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| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by crackhouse(m): 1:09pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
hia, nothing wey man no go see for this we kuntiri o. Na charge & bail lawyer be that? Abi na the type wey dey beg to swear Affidavit for person?. |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by ericmooret: 1:12pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
Reyginus: Who hid my post and y? Where did I go wrong?Hahahaha! |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by linearity: 1:13pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
bknight: The magistrate baited d coward by giving him options. The corrupt mind chose d easy way out -frog jump! He must be one of those charge & bail lawyers who are scare of trial, they always advise their clients to settle the case before it goes to trial, because they are not confident of their chances....this is just a speculation though! Jokes apart, his chances of prevailing on trial are slim to none...it is on court record that he was warned previously...to make a strong case, though not necessary...the judge can put the bailiff on the stand and that will sealed his fate. if found in contempt of court after trial, it will be reflected in his permanent records and might affect his career....or frog jump is a temporary discomfort, if he is too ashamed to return to that court to practice, he can relocate somewhere else to reduce the shame...but a contempt finding will follow him where he goes....so he made a good roll of the dice here. |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by Reptyle(m): 1:27pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
LWKM!!! Dis judge na gangster! Poor lawyer. But if na me too, I'd opt for d frog jump over facing a contempt charge before an irate magistrate. |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by matrixme(m): 1:32pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
Please let's try to cover this terribly embarassing scenerio from international media. How much lower in foolishness can we endure as a country? At least the averagely educated layman knows that court is a gathering of well-groomed intellectuals; not a place to apply 'primary school-like' jungle justice on a grown-up individual. He could have at least fined him, like they do in civilised settings... |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by wansky(m): 1:34pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
Seriously speaking, the Nigerian Judiciary is a huge bunch of disappointment!  |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by Tolexander: 1:43pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
Okija_juju:replyin is not mandatory anyway, but jst think i need to relieve and liberate you from ur foolishness. |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by YorubaOmoge: 1:44pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
Can we atleast get a video of him frog jumping? One time, one time I wish to see a Nigerian video, it's prohibited. |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by crackhouse(m): 1:47pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
Even me wey no be lawyer know say to be docked for better, how come a lawyer?. Infact that lawyer is not a learned colleague. If i were him, i will pull out my ragalia abi chieftancy and bow out of the profession because nobody go bring case come near am. |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by crackhouse(m): 1:58pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
Yoruba_Omoge: Can we atleast get a video of him frog jumping?i bet u some people are good at making mockery of others and u are one of them. If u were the lawyer, will u like the video to be shown to the whole world?. Do unto others what u would like to be done unto you. |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by komek(m): 2:00pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
Okija_juju: Hahahahahhaaaaa..my guy, U̶̲̅я head is there. That's exactly what those pple like. Ndi ara. |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by Desola(f): 2:00pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
Are magistrates not lay people? |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by YorubaOmoge: 2:02pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
crackhouse: i bet u some people are good at making mockery of others and u are one of them. If u were the lawyer, will u like the video to be shown to the whole world?. Do unto others what u would like to be done unto you. Yes, I'd want the world to see my jumping prowess. . . . How many people can jump as high as me? |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by manny4life(m): 2:14pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
Okija_juju: Hahahahahhaaaaa.. LOL, Bia, nwa Okija, you never fail at all As for me, to hell with that, I ain't doing it. The judge should have simply asked him to leave the room, simple or the bailiff can escort him to a quiet area. |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by ConcernMan: 3:23pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
Contempt is any act or omission(conduct) which diminish the authority of court.The court has an inherent power to punish for contempt. Contempt is the only crime that is not written in any law book or statute in Nigeria. It had been held in several cases by the Supreme Court that the power of a court to punish for contempt is not at variance with section 36(11) of the 1999 Constitution as amended which provides that no man can be punished for an offence which is not contained in any law in force in Nigeria. It is important to state that the purpose of punishing for contempt is not to bolster the ego of the Judge but rather to maintain the dignity of the court. The magistrate here went too far in asking an advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria to frog jump. I earnestly hope that the NBA in the state involved will not take this likely with this magistrate. I expect them to picket against him/her. Remember this same thing played out sometime early this year in Aba when a female judge ordered a lawyer to mount the table. the NBA Aba Branch never took this likely. they staged a bitter protest against her and even locking up her court room. The CJ of the state was forced to intervene but the NBA insisted that she must be transfered out of Aba. What this magistrate did was self serving and I expect a respond from NBA. |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by akpunku1: 3:24pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
Melahou: this is rubbish...tellin a lawyer 2 do frog jump... cover ur ignorance a bit. Contempt of court is a serious offence. So STF up. |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by ayobase(m): 4:20pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
Okija_juju: Hahahahahhaaaaa.. When are u gonna grow....being faceless doesnt mean u shldnt be sagacious! |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by bubadaniel13: 5:01pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
This one na jungle justice oh......let the proper law be applied. |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by seledafti: 6:22pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
I made some investigations from my friend who is also a lawyer in Osogbo, he said the Magistrate apologised to this poor lawyer as He got to know that it was his client that was making noise and also the Head of the Magistrate apologised too. Lawyers in the House, can the Magistrate be sue for high handedness?......please enlighten me on this...... read another from another magistrate https://www.nairaland.com/907691/magistrate-orders-arrest-beating-journalists |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by jonnycheddars(m): 6:34pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
Omen100:u mean u wasted ur time and all this space and yet not realise that Adewunmi Makanjuola is a yoruba name....pathetic. Tribal sentiments not being the crux of the matter here,i'd say the "lawyer" deserves 5mins more of squat-jumps. Lest i forget,the last word in your in comment is precise and not presided......if u already got a degree take am go shit,.....if u still in school,drop out! |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by jonnycheddars(m): 6:35pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
Omen100: |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by ayobase(m): 10:44pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
B jonnycheddars: Common! |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by bigmaut: 10:55pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
That is barbaric,what happens 2 right 2 fair legal representation was the punishment 4 noise making in court frog jumping?it shld be caution,sent out or a fine  |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by MeandSum: 11:28pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
Melahou: this is rubbish...tellin a lawyer 2 do frog jump... Yes, it can happen. |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by Nobody: 2:02am On Jul 21, 2012 |
It cannot happen in a civilized society. First of all, noise making is too trivial to constitute a contempt of court. The lawyer could have been asked to leave the court yard. For the sake of argument, let us say the lawyer was in contempt, the normal process was to charge him with civil contempt and have a trial on the charge. This would have given the lawyer a chance to present a defense or move to dismiss the charge as nuisance charge. The magistrate abused the process and acted ultra vires. He alo violated the lawyer's due process rights because he granted him none before he sentenced him to frog jumping. Moreover, the magistrate acted without decorum. I believe that the magistrate does not have the temperament for the position he has. No judge in the U.S. for example would sentence a fellow lawyer to frog jump. It would be considered abuse of discretion that may subject the magistrate to discipline. Furthermore, noise making would simply have attracted an order to vacate the premises and nothing more. No lawyer would even accept such humiliation in any civilized clime. I think it was Castro that was quoted as saying that in a lawless society it would be illegal to be law abiding. Therefore, the lawyer should have requested that a trial be set and should have demanded his due process and let the chips fall were they may. The magistrate acted outside the law and deserves to be scorned and scolded. |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by CHIMCO(m): 6:00am On Jul 21, 2012 |
The Magistrate definitly exceeded his bounds. The lawyer foolishly opted for that option because such contempt cannot be tried by the same Magistrate. Magistrate re lawyer that were merely asked by Gov to precede proceedings. Lawyers should learn how to confront even judges when they make unnecessary demands. Similar incident happened at Aba High Court 2 where a lawyers was asked to stand at the gallary merely b/c his phone rang in court. Aba lawyers are still boycoting the said court till date. |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by manosteel(m): 7:18am On Jul 21, 2012 |
This is abuse of office. Anyway, this kind of thing can only happen in Magistrate court. |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by Holadokun(m): 8:09am On Jul 21, 2012 |
soe: pls we should stop calling it frog jump..it is called "HUNCHING" ... soe: pls we should stop calling it frog jump..it is called "HUNCHING" ...is dat ur poem 4 d week. @post it is right cos d judge is in his own territory |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by nagoma(m): 8:40am On Jul 21, 2012 |
Frog jump is too easy. The magistrate should have ordered them to do a monkey jump. Contempt of court is a serious matter. |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by nagoma(m): 8:47am On Jul 21, 2012 |
omonuan: I believe that the magistrate does not have the temperament for the position he has. From what you are saying , the judge in the US may sentence another person but not " a fellow lawyer to do frog jump". Is there a different Law there when dealing with learned colleagues? |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by Nobody: 1:24pm On Jul 21, 2012 |
Dats v bd of d job,y must he dsregard d legal professn,evrybdy has a right to human dignity,did he xpect hm 2 go in 4 cntempt?..d nba nds 2 luk in2 dat.its 2 dgradn 4 d prof.am dsappointd,a mere magstrate.gross abuse of dscretion... |
| Re: Magistrate Orders Lawyer To Frog-jump For Noise-making by Nobody: 3:01pm On Jul 21, 2012 |
nagoma: No person in the U.S. would be so sentenced under the circumstances here. It would be grounds for disrobing for abuse of discretion and for cruel and unusual punishment as well as violation of the due process right of the alleged culprit. I emphasized the term fellow lawyer because the magistrate and the lawyer would know the law of civil contempt and what rises to that. An American lawyer would have disobeyed this type of abuse of power. The rare exception is if after a trial, a person that is convicted is then given the option to frog jump in lieu of a known sentence that is more severe than five minutes of frog jump and he accepts. Moreover, there is esprit de corps among lawyers including judges and fellow lawyers. This type of sentence would be very rare in a civilized clime under any circumstance because every crime has specific sentencing guidelines including contempt whether civil or criminal. Therefore, a judge would have gone beyond the scope of the guidelines to do this. Now, it is said that the magistrate apologized because he found out it was not the lawyer making noise. This is a problem that could have been discovered if due process was granted to the alleged culprits. The magistrate is not deserving of the job period and should be weeded out. |
A fool who's son should be ashamed of!
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