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Johnnyessence:
seun and other moderators should ban

I think Lalasticlala and Seun should

Why will someone go about brandishing bogus money that is fake

post=76866322:
Thanks for the heads up man.
They will hear from us ASAP!!

E be like say as Buhari be our Baba, na d CJN be dis one wey carry our name open thread Father-in-law!

History will remind you of Been a liar

post=74754136:
CCT is not trying him for professional negligence but for criminal acts.
Gone are the days of cabals. If you do the crime do the time.
This is the big change we voted for.
CJN Salary/Annum = N9,012,000 CJN savings in Foreign Accounts alone = N250,500,000. Does he trade in Judgements?

For the wailing wailers, If the opposition had been the one to level this allegations against the CJN and Buhari failed to do anything, you guys would still cite his failure to act this close to elections, because the CJN is an ally he wants to use at Tribunals..
Wailers will ALWAYS wail, it's in their DNA.....N.B

Zombies history will not forget you for your lies you peddled on this man

INEC timeline for Conclusion of rivers Election

Earlystar698:
if this hit front page, someone should call me to comment

Oya come and comment

…Suspended CJN to file no-case submission

Ade Adesomoju, Abuja

The Federal Government on Thursday closed its case of false and non-declaration of charges preferred against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.



Although, the prosecution led by Mr. Aliyu Umar (SAN) had proposed to call six witnesses to prove its case against the defendant, it closed its case after calling three of them.

Umar announced his decision to close the prosecution’s case after the third witness, Ifeoma Okeagbue, an official of Standard Chartered Bank, concluded her testimony on Thursday.

The prosecuting counsel said he had chosen to offer to the defence team the rest of his proposed witnesses, three of them, who were not called by the prosecution.

But the lead defence counsel, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN), rejected the offer.

He then sought the permission of the three-man bench led by its Chairman, Danladi Umar, to consult with the defendant who was seated in the dock.

After a brief interaction with the suspended CJN, Awomolo announced that Onnoghen had opted to file a no-case submission, implying that the defence will contend that the prosecution has failed to make a case against the defendant and there will not be any need for the suspended CJN to enter his defence.

https://punchng.com/fg-closes-case-against-onnoghen/

CCB hasn’t verified Onnoghen’s assets declaration forms submitted since 2016, says ex-official

A prosecution witness, Mr. Awal Yakassai, on Thursday, admitted before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, that the two assets declaration forms submitted over two years ago by the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, have not been verified by the Code of Conduct Bureau.

Testifying as the second prosecution witness in Onnoghen’s ongoing trial on charges of false and non-declaration of assets, Yakassai a former CCB official, said the suspended CJN submitted two assets declaration forms on December 14, 2016.

‎The two CCB 1 Forms meant to cover for Onnoghen’s declarations for years 2014 and 2015, are the basis for the six counts of false, non-declaration of assets of which the suspended CJN is being prosecuted.

However, under cross-examination by Onnoghen’s lead defence lawyer, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN), the witness, when shown the two forms, admitted that the columns for verification of the contents of the forms remained blank and unsigned.


https://punchng.com/ex-official-admits-ccb-hasnt-verified-onnoghens-assets-declaration-forms-submitted-in-2016/

sageer1706:
PDP are just confused, so is now certificate issue, no more "our mandate was stolen", they will soon sue PMB for travelling abroad for treatment

Eyes is for reading


Brain is for understanding

Use the two very reasonably

AbaLion:
engineer boat, you and your party will lose all the way to the supreme court.



-Lion

Ta lo gunyan fun e to ni tobe o soro

Supplementary election: Dino Melaye to lead international human rights observers


- International Human Rights Commission has nominated Senator Dino to lead a delegation of observers

- This was disclosed by Ambassador Friday Sani, the commission’s diplomatic head to Nigeria and African Countries

- The observers would observe the supplementary elections in Rivers and Kano states

Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi west at the national assembly has been nominated by Nigerian central office of the International Human Rights Commission to lead a delegation of observers in the scheduled governorship and state assembly supplementary election on March 23.

Leadership reports that this was disclosed in a letter signed by Ambassador Friday Sani,the commission’s diplomatic head to Nigeria and African Countries.

READ ALSO: Nigeria’s 2019 election is bad news for democracy - Ex-US ambassador

According to the statement, the observers would observe elections in Rivers and Kano states.

“On behalf of the world secretary general of the International Human Rights Commission, Sir Rafal Marcin Wasik, you have been nominated as the leader of the Commission’s delegation to observe the upcoming scheduled supplementary polls especially in Rivers and Kano states,” it said.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) accused President Muhammadu Buhari of rigging the Saturday, February 23 presidential election.

The party said President Buhari's statement that he would not intervene on behalf of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the supplementary election scheduled in states where the gubernatorial elections were declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was an affirmation that he rigged the presidential election.

It would be recalled that the presidency rejected criticism from members of the ruling APC who frowned at his failure to intervene in favour of the party in states where gubernatorial elections were declared inconclusive.



https://www.legit.ng/1228408-supplementary-election-dino-melaye-lead-international-human-rights-observers.html

The Trubunal Judgment in the Osun State Governorship Election is schedulled for Friday March 22, 2019.


Stay tune for more updates

Onnoghen’s trial: FG filed charges before we concluded investigation – CCB official

…my asset declaration forms tampered with, Onnoghen cries out
…FG tenders evidence, as CCT adjourns hearing till Thursday

ABUJA – A senior investigative officer at the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, Mr. James Akpala, on Monday, admitted that the charge against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, was filed before his team concluded investigation on the allegation that he falsely declared his assets.


Justice Walter Onnoghen and Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja, Mr. Danladi Umar

Mr. Akpala, who is the star prosecution witness, PW-1, testified before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, where the embattled CJN is answering to a six-count charge that was preferred against him by the Federal Government.
Aside allegation that he failed to declare his assets as prescribed by the law, FG had in the charge marked CCT/ABJ/01/19, FG, alleged that Onnoghen operated five foreign bank accounts, contrary to section 15(2) of Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act.

FG had insisted that it was the CCB that okayed Onnoghen’s trial based on certain infractions that were discovered in his asset declaration forms.

The Mr. Dalandi Umar-led tribunal had in a bench ruling on March 11, granted FG the nod to call witnesses and tender evidence against the defendant who was suspended from office by President Muhammadu Buhari on January 25.

At the resumed proceeding on Monday, the prosecution, presented Mr. Akpala as its first witness.

Led in evidence by FG’s lawyer, Mr. Aliyu Umar, SAN, the PW-1, told the tribunal that he was a member of a three-man team of investigators that uncovered alleged infractions in asset declaration forms the defendant submitted before the CCB.

The witness, tendered in evidence, six sets of documents that included a copy of the petition he said led to Onnoghen’s trial, as well as his bank account details.

Onnoghen remains CJN, says CJN Muhammad


FG equally tendered through him, two asset declaration forms the suspended CJN submitted in 2014 and 2015.

The petition dated January 7, 2019, which was sent to the CCB by a civil society group under the aegis of Anti-Corruption and Research-Based Data Initiative, was admitted in evidence as Exhibit 1.

Meanwhile, before the asset declaration forms were admitted, Onnoghen, through his lawyer, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, alleged that it was tampered with.

Onnoghen insisted that the Form 001 he filled in 2014 and 2015, were no longer the way he submitted it to the CCB.

He queried why the hitherto bound documents appeared “in loose form” before the tribunal, alleging that it was tampered with, with some of the pages missing.

Awomolo said he would raise his client’s objection to the admissibility of the documents, in his final written address.

“We have some reservation on the documents, we will not object in the interest of justice but we have reservations that would be addressed at the end of the day”, he added.

Code of Conduct Tribunal: Examining its place in the Nigerian Judicial hierarchy


In his Evidence-In-Chief, the witness, told the tribunal that the petition was handed to his team for investigation by his superior at the CCB, Mr. Samuel Madojemu, on January 9.

“The petition was authored by Chief Dennis Aghanya of the Anti-Corruption and Research-Based Data Initiative, alleging breach of Code of Conduct for Public Officers, including non-declaration of assets and false declaration of assets, against the Hon. Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen, GCON, the Chief Justice of Nigeria.

“Thereafter, the team wrote to the Federal Political Officers Unit (of the Bureau), Asokoro, requesting the defendant’s asset declarations received from 2000 to 2009.

“The department responded. The two asset declaration forms were examined and filed in the case file”, the witness stated.

Under cross-examination, the witness, told the tribunal that he was not aware that the CCB had a central register where asset declaration forms submitted to it by public officers are kept.

He said he also had no idea of the number of asset declaration forms the Bureau issued from 1993 to 2019.

The PW-1 maintained that the constitution mandated every public officer to go to the nearest office of the CCB to declare their assets.

Responding to further questions, the witness said: “I have never worked in the department where asset declaration forms are issued to public officers.

“I have never worked in the department where the forms are verified”.

He said the petition was delivered to the CCB on January 9 and forwarded to his team on January 10.

“We requested for records of his accounts from the bank on January 11”.

Asked by if he would be surprised to know that the charge against Onnoghen was filed on January 10, including the list of witnesses, the PW-1 said: “I cannot answer that question”.

When he was shown a copy of the charge and the day it was filed, the witness said: “As at January 10, we had not taken the statement of the defendant. We concluded our assignment on January 11”.

Onnoghen: Mass action can’t change course of justice — Lai Mohammed



At that juncture, Onnoghen’s lawyer asked him: “So Mr. Akpala, will I be correct to say that within 24 hours that the petition was received, investigation was concluded and an order secured from the tribunal to prefer charges against the defendant?”.

The witness replied: “Yes that is correct. We requested for documents and they were forwarded to us, which we examined. Based on examination we conducted on the documents, the charge was filed”.

Onnoghen’s lawyer then asked him: “When you obtained statement of the defendant at the Supreme Court, around 1pm on January 11, you did not tell him that a six-count charge had already been filed against him?”.

The witness said: “My Lord, I am an investigator, I do not work in the legal department.

“At the time the defendant recorded his statement around 12:30pm, the team had no idea that the charge had been filed.

“At about 2pm when we got to the office, we had not written our report then.

“We finished our report at about quarter to 3pm. The report was addressed to the Deputy Director Intelligence, Investigation and Monitoring”.

Asked if he would be surprised to know that as at that 3pm when the team submitted its report, FG had already secured leave of the tribunal and preferred charges against Onnoghen, the witness said: “My lord I cannot answer this question.

“All I know is that we filed our report after we obtained statement of the defendant. We were not aware that the charge was already filed”.

He told the tribunal that his team did not at any stage, involved the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the investigation.

Asked if he would also be surprised that some of the bank documents FG tendered in evidence against the CJN, was actually addressed to the EFCC, the witness said. ” My lord I cannot answer”.

Earlier in his testimony, the PW-1 told the tribunal that the defendant submitted the first asset declaration form as Justice of the Supreme Court from June 8, 2005 to November 22, 2014.

He said two Union Bank accounts were declared in the form.

According to him, the form was received and acknowledged by the CCB on December 14, 2016.

He said the second asset declaration form was when Onnoghen was appointed as the CJN.

In the form, he said the defendant declared five Standard Chartered Bank accounts and two Union Bank accounts.

He said the defendant also submitted the form to the CCB on the same December 14, 2016.

He added that after the team’s work, an investigation report was filed.

Narrating how the investigation was conducted, the PW-1 said: “After the routine investigation process, the team wrote to the Department of Federal Political Office under the CCB requesting for the defendant’s asset declaration records from 2000-2019.

“The two assets declaration forms that the team received were examined and filed in the case file.

“Other members on the team include Abu Simon Isaac, Deputy Director and Samuel Madujemu, Assistant Director all of Intelligence, Investigation and Monitoring.

“The petitioner was invited to make a statement and his statement was filed in the case file.

“On January 11, having examined the defendant’s asset declaration forms, the receiving officer, Auwal Usman Yakasai was invited and the schedule officer, Ikpeme Etim Amba was equally invited and their statements recorded.

“The team proceeded to Standard Chartered Bank requesting for the defendant’s account statement with the bank, account opening documents and certificate of identification. The bank responded.

“During examination, the team realised that the account opening package was incomplete and the account officer, Ifeoma Okagbue, was notified.

“She now came on March 6 with the complete account opening document and her statement was recorded.

“On January 11, at about 12noon, the team visited the defendant at his office at the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Abuja. We met his secretary, Jane Esu Edu, who led us to him.

“He read through the petition and gave an oral explanation to the team concerning the allegations contained in the petition.

“My superior, Madujemu, asked him if he was willing to record his oral explanation in writing or the team should go and come back some other time. The defendant said he was willing to record his oral statement.

“He brought out a plain paper but the team informed him that CCB has a cautionary form for statements and he was informed that he needs a witness to observe the writing of the statement who could be a lawyer or a reputable person.

“The defendant called his secretary, Jane Esu Edu, to witness the statement. She sat beside the defendant and the defendant recorded his statement in his own handwriting.

“Intermittently, he went to his inner chamber to seek audience with his visitors. After some time, he came back, continued and ended the statement. The defendant signed the statement and leader of our team, Mr. Madujemu and myself counter-signed”, the witness added.

Meantime, shortly after the witness was discharged, FG’s lawyer requested for an adjournment, even as he applied for a subpoena to be issued against officials of Standard Chartered Bank for them to appear and testify before the tribunal.

The CJN equally notified the tribunal that he was scheduled to appear before the National Judicial Council, NJC, on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Before the matter was adjourned till Thursday, the tribunal Chairman, Mr. Umar, said his panel would no longer accept any medical report from a private hospital.

“Henceforth, if the defendant gets sick or not able to attend his trial on health ground, the medical report must come from government hospital and not from a public hospital, we cannot accept that any more”, Mr. Umar held.

It will be recalled that the CJN had on March 12 when full-blown hearing was originally scheduled to commence in the matter, failed to appear before the CCT over a claim that he suffered toothache and high blood pressure.

His lawyer tendered a medical report that indicated that he was mandated by his Doctor to observe a 72-hour bed rest by his doctor.

However, on the same day, the suspended CJN, lodged an appeal to challenge the decision of the tribunal to proceed with the trial despite a motion he filed to challenge its jurisdiction to entertain the charge against him.

In his three grounds of appeal, Justice Onnoghen maintained that the CCT panel erred in law in its interpretation of section 396(2) of the ACJA, with respect to his application challenging the constitutional jurisdiction and competence of the proceeding before it, “when they deferred ruling on the application to the conclusion of trial when the issue of jurisdiction is a threshold issue which ought and must be determined immediately”.

According to him, “The Chairman and members of the Code of Conduct Tribunal erred in law In the interpretation of Section 396 (2) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 1015 when they ruled that the ruling on the applicant’s application challenging the constitutional jurisdiction of the tribunal and the application asking the tribunal’s chairman to rescue himself on grounds that he had demonstrated acts which showed bias and partiality in the proceedings against the appellant, shall be determined along with the final judgment on the merit of the entire case and thereby denied the appellant his right to fair hearing under section 36 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, as amended”.

Specifically, Onnoghen had in his objection, queried the validity of the six-count charge against him, contending that FG failed to respect established judicial precedents by not allowing the NJC to firstly investigate the allegation against him, before it rushed the matter to the CCT.

He argued that failure to channel the petition against him, as well as the outcome of the investigation that was purportedly conducted on assets declaration forms he submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, to the NJC, rendered the charge invalid.

He urged the CCT to abide by a subsisting Court of Appeal decision in Nganjiwa v Federal Republic of Nigeria (2017) LPELR-43391, to the effect that any misconduct attached to the office and functions of a judicial officer, must first be reported to and handled by the NJC, pursuant to the provisions of the laws.


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/03/onnoghens-trial-fg-filed-charges-before-we-concluded-investigation-ccb-official

senatordave1:
You are correct.how can jime suddenly start losing in all the tiv areas buhari won? So buhari is now more popular than jime

How can Ganduje start losing in Kano where Buhari won landslide

Where did he see the remote he used for osun

Offa Robbery: Police asked me to implicate Saraki – Suspect


Some suspected armed robbers that attacked banks at Offa in Kwara State, during their appearance at the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin yesterday
FILE PHOTO: Some suspected armed robbers that attacked banks at Offa in Kwara State, during their appearance at the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin.

A suspect in last year’s robbery attacks on commercial banks in Offa, Kwara state, Ayoade Akinnibosun, on Friday told an Ilorin High Court how the police asked him to implicate the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki.

Akinnibosun and two other suspects, Ibikunle Ogunleye (2nd accused person) and Adeola Abraham (3rd accused person) narrated before the court how police extracted statement from them by force during the course of investigation of the incident.

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The suspects also disclosed that the principal suspect in the robbery incident who was a dismissed police officer, Michael Adikwu was shot dead by one Inspector Vincent attached to the police Intelligence Response Team (IRT).

Akinnibosun, Ogunleye and Abraham were examined and cross-examined by their counsel, Mathias Emeribe and prosecution counsel, Razaq Gold, in a trial within trial on how they were tortured and threatened by the police to make confessional statements.

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The prosecution witness, Inspector Hitila Hassan, had on Thursday told the court that the suspects voluntarily gave their statements under his supervision.

Lead Prosecuting Counsel, Prof. Wahab Egbewole sought to tender the statements as exhibit but the defence counsel, Mathias Emeribe objected.

Emeribe argued that the statements were not voluntarily taken, noting that they fell short of the provisions of the Evidence Act particularly sections 28 and 29.

At the resumed hearing today, Akinnibosun said “Abba Kyari told me to mention the name of Senate President Bukola Saraki that he gave me the guns for the operations. But I declined to do that contending that my life is at stake.

“He (Abba Kyari) promised that they would reward me handsomely and set me free if I can indict Senator Saraki. When I disagreed they called some policemen to take me back to their cell. During this time, my hands were tied to my legs in the back.”

The suspect added that he was the leader of Kwara South Liberation Movement mobilizing young jobless graduates for the Senator representing Kwara South district in the upper legislative chamber, Dr Rafiu Ibrahim.

“The essence is to secure government jobs for the boys,” he said.

Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibikunle Ogunleye and Adeola Ibrahim gave graphic details of their horrifying experience allegedly in the police custody in Abuja.

During one of their encounters at the police IRT ‘theatre room,’ they said in their presence Inspector Vincent allegedly shot dead five Fulani men.

‘The theatre room,’ according to them is the generator room of the IRT’s office and it also doubles as where suspects are extra-judicially executed.

They added that it was in the same ‘theatre room that Inspector Vincent otherwise known as ‘Mr. Torture,’ allegedly shot dead Michael Adikwu for failing to indict them in the robbery incident.

According to Ibikunle Ogunleye “they brought the late Adikwu to implicate us and he said he had not met any of us in his life that is why Mr. Torture shot him to death.”

The trial Judge, Justice Halimat Salman adjourned the case to March 25, 2019 for continuation of trial within trial.

We told the zombies then, that labelled us.

Now that Lootimi Amaechi had come out to declare it, will you now believe

All promised csncelled

Ikio:
?

AAC na stubborn House fly.

They will soon roll of Lootimi Amaechi to his political graveyard

Moventist:
Yes
One Senate seat already declared with the remaining two PDP winning with wide margin waiting for declaration

Amaeching Adopted Children Party was shouting I won I won.

Now INEC said produce your agent polling unit result hell no Result to present

Bennycollins:
Obviously you don,t knw the role of party agents or how election results are collated. Agents of each party at any level is given a copy of the result signed by other party agents and returning officer. The agents report to a central point called situation room for the party. They even keep personal copies if they like.

Let him be living on fool paradise.

No wonder up till now AAC had not press t a single polling unit result from his agents...na that one want to be governor

muykem:
There is no need for much argument. Wike will not rule Rivers state beyond May 29th 2019. Somebody should put money if in doubt.

Take your to buy Pain relief drug and Keep it as INEC do soon announce the result collated

Moventist:
2016 rerun election PDP thrashed APC blue black

2 Senate
11 of 13 house of rep
27 of the 32 state assembly constituencies

Don't argue what you can't substantiate

At the moment PDP won all the 13 HOR

muykem:
Some of you can't think again, you depend on nonsense writing by Wlke. How will INEC ask party agent to submit copy of results? Is the agent that conduct election or INEC? Also how reasonable it sounds in your ear that fact finding committee suddenly become election collator.

Stop thinking with your Anus.

INEC have their results sheet from their Ad.hoc staff.

The result need to be corroborated with each the parties as submitted.

Is that clear

#RiversDecides Update: (11)

With the latest development and with the real announced result in the Polling Unit,

If INEC decide to use the result collated, Wike beat AAC candidate Black and blue (i dont know his name) whoever know the name should place tell me

#RiversDecides Update: (10)

So how is AAC able to know he won RIver state when at the moment the party had not submit a single polling unit from its agent to INEC to cross-check with what INEC PUO submitted to INEC

#RiversDecides Update: (9)

So how is AAC able to know he won RIver state when at the moment the party had not submit a single polling unit from its agent to INEC to cross-check with what INEC PUO submitted to INEC

#RiversDecides Update: (

The fact finding mission swing into action, all parties where called to present the Polling and ward results as announced.

PDP present the results from all the WARDS and POLLING UNITS From their agents.

the funniest thing. AAC is yet to submit a single polling unit Result to INEC.

#RiversDecides Update: (7)

As more lives were been killed and injured,

INEC in its power suspend the Collation and Annoucnement,

FAct finding Committee was set up,

#RiversDecides Update: (6)

As the siege continue, Amaechi and Men in Military uniform keep terrorizing INEC officials, some where been shot in the arm, leg, buttock, and parts of the body,

infact they were forced to make announcement of distorted, and multilated prepared results sheet in favour of AAC by Amaechi and thugs

#RiversDecides Update: (5)

On saturday evening when result was suppose to be arriving State collation centre, the Military Take over the premises, screening every results and hijacking everything

#RiversDecides Update: (3)

Amaechi in his character, decides to use the Men in Military uniform to scuttle the process.

INEC official were kidnapped, killed, threatened

#RiversDecides Update2)

After election and result announced at various polling unit.