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Re: Constitution Says Erring Judges Must Be Investigated By NJC Only — Afe Babalola by gurunlocker: 10:31pm On Jan 13, 2019
They never wanted the man there initially, bubu was skeptical about confirming him for the post. Now they've seen a chance to chase him out, they will do everything to fight him.

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Re: Constitution Says Erring Judges Must Be Investigated By NJC Only — Afe Babalola by Groovenaija360(m): 10:31pm On Jan 13, 2019
grin BUHARI doesn't read na

Does he know if there is a constitution

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Re: Constitution Says Erring Judges Must Be Investigated By NJC Only — Afe Babalola by KingOfAllIgbos: 10:31pm On Jan 13, 2019
newbornmacho:
Short imp , fake pastor, devilish lawyer, prof osinbajo is the satanic adviser nudging buhari jubril Al sudani on. The idiot has sold his soul to satan, I hope he enjoys his 30 pieces of silver. Useless cursed dwarf

grin

Short imp,.....useless, satanic BUT Vice President of a nation of over 180 million people including your father

Your PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE generations have not and will not achieve 1/1 trillion of what Osibanjo had by age 30.

Sad but true. Now RIP, my condolences. Cry more

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Re: Constitution Says Erring Judges Must Be Investigated By NJC Only — Afe Babalola by Nobody: 10:32pm On Jan 13, 2019
id911:
This one won't make front page. I'm 100% sure of this. Just change the title of the thread to: Walter Onnoghen is corrupt and must be jailed and see it make front page immediately

Hahaha...that's Afonja for you.

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Re: Constitution Says Erring Judges Must Be Investigated By NJC Only — Afe Babalola by oderinlewo(m): 10:32pm On Jan 13, 2019
gbeseun:
I think old age is affecting this man.
Who is The chairman of NJC?

So the CJN will now judge his case himself abi.

Radarada
Why can't u be reasonable for once....can't u see how stupid u sound whenever u defend buhari..are u not tired ?..dey use ur upper na

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Re: Constitution Says Erring Judges Must Be Investigated By NJC Only — Afe Babalola by chloride6: 10:33pm On Jan 13, 2019
Rubbish
Re: Constitution Says Erring Judges Must Be Investigated By NJC Only — Afe Babalola by Nobody: 10:37pm On Jan 13, 2019
gbeseun:
I think old age is affecting this man.
Who is The chairman of NJC?

So the CJN will now judge his case himself abi.

Radarada

Can buhari or any governor be judged?

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Re: Constitution Says Erring Judges Must Be Investigated By NJC Only — Afe Babalola by oluwasegun007(m): 10:37pm On Jan 13, 2019
Can someone translate his argument to fulani and mail it to abujah

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Re: Constitution Says Erring Judges Must Be Investigated By NJC Only — Afe Babalola by PythonAmaka: 10:38pm On Jan 13, 2019
newbornmacho:
Short imp , fake pastor, devilish lawyer, prof osinbajo is the satanic adviser nudging buhari jubril Al sudani on. The idiot has sold his soul to satan, I hope he enjoys his 30 pieces of silver. Useless cursed dwarf
U don't have sense. Osinbajo forwarded his name to the senate for his appointment as the CJN... Igbos and lack of knowledge...


python amaka

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Re: Constitution Says Erring Judges Must Be Investigated By NJC Only — Afe Babalola by Nobody: 10:39pm On Jan 13, 2019
PythonAmaka:
He can't be the judge of his own case..

I want Wike to go back to Channels and boast as he previously did.. No more judgement buying for PDP.


python amaka

IGBO AMAKA grin
Re: Constitution Says Erring Judges Must Be Investigated By NJC Only — Afe Babalola by Brokeboy111(m): 10:40pm On Jan 13, 2019
What is APC up to?
Re: Constitution Says Erring Judges Must Be Investigated By NJC Only — Afe Babalola by mandate12: 10:42pm On Jan 13, 2019
Dear friends.. Was going to say this earlier but for the bad Belle on NL.. The CJN has no business with the CCT or efcc or any related body.
The NJC is the sole body to investigate whatever infraction in that regard prior to transmission.
Whats going on with this govt of impunity

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Re: Constitution Says Erring Judges Must Be Investigated By NJC Only — Afe Babalola by flames01: 10:42pm On Jan 13, 2019
Shikini:

Prof Farooq Kperogi once stated that he has never seen anyone supporting Buhari without sounding so stupid and
I agree with the Prof completely.

You will be surprised how all these zombies hailing Buhari today will foolishly hail him again tomorrow when he withdraws the charges against CJN.
They are as brainless as their master in Aso Rock
.

Gravelslam, Sarrki, yarimo, , madridguy, buhariguy, seunmsg, flattino, somebody is talking to you here. He says you sound stupid and sound like useful idiots when you defend Buhari.

He says your conduct makes you sound shameless like you don't deserve western education.

What do you guys think?

Click like if you think he is right; share if you think he is wrong grin

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Re: Constitution Says Erring Judges Must Be Investigated By NJC Only — Afe Babalola by NOPET: 10:44pm On Jan 13, 2019
pryme:


And what if the NJC decides to drag their foot or ignore the prosecution till after election, only to offset a credible election because there will definitely be election cases taken to tribunals.

Justice Onnoghen is from Cross River, we know that Cross River is a PDP state.

That aside,
How many corrupt Judges has the NJC handed over to the EFCC or DSS or AGF for investigation and prosecution, the last ones that where arrested where retired with full benefits by the NJC. But if it a common man or someone that is not a judge the NJC will open their law books and met out sentences they see fit.

The NJC is just as guilty as the FG on this one, because they have bastardized the due process of prosecuting a siting Judge that is corrupt.



since the man is from pdp state, do u want to replace him with APC state? why are you reasoning like a fool?

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Re: Constitution Says Erring Judges Must Be Investigated By NJC Only — Afe Babalola by PythonAmaka: 10:45pm On Jan 13, 2019
PrecisionFx:


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Re: Constitution Says Erring Judges Must Be Investigated By NJC Only — Afe Babalola by nawebco(m): 10:45pm On Jan 13, 2019
Oluwole Adesina WROTE:

ON CJN: So many people are overrated in Nigeria. It's either they underrated our intelligence service or sheer stupid arrogance.

A whole Chief Justice of Nigeria is making silly excuse. How could someone of his calibre not knowing they are being monitored?

The money in Standard chartered wasn't there before Mr President took over in 2015 but was deposited there few months ago by desperado in PDP.

The losers wanted to win the presidency through the Supreme Court. Appeal the election then get favourable judgement at the Apex Court.

Unknown to them, the Judges are being monitored and all their lines are tapped.

Atiku Abubakar and Bukola Saraki are daft. They thought they could used the CJN knowing that Mary Odili is under spotlight. What a wrong move?

CJN need to step down because he has been caught red-handed with bribe money.

To hell with Atiku Abubakar and his evil plan.

And as for CJN? Shame on him.

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Re: Constitution Says Erring Judges Must Be Investigated By NJC Only — Afe Babalola by PythonAmaka: 10:47pm On Jan 13, 2019
PrecisionFx:



Seu...n, Lalast....iclala, Myn....d44, pls should this kind of abusive signature be allowed here?
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Re: Constitution Says Erring Judges Must Be Investigated By NJC Only — Afe Babalola by DerrickzB: 10:49pm On Jan 13, 2019
PythonAmaka:
He can't be the judge of his own case..

I want Wike to go back to Channels and boast as he previously did.. No more judgement buying for PDP.


python amaka

Wike is your problem.. i know your type

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Re: Constitution Says Erring Judges Must Be Investigated By NJC Only — Afe Babalola by flames01: 10:50pm On Jan 13, 2019
nawebco:
Oluwole Adesina WROTE:

ON CJN: So many people are overrated in Nigeria. It's either they underrated our intelligence service or sheer stupid arrogance.

A whole Chief Justice of Nigeria is making silly excuse. How could someone of his calibre not knowing they are being monitored?

The money in Standard chartered wasn't there before Mr President took over in 2015 but was deposited there few months ago by desperado in PDP.

The losers wanted to win the presidency through the Supreme Court. Appeal the election then get favourable judgement at the Apex Court.

Unknown to them, the Judges are being monitored and all their lines are tapped.

Atiku Abubakar and Bukola Saraki are daft. They thought they could used the CJN knowing that Mary Odili is under spotlight. What a wrong move?

CJN need to step down because he has been caught red-handed with bribe money.

To hell with Atiku Abubakar and his evil plan.

And as for CJN? Shame on him.

Looks like you were blind when reading that title?

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Re: Constitution Says Erring Judges Must Be Investigated By NJC Only — Afe Babalola by Nobody: 10:50pm On Jan 13, 2019
Anyone supporting buhari and his government will not see good thing again in his or her life

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Re: Constitution Says Erring Judges Must Be Investigated By NJC Only — Afe Babalola by Kdon2: 10:51pm On Jan 13, 2019
Shikini:
Abiodun Nejo, Ado Ekiti




How can the presidency bring a whole CJN before cct a lesser court? is that not ridiculous?

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Re: Constitution Says Erring Judges Must Be Investigated By NJC Only — Afe Babalola by nawebco(m): 10:54pm On Jan 13, 2019
Hello all. I feel that I need to put in my two bits in the Onoghen CCB debate. First let me tell you where I stand. I am for strong institutions & the rule of law. I believe that the law should be no respecter of persons. With that foundation, please follow me on this journey

Facts only:
a) Has the CJN been removed, answer is NO?
b) Can the President remove the CJN, the answer is Yes/No
c) Can the CJN be arraigned before the CCB? The answer to me is inconclusive, but I will be rooting for YESS and I will explain as we go on further.

Can the President Remove the CJN?
Yes he can remove the CJN but on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council (NJC) and the NJC itself is advised by the Federal Judicial Service Commission. Please see the following images which are excerpts from the Constitution

From the provisions it is clear that the President must receive recommendations from the NJC before he can appoint or remove Onnoghen & if fact other S.Ct Justices /Justice of Federal Courts. This is in consonance with the principles of Separation of Powers with checks & balances

You will observe from the provisions of the Const. that the CJN is a member of the two bodies that have a say in his removal. This very fact again offends another very key maxim of equity which is "nemo judex in causa sua" meaning that "you cannot be a judge in your own cause"

What can propel the FJSC and the NJC to start proceedings against the Chairman of their respective boards? The Attorney General must send in a petition to the NJC and ask them to investigate their own chairman and recommend him for removal. We can all see the legal conundrum

Who will nominate the judge that is next in line to the CJN to start the process of investigating the CJN & what is there to investigate? The CJN has admitted all charges brought against him by the CCB. From this point of view, the NJC need no further evidence? CJN is wrong.

So what should happen? How does the FGN go forward on this. Judging by all the conundrum of the NJC, should the FGN do nothing when it is obvious that the NJC will likely do nothing? How does the FGN which has the right of initiating the prosecutorial process go on?

The FGN through the CCB initiates a trial before the CCT? Was the CCB right or wrong? We again go to the Constitution. What are the functions & duties of the CCB? The Constitution tries to entrench transparency & accountability in public servants by requiring asset declaration

The CJN is a public officer who is caught smack at the centre of this misbehaviour. It is important to note that the CJN HAS NO IMMUNITY. So nothing stops CCB from arraigning him before CCT on false declaration of assets. I believe the case of Nganjiwa Vs FRN can be distinguished

Before I distinguish the two situations let us look at what awaits the CJN at the CCT. Again we look at the Constitution.

If the CJN is found guilty (& in this case he has admitted guilt anyway) the CCT can remove him from office, ban him from future office for 10 years, confiscate assets & other punishment which the NASS has prescribed. Has NASS or will NASS ever prescribe additinal punishment?

Now to distinguish Nganjiwa Vs FRN to this CJN scenario, mind you this is what I shall be arguing if I were the FGN's lawyer. Nganjiwa J, was arrested and arraigned on charges of corruption under EFCC Act

The charges are strictly criminal. In CJN's case he is arraigned under a specific law -Code of Conduct which is what it says a rule for public servants that guides their behaviour. It is not stricto sensu a crime but a failure to act judiciously & for which the punishments...

are also not stricto sensu jail term. Is there a need of recourse to the NJC in a case where another govt constitutional constituted body has powers to decide on a specific infraction? I would submit no. The FGN should have this issue decided as a preliminary issue because

there seems to be a judicial protectionism which is sneaking in Immunity that the constitution has not granted to judicial officers. The CJN has been arraigned, let us test the constitution and the powers it gives and where there is need for a reform in law, let us do so.

The administration of justice in Nigeria is being rubbished if the CJN continues in office knowing that he has lost credibility to preside. We as Nigerians do not know the damage we do to our own institutions when we carry on with the prism of ethnicity & politicking

Every single decision of the S.Ct on corruption that had Onnoghen as a member of the panel is under a hue, from now onwards he is impotent. It is similar to @HMKemiAdeosun's case. He needs to resign since he knows he cannot be sacked. That is the right thing to do.

As for me, I would continue to urge the FGN to bring all these issues to the public, not minding the times or seasons. We need to hold public officers accountable & they need to hold themselves accountable. The CJN, having admitted wrong doing needs to resign honourably.

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Re: Constitution Says Erring Judges Must Be Investigated By NJC Only — Afe Babalola by muh4eva(m): 10:54pm On Jan 13, 2019
Reading comments here, I sincerely doubt if Nigeria would ever be great again... We celebrate nonsense all in the next of politics and tribe.

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Re: Constitution Says Erring Judges Must Be Investigated By NJC Only — Afe Babalola by Kdon2: 10:55pm On Jan 13, 2019
Shikini:


Obviously
I pray It break o!

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Re: Constitution Says Erring Judges Must Be Investigated By NJC Only — Afe Babalola by nawebco(m): 10:57pm On Jan 13, 2019
I am not an idiot like you that judges by the title alone

The submission I made was a further clarification on the matter.
flames01:


Looks like you were blind when reading that title?

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Re: Constitution Says Erring Judges Must Be Investigated By NJC Only — Afe Babalola by pryme(m): 10:58pm On Jan 13, 2019
naijaking1:


You have not shown that the case was ever presented to NJC as required by law/constitution.
Meanwhile, you have concluded with the help of your fellow Buhari political operatives that a judge who has not gone through trial is corrupt.
What a shame, because you cannot disobey the law when it doesn't suit you and cry for the law when it suits you to rope in perceived political enemies.

Pls don't forget Justice Onnoghen admitted he "forgot" to update declared assets, this statement is coming from a whole CJN, when I think of it, I feel it's personal sabotage from Justice Onnoghen, cos a CJN can't be that careless.

The judges I talked had countless petition against them submitted to the NJC and nothing was done about them and yes, they were corrupt. I don't need someone that went to law school should come and lecture me when I see corruption.

And if I should ask you how many JUDGES has the NJC exposed for their corrupt practices.

Or are you saying Justice Onnoghen does not have a case to answer?

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Re: Constitution Says Erring Judges Must Be Investigated By NJC Only — Afe Babalola by mu2sa2: 10:59pm On Jan 13, 2019
Afe Babalola should join cjn's lawyers at cct instead of issuing unsolicited biased statement. Those guys at Njc are birds of a feather with cjn. Since the supreme court freed saraki on glaring corruption charges, I knew where the rotten judges stood with corruption cases.

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Re: Constitution Says Erring Judges Must Be Investigated By NJC Only — Afe Babalola by lexy2014: 11:00pm On Jan 13, 2019
pryme:


And what if the NJC decides to drag their foot or ignore the prosecution till after election, only to offset a credible election because there will definitely be election cases taken to tribunals.

Justice Onnoghen is from Cross River, we know that Cross River is a PDP state.

That aside,
How many corrupt Judges has the NJC handed over to the EFCC or DSS or AGF for investigation and prosecution, the last ones that where arrested where retired with full benefits by the NJC. But if it a common man or someone that is not a judge the NJC will open their law books and met out sentences they see fit.

The NJC is just as guilty as the FG on this one, because they have bastardized the due process of prosecuting a siting Judge that is corrupt.

Based on d highlighted, how many people within d executive have been handed over 2d efcc, DSS or AGF for prosecution despite calls 4 such?

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