electric chair or rat poison.