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Submit Yourself To Prison – Lawyer Tells EFCC Boss, Bawa by Bobnicez20: 1:07pm On Nov 09, 2022 |
ALagos-based lawyer, Festus Ogun, has asked the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, to obey the court order that committed him to prison. Ogun said nobody was above the law, especially public officers who swore oaths of allegiance to defend and uphold the Constitution. The EFCC Chairman, Bawa, was convicted by a Federal High Court in Abuja over contempt of court, and was subsequently sentenced to the Kuje Correction Centre in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The EFCC, through its spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, had since said it would appeal the ruling. Reacting in a statement in Lagos on Tuesday, the lawyer, Ogun, said Bawa “should immediately submit himself to officers at the Kuje Correctional Centre following his conviction for contempt and gross disobedience to court orders by my Lord, Hon Justice Chizoba Oji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court.” He noted that the EFCC Chairman “failed, refused and neglected to obey a four-year-old order of the court directing the commission to return to an applicant, his Range Rover (super charge) and the sum of N40 million. Indeed, the court has spoken loud and clear that impunity cannot have a place in this country.” “The EFCC Chairman cannot continue to act as though he is above the law. In a democracy, orders of court are meant to be immediately obeyed, especially by public office holders who swore oaths to defend and uphold the Constitution. Our tottering democracy is endangered when court orders are disrespected,” he said. The lawyer said the EFCC should not just appeal the ruling but should first and immediately obey the court order. “It is not enough to file a notice of appeal. The court order must first be immediately complied with because merely filing an appeal does not automatically guarantee a stay of execution. Alternatively, he should immediately comply with the court orders and apologise for his misconduct. “If what we practice is indeed a democracy, then, we must play by its rules. The only way to enjoy relative sanity is for the rule of law to reign supreme. Both the low and mighty must bow before the law. There must be consequences for this gross impunity with the hope that others will learn from this,” Ogun added. https://zoomgist.com/read-blog/205_submit-yourself-to-prison-lawyer-tells-efcc-boss-bawa.html
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Re: Submit Yourself To Prison – Lawyer Tells EFCC Boss, Bawa by Nobody: 1:08pm On Nov 09, 2022 |
He should use small small and submit himself na 1 Like |
Re: Submit Yourself To Prison – Lawyer Tells EFCC Boss, Bawa by Naira20: 1:21pm On Nov 09, 2022 |
This is seriously serious |
Re: Submit Yourself To Prison – Lawyer Tells EFCC Boss, Bawa by sonature1: 1:38pm On Nov 09, 2022 |
That Hon Justice Chizoba Oji is not serious. Is it because this boy is young you want to jail him? This is a typical case of a hunter becoming the bush meat I think they should do the same to DSS boss and Malami who always flout court judgement to release Nnamdi Kanu. |
Re: Submit Yourself To Prison – Lawyer Tells EFCC Boss, Bawa by asuraking: 2:00pm On Nov 09, 2022 |
Before you say pim,pmb has grant him presidential pardon. |
Re: Submit Yourself To Prison – Lawyer Tells EFCC Boss, Bawa by MadamExcellency: 2:07pm On Nov 09, 2022 |
But the appeal doesn't translate to a stay of execution. Sen Orji Uzor Kalu spent six months in Kuje prison notwithstanding the appeal that finally squashed his sentencing. The first thing is to submit himself to Kuje prison and then fight for a stay of execution through an appeal to a superior court. 1 Like |
Re: Submit Yourself To Prison – Lawyer Tells EFCC Boss, Bawa by slivertongue: 2:12pm On Nov 09, 2022 |
Bawa should obey the judgment |
Re: Submit Yourself To Prison – Lawyer Tells EFCC Boss, Bawa by RZArecta(m): 2:19pm On Nov 09, 2022 |
Bawa is supposed to be in prison by now, what's going on ? |
Re: Submit Yourself To Prison – Lawyer Tells EFCC Boss, Bawa by PrinceOfLagos: 2:20pm On Nov 09, 2022 |
That's the right thing to do Bawa should submit himself to the authority |
Re: Submit Yourself To Prison – Lawyer Tells EFCC Boss, Bawa by Macphenson: 4:09pm On Nov 09, 2022 |
Bawa should immediately submit himself to Kuje prisons pending the determination of his appeal. |
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