In this interview with GBENRO ADEOYE, the former
President of the Nigerian Bar Association and former Pro-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), speaks about Nigeria, the economy, the law profession and other issues

You were at one time the President of the
Nigerian Bar Association, looking back now, how
well do you think the law profession has done
since that time?

Before I became the NBA president, I was Attorney-
General and Commissioner for Justice in Ondo State,
but I thank God for the NBA. But to me, the NBA
should illuminate the darkness of Nigerians. It must
act as the voice for the voiceless and the oppressed.

To be the NBA leader is not a tea party; it is not like
going for a picnic. I cannot see any NBA leader as
good if he does not want to step on toes. When I was NBA president, it was under a democratic regime, which was supposed to be rooted in the constitution and constitutionalism. But before then, I belonged to the Alao Aka Bashorun (also a former President of the NBA) dynasty within the NBA. I was one of his boys and I stood by him and with him for the two years that he was president. And I liked his courage and appreciated his carriage. One day, while Femi Falana and I were at his office in Ebute-Meta, the telephone rang. There was no GSM at the time. He pressed the speaker button and from the other end, the person said ‘President’. Then Bashorun asked, ‘who is that?’ The person said ‘my name is Ibrahim’. Femi and I had known by that time that it was General Ibrahim Babangida’s voice. The person then said he was Ibrahim Babangida. Unconsciously, Bashorun stood up. That was reflex action. He said you are the President, sir. But IBB said the President of the NBA is the President of Nigeria. He said the fear of Alao Aka Bashorun was the beginning of wisdom. I’m telling you this so that you understand what the NBA presidency meant to a military dictator, for him to have said that. Babangida then said you are doing well for the NBA but we want you to come and serve. But Bashorun said, Mr. President, forget about that, I’m satisfied being the President of the NBA. He said, but one thing I will request of you. All the decrees that you churn out every day, please can you allow the NBA to have inputs? Can you send us the drafts of the decrees before you sign them?

Babangida said Alao, take it as done. And from then
on, every decree that Babangida wanted to pass, he
would send to the NBA and we would debate it. So I
became the NBA president, I knew the background I
was coming from. Former President Olusegun
Obasanjo was the President but I knew he was a
military dictator. He had and still has military traits
and tendencies- the military’s ‘know it all’ attitude. So
I knew what I was prepared for.

Some people thought that because he was a Yoruba President and I was Yoruba NBA President, I would be treating him with kid gloves, no. When we needed to respect him, we respected him and when we needed to criticise him, we criticised him. There was a time we visited him in his office in Aso Villa and he was harassing me while I was reading my speech, he did it three or four times, interjecting me and banging his fist on the table. But I didn’t want to be rude to him. Gen.
Abdulsalami Abukakar and the Attorney-General of
the Federation, Kanu Agabi (SAN) were there.
Obasanjo didn’t allow the press to come in. He was
banging the table, saying No! No! No!

What did you say that made him do that?

We suggested to him to spend a term in office; to see how we would nurture our democracy. We pleaded with him. We said, for our democracy to have a smooth take-off, spend one term of four or five years in office and that the NBA was ready to assist him to see how we could amend the constitution.

We made a lot of suggestions but he could not tolerate me any longer, he banged his fist on the table; it was bad. He said what kind of law are you talking about? Then it got to a stage, I said Mr. President Sir, I have a speech which I want to read, if you don’t want us, can we take our leave? At that time, I was packing all my files. Members of my executive were there. You could have heard a pin drop. Then Agabi and Abdulsalami had to come in and said the President would no longer interject you. After we left, I understand Obasanjo asked them who made that rascal the President of the NBA and that Agabi said he is not a radical, he is one of the best we have in the profession. That is why till tomorrow, I will always respect Agabi. I learnt that he defended us, the NBA.

When a lawyer was being arrested, I gave Obasanjo
24 hours to release him, he released him. While I will commend NBA presidents that have come after me, I want to say that the NBA should not and never be for ‘bread and butter’ or ‘Yes people’. Although, we should not be rude to the government, the NBA
president must be able to pick up courage because
he has lawyers behind him. When an NBA president
speaks, he speaks for all the lawyers in Nigeria,
whether we like it or not. So I see no reason why NBA presidents will not be able to talk on issues relating to fundamental human rights, criminal prosecution, justice sector, economy, and so on. The NBA must always take a position; always. We are too big to hibernate. When Obasanjo increased the price of petrol, Adams Oshiomhole (former President,
Nigeria Labour Congress) approached the NBA to
defend him. Obasanjo took them to court; I went as
NBA president, leading Falana and others to stand in
for the NLC. Everybody has his own style; that was my own style. Today if an NBA president goes to defend the labour union, people may start lambasting him but the NBA president must first of all do it. You must be on the side of the masses. Ghali Na’Abba (former Speaker of the House of Representatives) could not believe what we did when the House of Representatives wanted to impeach Obasanjo. I left Lagos and sought audience with him. He said but this man (Obasanjo) does not like the NBA, I said NBA is above pettiness. It is a question of Nigeria and the stability of our democracy. He showed me all the allegations and in fairness, they were not just out to embarrass Obasanjo; they were not frivolous allegations. Some of them were provable but the NBA said no, don’t do it because of our young democracy that needed nurturing. So comparing then and now, I will say the NBA has been on the quiet side, even on matters that concern lawyers.

Recently, the Federal Government and some
members of the public have accused the NBA and
the judiciary of aiding corruption with delay
tactics to frustrate the anti-graft law. Do you
agree with that?


Nowadays, you see people talking about lawyers
defending some people. A lawyer is at liberty to
defend any person that briefs him. So you should not condemn the lawyers because it is Mr. A, it might be you tomorrow. Frankly speaking, the government and those condemning lawyers are very unfair to lawyers.
Have they cast some people aside as lepers that are
untouchable? A lawyer must muster sufficient
courage whether in criminal or civil actions, to take
up the defence or the case of his client without
compromising it and without minding whose ox is
gored, but it must be done within the ambit of law.
He must not go outside that to do what is criminal
simply because he wants to save his client or win a
case for him. But within the ambit of the law, a
lawyer has sufficient room to meander. And a lawyer must be fearless and resolute but he must not be rude. Otherwise, don’t come to the profession. Some people don’t know and some pretend not to know that law has its technicalities-both civil and criminal proceedings. They talk of technicalities and say that lawyers delay cases, look, without being immodest; I have been involved in a lot of cases in this country. I have defended a lot of people. During the run-up to the 2015 elections, I was one of the lawyers hired on pro bono basis to defend the All Progressives Congress and its candidate, Muhammadu Buhari. We employed all the tactics available, employable and allowable in the legal profession; why didn’t they blame us then? If we didn’t, the election would not have held. If you do that today, some people, even within the profession, will blame you. I know what I’m talking about. The election was to hold on a Saturday and Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja, said he was going to deliver his judgement on whether or not card readers should be used by the Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday, two days to the election.

We filed preliminary objection, he overruled it. I was
in court with Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), Akin Olujinmi
(SAN), and Kola Awodein, (when) Asiwaju Bola
Tinubu sent an aircraft to pick me in Akure, saying
that if we were not in court, the election would not
hold. There are things that need to be unveiled in this country. Tinubu, Babatunde Fashola (former Lagos State Governor), the Vice President (Prof. Yemi Osinbajo), Lai Mohammed, the AGF (Abubakar
Malami) were in the know. And Kolawole overruled
us. Then he called the plaintiff and said, can you go
ahead with originating summons? I will deliver my
judgement tomorrow. Like someone who was
possessed, I rose up and said I was applying for stay
of proceedings. Then the other lawyer interjected
and asked for my formal application. I gave him two
authorities offhand that I could apply orally. That was two days to the election. Kolawole said well, whatever it is; I would want to listen to you. He listened to me.

We did it pro bono in the sense that the APC hasn’t
paid us. Nobody even wrote a letter to say thank you. Then thereafter, he wrote a ruling and granted stay of proceedings 48 hours to the election. The Supreme Court later held that, though the card reader was a good innovation, it was not yet in the law. Would Buhari have been President if we had not done that?
What could be more technical than that? They filed
action against Buhari, we looked at it; we raised
objections and we were dragging that. Is that not
technicality? And some people will now accuse me
when I do it for other people that I’m defending
looters. But when you do it for them, it is right; that is double standard. And what baffles me is that some high lawyers, who should know better, also accuse some lawyers of defending looters? To hell with anybody who has looted the treasury. I believe in my profession and I thank God for what I am. I am a fulfilled person and don’t want any position from any government, but then government should allow those of us who are privately engaged to do our work. In our offices in Lagos and Abuja, we have over 75 members of staff- professionals and supporting staff. We pay more than what the government pays and don’t owe workers. A cleaner in my office earns far more than what government calls minimum wage. And when you say someone is a looter, who is a looter? Anybody who loots will have his day in court and God will punish looters, but at the same time, judge not, so that you are not judged. And let the accused person defend himself. All religions give room for fair hearing. I grew up to know that when people came to my father to settle disputes, he would say ‘e je ko so tie, agba ti o gbo ejo enikan dajo, agba osika ni’ (let him say his side of the story; an elder who bases his judgement on only one side of the story is wicked). I grew up to know that. So you don’t want people to be heard? If that is the case, change the constitution. So once someone is accused, he is arrested and taken to prison. Then, abolish the courts. That is my position. And what goes around comes around. You may be the accuser today, tomorrow; it may be your turn to face accusations.
Let the law take its course. It is tyrannical, dictatorial
and smacks of militarism when you start accusing
lawyers who defend people. You cannot have
democracy without free speech and people having
access to courts. You cannot be the accuser, the
lawyer and the judge. They say lawyers and judges
delay the prosecution of looters, then if they have
already been adjudged looters, don’t prosecute them.
It is only a court of law that can come to the
conclusion that someone has looted the treasury
after evidence has been produced.



So where does a lawyer find balance? How do you
decide who to defend or who not to defend?


A lawyer is at liberty to defend any case and once he
takes up the case, he must do it uncompromisingly to the best of his ability. No lawyer can be condemned. for defending any person. But as for me, at times, I might decide not to take some cases because of the extenuating circumstances. Today, I have rejected a particular brief, but I won’t mention names because of the parties concerned. I cherish my independence.
A lawyer must not be under the control of any
person. My clientele cuts across tribal, ethnical,
religious boundaries. Once I take up a case, I take it
that there is an unwritten covenant between that
person and myself supervised by God and I must not compromise his interest. That is at the bottom line for me. I don’t care what anybody says, I owe a duty to that client just as I did to Gen. Buhari as a
candidate without seeing him. Some people briefed
me on his behalf and I loyally served him.

Buboo is biting more than he can chew

Bubu is a military officer..Osibanjo and fashola..have a lot of work to do..
Need to dust off illiteracy from his dulling mind.

And lecture him more about rule of law..because to am..every thing na agidi..

Some people will wonder how you are able to
handle briefs from people from opposing sides
like when you defended Tinubu at the Code of
Conduct Tribunal and by 2.30pm on the same
day, you were defending former President
Goodluck Jonathan in another court. How do you
quickly shift allegiances?


What I give my clients is my knowledge, I don’t sell
my conscience. I retain my conscience and
independence. I cherish my liberty. I keep it. No
client will tell me not to represent others, I will tell
that client to go. Let me give you an example. Tinubu
is not just my client, he is also my friend. I respect
him and he respects me but he cannot say he wants
to control me. He does not even discuss my
professional jobs with me. The day you just referred
to, I was at the CCT in the morning in a suit.
Jonathan’s election petition was stood down till about 2 pm and immediately I finished addressing the CCT on Tinubu’s matter, I had to go and change for Jonathan’s matter. Jonathan would dare not ask me why I was defending his foe. But one thing I knew then was that there was no Nigerian that Jonathan’s government feared more than Tinubu.


Why do you think so?


I know. In fact, his camp believed they were
contesting election against him, that he was the
arrowhead of the opposition but they dared not ask
me anything about his case. One thing I also noticed
was that Jonathan’s team started withdrawing from
me gradually because of the Tinubu factor. And I
won’t go to anybody to beg for briefs. A lady, whose
name I don’t want to mention, called me one day and said these people are in trouble, why are they
running away from you? Who cares? I can be very
committed to my clients. Former President Umaru
Yar’Adua is dead; I was his lawyer since his days as
Governor of Katsina State. He was a gentleman per
excellence; he would have been the best president
Nigeria ever had but he was overwhelmed by his
illness. He was so humble, intelligent, honest and
frugal. He was the one who appointed me as Pro
Chancellor of the University of Ibadan and he told
me, Wole, I know you are going to help me revive and revamp that place. Thank God we did that eventually.
We changed the entire face of the university. Anytime Tinubu wants to make jest of me, he will say when it comes to law, nobody talks to you, I will say thank God you know that. He knows that when it comes to his case, I will not compromise his interest. Also, I defended Tinubu when the late Funsho Williams took him to the tribunal. He has been my client over the years. And if you are talking of technicality, we had a plan when we handled his CCT case. We had even planned against the ruling and ahead of the ruling. I had already prepared notice of appeal. I had prepared a notice of appeal, a motion for stay of proceedings, and that if the ruling went against us, we would say okay, let’s take a short adjournment, argue that motion for stay of proceedings. Would you say that is technicality? Is that not allowed in law?
Today, if I do it for somebody else, would you now
want to shoot me down? When people are in
government, they appropriate all knowledge to
themselves. And it is only they that are patriotic; that
can’t be right. It is only God that is always right. I see
a lot of us now, who believe that government is
always right, that can’t be right. We must objectively
critique the government, not to bring it down but to
make it perform. Nobody has the divine right to
govern over me, you do so through democratic
means, therefore, you owe me a duty to do well and
listen to me and my complaints. When government
says 2 plus 2 equals 10, we clap. We don’t take the
government up any longer; we must not be like
robots. It is not in the interest of the government, it is not in our own interest and it is not in the interest of our children.


The Federal Government recently proposed the
sale of some assets, which was largely
condemned by Nigerians. What is your take on it?


I’m not an economist but I think I have some
rudimentary knowledge of economics and what is
commonsensical, reasonable and just and not hasty
and scandalous. I’m a bit worried about how it came
to the national front burner as a discourse. Who first hinted the idea? It was the business mogul- Aliko Dangote. Later, the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, supported it and later on, the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II. As someone who has a stake in this country, I ask, was it accidental or were they acting in concert? I’m not happy with the way things are going on in my country. Dangote is a successful businessman but what is his leverage in economics?
Saraki is a medical doctor by training but now a
politician by vocation and practice. The Yoruba will
say the witch cried yesterday, the child died today,
who would not know that it was the witch that killed
the child. Is it not a case of people trying to position
themselves to buy the assets? We must not allow it to happen. We must not behave like prodigals. Does it make any sense to say you have kidney problem,
someone now advises you to remove your brain to
solve your kidney problem. Does it make any sense?
Is it not nonsensical? Is it not stupid? We are talking
about core national assets that are not even failing
like the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited, which
fetches us billions of dollars annually. May the time
not come when they will sell off Aso Villa and lease it
back to us. I hope the time will not come when they
will be selling off Nigerian citizens. I read that
Obasanjo said that he agreed that they should sell off the assets but not to the cabals. Who constitute the cabals? They should let us know the beneficiaries of the assets that they have sold in the past. Let us have the list; let us know those who bought directly and those who bought through proxies. They are cheating this country and taking us for a ride. And I heard someone saying government will put a repurchase clause in it; they are insulting our intelligence. What an insult? Is there no law again? I sell this building and put a repurchasing clause that after 10 years, I will buy it back. Who will buy that from you? And which court will enforce it? Enough is enough. They are selling dummies to us every day and insulting the mentality of Nigerians. The CBN governor also said recently that the worst was over as regards recession; that is also insulting. People are hungry and angry and you are saying the worst is over. I have some questions to ask when you say that: are you now saying that before the end of the year, the naira will be restored to the position it was before the crisis? Are you going to give people, who have lost their jobs, the jobs back? Obasanjo must reveal the members of the cabals. And let government stop talking about corruption every day.


Don’t you believe in the anti-corruption fight?


I believe in anti-corruption, you know, I said earlier
that woe betide anybody who has looted the treasury or any person who uses his position to amass wealth.
But when you keep on describing Nigeria as a
country that is corrupt, investors will stay off. And if
you know some judges are corrupt, deal with them,
but don’t go to another country to say that the
judiciary in your country is corrupt; nobody will
come there because it is about investment and the
rule of law. And when you talk of corruption among
lawyers, who are the people? It takes two to tango.
Let every politician in Nigeria swear by the god of
thunder that he has not tried to induce a judge. Let
the President take a cue from the United States
President, Barack Obama. George W. Bush
squandered American funds on the Gulf War as
President of the US because he wanted Saddam
Hussein by all means –dead or alive- after the
September 11 attack. The economy of the US was
comatose when Obama took over, but did you hear
him say any bad thing about Bush? He had his own
agenda. He started issuing presidential orders and
proclamations and within two or three years, the
economy was revived without him condemning
anybody. To me, government is a continuum. I’m not
in the Peoples Democratic Party or the APC; I don’t
even see any difference between the two of them
when it is so easy for the PDP people to move to the
APC and immediately become progressives. You
don’t sell that to me. Mr. President should have an
inclusive government.


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who the gods wanna kill, he makes them mad... buhari is mad, soonest he would join the ancestors. if you doubt me, ask abacha.....

I am no longer in the mood for small yarns!!! Now is the time to oppose this government totally and with full strength. We support the war against corruption but we will not allow one man breach the seperation of powers and become the accuser and the judge at the same time!!! Moreso when the so-called warrior against corruption has Consistently covered up corrupt acts of his allies such as Buratai, Mamman Daura, ABBA Kyari,Rotimi Amaechi etc. If he is so put off by corruption then he would not allow this people come near him at all

A leader who only fights the corrupt acts of his enemies and rewards that of his friends is not fighting corruption. He is only saying " You can do anything you like only if u support me!!!

Maduawuchukwu:
I am no longer in the mood for small yarns!!! Now is the time to oppose this government totally and with full strength. We support the war against corruption but we will not allow one man breach the seperation of powers and become the accuser and the judge at the same time!!! Moreso when the so-called warrior against corruption has Consistently covered up corrupt acts of his allies such as Buratai, Mamman Daura, ABBA Kyari,Rotimi Amaechi etc. If he is so put off by corruption then he would not allow this people come near him at all

A leader who only fights the corrupt acts of his enemies and rewards that of his friends is not fighting corruption. He is only saying " You can do anything you like only if u support me!!!

Buhari forgot so soon, that the same Judicial system, struck out his certificate saga. He is the biggest beneficiary.

The Judiciary should reopen and revisit his case, flex muscle with him and let him know he is subject to the law. With this he will never try such a thing in his lifetime again.

Observing

Buhari can jail anyone he wants. He is the commander in chief of armed forces. He answers to nobody. I support midnight raids on judges and other corrupt members of the country. God bless Buhari. May he clean the rot in the Nigerian system successfully

patriotic9jaboy:
Buhari can jail anyone he wants. He is the commander in chief of armed forces. He answers to nobody. I support midnight raids on judges and other corrupt members of the country. God bless Buhari. May he clean the rot in the Nigerian system successfully

age - 19 yrs old

Maduawuchukwu:
I am no longer in the mood for small yarns!!! Now is the time to oppose this government totally and with full strength. We support the war against corruption but we will not allow one man breach the seperation of powers and become the accuser and the judge at the same time!!! Moreso when the so-called warrior against corruption has Consistently covered up corrupt acts of his allies such as Buratai, Mamman Daura, ABBA Kyari,Rotimi Amaechi etc. If he is so put off by corruption then he would not allow this people come near him at all

A leader who only fights the corrupt acts of his enemies and rewards that of his friends is not fighting corruption. He is only saying " You can do anything you like only if u support me!!!

Very well stated. I support the war against corruption but it must be fought within the ambits of the law and should equally be holistic.

patriotic9jaboy:
Buhari can jail anyone he wants. He is the commander in chief of armed forces. He answers to nobody. I support midnight raids on judges and other corrupt members of the country. God bless Buhari. May he clean the rot in the Nigerian system successfully

which corruption is he cleansing ? By pushing aside corrupt cases of Buratai's mansions in Dubai?

Fighting corruption indeed

patriotic9jaboy:
Buhari can jail anyone he wants. He is the commander in chief of armed forces. He answers to nobody. I support midnight raids on judges and other corrupt members of the country. God bless Buhari. May he clean the rot in the Nigerian system successfully

Buhari cannot jail anyone he wants. We are in a constitutional democracy and not an autocratic military regime. Rule of law is a basic ingredient of a democracy.

Personally, I support the president's anti-corruption crusade but by now, he should start doing things properly. Abducting judges in the middle of the night is very disturbing no matter how you look at it. Judges are not your usual everyday criminal that can abscond or resist arrest. DSS should have carried out the arrest in broad daylight and in a manner that would not raise suspicion about their motives.

seunmsg:


Buhari cannot jail anyone he wants. We are in a constitutional democracy and not an autocratic military regime. Rule of law is a basic ingredient of a democracy.

Personally, I support the president's anti-corruption crusade but by now, he should start doing things properly. Abducting judges in the middle of the night is very disturbing no matter how you look at it. Judges are not your usual everyday criminal that can abscond or resist arrest. DSS should have carried out the arrest in broad daylight and in a manner that would not raise suspicion about their motives.

You don see where efcc go burst yahoo boys for midnight before? The reason is to catch them with enough implicating evidences. No sane country will inform you of an impending arrest hereby giving the accused the opportunity to bury evidences. If Dss had invited them through the due process, do you think the judges will go to Dss office with the monies stashed in their bedrooms? Sometimes you bend the law to have your way and i commend buhari for been a benevolent dictator who doesn't care about laws protecting corrupt people.


Even the United States government violated international law and Pakistan's sovereignty when they sent in Navy seals to kill Osama bin Laden without informing the Pakistani government. The reason is best known to them and they got their man. If they followed due process, Osama might be tipped of by his loyalist in Pakistani government circle and probably would have escaped.


The Dss did nothing wrong in my opinion

Even sadam Hussein after his arest was given a lawyer b4 he was convicted dis govt is useles all we hear is they are fighting corruption meanwhile they use security agents 2 carry out thier evil

So because d daura ilitate is d president he can jail anybody he wants 2 jail rite?very stupid comment coming from a brainles zombie this is democracy n not military govt

Tinubu is a political tactician of high repute

intelligent.

patriotic9jaboy:
Buhari can jail anyone he wants. He is the commander in chief of armed forces. He answers to nobody. I support midnight raids on judges and other corrupt members of the country. God bless Buhari. May he clean the rot in the Nigerian system successfully

I hope he jails you

patriotic9jaboy:
Buhari can jail anyone he wants. He is the commander in chief of armed forces. He answers to nobody. I support midnight raids on judges and other corrupt members of the country. God bless Buhari. May he clean the rot in the Nigerian system successfully

Stop displaying gross stupidity / ignorance.

patriotic9jaboy:
Buhari can jail anyone he wants. He is the commander in chief of armed forces. He answers to nobody. I support midnight raids on judges and other corrupt members of the country. God bless Buhari. May he clean the rot in the Nigerian system successfully

smh.

is it buhari who has the right to clean the rot in the judiciary?

Buhari is gradually heading for the rocks with his kill and go mentality.

Everyone and everybody except Buhari and his cronies is corrupt. You will hear his zoMbies shouting:
The national assembly is the most corrupt. They are the problem of this country.
The judiciary is too corrupt. They are the proble of this country.
The civil servants are the problem.
The banking sector reeks of corruption. They are sabotaging government's effort
The private sector is too corrupt. They want to sabotage baba.
Journalists are the problem of this country.
These people are such an annoying bunch. Every set of people to them is corrupt while their god is infallible. Nonsense, arrest and jail everybody.

This is exactly what we've been telling stone heads but they keep shouting the judges are corrupt..by the time the NBA and SANS deal with the FG they won't know what hit them..

Judge not for someday you might be judged..

This is even coming from a man who fought for the apc..we can't keep our eyes closed as buhari rough handles judges..no we cant..law and order must be maintained...

Bekwarra:
Everyone and everybody except Buhari and his cronies is corrupt. You will hear his zoMbies shouting:
The national assembly is the most corrupt. They are the problem of this country.
The judiciary is too corrupt. They are the proble of this country.
The civil servants are the problem.
The banking sector reeks of corruption. They are sabotaging government's effort
The private sector is too corrupt. They want to sabotage baba.
Journalists are the problem of this country.
These people are such an annoying bunch. Every set of people to them is corrupt while their god is infallible. Nonsense, arrest and jail everybody.

and the same zombies who make this comments at will are as corrupt as anything..go to their offices they are stealing monies meant for the company they work..they run around their businesses cheating people..some might even be yahoo yahoo boys..

seunmsg:


Buhari cannot jail anyone he wants. We are in a constitutional democracy and not an autocratic military regime. Rule of law is a basic ingredient of a democracy.

Personally, I support the president's anti-corruption crusade but by now, he should start doing things properly. Abducting judges in the middle of the night is very disturbing no matter how you look at it. Judges are not your usual everyday criminal that can abscond or resist arrest. DSS should have carried out the arrest in broad daylight and in a manner that would not raise suspicion about their motives.

thanks for preaching to that hardened zombie..

patriotic9jaboy:
Buhari can jail anyone he wants. He is the commander in chief of armed forces. He answers to nobody. I support midnight raids on judges and other corrupt members of the country. God bless Buhari. May he clean the rot in the Nigerian system successfully

he answers to the law you goddamn hypocrite..who the hell is this child perambulating nairaland sef..??

TPAND:
Buhari forgot so soon, that the same Judicial system, struck out his certificate saga. He is the biggest beneficiary.

The Judiciary should reopen and revisit his case, flex muscle with him and let him know he is subject to the law. With this he will never try such a thing in his lifetime again.

I just hope they unanimously come together to treat his mess ups..

Thursday, two days to the election.
We filed preliminary objection, he overruled it. I was
in court with Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), Akin Olujinmi
(SAN), and Kola Awodein, (when) Asiwaju Bola
Tinubu sent an aircraft to pick me in Akure, saying
that if we were not in court, the election would not
hold. There are things that need to be unveiled in this
country. Tinubu, Babatunde Fashola (former Lagos State
Governor), the Vice President (Prof. Yemi Osinbajo), Lai
Mohammed, the AGF (Abubakar
Malami) were in the know. And Kolawole overruled
us. Then he called the plaintiff and said, can you go
ahead with originating summons? I will deliver my
judgement tomorrow. Like someone who was
possessed, I rose up and said I was applying for stay
of proceedings. Then the other lawyer interjected
and asked for my formal application. I gave him two
authorities offhand that I could apply orally. That was
two days to the election. Kolawole said well, whatever it
is; I would want to listen to you. He listened to me.

THIS POST IS FOR THOSE STUPID FOOLS IN APC DERIDING TINUBU, CAN THEY DO THE HIGHLIGHTED FOR BUHARI................. i just dey laff Buhari, d kind fall wey in go fall eh

Aphrygian:
Thursday, two days to the election.
We filed preliminary objection, he overruled it. I was
in court with Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), Akin Olujinmi
(SAN), and Kola Awodein, (when) Asiwaju Bola
Tinubu sent an aircraft to pick me in Akure, saying
that if we were not in court, the election would not
hold. There are things that need to be unveiled in this
country. Tinubu, Babatunde Fashola (former Lagos State
Governor), the Vice President (Prof. Yemi Osinbajo), Lai
Mohammed, the AGF (Abubakar
Malami) were in the know. And Kolawole overruled
us. Then he called the plaintiff and said, can you go
ahead with originating summons? I will deliver my
judgement tomorrow. Like someone who was
possessed, I rose up and said I was applying for stay
of proceedings. Then the other lawyer interjected
and asked for my formal application. I gave him two
authorities offhand that I could apply orally. That was
two days to the election. Kolawole said well, whatever it
is; I would want to listen to you. He listened to me.

THIS POST IS FOR THOSE STUPID FOOLS IN APC DERIDING TINUBU, CAN THEY DO THE HIGHLIGHTED FOR BUHARI................. i just dey laff Buhari, d kind fall wey in go fall eh

Although I don't like Tinubu but you can't take it from him that he's smart, intelligent and a super strategist. Just take a look at the above, that's what you call strategy.