₦airaland Forum

All parties have introduced their Legal teams to the judges of the tribunal panel

The 3 man panel of judges led by Justice Ahmed Badamosi have taken their seats

The Edo ELection tribunal Judgement is currently ongoing.

The court dismisses Respondents' Motion to strike out Petitioner's case

Judgement in the Edo State Gubernatorial Elections Petition Tribunal has commenced in Benin City.

The three justices of the Tribunal are seated and reading the judgment.

Justice Ahmed Badamosi, the lead Justice, has just struck out the 3rd respondent's (APC) prayer to dismiss the Petitioner's case.

The People's Democratic Party (PDP) and Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu (POI) are the petitioners in this case while All Progressives Congress (APC), Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are the respondents in the case.

The Motion of the Petitioners compelling the 2nd and 3rd respondents, namely ‎Godwin Obaseki and APC, on the grounds that they are both one and should file a joint response is hereby refused. 

The motion by the 2nd Respondents (Obaseki) that the petition of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu/PDP lacks merit and be struck out based on the petitioners allegation of corrupt practices has also been refused. 

The motion by the 2nd respondent (Obaseki) to dismiss the Petition of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu /PDP on the ground that Osagie Ize-Iyamu Andrew was not the name known to INEC has also been refused.  

Meanwhile judgement is still being read on the other issues for determination
The Petitioners are seeking declaration that they won the September 28 Edo State Gubernatorial election on the ground that they scored the highest number of valid votes cast at the election. The court is yet to rule on this.

Judgement ruling:
PDP petition dismissed. Judgement given in favour of APC and Godwin Obaseki

GenBloodykiIler:
where's engineerboat

Here i am

Which kaik wahal be this.

Austin Granted bail, but could not go out as The detachment of security have taken over the entrance fully armed.

The summary of the court proceedings so far.


At the hearing, the lawyer to Okai, the accused person, applied for bail. After arguments for bail were heard by the court, the lawyer for the prosecution applied for two weeks adjournment for his opposition to the bail arguments be taken. His application was rightly rejected by the court. Not done away with, he, again, applied for the hearing to be stood down for two hours.

At the resumed hearing he caused a letter to be written to the court, informing it that he has taken ill and has been been rushed unconscious to the Lokoja General Hospital

DocHMD:
Standing 'firm'? Do you know whom you are talking about? Didn't know the word 'firm' now has a new meaning.

Let one kogi state politician throw some crumbs at the protectionist and see how he will dump that incarcerated guy like a hot potato and start writting unintelligible epistles about 'freedom after speech not being in the constitution'

Firm ko, Fufu ni!

Nairaland Doctor, how you dey

#FreeAustinOkai

There are hard looking policemen and mobile police officers here, With 7 trucks of policemen, Including a squadron commander

#FreeAustinOkai

Granted bail, but from the look of things, there are plans at the court premises to re-arrest him

DocHMD:
Like I told your empty ass-licking skull, I have nothing to prove to you dunderheads. I'm on a pedestal your recession-battered likes would love to be.

Naff off!

You keep showing whom you are.

Did yoy know me, that you keep showing forth your trair and charactee in nairaland (pride goeth before destruction)

Who are you.

I repeat Babalawo is also a doctor. Which one is youe own

DocHMD:
Asslicker, I have nothing to prove to bumbling illiterates and morons. I am a medical professional and the Gen Sec of our union in my state.

Just be rest assured I'm better financially, intellectually and otherwise than the both of you combined will ever be.

I wish him well in his struggle for political relevance, I pray his antecedents of wavering loyalty and lack of principles get him a political job. Since we know his certificate can't feed him like many youths in nigeria.

Babalawo is also a doctor,

Which one is your own

DocHMD:
Protectionist look malnourished and starving. No wonder he is hustling seriously. Wonder how much 'protection package' he got from this case.

At least we know who Barca is,

Show ur face lets see how it goes

LIVE FROM THE MAGISTRATE COURT:

The Lawyer representing the Police is trying to implore delay tactics to hear the bail application.



He is asking for more days to be allowed to respond to Bail Application but the magistrate ruled against it

Now he asked for a stand down and the magistrate granted him until 11 o'clock.

The court is to resume by 11

EDO JUDGEMENT DAY!

Edo State election petition tribunal for the 2015 gubernatorial election is set to deliver Judgement this Friday 14th April 2017, by 10am.

Stay tuned for more updates.

Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has assured party members that the mistakes made in Ondo and Edo states, which gave the All Progressives Congress (APC) upper hand, will not be repeated in Anambra State.

By implication, Makarfi has by this position conceded to the embattled national chairman of the PDP, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, to produce the gubernatorial candidate of the party ahead of the November 2017 election in Anambra.

Sheriff had on Monday met with PDP chieftains from Anambra where they discussed the forthcoming election.

The former Kaduna governor said state chapters of the PDP where elections are to be conducted in future should ensure they produce popular candidates to avoid splitting of votes.

Makarfi, who spoke in Kaduna while reacting on the crisis in the party and efforts by former President Goodluck Jonathan and other stakeholders to broker peace, said members of the caretaker committee still enjoy the support of all stakeholders.

He said the caretaker committee will not engage in any anti-party activities that would jeopardize the prospect of the PDP in any election in the future.

“Yes, Modu Sheriff is performing certain duties; I was also approached as caretaker committee chairman by some state chapters on some matters. And because I don’t want to cause the kind of problem like what Modu Sheriff caused in Edo and Ondo, I referred them to Wadata Plaza because I am a party man.

Daily Trust reports that Sheriff is currently holding sway at the Wadata Plaza, which is the national headquarters of the party.

According to Makarfi, “I could have chosen to behave the way Modu Sheriff behaved in Edo and Ondo; but we reflected on it and say ‘no we would not do that. Let us not engage in what would deny the party any chance of electoral victory at whatever level irrespective of whether people are sympathetic to us or not. The interest of the party should be paramount,”’ he said.

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/politics/i-ll-not-hold-parallel-congress-in-anambra-makarfi/193174.html

Repairnigeria:
nawa

So "would have" is now another language from BMC

This BMC people sha.
BMC new language

Would recieved,
would have,
Would believe,
May have received,
Believed.

Hianyi.

And the House Committee madness continue

The claim that Jonathan probably received as much as $200 million in the deal was also repeated by the Russian in a follow-up interview with Italian prosecutors, led by Fabio De Pasquale in Milan.

“I said that if it’s true, that he paid, he had to pay 400 million, I assume that at least 200 went to Goodluck (Jonathan).”

“I heard from Chief (Etete), he claims that he had to pay 400 million, so, if this is true, if he paid 400 million, then most probably the President, as the biggest boss, took at least the half of it,” documents prepared by Italian prosecutors quoted

.

This people are not serious walahi.


Can you see them.

The proposed summons of Jonathan is sequel to a report which alleged that he probably received as much as $200 million to approve the controversial $1.3 billion sale of OPL 245 oil field

LionDeLeo:
Same creatures that opposed prof sagay will quickly support this. Smh.

Who is Prof Sagay

wellmax:
Guy stop this show of ignorance here on cyber space.
Do you really understand what money laundering is?

What EFCC is doing is e wa woran hoooo.

No wonder they keep loosing case. Because they only depend on media trial and not painstaking investigations

EFCC will never learn. Won gboran rara at all.

Stop media trial. Stop putting the cart before the horse

sarrki:
He lives in wadata plaza

Hope you are not referring to Sherriff and Cairo

BERNIMOORE:
Obasanjo should be keeping quiet like his age mates must he be relevant at all costs"?

You know baba want what will always make him be in the news.

Baba Iyabo is no longer relevant

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has described former President, Olusegun Obasanjo’s reference to Salamigate as another confirmation that the Minister of Mines and Steel Development and former governor of the State, Dr Kayode Fayemi only became the governor of Ekiti State through judicial fraud, maintaining that he (Fayemi) has never won any election in his life.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has described former President, Olusegun Obasanjo’s reference to Salamigate as another confirmation that the Minister of Mines and Steel Development and former governor of the State, Dr Kayode Fayemi only became the governor of Ekiti State through judicial fraud, maintaining that he (Fayemi) has never won any election in his life.

Salamigate is the terminology used to describe the controversial Appeal Court, Ilorin judgment delivered by Justice Isa Ayo Salami, which removed Engr Segun Oni of the PDP from office and declared Dr Kayode Fayemi governor of Ekiti State on October 15, 2010.

While playing host to members of the Correspondents Chapel, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ogun State Chapter, at his hilltop residence in Abeokuta on Sunday, Obasanjo said; “…Our judges must be committed in fighting corruption. They must be committed to fighting corruption.


”Because if the investigation is very sound and you have `ogbologbo’ lawyer to handle the case, if you have Salamigate, you know what the answer will be.”

But the Ekiti State PDP in a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti on Monday and signed by the State Publicity Secretary, Mr Jackson Adebayo, said;

“Fayemi never won the 2009 rerun governorship election. Rather, he was awarded victory by Justice Salami after cancelling votes in wards where the PDP won and this has been further established by former President Obasanjo.”


The PDP said Nigerians should recall that records of telephone calls and messages between Justice Salami and APC chieftains like Lai Mohammed before and after the judgment were made public, confirming that the judgment was obtained by fraud.

“It should also be recalled that even programmes of Fayemi’s swearing in ceremony and other souvenirs were printed more than two weeks before the judgment was delivered.

“Up till today, that Appeal Court judgment of October 10, 2010 that made Fayemi governor is not being cited as authority in any election matter and with Obasanjo’s reference to Salamigate as terminology for judicial manipulation, it should be clear to Fayemi himself that he became governor by judicial fraud.

“Perhaps, Fayemi may now have to ask Baba Obasanjo what he meant by Salamigate. He should also ask Engr Segun Oni that he cheated out of office why he dragged Justice Salami and others before the National Judicial Council (NJC),” the party said.

http://dailypost.ng/2017/04/10/obasanjos-reference-salamigate-confirmed-fayemi-became-governor-judicial-fraud-ekiti-pdp/

OLAADEGBU:
Don't mind them, it's called selective reading. They only choose to see what they want to see and talk about.

Thr way some people just talk as if they know everything is very worrisome

Accidental Governor Yahaya Bello

#FreeAustinOkaiNow

oyinkinola:
engine are you has oil?

See grammar.

Brighter Grammar will be your good Friend

Federal Government Thursday appealed the judgment of Justice Jude Okeke that nullified the corruption charges against Justice Adeniyi Ademola, Mrs. Olabowale Ademola and Mr. Joe Agi (SAN).

Also, the government through the federal Ministry of Justice has filed a fresh case in the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT against Justice Ademola and his wife for living above their income and failure to declare their assets.
It will be recalled that Justice Okeke of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Wednesday April 5, 2017, upheld a no case submission by the Defence in the corruption case against Justice Ademola, Mrs. Ademola and Mr. Agi.

The judge also struck out the 18-count charge proffered against the Defendants after holding that the Prosecution failed to prove any of the allegations despite the provisions of sections 53 and 60 of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act (ICPC Act).

However, sources in the Presidency informed State House Correspondents that the government had been advised to appeal against what is described as “a very strange outcome indeed considering the underlying facts.
“It is even stranger that the trial was not allowed to continue considering the applicable statutory provisions.

“Section 53 (1) of the ICPC Act raises a presumption that any gratification accepted or obtained by an accused person must have been corruptly accepted or obtained until the contrary is proved. Section 60 of the Act does not apply to the case.

“Of interest is the decision of the learned trial judge that the offence of giving and receiving gratification was not made out by the prosecution against the defendants in the face of the evidence held in court.

“Prosecution witnesses gave testimony of the payment of N30 Million in three tranches by Mr Joe Agi (SAN), into the account of Mrs Olabowale Ademola, the wife of Justice Ademola. Agi was a legal practitioner who actually had cases in the court of Justice Ademola.

“The defendants, however, claimed that the money was a gift from common friends for the benefit of Justice Ademola and Mrs Ademola to support the wedding of their daughter’’, the source narrated.

The source added that the evidence of the defence suggesting that the source of the money was not Agi, was unclear at best and ought not to have formed the basis of the learned trial judge’s conclusion at this stage of the proceedings.

“What was clear was that the last tranche was paid shortly before Justice Ademola granted a garnishee order in favour of Agi’s client to the tune of about $637 million.
“Prior to this, it was also not disputed that Justice Ademola’s son had received a BMW vehicle worth about N8,500,000 from Agi.’’
The presidency source continued: “One of the charges dismissed relates to the possession of firearms by Justice Ademola without a valid licence.

“On this, Honourable Justice Okeke held that the Firearms Act made provision for a time lag, that is, for Justice Ademola to continue to hold on to his firearms and ammunition even after the expiration of his licence.
“In this case, a new licence was tendered in a situation where Justice Ademola ought to have tendered a renewal of his old licence. Being in possession of two licences in respect of the same firearm ought to have raised some questions for the defendants to resolve.’’

According to sources, within the prosecution, the ruling suggests that the learned trial judge proceeded to ascribe probative value to the evidence of prosecution witnesses at the stage of a no case submission when he ought only to have considered whether a prima facie case had been made out by the prosecution against the defendants.

“The learned trial Judge had held that there was no link between the gratification received by Justice Ademola and the judgment he delivered in favour of Agi.’’

The source maintained that the ruling failed to address the relevance of section 53 of the ICPC Act which raised a presumption of corruption in respect of the gratification in question.

The source said this and other troubling questions must be addressed in an appeal against the ruling.

When contacted for official comments of the presidency, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu denied the existence of a rift between the Executive and Judicial arms of government over this issue and other recent judicial decisions posing a challenge to the war against corruption.

According to him, the relationship between the two arms of government has been very cordial, adding that nothing has happened to change the nature of the relationship.

http://www.arisenews247.com/2017/04/06/apc-led-federal-govt-appeal-the-no-case-submission-in-the-case-against-justice-ademola-and-his-wife-and-again-filed-fresh-charges-against-them/

oyinkinola:
#IstandAgainstNass

one of the Grasscutters their

Resolution of the PDP stakeholders Meeting held today at the Shehu Yaradua center.

Briefing the Press after the meeting former President Goodluck Johnathan said, they have resolve to set up committee whom in two weeks will come up with strong recommendation for a lasting solution.

The Committee will consist of the following The former President or his Vice to chair the Committee, 6 BOT Members including the chairman, Six person per geo political zone, all Governors be members . Deputy senate and minority leader to represent Senate. Reps Minority leader to represent Reps,Two former Governor from all Zones, Two women, Two Youths from each Zone.

within two weeks the committee is expected to come up with strong recommendations, after which lager groups will be called again to implement the recommendation of the committee.

Good luck Johnathan speaking said, they are determined to solve the problem and determined to make sure the party grow stronger again

Main while Ali Madu Sheriff and his supporters has earlier walked out of the meeting after him and Makarfi were both refused to address the press