Barring the last minute change of plan, a large suit is set to be launched against all the stakeholders involved in the raiding of Judges’ residences on 7th October, 2016 by an Abuja-based Lawyer, JOHNMARY CHUKWUKASI JIDEOBI.

In the Originating Summons exclusively cited by Odogwublog, the Human Rights Activists submitted the following questions of law for the determination of the Federal High Court;

1. Whether upon a proper interpretation of section 153 (1) (i) and Paragraph 21 (d) of the Third (3rd ) Schedule to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the sacred doctrine of separation of powers consecrated in our constitution, any of the 2nd to 6th Defendants could kick-start any criminal process (from arrest to trial) or set its prosecutorial powers in motion against any sitting judicial officer as defined by the Constitution where and when such sitting judicial officer has not faced disciplinary proceedings of the 10th Defendant as ordained by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and dismissed accordingly?


2. If the answer to issue (1) above is rendered in the negative, whether the search conducted on the premises of some serving judicial officers (named in paragraph of the Affidavit) by the agents of the 3rd Defendant and the subsequent arrest and detention of the said judicial officers by the agents of the 3rd Defendant on the 7th October, 2016 is not unconstitutional being ultra vires the powers of the 3rd Defendant?
Against the background of the answers that may be given to the above questions of law, the Plaintiff claims the following reliefs from this Honourable Court against the Defendants:

1. A DECLARATION of this Honourable Court that the invasion and search of the premises of the judicial officers named in paragraph (6) of the 1st Plaintiff’s Affidavit in support of this Originating Summons and the subsequent arrest of the said judicial officers by the agents of the 3rd Defendant on the 7th day of October, 2016 is illegal, unconstitutional, a nullity and therefore void.

2. A SOLEMN DECLARATION of this Honourable Court that unless and until a sitting judicial officer has faced the disciplinary proceedings of the 10th Defendant and dismissed by her, no criminal proceedings could be kick-started against him by any of the 2nd to 6th Defendants or any other agency of the Government with prosecutorial powers.

3. AN ORDER of this Honouarble Court setting aside the arrest of the judicial officers named in paragraph (6) of the 1st Plaintiff’s Affidavit in support of this Originating Summons carried out on the 8th October, 2016 and all other subsequent steps taken in furtherance of the said arrest.

4. AN ORDER OF PERPETUAL INJUNCTION restraining all the 1st to 6th Defendants or any other agency of the Federal Government with prosecutorial powers, either by themselves, agents, assigns or privies, from kick-starting any criminal proceedings (from arrest to trial) or set its prosecutorial powers in motion against any sitting judicial officer as defined by the Constitution unless and until such sitting judicial officer has faced disciplinary proceedings of the 7th Defendant as ordained by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.


5. ANY OTHER ORDER OR ORDERS as this Honourable Court may deem fit to make in the entire circumstances of this case.
In his affidavit in support, the Lawyer deposed, among other things, as follows;
1. There is the urgent need for this Honourable Court to speedily review and pronounce on the Constitutionality or otherwise of the actions of the 3rd Defendant which are now threatening the foundation of our democracy.

2. Being a lawyer and a Nigerian citizen, I know as a fact:

a. That the actions of the 3rd Defendant being challenged is capable of subduing the Judiciary, infusing timidity into same and ridiculously reduce it to a mere appendage of the Executive branch of the Government headed by the 1st Defendant.

b. The action of the 3rd Defendant that eventuated in the present suit is a grave affront on the sacred doctrine of separation of powers trenchantly consecrated in our Constitution.

c. In the event the law loses its respect and becomes incapable of commanding obedience (which the action of the 3rd Defendant herein precipitates), our Judiciary will fall into odium and disuse thereby opening the floodgate of anarchy, large-scale impunity and erosion of fundamental human rights of citizens.

d. The actions of the 3rd Defendant being impugned herein is capable of putting the Nigerian democracy on a dangerous cliff and eroding the confidence of a common man in the hallowed institution of the Judiciary as his last hope.

e. If the actions of the 3rd Defendant are not urgently reviewed, they are capable of emasculating, castrating and rendering our democracy impotent by the overbearing tendencies of the Executive which will hurt our Constitution beyond repair and at worst, uproot our democracy out of Nigeria, thereby enthroning anarchy, fascism and unbridled tyranny of the rankest specie.

f. If our democracy crumbles, my business and only source of livelihood (which is the Legal Profession) will be eclipsed, the Courts will close down, citizens will have no place to get reliefs against executive impunity, lawlessness and high-handedness.
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3. There is extremely compelling urgency for this Honourable Court to swiftly intervene to clear the cobwebs by making decisive and clear pronouncements as to the extent of the powers of all the Defendants as it relates to the disciplining of Judicial Officers.

source: http://www.odogwublog.com/2016/10/judges-arrest-finally-pmb-agf-sss-npf.html

OK ooo.

Beautiful!

The name of the source

I don't believe

Must be from the IT room of wailers

If the judge to decide the case is corrupt, he will rule on favour of his corrupt "learned friends".

After reading 1 and 2 I became woozy.

These legal lumaries and their choice of words can cause nausea.

[color=#99000]JOHNMARY CHUKWUKASI JIDEOBI.[/color]

I didn't say a word!

JOHNMARY CHUKWUKASI JIDEOBI.

The person who mixed these names must be a DJ out of this galaxy!!