This govt is daft ,it is suffering from epilepsy

intruxive:
them say somebody steal our oil sell pocket the money and yet the "our brother, our brother" defenders of criminals gather to do the usual. Can ifanyi ubah not defend himself again, does he need the entire igbo race to "storm" the court because..... oh yes, he is ipob so therefore not guilty

Why not bring him to court if they have a case against him,or are they now doing the investigation after arrest?

Help me write attendance

ogini

Alariwo2:


If I was a DSS operative, I would have shot him dead long ago.

Karma is truly a bit.ch.. Ifeanyi will feel govt. power now. He thinks the clueless one is still in power so he could commit treason and walk free

#I stand with DSS

bro you gat no chill.

Alariwo2:


If I was a DSS operative, I would have shot him dead long ago.

Karma is truly a bit.ch.. Ifeanyi will feel govt. power now. He thinks the clueless one is still in power so he could commit treason and walk free

#I stand with DSS

You would have shot him dead long ago?? and then walk away free and immortal right?? pls try and be reasonable in your comments, it costs nothing,trust me

I think Nigeria as a country cant be good again if Nigerians continue to support people alleged to have looted our treasury dry. What is our business with DSS not obeying court order when the man did not pity Nigerians and pocket our money.

It seem most of us don't know that the judges are working under duress and their lives might have be threaten for them to give a verdict in support of these our enemies of progress.

We should bear in mind that corruption always fight back and the only avenue they can use is to manipulate the judges...

Fashola said " May your loyalty not be tested" The loyalty of our judges are being tested big time and they don't have any choice that to yield to pressure except they want to die.Nobody want to die for Nigeria...

The annoying thing is that some of us that have never benefited from the loots will still be following people that have been paid to protect to make noise.

Lets be wise and support the fight against corruption......

gberra:
[s]Persecution complex at its peak! What a shame!..
For the record, he has to be made a scape goat but not because he is a potopoto man but for the fact he committed a fraud punishable under the law by any way necessary.

Igbos always cry [/s]

No be only scape goat, na scape fowl. One day, it might be your turn, then you'll know and understand the very breath of the 'rule of law'. DSS, under this administration, is above the law; they should continue.

His arrest is politically motivated... He joined APC and wants to contest for governor like already but ofcourse stalwarts won't let him obstruct their shine... It's an internal game

Nothing last forever. Nigerian case is a matter of time.

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kenny987:
Nigerians particularly the zombie species are just beginning to taste impunity. Una well done!

The content of your post clearly showed that you're the zombie here, real one.
Someone sold product that belongs to 180 million people and pocketed the money and you still want me to be shouting UBAH must be freed. If his deed is not impunity, I wonder what impunity is.
When DSS is ready, he will be taken to court where his bail and his likes will be secured as usual. Until then, he should enjoy his stay with the DSS.

NwaObinkita:

APC has tricked this man

After dumping PDP and pumping his money into APC
They still won't die his case, they want to prosecute him by all means.

Oh I forgot,
He is an Igbo man.

When are you guys getting tired of this Victim/Persecution/Marginalisation Mentality? Dasuki is Igbo too, oh I forgot.

MetaHuman:


I thought once a man joins apc, all his sins are forgiven?


Mehn, you just can't satisfy wailers. Biggest maradona ever.

Sure can't satisfy them,damned if you do,damned if you don't,to them APC and President Buhari are already condemned good or bad. Same thing is happening to Donald Trump in the US,the establishment is fighting back.

I am yet to see a country as useless as Nigeria.

blues20:

No be only scape goat, na scape fowl. One day, it might be your turn, then you'll know and understand the very breath of the 'rule of law'. DSS, under this administration, is above the law; they should continue.

He too should expect the same treatment if he sells Nigeria resources that is put in his custody. All these thieves are actually lucky that they are in Nigeria where every crook is not afraid of the consequences of their actions. They should try it in China, North Korea or Saudi Arabia.
Every crook and their ignorant supporters shouting RULE OF LAW like it is some kind of ticket to steal and go scotch free.

exlinkleads:
It seems DSS is now above the court of law in this country. This is the second time a competent court of law has ordered DSS to provide Mr. Ubah and they failed to do so. According to Authority News, Department of State Services on Thursday, failed to produce the Chairman, Capital Oil and Gas, Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah, before Justice Muhammed Idris of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos.

This is in flagrant disregard of the May 12, 2017, court order given to the DSS by Justice Idris, to produce Ubah in court today. However, this came as no fewer than 500 supporters from across different ethnic groups stormed the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, today, to rally around and show support for the oil mogul.

This is even as anger and moral indignation has continued to swell further over the continued detention of the Nnewi-born Billionaire Businessman, by the DSS

Leading the pack of those who have condemned the DSS continued detention of Ubah are Pan-Igbo group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo; Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC); the National Association of South East Nigeria Students (NASENS), HURIWA, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State and affected workers of Capital Oil and Gas.

Speaking to journalists, a Staff of Capital Oil, Mr. Tony Ogundipe expressed his frustration at the impasse. “We, Capital Oil workers are disappointed with the nonchalant attitude of the Federal Government in the resolution of this matter that has left over 2,000 of us temporarily jobless and redundant. The failure of the FG to call the conspirators to order is a blatant slap on the face of our democracy and sheer insensitivity to the plight of Nigerians”, he lamented.

Another staff of Capital Oil and Gas called on the FG to intervene in a bid to avert the impending starvation of their families. “The injustice meted on Dr Ifeanyi Ubah is negatively affecting over 2,000 workers of Capital Oil. The FG should be mindful of the implications on our families who are gradually been forced to starve”, he concluded.

With this latest failure to produce Ubah in court today, Justice Idris adjourned the matter for ruling on Thursday, May 25, 2017.


http://www.exlinklodge.com/2017/05/protest-as-dss-failed-to-provide.html

Cc Nomfanelo99

LePrezident:

Cc Nomfanelo99

yet 2000 people are out of jobs.

Nomfanelo99:


yet 2000 people are out of jobs.

My point exactly

DocHMD:
ApC don do Uba 419. They took his money and still jailed him.
Na nyamiri him be na!

In your dreams which money did APC collect from him? after the man collected billions of Naira from jonathan all in the name of T.A.N. (Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria)he thought he could play 19 let him go and pay Cosmos Maduka the 16 billion he is owing him.

SalamRushdie:
The rule of law must be obeyed for any country to progress ..I am not a fan of Ifeanyi Uba but I condemn the impunity of the DSS under Buhari , it's appalling

Cosmos Maduka of coscharis is laughing,nenemis has caught up with ifeanyi uba let him pay the money for the undelivered products he scammed maduka of.

TheCabal:


And as a nyamiri, him do the normal parols. Dupe your business partner and call it business accumen or competition.

Let this be a lesson to all, the federal government will not tolerate fraud by it's contractors and business liasons.

Ifeanyi Uba is a scapegoat, and will serve as a deterrent to all who think becoming a member of the APC will save you. After you stole from the government and caused untold hardship in the populace. This is a case of sabotage, near treason.

The way u people quickly call Treason,show how deficient your educational training is

Kingspin:
I am yet to see a country as useless as Nigeria.

Nomfanelo99 this one has me in stitches

LePrezident:

Nomfanelo99 this one has me in stitches

TheCabal:


And as a nyamiri, him do the normal parols. Dupe your business partner and call it business accumen or competition.

Let this be a lesson to all, the federal government will not tolerate fraud by it's contractors and business liasons.

Ifeanyi Uba is a scapegoat, and will serve as a deterrent to all who think becoming a member of the APC will save you. After you stole from the government and caused untold hardship in the populace. This is a case of sabotage, near treason.

Were u there when he stole the money? Running ur mouth like parrot.

gberra:
Igbos always cry

akuko!

TheCabal:


And as a nyamiri, him do the normal parols. Dupe your business partner and call it business accumen or competition.

Let this be a lesson to all, the federal government will not tolerate fraud by it's contractors and business liasons.

Ifeanyi Uba is a scapegoat, and will serve as a deterrent to all who think becoming a member of the APC will save you. After you stole from the government and caused untold hardship in the populace. This is a case of sabotage, near treason.

I wonder what a useless goat you are....how can Nigeria ever be great when dogs like these are still alive... Ur name says it all....hippopotamus!

Lawyers Describe Ubah's Ilegal Detention as Rape of Constitution


There is heightened expectation that the Department of State Services (DSS) will comply with the order of Jus­tice Muhammed Idris of the Federal High Court, Lagos, to produce Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah in court today.
Ubah has been in the cus­tody of DSS since May 6. Jus­tice Idris had ordered the DSS to produce Ubah in court last Friday – and to show cause why he should not be released un­conditionally.
But the DSS defied the or­der and refused to produce Ubah in court. This made the judge to extend the order to to­day.

Meanwhile, Nigerians from different walks of life have con­tinued to condemn the con­tinued detention of Ubah, the Chairman of Capital Oil and Gas Industries Ltd., over a commercial transaction with the Nigerian National Petrole­um Corporation (NNPC).
Some prominent lawyers have added their voice to the condemnation of the contin­ued detention of Ubah by the DSS.
Barrister Charles Olumba, the Principal Partner of Eg­wurugwu Chambers, in Ow­erri, the Imo State capital, said yesterday that the DSS action is a complete rape of the na­tion’s constitution and against the tenets of the law.
He told newsmen that the fundamental rights of Ubah as enshrined in the 1999 Consti­tution (as amended) as well as the United Nations Charter of Equity of which Nigeria is sig­natory to have been violated.
The lawyer pointed out that the law gives the DSS an im­petus of 24 hours detention on arrest to arraign the accused in court for trial and other ac­tions, stressing that the accused is perceived to be innocent be­fore the law.
According to him, “there is an indication that in this coun­try, her citizens’ rights are of­ten trampled upon without re­course. This is an insult on the judiciary and a threat to the nation’s hard-earned democ­racy”.
“There is no legal backing for the DSS to keep Ubah in detention for over two weeks without trial. His rights have been violated.”
The legal luminary advised the DSS to retrace the action and obey the court order since the company is a legal enti­ty and it transacted business with NNPC which is another legal entity.
Also, Barr. Kissinger Ikeokwu, a human rights ac­tivist and frontline legal prac­titioner in Imo State, described Ubah’s detention as “absolutely wrong and reckless on the part of the Federal Government. It is a total infringement on his fundamental human rights and the DSS have no business to prosecute him because what happened was purely a con­tractual agreement.”
Ikeokwu continued: “This kind of impunity is being done in a country were the Acting President is a Professor of Law and a Senior Advocate of Ni­geria (SAN). It is totally unfair that the rights of Nigerian citi­zens are being abused and vio­lated by her own government.”
He insisted that due to the impunity of the security agen­cies, the country, under the present democratic dispensa­tion, has gone “two steps for­ward and 10 steps backwards. It is quite absurd that Nigeri­an security agencies have no respect for the citizens’ funda­mental human rights.”
Similarly, an Onitsha-based human rights lawyer, Barr. M. F. Uzoigwe, of the Madukaego Uzoigwe and Associates Cham­bers, told The AUTHORITY that the DSS has done every­thing illegal in arresting Ubah without first conducting its investigation into the alleged crime.
He condemned the de­tention of the business mogul beyond the constitutionally acceptable period without ar­raigning him in court.
Uzoigwe added that diso­beying a court order and go­ing beyond its constitutional role to perform the duty of debt recovery was against the spir­it and intent of the 1999 Con­stitution.
Barr. A.N.C Akonanya of the of the Akonanya and Co/Obochie Chambers, Awka, said: “My take on the continued detention of Ifeanyi Ubah with­out trying him in a law court is that the agency has left its con­stitutional duty to go into oth­er things. The DSS has its roles and duties as provided by its enabling Act, none of which is debt recovery”.
“Even if Ubah has any case to answer in his transaction with the NNPC, it is a civil case which the ordinary court can settle. Even if the DSS should come into the matter, there is a period stipulated by the law (24 hours) within which the accused person must be ar­raigned. It is unlawful to keep him this long in detention and even go as long as disobeying an order issued by a competent court that he should be brought to court on a particular date.”
“Some federal agencies are reminding us of the horrors of military regime without un­derstanding that Nigeria has long passed the era”.
He urged the DSS to be civ­il enough to do what is need­ful.
A rights activist and an Abia State-based constitu­tional layer, Dr. Anthony Ag­bazuere, called for the imme­diate release of Ubah from the DSS detention.
Agbazuere described his continued detention as “ab­surd, total illegality and an in­fringement of his fundamental rights.”
He argued that it would be illogical for the NNPC to owe Ubah a whopping N16 billion and persecute him for owing them N11 billion.
“If the information we have that the NNPC is owing him N16 billion is correct, they should pay him the balance and apologise to him,” Agba­zuere said.
The former Commissioner for Information and Strategies, Abia State, also added that the DSS should apologise to Ubah for holding him illegally if it is proven that NNPC owes him N16 billion.
CNPP declares arrest political vendetta
The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) in An­ambra State has declared that it is enough of the DSS intimida­tion and harassment of Ubah.
A statement issued by state Secretary of CNPP, Comrade Peter Okala, read in part: “…enough is enough on the rascal­ity of DSS, the detention before investigation is an act of vendet­ta and envy of the highest order, that the Nigerian youths need encouragement and not perse­cution.”
“Let there be an investiga­tion that conforms with inter­nationally accepted standard that is free from abuse, judge­ment and execution on the pages of newspapers.”
Angry youths ground commercial activities in Nnewi
Angry youths of Nnewi community in Nnewi North Government Area of An­ambra State on Wednesday trooped to the streets to pro­test the continued incarcera­tion of their kinsman, Ubah, by the DSS.
The youths, under the ae­gis of Nnewi Youth Forum, carried placards and marched through all the quarters and major markets in the commer­cial and industrial town chant­ing anti-government’s songs.
Traders in Agbaedo Spare Parts Market, New Auto Spare Parts Market, Nkwo Major Market, Orie-Agbo Market and other markets in the town locked their shops and joined the solidarity march.
Inscriptions in some of the placards read: “DSS, Obey Court Order; Please, Take Ifeanyi Ubah to Court, We Are in a Democratic Era; This Is Democracy, Not Military Rule; Is There No More Respect for Rule of Law and Human Rights in Nigeria?”
Addressing newsmen dur­ing the rally, the group’s Presi­dent-General, Hon. Onyekwelu Udeze, and the Secretary-Gen­eral, Prince Ezenwa Nwachuk­wu, said: “Nnewi Youth Forum has condemned in strong terms the continued detention of Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah by the DSS, without trial, not to talk of obeying a court order.”
“We have watched with keen interest the harassment and detention of Ubah by this security agency over a business transaction with the NNPC where both parties have claims.”
“It is now public knowledge that some persons or agencies have vowed to nail Dr. Ubah by all means. They have pur­sued this agenda with vigour like the proverbial stubborn fly that follows the corpse to the grave. These enemies of pro­gress have not come to terms with the historic success and contributions of Dr. Ubah to the nation’s economic growth and job creation, particularly among the youths.”
“We condemn a situation where people are detained be­fore investigations are carried out on the issue leading to their arrest. The refusal of the DSS to respect a court order is uncon­stitutional and it goes against the very foundation of our le­gal system. This breeds impu­nity, and no reasonable govern­ment will condone it”.
“We wish to emphatically state that the DSS should obey the court order and arraign Ubah to court or release him without further delay”.

authority newspapers


http://www.eazyfeeds.com.ng/2017/05/lawyers-describe-ubahs-ilegal-detention.html

adadike281:
akuko!

potopoto girls are very rude & disrespectful.

Igbos are fools

Smoothie01:

You would have shot him dead long ago?? and then walk away free and immortal right?? pls try and be reasonable in your comments, it costs nothing,trust me

He has the right to his opinion. Why are you such a creeping busy body.

ILLEGAL DETENTION: DSS shuns court order, keeps Ubah in continued detention




The Department of State Services (DSS) Friday failed to produce Managing Director of Capital Oil and Gas Limited, Ifeanyi Ubah, as ordered by Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court in Lagos.
The DSS instead filed a preliminary objection challenging the court’s jurisdiction to entertain Ubah’s suit.

Mr Peter Oluremodu, counsel to the DSS said Ubah was not produced because there was an order to detain him for 14 days issued by a Federal Capital Territory High Court.

Justice Idris had on May 9 ordered the DSS to produce Ubah in court to show cause why he should not be released unconditionally.

But, Ubah’s lawyer, Mr Raphael Oluyede, urged Justice Idris to hold that the DSS violated his order by not producing Ubah in court today.

He said the FCT High Court’s order was obtained to frustrate Justice Idris’ order, adding that it amounted to a challenge of the court’s majesty.

“The respondents have not shown cause as why they failed to comply with your lordship’s order. Instead, they took steps to subvert the order. They acted in contempt of that order.

“The court in Abuja was not informed about the order to produce him in Lagos. Their preliminary objection is not relevant to the consideration of whether they have obeyed the order to produce him.

“I urge your lordship to consider the dignity of the court as paramount and to order Ubah’s unconditional release,” he said.

Oluyede said Ubah was first arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) on March 27 and was released on April 13, after three weeks in detention.

He said Ubah was “coerced” to sign a document acknowledging indebtedness to the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and to pledge some of his assets.

He said the DSS also forced him to withdraw a fundamental rights suit he filed before he was released.

He said after Ubah’s release, he approached the court again to stop his re-arrest.

Oluyede said when the DSS invited Ubah, he wrote the agency about his pending suit.

The lawyer said the DSS arrested his client despite being told about the suit.

He accused the DSS of abusing its powers, and urged the court to hold that Ubah’s detention was contemptuous.

Ruling, Justice Idris, visibly disappointed with the maneuverings, held that it would be wrong for him to order for Ubah’s release since a court of coordinate jurisdiction had issued an order that he be detained for 14 days.

Justice Idris said his records show that the DSS was served with his order on May 10.

“It appears that on the same date, ie, May 10, 2017, the fourth and fifth respondents (DSS and its Director-General) obtained from an FCT High Court an order allowing them to detain the first applicant (Ubah) in their custody for an initial period of 14 days pending the completion of investigation.

“It is clear that there is a direct conflict between the order of this court and the order of my learned brother Y. Haliru J. A conflict situation has been created. It is sad and unfortunate.

“Courts of coordinate jurisdiction have been cautioned in situations like this. I will in the circumstances of this case and the pronouncements of the learned Law Lords of the Supreme Court, act ex abundanti cautela (Latin phrase for ‘out of abundant caution’).

“I will not make any order that will have the effect of neutralising the orders made by the FCT High Court. There must be discipline in the law. In insist on discipline in the law.

“In the light of the orders of the FCT High Court made on the 10th of May 2017, I will not make an order for the release of the applicant.

“Since the parties in this case have been served and the matter had been adjourned till the 18th day of May 2017, I shall adjourn till the 18th day of May 2017 when the substantive suit and all objection on jurisdiction will be taken together. This is the order of the court.”

Ubah prayed the court to compel DSS release him from its custody.

The EFCC, the DSS Director-General, NNPC and the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) are among the respondents.

The DSS arrested Ubah over alleged “economic sabotage” and “illegal sale of petroleum products stored in his tank farm by the NNPC”.

“So far, it has been established that the products stolen amount to over N11billion,” the DSS said in a statement.

In a supporting affidavit to Ubah’s application, Capital Oil’s Secretary, George Oranuba, said the arrest was over allegations made by the NNPC and AMCON, which were already subject of a lawsuit.

Oranuba said a “throughput agreement” between Capital Oil and NNPC allows for “conversion and diversion of products by ‘operators’ so long as the operator is prepared to re-deliver the products within seven days of demand by the product’s owner or to pay a penalty for non-re-delivery”.

According to him, the failure to re-deliver was a “mere” breach of contract, which can be remedied by the payment of penalty to the owner, and was not a criminal act for which Ubah should be arrested.

“The throughput agreement expressly states that any penalty due for non-re-delivery is to be treated as a debt and I verily believe that law enforcement agencies are not allowed to operate as debt collectors,” the deponent said.

Oranuba also said NNPC was indebted to Capitol Oil in “excess of N16billion”, yet the company did not call law enforcement agencies to collect the debt.


http://timezcomet.com.ng/2017/05/12/dss-fails-to-produce-ubah-files-fres/

NwaObinkita:

APC has tricked this man

After dumping PDP and pumping his money into APC
They still won't die his case, they want to prosecute him by all means.

Oh I forgot,
He is an Igbo man.

Yes, they should die his case because he's APC and you'll in turn castigate the party for it. Be consistent.