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A Federal High Court in Abuja has directed the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, to appear before it on Tuesday to answer questions on the ongoing investigation into the alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Order 2015.

The judge, Justice Gabriel Kolawole, in his ruling, a copy of which was made available to our correspondent on Saturday, asked Arase to appear in court on August 4 to give reasons why the prayers sought by the plaintiff in his ex parte application should not be granted.

Kolawole gave the directive while ruling on an ex parte application by the senator representing Enugu-East Senatorial District, Gilbert Nnaji, seeking to restrain the IGP and the Attorney-General of the Federation from taking further steps on the investigation of alleged forgery in the Senate’s rules.

Rather than granting Nnaji’s prayer, Kolawole ordered the IG to appear in court on Tuesday to tell the court why it should not grant the request contained in the plaintiff’s ex parte motion.

Nnaji, through his counsel, Mr. P. J Nwokolo, had on Monday urged Kolawole to, among others, restrain further investigation of the allegation and publish its report.

The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/646/15, was filed before the release and sending of the Police Report to the AGF’s office for further action.

The IGP and the AGF are the two respondents to the suit.

Ruling on the ex parte application shortly after Nnaji’s lawyer moved it on Monday, Justice Kolawole held that he could not grant the restraining order at the level of ex parte hearing, since it was the same issue the plaintiff canvassed in their substantive suit.

He held that he needed to afford both the IGP and the AGF to be heard before taking a decision on the ex parte prayers.

The court also refused to grant the prayer for accelerated hearing on the grounds that it lacked the power to abridge the 30 days which the defendants were entitled to without their consent. It, however, ordered the plaintiff to serve the court processes on the defendants.

The judge also described as a little bit worrisome, the involvement of the police being an agency of the executive arm of government, in the case by inviting for questioning, certain members of the Senate.

He said, “The court is a bit wary on an ex parte proceeding to allow the plaintiff (Nnaji) to have his day in court because the courts are not created or established to supervise the National Assembly in the way and manner it will run its own constitutional duties, except where its acts border on a substantial infraction of the constitution, which goes beyond its own internal rules or procedure, or the application of its standing order.

“To do otherwise is to work to subvert the hallowed constitutional principles of separation of powers upon which the machinery of government is proposed to be run and to be operated.

“My decision is not to make orders directing both parties to maintain status quo as it is often misinterpreted by both parties.

“Rather, I will direct that the defendants, who had already been served with the originating summons, and the plaintiff’s motion of notice, shall on the return date, show cause why the orders being sought by the plaintiff on his motion ex parte dated and filed on 23-07-15, shall not be granted.”

The alleged forged Senate Standing Order was used for the conduct of the election which brought in the current leadership of the National Assembly on June 9, 2015.

Ike Ekweremadu, who emerged as the Deputy Senate President from the said election which took place shortly after the proclamation of the National Assembly, is representing Enugu-West while Nnaji, who went to court, is from Enugu-East.

The deputy senate president was among the senators and the management of the National Assembly, including the Clerk, Salisu Maikasuwa, questioned by the police over the alleged crime.


www.punchng.com/news/senate-forgery-judge-orders-ig-to-appear-in-court/

The difference is clear!!!!

Oba ti waja. Oonirisa O daaro.
Olubuse Eri Ogun
Sagogo nju
Okun mo losun kun molata
Oribiti Apelunda Solukue
Abanise mase banise mo
Osun mo sile sunmo eni
Igi meta ona ilare
Bi idi baba odi obadi
Ki ire baba ore obare
Bi ologun sese ba dari so o/ o daso
Oni ilare nfobi kan
Oloriburuku nfoju di
Nle o, Olodo Tunbumbi
Ogborun lokun, ajiwunmi bi omo
Oke ilare ko jugun, aje lo ngbeni gun
Omo Ogboru keke fo isa Olori
Omo Ladejokun, O digba!!!!

The House of Representatives Majority Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila, has revealed how he was prevailed upon to continue with his aspiration to be part of principal officers in the 8th House of Representatives.

He said his insistence on throwing in the towel in the 49-day old face-off was rejected by higher authorities based on principle.

Gbajabiamila lost the Speakership position to Yakubu Dogara in an election conducted on the floor of the House but entered the race for the position of House Leader that was resisted by the Dogara group.

Speaking at a media parley on Friday, the former Minority Leader, said he was pained that the face -off was manipulated to center around his person.

He said: “A lot of people do not know this, but long time ago, I saw the President, I saw my party, I explained to them that this thing has been framed to be about me.

“So I said I wanted to withdraw for the sake of the House and the country. I told them I would leave this thing in a heartbeat without even thinking about it and I will go and sit on the floor of the House, without even accepting anything, not even chairmanship.

“I have never been a committee chairman or deputy, I have never even asked. So I told them, I have turned things down.”

On why he continued with the struggle despite his resolve to withdraw from the race, Gbajabiamila said the issue got beyond him at that point.

He said President Mohammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) declined his offer to withdraw from the race,

“But on principle, the President did not accept it, my party did not accept it and I thank God for the kind of confidence they have in me to be able to deliver the goods for the party. Who am I to say no? It was on principle that we stayed the course,” he said.

He, however, expressed his support for the full disclosure of lawmakers’ remunerations.

thenationonlineng.net/reps-crisis-why-i-stayed-on-fighting-gbajabiamila/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Oba ti waja. Oonirisa O daaro.

Olubuse Eri Ogun

Sagogo nju

Okun mo losun kun molata

Oribiti Apelunda Solukue

Abanise mase banise mo

Osun mo sile sunmo eni

Igi meta ona ilare

Bi idi baba odi obadi

Ki ire baba ore obare

Bi ologun sese ba dari so o/ o daso

Oni ilare nfobi kan

Oloriburuku nfoju di

Nle o, Olodo Tunbumbi

Ogborun lokun, ajiwunmi bi omo

Oke ilare ko jugun, aje lo ngbeni gun

Omo Ogboru keke fo isa Olori

Omo Ladejokun, O digba!!!!

Firefire:
Wonderful!


Tinubu's attempt to install his cronies at the two legislative chamber to monitor the president has failed after all.


Like he did in Lagos, installing Ikuforiji to monitor Fashola and threatened impeachment when the later fails to comply in the revenue sharing formula.


However, Dogara watch your back, Gbajabiamila is a green snake under green grass working for the "Biggest Landlord in Africa".

Shalom!

I hope someone won't be diagnosed of hypertension because of Tinubu

Oba ti waja. Oonirisa O daaro.

Olubuse Eri Ogun

Sagogo nju

Okun mo losun kun molata

Oribiti Apelunda Solukue

Abanise mase banise mo

Osun mo sile sunmo eni

Igi meta ona ilare

Bi idi baba odi obadi

Ki ire baba ore obare

Bi ologun sese ba dari so o/ o daso

Oni ilare nfobi kan

Oloriburuku nfoju di

Nle o, Olodo Tunbumbi

Ogborun lokun, ajiwunmi bi omo

Oke ilare ko jugun, aje lo ngbeni gun

Omo Ogboru keke fo isa Olori

Omo Ladejokun, O digba!!!!

coolestrogue:
Good news coming from our great senate president, saraki de great

Good news that someone is dead? Bro, quit smoking!

The Chelsea boss has hit back at comments made by the Real Madrid coach's wife, who claimed her husband is always "tidying up" after the Portuguese, in extraordinary fashion

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has unleashed a stunning attack on Real Madrid counterpart Rafael Benitez, claiming he "destroyed" his Inter team and even poking fun at his weight.

Benitez's wife, Montserrat Seara, caused a stir when she claimed her husband is always tidying up after Mourinho, having coached Inter, Chelsea and now Madrid after the Portuguese.

Those comments have provoked a stinging response from the Blues boss, who pointed to the fact Benitez was sacked just six months into his spell at Inter having taken over a treble-winning team.

"The lady is a bit confused, with all respect," Mourinho said after Chelsea beat Barcelona 4-2 on penalties after drawing 2-2 with Barcelona in the International Champions Cup.

"I'm not laughing. Because her husband went to Chelsea to replace Roberto Di Matteo and he went to Real Madrid and replaced Carlo Ancelotti.

"The only club where her husband replaces me was at Inter Milan, where in six months he destroyed the best team in Europe at the time.

"And for her also to think about me and to speak about me, I think the lady needs to occupy her time and if she takes care of her husband's diet she will have less time to speak about me."

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2015/07/29/13975652/she-should-focus-on-his-weight-mourinho-launches-stinging-attack-

dexpee4life:
TINUBU in action

If u no fit impregnate ur wife, na Tinubu cause am!

[quote author=IbokUtoroh post=36377102][/quote]Ooni orisa was richer than your entire village. Think before you post.

Type in English

Mogidi:
Check the numbers on those phones, you're bound to see one Muhammadu Buhari.

Boko boys have his Aso Rock number self.

Receive sense!!!

Even after this, the wailers will continue wailing.

Too bad!

ndidibabe:
Why is this OAU always in the news? A school that isn't even among the top 1000 Universities in the world. Before you crucify me, i am a Computer engineering graduate of OAU but immediately I started my masters at University of Portsmouth, I realized that 0AU is just an overrated School.

Sorry, u are not a product of Great Ife.

DWJOBScom:
A lot confuses me about his death and who he is

*Yahoo boys are happy he's dead because he was a terror to them - that should be make him good unless you haven't been duped by these guys.

*He's gay (so terrible)

*terror to land owners( not cool)

So we can say he's a combination of the good bad and ugly!

Bro, he only disturbs wire guys in order to get his own share of the money. He's nothing close to good at all.

Bollove:
You folks behave more silly than necessary ...

what is fraudulent about Saraki's emergence ?
Is it the senators that nominated him unopposed ?
The manner he was elected unopposed
Or some agbayas that went to ICC to eat Amala and Ewedu instead of being in NASS to perform the duty for which their constituencies elected them
Or the fact that Saraki is politically and Nationally popular and matured than Tinubu

even where Saraki is removed ( which is impossible), election would be re-conducted noni and 49 PDP senators with his 8 APC members would give Saraki his victory. Moreover, Saraki could even get more numbers from APC members this time

You folks already lost this battle since "year 0"

Ode omo Yoruba alai ni'rori ..... PDP are in NASS to deal with Tinubu and His GODFATHERISM stance over National Assembly

Try to read the whole story before u make any comment. We are talking about forging of the standing order here, which is a criminal offence. In a normal society, those that are found guilty after prosecution will be jailed for 21 years.

But why all these hate comments? When are we going to start respecting people's opinions? Must we think along the same direction? Do yours and let others do theirs. Beside, most of us are muslims/christians because we were born into the family.

Elevation:
There is a powerful union beyond human comprehension between The Father, The Son and The HolySpirit. John 10:30 Jesus Christ stated it clearly I and my Father are one, look at humanity today science can't make a man live holy, the whole of technology can't transform the mind of a man also good deeds cannot save an individual, Christ is the one that saves all glory to Christ is Glory to God he begot Him. The Wisdom of God is foolishness to the world, (John 1:29 John testified "behold the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world" look inside your life now even if you like pray five times a day, give arms to the poor, u cannot say those acts guarantees renewal, Jesus is the one that renews, sanctifies and transforms. I know what I'm saying the natural man cannot save himself that is why we need a supernatural God who can save us through the spotless Lamb, a life was needed for the sacrifice, blood signifies life and Christ has paid the price. Just open your heart and believe.

But Jesus also said, "My father is greater than I" John 14:28

Source?

Eid Mubarak

NO

Bode2:
I can partially attest to your assertion. Well, as a student who has spent close to 5 years. I can only only say it is not well pronounced on campus but it is off campus. You can't tell me drug addicts are not cultist or guys who lay siege on themselves and they are students of the university. You can't tell me the 4 OAU students that kidnapped a secondary school student are not cultists.

Get your facts right! Those kidnappers are not students of OAU and have nothing to do with OAU community.

stboff:
Are you serious ?
You really believe there is a Nigerian university without cultism ?

I laugh in Shao Kahn's voice. "Huumm Hahaha"

It is so hard for non-OAU product to believe there is nothing like cultism in Great Ife. But as a graduate of OAU, I'm telling u categorically that there is nothing of such in Great Ife.

kestolove95:
Baba carry ova don die...guyz go pass out dix yr bdat...baba God tank u o

It's either u are not a student of OAU or u are being economical with the truth. The Adejobi that supervised my final year project won't fail students anyhow. In fact, the dullest student will have at least a "C" grade in his courses.

What you may not know about late Dr. Adedeji Adejobi

* He had his PhD at the age of 29
* He was one of the best Econometrist in Africa
* He was a cheerful giver. In fact, he pays school fees for students who are less privileged.
* He enjoyed fighting for the rights of the students
* After rounding-up his lecture for the semester, he apologises to the class for anything he might have done wrong.
* He was a prince in Orile Owu in Osun State.
* Even the dullest student will have a "C" grade in his course.
* He was very principled!
* He was one of those lecturers that would lecture for 3 hours and the class would be like "we just spent 1 hour"

Adieu Dr. Adedeji Adejobi

ritababe:
assassin or STUDENT

I'm a product of the dept. of Agric Econs, OAU. Dr. Adejobi was very nice to students and students hardly fail his courses. Students can't be this cruel to a nice lecturer. Just don't know what he did to deserve this treatment.

Now one mumu will ask the govt to equate HND to BSc.