₦airaland Forum

Advocate500:
nobody will take supreme Court serious,the order of federal high court have not been vacated by any court, supreme Court are making caricature of our justice system.

Joevics:
This current crop of justices needs to be investigated and removed. How can a case be move to the supreme court directly?

The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily halted the move by the federal government to ban the use of the old naira notes from February 10, 2023.

A seven-member panel led by Justice John Okoro, halted the move of the federal government in a ruling in an exparte application brought by three northern states of Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara.

The three states had specifically applied for an order of Interim Injunction restraining “the federal government through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) or the commercial banks from suspending or determining or ending on February 10, 2023, the time frame with which the now older version of the 200, 500 and 1,000 denomination of the naira may no longer be legal tender pending the hearing and determination of their motion on notice for interlocutory injunction”.

Moving the application on Wednesday, counsel to the applicants, Mr A. I. Mustapha, SAN, had urged the apex court to grant the application in the interest of justice and the well-being of Nigeria.

He stated that the policy of the government had led to an “excruciating situation that is almost leading to anarchy in the land “.

While he referred to a Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) statistics which put the number of people who don’t have bank accounts at over 60 percent, Mustapha lamented that the few Nigerians with bank accounts can’t even access their monies from the bank as a result of the policy.

The senior lawyer further argued that unless the Supreme Court intervenes the situation will lead to anarchy because most banks are already closing operations.

Delivering ruling in the motion, Justice Okoro, held that after a careful consideration of the motion exparte this application is granted as prayed, “An order of Interim Injunction restraining the federal government through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) or the commercial banks from suspending or determining or ending on February 10, 2023, the time frame with which the now older version of the 200, 500 and 1,000 denomination of the naira may no longer be legal tender pending the hearing and determination of their motion on notice for interlocutory injunction”.

He accordingly adjourned to February 15, 2023 for hearing of the main suit.

Ancestortinubu:
Only 10% is just required of him in each northern states. Is a goal. Bastard urchins will not like this

Flathead8:
As a northerner, I totally agree with most of these points! My only objections are; I don't think Tinubu will win any state in SE, however he will definitely get 25% in Ebonyi and Imo. Tinubu will clear all the SW states

These are my 2 corrections

EdoBoy90:
I have saved this your analysis. After February 25, we will visit it again to check if it happens.

Because I know for sure, your candidate can't win NW, NC and NE. North will always vote their son.

We warned GEJ in 2015 about the North and he didn't listen. We are still warning again and you don't want to listen.

I wish you the Best. February 25 is 30days from now, just one day. No need for speculations. Reality is fact.

ifihearam:
The only presidentail candidate who never slept is atiku.

That shows he is the only one vigilant enough to be president..others would sleep on duty.

Beremx:
I thought Elrufai was going to deny PO use of stadium? Seems he doesn't have any beef with him any longer.

Wahala90:
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A 54-year-old security guard, Owolabi Bashiru, and three others have been sentenced to death by hanging by Justice Jide Falola of an Osun State High Court, Osogbo, for armed robbery and murder.

Other convicts are Hammed Rafiu (37), Rasidi Waidi (39), and Kayode Sunday (29).

The convicts were arraigned on the 23rd of October 2019 on six counts charges of conspiracy, armed robbery, murder, stealing, and kidnapping.

After their plea of nonguilty, prosecution counsel from the Ministry of Justice, Dele Akintayo, called four witnesses and tendered several exhibits before the court.

The convicts were said to have murdered one Victor Akinbile a cousin of former Deputy Governor, Adegboyega Alabi who traveled to Ikirun, on the 26th day of November 2018 to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Alabi and Adegboyega Oyetola as Governor then.

The prosecution told the court how the security informed the other three convicts of the arrival of the victim and they jumped through the fence to murder him.

“Having gained entrance into the house through a burglary window, they demanded the sum of N10 million from Victor who told them he didn’t have up to that amount. He transferred a sum of N3 million to Hammed Rafiu.

“After collecting the money, the convicts later kidnapped Victor and put him inside his Toyota Camry car boot and drove him to Dominion Camp, area old Iragbiji road along Ikirun/Osogbo road and set him and car ablaze,” the prosecutor told the court.

The convicts were said to have robbed one Alhaji Azeez Olusegun behind Oluwo’s House, Eweta, Ikirun on October 8, 2018, where they stole a Toyota Camry (muzzle) with registration number Lagos JJJ 371 AA and also collected N620,000.

Justice Falola agreed that the prosecution has proven his case beyond reasonable doubt and convicted them on six counts of charges preferred against them.

He subsequently sentenced them to death by hanging and ordered that all the cash recovered from the convicts and cash in their bank accounts should be handed over to the wife of the deceased, warning that none of them should benefit from state pardon.