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naijapips02:
This is not politics bro. We are just out for the truth.

PVision2020:
Their are some people who always boast of having the highest numbers of Billionaires and Millionaires but their IGR is always competing with that of war ravaged NE. I don't seems to understand why these states will be allegedly populated by this wealthy individuals while the igr of these states needs an electronic microscope to be visible.

martins21:
So only Oyo and lagos state in S.W are collecting more than South Eastern states.Very nice development. Maybe by next year it will be only Lagos.

January 29, 2019

Oladimeji Ramon

Contrary to the directive by the Nigerian Bar Association that lawyers should boycott court for two days in protest against the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, by President Muhammadu Buhari, judges in Lagos State are sitting, with lawyers conducting cases before them.

Our correspondent, on a visit to the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere, observed that despite the NBA’s directive, normal court activities were in full swing.

For example, the courtroom of Justice Adedayo Akintoye was brimming with accused persons who appeared for their trial.

It was a similar situation in the court rooms of Justices Lateefa Okunnu, Grace Onyeabo, where lawyers were conducting their cases without let.

In Justice Taofeekat Abdullahi-Oyekan’s court, a large number of lawyers were seated, awaiting the arrival of the senior judge at about 10.30 a.m.

At the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, normal legal activities were also going on unhindered.

A lawyer, Mr Olufemi Olabisi, when approached, described the directive by the NBA as useless, noting that the judges were not carried along.

He explained that if he stayed away from the court, the judge could strike out his client’s case, wondering who would account for the cost.

“I have a privity of contract with my client; the NBA has no input into how I got my employment and how I got my clients. So, the NBA cannot ask me to stay away from the court.

“The NBA directive is useless without carrying the judges along,” he said.

Olabisi, who works in the law firm of Mr Festus Keyamo (SAN), said he was in court to defy the directive by the NBA, stressing that he was even willing to take a case on pro bono just to defy the NBA.

When contacted on phone as to why his members shunned the directive of the national NBA, the Chairman, NBA Ikeja, Mr Dele Oloke, said he was still in Abuja, as the national NBA meeting finished late on Monday.

He added, “What we are doing is to save the integrity of the judiciary, which has been tormented in recent times. So, if on their own they believe that what we are doing is of no use to them, time will tell.

“As far as we are concerned, it will not be in a long while before a governor will go to a customary court to obtain an ex parte order to remove a judge. Then, they will have themselves to blame. But for us as Bar leaders, we will not shirk in our responsibilties to offer purposeful leadership.

“But if people are not seeing beyond their immediate nose and they can’t see into the larger picture, there is nothing we can do about it.

“History will be very kind to us that when we saw what was wrong, when we saw constitutional infractions, not only did we rebuke it, we walked the talk and for those who frustrate our effort history also will have a place for them.”

Gbenga Omokhunu, Abuja by Gbenga Omokhunu, Abuja January 28, 2019

Presidential candidates back suspension of Onnoghen
Justice Walter Onnoghen

The forum of Presidential Candidates and Political Parties for Good Governance (PCPPGG) on Monday backed the suspension of Justice Walter Onnoghen as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).

The candidates said it will not have any negative effect on the forthcoming general elections.

The presidential candidates addressed a press conference in Abuja and said that the alleged offence for which Onnoghen was suspended does not warrant the intervention of the National Judicial Council (NJC).

The chairman of the presidential candidates, Alhaji Shittu Muhammed Kabir, said: “The Forum of Presidential Candidates and Political Parties for Good Governance believes strongly that President Muhammadu Buhari’s suspension of Hon.Justice Onnoghen as CJN is proper and timely.

“Majority of Nigerians have now realised that but for the pre-emptive move by the President, Onnoghen would have proceeded to constitute the Election Petition Panels.

“No wonder some interested elements are shocked that their game plan has been punctured. Desperate disease needs a desperate treatment. President Buhari acted in the overall interest of the masses of Nigeria.

“So much is required from the judiciary since they hold the power of life and death. Judges are therefore expected to live above board and be incorruptible. It would have been unfair to Nigerians to have someone who is carrying a clear baggage of corruption on his head to continue to preside over a sensitive arm of government like the judiciary, just because some elements would wish to use legal technicalities to cover up or moderate an obvious misdeed.”

He however said as responsible actors in Nigeria’s political system, they have concluded, “That the offence allegedly committed by Hon. Justice Onnoghen is not judicial that could have warranted the intervention of NJC.

“That the constitution recognises the holder of the office of CJN as the 1st public officer in Nigeria.

“That the suspension of the CJN cannot be equated with removal as envisaged in the constitution. The suspension by the President does not, therefore, require the input of the NJC and the National Assembly.

“That we do not believe the action taken by the President will have any negative effect on the forthcoming general elections.

“That we urge the National Assembly, as it reconvenes, to view the President’s action as non-partisan or motivated by any mundane consideration, but taken purely in the best interest of Nigeria.

“That politicians and interest groups should desist from misinforming the people on the patriotic move by the President.”

He noted that the Nigerians and the international community should appreciate the need for the bold action by government and give the needed support to ensure that the country evolves an unblemished and egalitarian society where all citizens are treated equally and fairly, irrespective of their status.

hammerFC:
POVERTY AND BROWN ROOF IS THEIR SUIT.



THIS IS Y SS/SE HAVE DECIDED TO LEAVE NIGERIA FOR THEM AND THE NORTH.




AFONJA ALMAJIRI IN SEARCH OF STOMACH INFRASTRUCTURE

hammerFC:
POVERTY AND BROWN ROOF IS THEIR SUIT.



THIS IS Y SS/SE HAVE DECIDED TO LEAVE NIGERIA FOR THEM AND THE NORTH.




AFONJA ALMAJIRI IN SEARCH OF STOMACH INFRASTRUCTURE

4kDdullard:
Easy bro, we are not fighting.
It crystal clear that APC can never get away with such a daylight electoral robbery that we all witnessed in Osun state.
Wake up friend!

4kDdullard:
Adeleke must retrieve his stolen mandate, you and I know that it is a matter of time.
The shameful and humiliating loss of the lifiless dullard in next month poll will mark the demise of APSHIT in the political orbit of Nigeria.
Brace yourself for a political earthquake next month bro.
Don't commit suicide when it happens, I am telling you this in advance to palliate your shock.

fineboynl:
tinubu go to America