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CSNAC: Before you Defend the NJC and Attack the DSS; Please Read

14, October, 2016
The Chairman,
National Judicial Council,
Three Arms zone,
Abuja,

Cover up of judicial corruption and Impunity by the National Judicial Council

The attention of the members of the Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC) been drawn to the claim of the National Judicial Council (NJC) that it has acted on all petitions alleging misconduct on the part of judicial officers in line with the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999. The claim of the National Judicial Council is completely misleading because it is far from the truth.

Contrary to such claim CSNAC wishes to state that the deliberate refusal of the NJC to investigate and sanction judges accused of corruption, abuse of office and other acts of misconduct by members of the public has encouraged judicial corruption in the country. corruption and impunity is endemic in Nigeria’s judicial system. In other words, the outright failure of the judiciary to purge the Nigerian judicial system of corrupt practices has eroded public confidence in the judiciary. Indeed, the disciplinary measures meted out to some erring judges has cast serious doubt on the expressed commitment of the NJC to restore public confidence in the country's judiciary.

The claim of the NJC that it is committed to the anti corruption policy of the Mohammed Buhari Administration flies in the face of the granting of frivolous injunctions issued by judges which have frustrated the investigation and prosecution of politically exposed persons and people accused of corruption. In several other cases, judges involved in the trial of corruption cases as well as the appellate courts have granted stay of proceedings to stall the prosecution of corrupt people in the society. Apart from the case of Justice Mohammed Yunusa who was recently recommended for retirement by the NJC, no other judge has been sanctioned by the NJC for frustrating the fight against corruption. Even in the case of Justice Yunusa the NJC failed to act until the Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC) had to compile seven cases in which the judge granted perpetual injunction to restrain the EFCC, ICPC and the offices of the Inspector-General of Police and Attorney-General of the Federation from prosecuting some persons accused of criminal diversion of billions of naira.

In view of the false claim of the NJC that it has been dealing promptly with allegations of misconduct against judicial officers the CSNAC is compelled to ask the NJC why it has decided not to investigate and sanction judges alleged of judicial corruption in the following petitions:

(1) The petition against Justice B.A Adejumo, President of the National Industrial Court for granting illegal ex parte orders against two state governments. The petitions were submitted to the NJC by the governments of Edo and Oyo states.

(2) The petition written against the President of the Court of Appeal for the failure to hear and determine the appeal filed by the EFCC in 2008 at the Court of Appeal against the judgment of Justice Buba in the Odili case. The counsel handling the case on behalf of the EFCC is the current President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. A. B. Mahmoud SAN. The petition was written by the CSNA.

(3) The petition written against four judges namely Justice Uwani Abba-Aji of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ibrahim Auta, Justice Hyeladzira Nganjiwa and Mohammed Yunusa of Federal High Court and Chief Judge of the Federal High Court alleged to have collected bribes from Mr. Rickey Tarfa (SAN) currently undergoing trial for transfer of sums of money to the judges. The petition was submitted to the NJC by the CSNAC.

(4) The petition written against Justice Marcel Awokulehin for sentencing convicted drug dealers to lesser terms contrary to the provisions of the NDLEA Act. The petition was submitted to the NJC by the CSNAC.

(5) The petition written against Justice Abdul Kafarati for gross misconduct and desecration of the bench. The petition was submitted to the NJC by the CSNAC.

(6) The petition written against Justice Adejumo for recommending unqualified candidates who were appointed as judges of the National Industrial Court. The petition was written by the CSNAC.

(7) The NJC gave the impression that there is only one petition pending against Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the federal high court. This is not correct as the NJC also received a petition alleging that the judge wrote two judgments in one case. The petition together with the two judgments were submitted to the NJC by the Committee of Anambra State PDP House of Representatives Members-Elect.

( On not less than two occasions Justice Ademola has obtained injunctions to restrain the NJC from investigating allegations of corruption against him. What steps did the NJC take to set aside the black market injunctions?

(9) Justice I. A. Umezulike, Chief Judge of Enugu state has been retired on the recommendation of the NJC for launching a book where he collected N10 million from a litigant. Why was Justice Ibrahim Auta who collected over N40 million from his book launch not recommended for retirement by the NJC? A petition to this effect was submitted by CSNAC.

(10) The petition submitted to the NJC by the DSS last week week on the 15 judges who are said to have engaged in money laundering and corruption was not considered. Did the same NJC not recommend the dismissan and prosecution of Justice Kabiru Auta who had collected N200 million bribe from a litigant. Why was the NJC silent on the millions of naira, dollars, pounds and other foreign currencies.

In the press statement issued at the end of its meeting last week, the NJC claimed that it recommended Justice Tiamiya of the Court of Appeal for retirement because he demanded N200 million from a litigant whose appeal in an election petition was pending before the Court. Is the NJC not aware that anyone who demands a bribe has committed a serious offence under the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Offences Act? Why was he not recommended for prosecution?

We recall that the NJC recently recommended the retirement of some judges for not delivering judgments within the 90 days stipulated by the Constitution. But why was Justice Rita Ajumogobia merely warned by the NJC even though it was found as a fact she did not deliver judgment in a pre-election matter until the expiration of the term of office of the defendant?
The cases cited above are among several others alleging corruption and misconduct on the part of some members of the NJC and other judges who are said to be untouchable in the judiciary. It is the cover of judicial corruption which has led the DSS to intervene in order to end impunity in the Nigerian judiciary.
CSNAC is of firm opinion that corruption and impunity in the judiciary pose serious disincentive to credible administration of justice as well impugn on the collective psyche of stakeholders in the judicial system. CSNAC therefore calls on the NJC to join the calls to rid the judiciary of bad eggs, in the interest of justice, democracy and good governance.

In view of the foregoing the CSNAC is compelled to call on the NJC to investigate the petitions referred to above without any further delay. Meanwhile the public deserves to know why the NJC refused to investigate the judges involved in the serious allegations of misconduct raised in the said petitions.

Sincerely yours,

Olanrewaju Suraju
Chairman[b]CSNAC: Before you Defend the NJC and Attack the DSS; Please Read

14, October, 2016
The Chairman,
National Judicial Council,
Three Arms zone,
Abuja,

Cover up of judicial corruption and Impunity by the National Judicial Council

The attention of the members of the Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC) been drawn to the claim of the National Judicial Council (NJC) that it has acted on all petitions alleging misconduct on the part of judicial officers in line with the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999. The claim of the National Judicial Council is completely misleading because it is far from the truth.

Contrary to such claim CSNAC wishes to state that the deliberate refusal of the NJC to investigate and sanction judges accused of corruption, abuse of office and other acts of misconduct by members of the public has encouraged judicial corruption in the country. corruption and impunity is endemic in Nigeria’s judicial system. In other words, the outright failure of the judiciary to purge the Nigerian judicial system of corrupt practices has eroded public confidence in the judiciary. Indeed, the disciplinary measures meted out to some erring judges has cast serious doubt on the expressed commitment of the NJC to restore public confidence in the country's judiciary.

The claim of the NJC that it is committed to the anti corruption policy of the Mohammed Buhari Administration flies in the face of the granting of frivolous injunctions issued by judges which have frustrated the investigation and prosecution of politically exposed persons and people accused of corruption. In several other cases, judges involved in the trial of corruption cases as well as the appellate courts have granted stay of proceedings to stall the prosecution of corrupt people in the society. Apart from the case of Justice Mohammed Yunusa who was recently recommended for retirement by the NJC, no other judge has been sanctioned by the NJC for frustrating the fight against corruption. Even in the case of Justice Yunusa the NJC failed to act until the Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC) had to compile seven cases in which the judge granted perpetual injunction to restrain the EFCC, ICPC and the offices of the Inspector-General of Police and Attorney-General of the Federation from prosecuting some persons accused of criminal diversion of billions of naira.

In view of the false claim of the NJC that it has been dealing promptly with allegations of misconduct against judicial officers the CSNAC is compelled to ask the NJC why it has decided not to investigate and sanction judges alleged of judicial corruption in the following petitions:

(1) The petition against Justice B.A Adejumo, President of the National Industrial Court for granting illegal ex parte orders against two state governments. The petitions we

Babasam16:
I saw this new development on Npower Facebook page this morning; Npower agro' date for the assessment is now shifted forward to 4th Oct till 5th Oct... But don't know how true it is.
if you have written your assessment today as agro aspirants, please let us know, that we may know what to do next.
This is important!

I search it on Facebook and i saw one but that is not a page no a group,is that the authentic one?

Berlynn:
[color=black] Does anyone here know for an absolute certainty that the Bible actually states human souls in Hell have no chance for forgiveness?

Believe it or not, I did read the Bible, and I don't recall it actually explicitly stating "Once you are in Hell, you no longer have any chance for forgiveness, for Redemption."

That doesn't seem too Christian lets assume for a moment there's a Hell and some people are down there praying to Jesus, begging for forgiveness, begging to be forgiven for not believing in the twisted corrupt Churches while they were on earth, and will Jesus just ignores them?

The Jesus I imagine wouldn't ignore them, not even if they were in Hell, the Jesus I know wouldn't be that petty. He doesn't care if they screwed up & they're in Hell....He would forgive them and go get them to heaven

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don't believe what the people are saying, just think with ur brain,the pastors have lied to people about God and even the Bible is not so truthful,I was born in a Christian family and after growing up to study the Bible very well I saw so many wrong doings and I totally lost fate in Christianity but after looking closer I found out that people have tampered with the Bible in the name of translation couple with fact that some of the so called men of God in the Bible are very wrong with their philosophy and way of life,so I just take Bible like an ordinary good book but if you are still believing that every word in the Bible is from God you are not thinking deeply and for me no heaven no hell,funny as it seems am Christian but I don't beloved in that shit and I didn't believe God said so,there is no way God in his infinite wisdom will do such thing to his creation that will make him look like a fool,don't believe what you have been hearing or reading from any book including the Bible and I know people will call me a liar that am the devil himself but ask yourself according to Bible what is the last statement of Jesus on the cross?I know like four from this same Bible and it is called the last statement.... really is either three of them is wrong or all is wrong....

Greataausim:
Since our hero of democray GEJ hand over the power peacefully to this blood sucking Daura President,I will not be suprised since this old rotten Daura President came to power all the elections hold under him will be declare inconclusives.

have you forgotten so soon?all the elections that pdp won under Buhari's administration.now pdp loss and the election became inconclusive.

jammy12:
Seen. Okay so you know. A person is called an architect after he has gotten his license from NIA: who requires that you complete your MSc and have a 'logged' work experience of at least 18 months; then you seat for an exam in Abuja. If you don't have that license, you are not an architect... Simple. Those who have completed their Msc but not gotten the license are permitted to be called a Graduate Architect. I hope I have dealt with this Sir

okay but i didn't belive you must have a masters degree before becoming an archictect no,infact in the western world their are some profesional architects that don't really go to school much they learned their skills mostly from apprenticeship and became very successful.

Gentlemen please check out this building plan i designed for a client,the client liked it and already their is ongoing CAD work on it but i just want to know your opinion.The client wants a bungalow of four bedroom,but it is not going to be just a bungalow,it's going to have a pent house consisting of two rooms for him and his wife or atleast just a room for him only and he said he will like the pent house to be completly hidden from any visitor.....futher details about what he wants was that the building should be a little bit close to front of his land because he wants a big garden at the back of his building infact he wants only parking space at the front so the bigger compound will be at the back and that he wants to have an eye on the garden,he said he'll preferably love a balcony to the garden.That means the pent house will be at the back.He like the second proposal and we had a deal.....am a draughtsman by the way so constructive criticism is welcome,from professionals or even lay man's point of view and that did not mean i shouldn't disagree if i think otherwise moreover two architects means two ways of solving a clients single probem.

Gentlemen please check out this building plan i designed for a client,the client liked it and already their is ongoing CAD work on it but i just want to know your opinion.The client wants a bungalow of four bedroom,but it is not going to be just a bungalow,it's going to have a pent house consisting of two rooms for him and his wife or atleast just a room for him only and he said he will like the pent house to be completly hidden from any visitor.....futher details about what he wants was that the building should be a little bit close to front of his land because he wants a big garden at the back of his building infact he wants only parking space at the front so the bigger compound will be at the back and that he wants to have an eye on the garden,he said he'll preferably love a balcony to the garden.That means the pent house will be at the back.He like the second proposal and we had a deal.....am a draughtsman by the way so constructive criticism is welcome,from professionals or even lay man's point of view and that did not mean i shouldn't disagree if i think otherwise moreover two architects means two ways of solving a clients single probem.

jammy12:
It is wrong to say your draughtsman work is better than some architect's work. That can't be true at all levels. I am a graduate architect not an architect. Your work can be better than mine but not better than a real architect.

okay you right maybe even graduating from school as an archictectural student is not good enough to say you can professionalise what you did in school,i don't know but their is certainly no excuse for not being not good at the profession your are doing,if you are graduate and you have clients and you are working and charging them and you still not good,well i dont know what to say.......then you word REAL ARCHICTECT, kindly help differentiate them from fake ARCHITECTS please

yosmen:
draughtsman claiming architect because he can d
raw residential builds that looks beautiful...all the principles they copy who originates them?.. architecture is more than just design of buildings especially residential buildings.
Let a draightman go and design institutional buildings,industrial designs and environmental designs then we can know who is the boss

you are definitely mistaken BRO,I don't know about any draftsman but me,in short where I learned no exception to the kind of projects we do...

Jethrolite:
Do not blame anybody jare, I only have the privilege of knowing who an architect is because I have a brother who studied architecture and we discussed a lot, if not I wouldn't know. The same thing happens to university trained artists, people think all they do is drawing whereas drawing is a 2 unit course from 100l to final year.

no one is equating architect and draftsman,no,infant we are fully aware that we are not covering every part of architecture especially the theoretical part of it,but it seems we have deviated from the point.I simply said don't conclud the work is by a draughtman because the work is not good enough,no, if a draughtsman no what he is doing he will be good at sketching or drawing a plan and let me note this,my boss is working at Lagos town planning office and that really helps with the requirements of a building and let note another thing some architects are really bad at drawings really bad I mean,I have seen a lot of their works been rejected because it did not meet standard requirements, and those clients will pay my boss another money for remodification of the work so that they will be able to register it,so i have corrected a lot their works, not implying am better than them,am just telling my experience...and I will say whenever I saw the work of a professional architect whether the work is very good or average or not good enough, I always see the reasons to conclude we didn't know enough,the reasons we cannot claim to be as good as architects so I am not comparing us to them and am still going to srtudy it in the school so don't misunderstand me.sorry am slow at replying am a little bit busy with a plan....I will post what am working on later,I will let you do the comparison..

Jethrolite:
If the draughtsman is not the person that learnt building plan drawing vocationally or even informally then who is he?

not that,what am saying is am a draughtsman and where I learned even the worst of us won't do a sketch this bad,and if you see my works they are a lot better than some architects work,I even work for some civil engeeniers.what am saying in essence, some draftsmen are very good at what they do..

Jesuobu:
The Holy Bible will give answers to your question my dear

can't your common sense answer the question better than the Bible?pastors say run to the church and be saved from Satan"s wickedness yet they are the ones theatening us with fire not even satan.then who is the wicked one?

jonaboy:
The plan was drawn by professional Architect and I paid him well for it.

am what you guys will call draughtsman and i can never sketch a plan this bad....go ask him to do another one

Jethrolite:
an architect will take things into consideration that a draughtsman do not know about.

Jethrolite:
an architect will take things into consideration that a draughtsman do not know about.

Jethrolite:
an architect will take things into consideration that a draughtsman do not know about.

and who are the draughtsmen?i guess the people that learn it vocational and if that is what you mean you are wrong.