₦airaland Forum

TIGRITIS:
I'm not yoruba, but the way you igbos keep shouting yoruba muslims on this forum is really amusing.
Are you igbos looking at it as insult or a form of contempt? As in, I don't really understand. If a yoruba man is a Muslim, what exactly is the insult there? With the kind of senseless comments coming out of most of you here, I wonder if it is the same igbos I see on the streets that are being represented on nairaland. Or another good explanation is that some people are claiming to be igbos on nairaland in order to make igbos appear as if they are foolish.

The comments are aimed to have you form your own country of Arewa, SW and whatever from where the hell you come from, then leave Igbos go for their own country.

Is that too difficult for you to understand?

Osinbajo, please stop following the two men CABAL presiding over Nigeria since Buhari lost lots of senses after his illnesses..


The cabal can't hand Nigeria over to Osinbajo.


When "unbeliever" OBJ became president in 1999, the clan of the cabal adopted Islamic Sharia Criminal Justice system.

Mujaheedeens of Oyo and their presidential candidate who told Muslim Faithfuls in Kaduna 2001 that he would not stop until Islamic Sharia Criminal codes are practiced all over Nigeria.
In multireligious country like Nigeria, only Mujaheedeens and daft persons can support Buhari as president.

.

Still many worse than overzealous Buharis from Sharia northern Nigeria in future.


BEST SOLUTION:

SPLIT NIGERIA TO LET SHARIA NORTHERN REPUBLIC OF AREWA BE


.LET AS NEW COUNTRIES AS POSSIBLE EMERGE FROM REMAINDER OF NIGERIA.

The ICT is not superior to the SUPREME COURT.

Shorrup.

stephanie11:
@POLITICSNGR

The purported suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Honourable Justice Walter Onnoghen, by President Muhammadu Buhari is unequivocally unconstitutional, illegal, immoral and grossly indefensible. What General Buhari has done, putting it mildly, is a brazen coup against democracy.

The following 20 (twenty) points are worth noting:

1. The office of the CJN is not a ministerial or extra-ministerial position. It is a creation of Sections 230 (1) (a) and 231 (1) and (2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) (subsequently referred to as ‘the Constitution’).

2. The Chief Justice of Nigeria is the head and symbol of authority of the Nigerian Judiciary. The Judiciary is neither an agency of the federal government nor a department in the Executive. It is one of the three Arms of Government and is established by Section 6 of the Constitution. The CJN is to the judicial arm of government what the President is to the executive arm. The three arms are co-equals and none is subservient to the other.

3. The President cannot appoint or remove the CJN unilaterally. The Constitution has explicitly stated the procedure for the appointment and removal of the CJN and no court, tribunal, president or other authority or person in Nigeria can derogate from, override or alter the said procedure.

4. By Section 231 (1) and (2) of the Constitution, the appointment of the CJN requires the compulsory involvement of the three arms of government. The President appoints the CJN on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council (NJC) subject to the approval of the Senate.

5. By virtue of Section 292 (1) and Paragraph 20 and 21 of the Third Schedule to the Constitution, the CJN enjoys security of tenure and is not removable except within the strict procedure and for the specific reasons enshrined therein.

6. The CJN as a judicial officer can only be removed from office by the President acting on an address supported by two thirds majority of the Senate for his inability to discharge the functions of his office or appointment (whether arising from infirmity of mind or body) or for misconduct or contravention of the Code of Conduct. Anything contrary to this procedure is unconstitutional.

7. The NJC has not recommended the removal of Justice Onnoghen to the President. The NJC has not exercised its exclusive disciplinary control over Justice Onnoghen. Only the NJC is constitutionally vested with the power of disciplinary control, including power of suspension, over a judicial officer. In exercising that power, Section 158 (1) of the Constitution states that the NJC shall not be subject to the direction or control of any other authority or person. See the case of HON. JUSTICE RALIAT ELELU-HABEEB & ANOR. ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION & 2 ORS. (2012) NWLR (PT. 629) 1011 where the Supreme Court emphatically pronounced on the issue of how a judicial officer can be sanctioned.

8. I have perused the Certified True Copy of the enrolled ex-parte order made by the Code of Conduct Tribunal dated Wednesday, 23rd January, 2019. I find the said order extremely offensive to the Rule of Law. The Order seeks to achieve that which the Constitution has unarguably forbidden.

9. The enrolled order signed by the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Hon. Danladi Y. Umar, and one other member of the Tribunal (Hon. Mrs. Julie A. Anabor), purports to direct Hon. Justice Onnoghen to ‘’step aside’’ as the CJN and Chairman of the NJC pending the determination of the Motion on Notice dated the 10th day of January, 2019. On the face of the said order, the name of the legal practitioner who moved the motion ex-parte is not stated. This is rather strange. Did the Tribunal suo moto (on its own motion) move the motion?

10. Interestingly, the same Tribunal sat on Tuesday, 22nd January, 2019 and adjourned to Monday, 28th January, 2019 to rule on the Preliminary Objection filed by Justice Onnoghen challenging the jurisdiction of the CCT to try him without recourse to the NJC contrary to the decision of the Court of Appeal in the case of NGANJIWA v FRN (2017) LPELR-43391(CA).

11. The law is firmly settled that once the jurisdiction of a court or judicial tribunal is challenged, the only jurisdiction the court has is to determine whether it has jurisdiction. The CCT having been seized of the frontal challenge to its jurisdiction, could not have granted an ex-parte order on the 23rd of January, 2019 without determining whether it has jurisdiction. In the recent case of ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION v. ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF LAGOS STATE (2017) LPELR-42769(SC), the Supreme Court restated this sacrosanct principle thus:
"There is no gainsaying that issue of jurisdiction is radical and a crucial point which when raised, is challenging the competence of the Court to hear and determine the case. Any proceedings conducted by a Court which does not have jurisdiction, no matter how well or brilliantly it was conducted is a nullity. See Dapianlong vs Dariye (2007) 8 NWLR (pt. 1036) 332. That is the more reason why when Court's jurisdiction is challenged, the Court must first of all assume jurisdiction to decide whether in very clear and unambiguous terms, it has or lacks jurisdiction. See State Dosunmu Mansion vs Halliburton Energy Services Ltd (2007) 2 NWLR [pt.108) 211; Nnonye v Anyichie (2005) 2 NWLR (pt. 910) 623. Per SANUSI, J.S.C. (p. 43-45, pp. D - A).

12. The CCT, without determining whether it has jurisdiction over Justice Onnoghen as required by law, proceeded to give a flagrantly illegal order purporting to suspend the CJN from office. That order, with the greatest respect, is reminiscent of the inglorious order given by Justice Bassey Ikpeme stopping further announcement of results of the June 12, 1993 presidential election which crystalized into the criminal nullification of the June 12, 1993 election by the Babangida junta."

13. I have read the long statement made by President Buhari while swearing-in Hon. Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed as the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria. Buhari struggled unsuccessfully to justify his unlawful action by relying on the order of the CCT. The Constitution does not say that the President shall suspend the CJN based on the order of a court or tribunal. It is a desecration of our Constitution for Buhari to suspend Justice Onnoghen.

14. Those arguing that the President merely suspended the CJN and has not removed him are either oblivious of the law or willfully mischievous. The CJN is not an appointee of the President and does not hold office at the pleasure of the President.

15. President Buhari cannot suspend the CJN. The CCT cannot give an order directing the President to remove or suspend the CJN. The CCT cannot ask the CJN to ‘’step aside’’. This conspiratorial attack on the institution of the Judiciary is a dangerous precedent. Can a judge give an order suspending the President from office without recourse to the National Assembly? If the answer is in the negative, why should the President suspend the CJN whose tenure is constitutionally protected without recourse to the NJC and the Senate as prescribed in the Constitution?

16. The CCT Chairman, Danladi Umar, is himself a subject of a pending criminal charge filed by Mr. Festus Keyamo at the Federal High Court on behalf of the EFCC. The CCT Chairman despite the pendency of the criminal charges against him, has not stepped aside and has not been suspended.

17. Mr. Okoi Obono-obla, the President’s aide on Public Prosecutions, has not been fired, arrested or prosecuted despite his indictment by the House of Representatives for certificate forgery as attested publicly by the West African Examination Council. Mr. Maina is yet to be prosecuted for allegedly stealing pension funds. There are myriads of odiferous corruption cases against people and officials who are close to this President. Yet, Buhari continues to shield alleged criminals who are his friends and party men. Mr. Buhari is accusing Justice Onnoghen of failure to declare his assets, however, it is on record that Buhari’s own asset declaration is still shrouded in secrecy, and has not been publicly disclosed as he vehemently promised in 2015. What could be more hypocritical than this?

18. One wonders whether a single Justice of the Supreme Court can determine the decision of the court. The Supreme Court sits in a panel of five or seven Justices. If a decision of the Supreme Court is fraudulent procured through bribery, it is only logical to infer that all or majority of the members of the panel were bribed. I am not holding brief for Justice Onnoghen. However, given the delay that greeted the appointment of Justice Onnoghen, one is tempted to ask whether his security clearance was compromised?

19. Prof. Itse Sagay has stated that the suspension of Justice Onnoghen is constitutional because the President is empowered to remove the CJN for breach of the Code of Conduct. The learned silk, with respect, is turning the law on its head. That line of argument is inconsistent with the right to presumption of innocence enshrined in Section 36(5) of the Constitution. Justice Onnoghen has not been convicted by any court or tribunal. It is therefore preposterous to say that the President can remove him for violating the Code of Conduct.

20. Let me end by submitting that the atrocious, unconscionable, unconstitutional and duplicitous suspension of the CJN by this vicious and totalitarian regime has eroded our democracy. We all have a duty to oppose and resist it, not for the sake of Justice Onnoghen, but for the sake of posterity and the verdict of history. We should not excuse or defend this crass impunity because of political expediency.

Corruption must be tackled, but not by corrupt means. We must send a message to President Buhari that Nigeria is greater than him.

https://politicsngr.com/illegality-suspension-cjn-20-points-note-inibehe-effiong/

Deriving from a constitution supervised and imposed by northern Nigeria's military dictators to achieve certain objectives.

Na today?

Even if we ease out Buhari now, before long another Fulani Islamic zealot shall take over Aso Rock.

Nigeria's crisis continue.

BEST SOLUTION:

SPLIT NIGERIA. LET THE SHARIA NORTH HAVE ITS OWN COUNTRY.

REMAINDER FORMS AS MANY NEW COUNTRIES AS THEY WANT.

Dshocker:
Nigerians are folding their hands and waiting to see where this will lead a tribalistic bigot wanting to return to office.

Nigeria's southern politicians and members of the armed Forces are folding their hands waiting for the proclamation of Islamic Republic of Nigeria.:

rexel99:
Remember pre 2015 election? We told you guys but you refused to listen.

#IGBO-MAN-HAS-FORESIGHT

#BUHARIMUSTGO

Na today?

Make una continue with Nigeria which has no indices to form nationhood.
A country Nigeria, which has no reasons under the sun remain one country.

Because of SHARIA Punannnni interest in crude oil and access to the sea in the deep south, Punannni made a false declaration that Nigeria is not divisible --- even lawyers agreed.

Na today?

Make una continue. A country, Nigeria, which which has no reason under the sun to be one.

deji17:
Buhari my guy..

Problem - CORRUPTION

What does cut the head of the snake mean?

A very comparable idiom is "to cut the head off the snake" It means to stop a larger problem by aiming at the source - often the leader, or a major culprit. The implication is that the rest of the problem will naturally die off without that source.

Three arms of Govt - Executive, Judiciary and the Legislature.

- Senate President - Leader of the Legislative Arm of Govt - Saraki
- CJN, Leader of the Judiciary - Onnoghen
- Executive . President Buhari

Breaking News:
ASSETS Declaration Fraud....

CCT serves mass summon against Judges.
Jan 25, 2019

Hired pay as you comment.

To support a president who can hardly understand what is going on around him due to ill-health and old age.

You shall return soon to NADECO.

Show the Court Order to yourself or to kids in the kindergarten.

We are not kids in the kindergarten as not to understand that the CJN brouhaha is to make Buhari cabal continue in office beyond May 29, 2015.

ChimaAgbalajob:
It is now very clear that Buhari had no intentions whatsoever to conduct a free and fair elections, nor respect the wishes of Nigerians expressed through the ballot box. Times of fearful trepidation has returned to Nigeria. The worst fears of Nigerians have been confirmed to indeed be true.

With the current circle of illegality and desperation by the Executive arm of government to rig the 2019 elections and manipulate the Judiciary, it has become urgent to save lives and postpone the election to avoid the impending violence.

Going by the current play book which has already been test run in the Ekiti and Osun elections, the results of the Presidential elections has already been written by Buhari and will be handed to INEC to announce on February 17th.

The consequence of such rape of democracy and the current lack of confidence in the Judiciary will result in massive protests and loss of lives as the security forces will be deployed to kill innocent citizens protesting the rape of democracy.

In the light of these, all well meaning Nigerians, leaders of religious organizations and other leaders of thought must now work for the postponement of the elections to save lives and indeed save Nigerian democracy. Nigeria has indeed been ushered into another dark era of sham elections by undemocratic forces determined to remain in power despite the will of Nigerians.

"Security forces to be deployed to kill innocent Nigerians protesting the rape of democracy."


But ask: are the security officers not humans who are also seeing the evils going on in this govt?

What type of military indoctrination can make a soldier defend evil fashioned by this Buhari cabal against Nigeria?

Tetehjewels:
Stop regurgitating the same nonsense. HE WAS NOT REMOVED. HE WAS SUSPENDED

Where was procedure for suspension of CJN mentioned in the constitution?

The Executive headed by the president, the Judiciary headed by the CJN, the Legislature headed by Senate president:

none of these heads can suspend the other unilaterally, as President Buhari did to the CJN.

Your TAQQIYA handle is all over defending pro-Jihadi dictator.

Those who dined with anti-democratic forces in 2015 include:

Bola Tinubu
Atiku Abubakar
Olusegun Obasanjo


Cardinal from Lagos Catholic Archdiocese.
Woke Soyinka

Shalama:
There was a country! Niger Delta Republic or Death!

Na today?

When Punnnani bring bags of amnesty Naira soon, you go crawl back to your akwaya and moan: "we for SS no be part of Biaflaaaa."
Punannni go de laugh over your BIG INTELLIGENCE."

stephleena:
.
U could join him as well. . shove it in neatly

Na today?

Punnnanni shall soon bring bags of amnesty Naira, you crawl back to your shanty to shout "we in SS no be part of Biafraaa".
Punnnani go de laugh over your BIG INTELLIGENCE.

itsdumebi:
@POLITICSNGR

Below is a full transcript of President Muhammadu Buhari's speech on the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Nkanu Onnoghen.

"Fellow Nigerians,

A short while ago, I was served with an Order of the Code of Conduct Tribunal issued on Wednesday 23rd January 2019, directing the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Honourable Justice Walter Nkanu Samuel Onnoghen from office pending final determination of the cases against him at the Code of Conduct Tribunal and several other fora relating to his alleged breach of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers.

2. The nation has been gripped by the tragic realities of no less a personality than the Chief Justice of Nigeria himself becoming the accused person in a corruption trial since details of the petition against him by a Civil Society Organization first became public about a fortnight ago.

3. Although the allegations in the petition are grievous enough in themselves, the security agencies have since then traced other suspicious transactions running into millions of dollars to the CJN’s personal accounts, all undeclared or improperly declared as required by law.

4. Perhaps more worrisome is the Chief Justice of Nigeria’s own written admission to the charges that he indeed failed to follow the spirit and letter of the law in declaring his assets, citing ’’mistake’’ and ’’forgetfulness’’ which are totally unknown to our laws as defences in the circumstances of his case.

5. One expected that with his moral authority so wounded, by these serious charges of corruption, more so by his own written admission, Mr. Justice Walter Onnoghen would have acted swiftly to spare our Judicial Arm further disrepute by removing himself from superintending over it while his trial lasted.

6. Unfortunately, he has not done so. Instead, the nation has been treated to the sordid spectacle of a judicial game of wits in which the Chief Justice of Nigeria and his legal team have made nonsense of the efforts of the Code of Conduct Tribunal to hear the allegation on merit and conclude the trial as quickly as possible considering the nature of the times in which we live.

7. Whether deliberately or inadvertently, we have all seen the full weight of the Chief Justice of Nigeria descend on the tender head of one of the organs of justice under his control. There is simply no way the officers of that court, from the Chairman to the bailiffs, can pretend to be unaffected by the influence of the leader of the Judiciary.

8. Not only the trial court, but others have been put on the spot. Practically every other day since his trial commenced, the nation has witnessed various courts granting orders and counter-orders in favour of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, all of them characterised by an unholy alacrity between the time of filing, hearing and delivery of judgment in same.

9. The real effect has been a stalling of the trial of Justice Onnoghen, helped along by lawyers who insist that these orders, whether right or wrong are technically valid, and must be obeyed till an appellate Court says otherwise. No doubt, that it is the proper interpretation, but is it the right disposition for our nation?

10. Nigeria is a constitutional democracy and no one must be, or be seen to be, above the law. Unfortunately, the drama around the trial of the Chief Justice of Nigeria has challenged that pillar of justice in the perception of the ordinary man on the street. For it is certain that no ordinary Nigerian can get the swift and special treatment Justice Onnoghen has enjoyed from his subordinates and privies in our Judicature.

11. In the midst of all these distracting events, the essential question of whether the accused CJN actually has a case to answer has been lost in the squabble over the form and nature of his trial. This should not be so.

12. If Justice cannot be done and clearly seen to be done, society itself is at risk of the most unimaginable chaos. As a Government, we cannot stand by wailing and wringing our hands helplessly but give our full backing and support to those brave elements within the Judiciary who act forthrightly, irrespective of who is involved.

13. As you are all aware, the fight against corruption is one of the tripod of policies promised to Nigerians by this administration. Needless to say that it is an existential Policy which must be given adequate attention and commitment by all the three arms of government. The efforts of the Executive will amount to nothing without the cooperation of the Legislature and especially the Judiciary.

14. It is no secret that this government is dissatisfied with the alarming rate in which the Supreme Court of Nigeria under the oversight of Justice Walter Onnoghen has serially set free, persons accused of the most dire acts of corruption, often on mere technicalities, and after quite a number of them have been convicted by the trial and appellate courts.

15. Since there is nothing the Executive Arm can do after the apex court of the land has spoken on any matter, several of these individuals walk free among us today, enjoying what are clearly the proceeds of the corruption which for so long has defeated the efforts of this nation to develop and prosper.

16. It is against this background that I have received the Order of the Code of Conduct Tribunal directing me to suspend the Chief Justice pending final determination of the cases against him. It also explains why I am not only complying immediately, but with some degree of relief for the battered sensibilities of ordinary Nigerians whose patience must have become severely over-taxed by these anomalies.

17. In line with this administration’s avowed respect for the Rule of Law, I have wholeheartedly obeyed the Order of the Code of Conduct Tribunal dated 23rd January 2019.

18. Accordingly, I hereby suspend the Honourable Mr. Justice Walter Nkanu Samuel Onnoghen, GCON as the Chief Justice of Nigeria pending final determination of the case against him at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

19. In further compliance with the same Order of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, I hereby invite Honourable Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed JSC, being the next most Senior Justice in the Supreme Court, to come forward to take the Judicial Oath as Chief Justice of Nigeria in an Acting Capacity.

20. Fellow Nigerians, we can only stand a chance to win the fight against Corruption, and position our dear nation for accelerated development when we stand together to contend against it.

Thank you and may God bless our country.

https://politicsngr.com/breaking-buhari-speaks-suspension-cjn-onnoghen-full-statement/

Buhari cabal, who do you think you are fooling in this CJN matter?

Tetehjewels:
He suspended him and did not remove him

He has no right to suspend the CJN.

Where was procedure for Suspension of the CJN mentioned in the Constitution?

The Executive, Judiciary and Legislative arms of govt are the three arms of govt.

The Judiciary cannot suspend the head of the Executive and vice versa.

SalamRushdie:
He has as much powers as you and I to suspend the CJN!!! Which is ZERO POWERS..totally illegal and I advise Onnoghen to Ignore ..Onnoghen must be brave in the coming days as Buhari has just shot himself in the balls ...I expect Prof Osinbanjo to immediately excuse himself from all this

If Ononoghen ignores this, the Jihadi armed Forces in the name of Nigeria Armed Forces shall be let lose on him.

The National Judicial Council never recommended the removal of the Chief Justice in this case.


So how did president Buhari do this?

AccessME:
Buhari is simply Tribalistic and Ethnocentric

We have the oppurtunity to vote him out now

Yes we must!

Like For Atiku

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Let the context begin already..

US Ambassador to Nigeria told president Buhari recently that disobedience to court rulings is worse than monetary corruption.

Buhari does not understand that political corruption of appointing unqualified relatives to political offices, and disobedience to the proceedings of the Judiciary, are worse than monetary corruption.

But because Buhari clan are on a Jihad to conquer entire Nigeria, the clan cannot listen to common sense.


The Fulaniii herdsmen that have killed thousands and wrecked many parts of Nigeria are now on holidays. They have done their bit to soften resistance.


Southern soldiers are drafted to go to fight against Boko Haram which fights for a country to be governed with Islamic Sharia Criminal Justice system;

the same Islamic Sharia Criminal Justice system adopted by 12 northern Nigeria Sharia States when Obasanjo the "unbeliever' became president in 1999.

In 2001, Muhammadu Buhari told a large crowd of Muslim faithfuls in Kaduna that he would not stop until Islamic Sharia Criminal Justice system is used all over Nigeria.


Buhari told Nigerians that soldiers fighting against Boko Haram were like fighting again northern Nigeria.

With the continued assault by Buhari cabal on the Judiciary and Legislative arms of Nigerian government, how else does any one need to be shown that Buhari clan have let lose Jihad on Nigeria?

nkwuocha:

Why not a Yoruba CJN?
SMH!

Yoruba Muslims are not recognized by Punnnnani as true Muslims.

Jihad of the Punnnani to fully take over control of Nigeria and its oil resources had since 2015 opened on all fronts.

Non fanatic Muslim Nigerians don't yet understand that Punannni has been fighting Jihad to take over Nigeria - since 2015.

Nigeria's Constitution raped once again by Buhari cabal.

OYA, DANGOTE OVER TO YOU.

CNN ADVERTS CANNOT CONTINUE TO GULP THE PROFITS YOU MADE ON NIGERIAN ROADS.

YOUR TRUCKS DON FINISH NIGERIAN ROADS.

oooduancalmdown:
Story! Tell me how many Yorubas Jonathan appointed in his term.
Yett you fault.heads were supporting him. Most of you even hailed him for marginalizing Yoruba people.

Buhari till 2023

So Jonathan is Igbo?


Come clean: the only reason you say Buhari till 2023 is the foolish belief that Buhari cabal shall hand power over to a Yoruba in 2023.

First fooling, na mistake. Second fooling, na foolishness.


NADECO SHALL SOON BE YOUR LAST RESORT.

dustmalik:
thepunditng is a well known PDP lies peddling media outlet, so no surprises here.

Another supporter of a president who can hardly understand what is going on around him due to ill-health and old age.

Buhari supporters:

Buhari/APC supporters don't ask questions, don't read local and foreign news, know nothing about Economy of a country.
Dino ran away from Buhari/APC for that.
Buhari supporters:

Health?

Aisha doesn't want to campaign for a cabal of two men now acting as president of Nigeria..



Buhari can't even recognize things happening around him again, owing to ill health and old age.

Counter Lai Mohammed in his lies. Reuben Abati and Doyin Okupe, the two employees of ex President Jonathan, refused to counter Lai Mohammed's lies during the 2014/15 campaign once APC Alliance of SW and far North became a success.