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Family / Re: Oyo-ita Gives Parents Of Quintuplets’ House, Job by DickDastardly(m): 8:57pm On Apr 22, 2017 |
Great! |
TV/Movies / Re: Daniel Appyday Poised To Win Norway's Got Talent 2017! by DickDastardly(m): 3:29pm On Apr 22, 2017 |
Ife eji abu igbo erika! 13 Likes |
Politics / Re: Emir Sanusi Visits Governor Obiano (Photo) by DickDastardly(m): 8:22pm On Apr 21, 2017 |
HRH Sanusi nnoo ri nne That ojuju calabar shoe though 40 Likes 2 Shares |
Sports / Re: Manchester United Tweets About The Calabar Tragedy by DickDastardly(m): 11:30am On Apr 21, 2017 |
Great! GGMU! Rip to the dead |
Crime / Re: Man Kills Okada Rider In Katsina Over Inability To Pay N100 Fare (Photo) by DickDastardly(m): 5:46pm On Apr 20, 2017 |
Most of them are living dead |
Religion / Re: Pastor Tim Omotoso Sexually Molests Church Members In South Africa by DickDastardly(m): 6:00am On Apr 20, 2017 |
Romance / Re: See What This Facebook User Has To Say About Slay Queens by DickDastardly(m): 9:01pm On Apr 19, 2017 |
1bkaye:Thats you? |
Romance / Re: See What This Facebook User Has To Say About Slay Queens by DickDastardly(m): 9:01pm On Apr 19, 2017 |
Exactly! |
Education / Re: Fight Outbreak In Federal Polytechnic Nekede Owerri. by DickDastardly(m): 7:26pm On Apr 19, 2017 |
Two fighting ... dont think the mods has appetite for this |
Politics / Re: Lawal: Who Is Presidency? by DickDastardly(m): 7:19pm On Apr 19, 2017 |
Exactly! He knows presidency is some skinny vegetable |
Politics / Re: Damage Control: SGF, NIA Chief’s Suspension An Afterthought – Fayose by DickDastardly(m): 7:12pm On Apr 19, 2017 |
Exactly 45 Likes 1 Share |
Foreign Affairs / Re: North Korea Videos Nuclear Bomb Attack On America by DickDastardly(m): 7:03pm On Apr 19, 2017 |
North Korea is all noise. I support TRUMP to start the 3rd world War ASAP 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Who Is The Presidency?: SGF Queries Suspension - Video by DickDastardly(m): 6:56pm On Apr 19, 2017 |
Looters in da Villa |
Politics / Re: Three Recommendations From The Senate Report Which Nailed SGF, Lawal by DickDastardly(m): 6:55pm On Apr 19, 2017 |
Looters in the Villa. Ameshii will soon join 55 Likes 3 Shares |
Religion / Re: Beware Of This False Gospel Infiltrating The Church by DickDastardly(m): 6:38pm On Apr 19, 2017 |
Politics / I Resisted Pressure To Charge Buhari With Certificate Forgery - Adoke by DickDastardly(m): 7:37pm On Apr 18, 2017 |
A former Attorney-General of the Federation, Bello Adoke, has explained how he allegedly came under pressure from unnamed persons to charge then candidate Muhammadu Buhari for forgery in the run up to the 2015 presidential election. He also said that he pushed back against demands for former President Goodluck Jonathan to constitute an interim national government in the run up to the 2015 elections. But the former attorney general said he promptly “dismissed the suggestion” in deference to the constitution and after weighing the consequences of such move at the time. “It is true that some people came to me and said Buhari should be disqualified because of certificate forgery,” Mr. Adoke told The Cable in a recent interview. “As a man with fidelity to the Constitution, I dismissed the suggestion quickly.” President Buhari’s certificate was a topic of nationwide controversy in the run up to the 2015 elections, with the then ruling Peoples Democratic Party suggesting that he didn’t have a valid school certificate to contest in the poll. Although Government College, formerly Provincial Secondary School, Katsina, which the president graduated from in 1961, confirmed that he undertook the University of Cambridge West African School Certificate Examination, his political adversaries still hold that he didn’t finish from school. The Nigerian Army, in which Mr. Buhari retired as a major-general, also published his school records, but said it couldn’t vouch for their authenticity. The Army was accused of politicising the situation at the time. In his interview, Mr. Adoke said he was amongst officials of the Jonathan administration that declined to pay politics with the country’s legal system and internal security. “In fact, there were cases in court which I felt were not necessary. “They were already becoming a security threat. “As a responsible attorney-general, I believed we did not need further crisis in the country. “Boko Haram was enough problem for us. I resisted pressures to compound the security challenges in the country by filing or authorising such cases to be filed on behalf of the government. “I was not doing President Muhammadu Buhari any favour, I must say that. I was being faithful to the laws of the land. That was the duty expected of me. If you call that sympathy, so be it. But I didn’t do him a favour,” Mr. Adoke said. He said he didn’t yield to pressure not because he didn’t have the power to file charges against Mr. Buhari, but because he could not see a tenable case of forgery against the president at the time. “There was pressure to issue a fiat to charge him to court for forgery. But I made my position very clear that I could not see any forgery at all. “The law did not require you to submit any certificate to INEC and Buhari did not submit any certificate. “The law only said you must have a minimum qualification of so so and so. “Therefore, where was the forgery? If he didn’t submit a certificate, where was forgery? There is no police report, no investigation. No responsible attorney-general will issue any such fiat based on the record before me. “But I could have been reckless if I wanted to be reckless. I could have been irresponsible if I wanted to be irresponsible. I could have issued the fiat,” Mr. Adoke said. But the former AGF said he recognised what could have been the consequences. “There could have been mayhem. There could have been destruction. That could have led to the postponement of the elections. “I know what attorneys-general have done in the past, not minding the consequences for the polity. I know what they are capable of doing. But I am a constitutional purist. “When they mooted the idea of an interim government, I was the one that came out to say the concept of interim government is unknown to law. “People told President Jonathan that I was disloyal, that I was working for Buhari,” he stated. Mr. Jonathan eventually lost the presidential election to Mr. Buhari and promptly conceded defeat earning him local and international accolades. No other official of the Jonathan administration has confirmed Mr. Adoke’s claims. The ex-attorney general also spoke in reaction to recent corruption charges filed against him by the anti-graft EFCC especially for his role in transferring over $801 million from a Nigerian government account into private accounts of an ex-convict, Dan Etete, in the famous Malabu scandal. Mr. Adoke has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, but has not made himself available for prosecution. Source: http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/229031-i-resisted-pressure-charge-buhari-certificate-forgery-nigerias-ex-attorney-general-adoke-says.html 1 Like
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Politics / Re: EFCC Obtains Warrant To Search All Flats In Osborne Towers by DickDastardly(m): 6:45pm On Apr 18, 2017 |
Travel / Re: 5 Lessons From Abuja Airport Renovation - Lauretta Onochie by DickDastardly(m): 6:18pm On Apr 18, 2017 |
Mazeltovscotty:U too go make sense to exchange with shapeless clay pot |
Politics / Re: EFCC On Twitter And In Court(hilarious) by DickDastardly(m): 6:05pm On Apr 18, 2017 |
O'boy ... hahahahaha |
Celebrities / Re: Governor Ikpeazu Humbled In The UK.. Pictures by DickDastardly(m): 9:12pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
NYSC / Re: Epic Short Movie Acted by Nigerian corp members by DickDastardly(m): 12:08pm On Apr 17, 2017 |
Politics / Re: Ikoyi Billions: We Will Speak Soon - EFCC by DickDastardly(m): 10:20am On Apr 17, 2017 |
God punish dem |
Politics / Re: "I Will Not Apologize To Saraki" - Ali Ndume, Suspended Lawmaker by DickDastardly(m): 10:18am On Apr 17, 2017 |
Celebrities / Re: Stephanie Kalu Uche On "Easter Rice Hunt" Looking Glam (Photos) by DickDastardly(m): 9:19am On Apr 17, 2017 |
Umuigbo di sweet 4 Likes |
Politics / Re: Why We Attacked Our Lawmakers In Funtua, Katsina - An Eye Witness by DickDastardly(m): 5:26am On Apr 17, 2017 |
All these widespread lawlessness will surely go with the dullard ... it came with him, it surwly shall go with him. Anyone who is against the king of illiterates is attacked physically or verbally. 75 Likes 6 Shares |
Politics / Re: Nigerians Are Hungry Because They Are Lazy – Sultan by DickDastardly(m): 5:21am On Apr 17, 2017 |
Foolish talk ., God punish devil 1 Like |
Nairaland / General / Re: FBI Slap $1000 Bounty On Nigerian Man’s Head Over $5m Email Fraud by DickDastardly(m): 9:19pm On Apr 16, 2017 |
$1000 for $5m ... nonsense ... not blowing no whistle. Rather find the guy and get some good cut from him. Can't waste no whistle on gum hands 2 Likes |
Politics / Re: Looters Burying Stolen Funds In Forests, Burial Grounds – FG by DickDastardly(m): 4:43pm On Apr 16, 2017 |
gberra:Kids who dont pay billz ... we know them 6 Likes |
Politics / Re: Buhari Should Speak On $48m, Nigerians Doubting His Corruption War – SERAP by DickDastardly(m): 2:54pm On Apr 16, 2017 |
Politics / Re: I Am Now In Charge Of 2trillion Pounds World Economy Market by DickDastardly(m): 2:03pm On Apr 16, 2017 |
Drugs |
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