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A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to nullify the certificate of return issued to Christian Abah  for the Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo Federal ‎Constituency seat in the House of Representatives‎ of the forthcoming 8th National Assembly.

Justice Adeniyi Ademola, delivering judgment in the suit challenging Abah’s eligibility to stand for the election, held that the allegation of certificate forgery levelled against him, by the plaintiff, Mr. Hassan Saleh, was established to be true.

Abah was said to have forged an Ordinary National Diploma certificate in Accountancy purportedly obtained from the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, in 1985.

Justice Ademola said his findings revealed that an earlier judgment of the  National/State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal ‎sitting in Makurdi delivered on September 6, 2011, and a letter by the Registrar of the polytechnic, Mr. Suleiman Buba, affirmed that the certificate presented by by Abah to INEC was forged.

The court ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, to immediately commence prosecution of Abah for forgery and perjury.

Abah, who is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, had earlier been declared unopposed and elected being the only candidate presented for the March 28, 2015 election.

The court  in his judgment declared all the votes that accrued to him in the PDP’s primary held on December 6, 2014, as wasted and also declared Saleh, who came second as the winner of the primary.

He ordered INEC to issue a fresh certificate of return to Saleh.

The court also ordered the incoming Speaker of the ‎8th National Assembly to swear in Saleh as the member representing Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo Federal ‎Constituency.

The court also berated the conduct of the counsel for PDP and Abah in the suit, Mr. S.I Ameh (SAN), for the frivolous applications and tactics to delay the hearing of the case.

Justice Ademola therefore ordered that the processes filed in the suit and his judgment be served on the Nigerian Bar Association, the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee with a view of taking appropriate sanction against Ameh.

The judge also imposed a N450,000 fine on the three defendants – the PDP, INEC and Abah in favour of the plaintiff.

The court berated both the INEC and PDP for promoting “the culture of impunity” by their failure to disqualify Abah from participating in the election in view of the court judgement that had since 2011 affirmed that he (Abah) presented a forged certificate for the purpose of standing for an election.

EHITZ:
You are clearly looking for relevance and wants to be noticed as the good guy.
Truth is, a lawyer, like every other professional is entitled to his professional fees. It lies on the bargaining power of the clients.
Do you have an idea of the energy, finances invested into becoming a lawyer? I bet you may not.
On the issue of ethics, its a different ball game. I may agree with you.

OfficialIYANU:
People do these things in other countries and we hail them, "chai oyibo are very brave", "oyibo second name na adventure"! Now, one or few of ours do it and they're labelled liars, poverty stricken, attention seekers, etc! For how long will we Africans continue to wallow in the 'put him down, oyibo na oga' syndrome?!

@OP... IMHO this is your own level of xenophobia! You and others who share your views!

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rottennaija:
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Blakjewelry:
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Four suspected members of the gang that robbed a new generation bank in Lekki, Lagos State, in March have been arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Lagos Command.



An eyewitness told Channels Television that the gang members were arrested in Lagos, Osun, Ondo, Ogun and Delta State, after series of investigations that led them within and outside the country.

The Armed Robbers had attacked a bank along Admiralty Way, Lekki, killing three policemen and a teenage fish hawker in a deadly shoot-out.

Channels Television gathered that the robbers, in their bid to escape through the link bridge to Ikoyi after robbing the bank, encountered the policemen.

After the robbery, the police said investigations had started, promising to arrest those behind the attack that left four persons dead.

It was also gathered that two Iphones stolen from the scene of robbery were recovered.

Meanwhile, efforts are still on to arrest other members of the gang that killed three police men and a female trader during their operation.

Miracy:
Who's here

jascon1:
Way Bash Ali?

vedaxcool:
My brother you have said it all, I wish the fanatical elements in this thread can realize this point of view and reason properly!

vedaxcool:
Since we are in a season of asking foolish questions in the Religion Section and sing tarqiyyah over and over again, let us see how lies saved Jewish children from Nazi christians who had Jewish blood lust:



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