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You forgot to add do nothing after a meal, one thing must kill a man.

PMB still, this Saraki’s case will no doubt be a litmus test for Buhari's anti corruption campaign.

PMB still, this saraki case will no doubt be a litmus test for Buhari's anti corruption campaign

The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, on Monday reserved judgment on the appeal filed by the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, challenging the jurisdiction of the Code of Conduct Tribunal to try him over false declaration of assets.
The court had fixed today (Monday, October 19) for judgment.
But when parties arrived the court Monday, they were reportedly told judgment was not ready, and the court therefore failed to sit.
The counsel to the respondent, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, told PREMIUM TIMES parties were told judgment was not ready and that they would be given a new date for hearing.
Mr. Saraki’s lead counsel, Joseph Daudu, SAN, told PREMIUM TIMES the development was strange.
“They said they will deliver the judgment when they are ready.”
“We were here in the morning and they said they will read the judgment. When we got there at 2pm, they said they will read the judgment when they are ready,” he said.
“But we know the judgment is ready, it is a strange situation.”
However, counsel to the respondent, Rotimi Jacobs, said his team was not privy to any information relating to the readiness of the judgment.
“What we were told is that the judgment is not ready and the court says they will give us a date when it is ready,” he said.
The appeal was filed on October 6 by Mr. Saraki’s lawyer, J.B.L Ufoh, challenging the jurisdiction of the Code of Conduct Tribunal to proceed with hearings on Mr. Saraki’s case.
Mr. Ufor had told the appellate court the tribunal ought to have stayed proceedings when it got an order from a Federal High Court directing it to do so.
He argued that the CCT was not a superior court to the Federal High Court, and therefore urged the court to set aside all proceedings, including the charge against Mr. Saraki on the grounds that the tribunal was not properly constituted.
Counsel to the respondent, Rotimi Jacobs, however made a counter appeal in a brief filed on October 12, stating that there was no order by the Federal High Court compelling the Code of Conduct Tribunal not to sit.
Mr. Jacobs insisted that the law was being misinterpreted and urged Justices M.A.A Adumien, J.E Ekanem and M. Mustapha to dismiss the appeal as “it lacked merit”.


http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/191765-controversy-as-appeal-court-fails-to-deliver-judgment-on-sarakis-code-of-conduct-trial.html

kesprime:
Where is the photo evidence nw OP

The op is on his way to the efcc office to get the photo evidence for you.

sigiyaya:
My MOTHER warned me against voting for BUHARI, that i do not know him better than she does but i did not listen.

Guess what ....



I AM REGRETTING.............

My Father told me to vote for PMB and today am glad i did.

No more saraa money for lastma touts

Ambode we want, Ambode we know, Ambode till 2023,man of the people, your Govt has human face and feeling, unlike fashola who even deported Nigerians in their own country, this is a civilised way of doing things,people are now paying into the Govt account instead of lastma touts private pocket, this is another way of fighting corruption. Up Ambode.

mykemiley:
Pple are so so heartless...evn as d man don die una stil dey worry unaself hmmm nawaoo.. 4 dose haters jst pray u u reach diz age..

Let the FG trace and recover our money from him dead or alive,

kendrick9:
Enyeama is looking for cheap sympathy.... yes,he lost his mother and we have sympathized with him but stop using to gain attension... we have all lost someone,so he ain't a special case.
He ought to have respected his boss
Edit--- there are people who don't even have the means to bury there loved ones,suffering frm poverty,no one to help them... where is the sympathy for those people?
enyeama should count himself lucky... nonsense

You just posted a trash, my personal opinion though. i understand and support enyama 100%,even as i solicit support for the new coach Sunday olise.

Ezenwammadu:
I just love saraki

He's a gonna unless miracle happens.

idari:
All dis noise about probe dis probe dat and yet dia is no result to show for it,not up to $3m has been recovered from all d billions and trillions I hav been hearing about! Dis Govt is a disappointment.overhyped NOISE MAKERS

You be small pickin, what an elder sees sitting down even if you climb the iroko tree you no go see am,
For people like you that's expecting anti corruption action, just be pertient, you will not be disappointed.

Kasiem2:
Silently, it is beginning to dawn on the old man that we've gone past that era of dictatorship. If his "noisemakers" were clothed with "integrity" just like his saintly self, why trying to lobby the legislators again?

They never told you that PMB initiated the move, my humble opinion is that saraki is seeing this as an opportunity to get himself off the hook but whether PMB ll fall for this i don't know, time ll tell.

birdman:
I beg to disagree. The pope can request that plane anytime he wants. It is reserved for him. In essence, the state itself has bought a jet for the pope.

Now compare that with a pastor preaching a sermon in one city on saturday night, and another sermon in another time zone the next morning. Obviously driving is not feasible. Neither can you carry all your staff for 4-5 hour wait at the airport every weekend, assuming you can even find a flight when you want. Have you ever flown a 12 hour flight before? What evangelist is going to try a world missions trip lasting a 3 months flying every two to three days. Even Reinhard Bonnke, on moving to the US, needed a private jet. God so kind, he found a preacher that gave it to him for free!

Are there carnal christians and pastors that lust after jets because it is a status symbol? Yeah. But there are also carnal christians, like you, who think all there is to a plane is the status symbol. The plane is a tool. Its very effective for Ceos, vps , presidents because they can get from point a to point b quickly. . And it is a very effective tool for moving significant ministry resources from point a to point b at a moments notice

You are right Bro, the jet is just a tool and so is the Bentley and rolls, you know a Toyota camry cannot be able to move significant ministry resources from point A to point B efficiently , so they ll always need the latest range rover to do that, the babes that go along with them are all tools lol, don't forget the $100k rolex ,the $10k shoe and the $1 million diamond are also tools, hv u been opportuned to travel in the entourage of ur so called men of God? Their conversation ll surely get u thinking, some of them don't even believe there's God, they see the church as pure business, 95% of them are there for the money Bro . May God forgive and help us all.

]Bro it's too early to call me names please and today is Sunday. Before you call me parasites, i am 100% ND so when i said our money, i don't think am wrong.[/quote]Nice one, am from Niger Delta too and am on the same side with u, let's collectively say no to corruption cuz it kills more and faster than Hiv, Aids, TB and Ebola put together, I guess it's because of some scunk heads here that we were labeled the happiest people on earth.

omenka:
Opolo Eyes arrested today, the next day Jonathan goes shopping in the same city.

Connect the dots hommies.

A fortified wall of security personnel should be built around that woman- some people might want to put her to sleep before she reveals too much to the authorities in London.

Guy u be detective? Maybe too much of James hadley chase, i like ur style though.

[quote author=ahckmedkosy post=38610565]I laff at some pple shouting "crucify them looters" cos they clearly still are ignorant of what politics means. Whoever goes to equity must go with clean hands. As it stands NO SINGLE politician is clean hence one indictment will indict all esp one that may involve an ex president. Even Buhari knows going after Goodluck is a dead case even before it started... let apc start restructuring nigeria n stop playing opposition wit all these useless media fronting.. [/quote


Bro no one is innocent but some of them stole like tomorrow will not come and deziani is one of them, money that can take care of 10 million Nigerians only one person will sit on top, the worst part is that they ll dump this money in foreign banks that ll in return lend the same money to our government with interest, let's kill corruption before corruption kills us all.

Corruption is fighting back

omo the way this our men in black pays ransom to kidnappers this days really shows that police na our friend true true, i only hope some innocent dudes no go suffer for this in days to come because they must arraign some people that some locally made pistol and charms will be recovered from

Ezenwammadu:
Who dey beg am sef

I deh beg am.

bayooooooo:
Nigerians are adept at creating confusion where is none.

1. It's expressly stated in the constitution that CCT has jurisdiction to try politicians or public servants for these sorts of offences. Therefore, you can't get an order to prevent you from being charged for an offence at CCT. What you can do is raise preliminary objection when charged. You can accuse the judge of being bias and ask him to recuse himself or even challenge the competence of the court to hear your case.

2.Agbakoba is just blowing hot hair. These are the relevant sections of 1999 constitution:

Fifth Schedule Part I section 18, subsection(4):


Section 240 of 1999 constitution:


An appeal from CCT lies to the Court of Appeal, not the High Court of a State or the Federal High Court. This is different from customary court where an appeal can lie to the High court. Since an appeal from both the CCT and the High Court (federal or otherwise) lies to the Court of Appeal, it follows that both CCT and High court are courts of coordinate jurisdiction on the specific issues that pertain to asset declaration. You need Court of Appeal, not High Court, to restrain CCT or overturn its verdict. There is nowhere it is written in the constitution that a High Court can overturn the verdict of CCT. So how can a court order from a high court restrain CCT? It's just like saying an Abuja high court has restrained a Calabar high court from taking a case, it doesn't make sense.

3.The charges against Saraki are weighty and criminal in nature. His actions are those of a man willing to use the courts to delay the wheel of justice. If he is truly innocent, he should submit himself to trial and present evidence to debunk or refute all allegations against him. It just doesn't make sense for him to say he should not be tried. It would make more sense for him to challenge the prosecution to prove its case. The onus is on the prosecution to prove its case, so why is he afraid?

4.Except he is sparkling clean, I don't see how he can come out of this unruffled. Even if he can somehow miraculously prove he owns all the assets legitimately, there is still another dimension of scrutinizing if he paid adequate taxes.

Make we dey observe.

Oh boy, u be lawyer?

TonyeBarcanista:
This article was written to justify PMB's stoppage/suspension of the 2nd Niger Bridge project. We have serious challenge in this country. Since coming to power PMB made sure that he set aside some funds for the rebuilding of the North East. But he was quick to cancel/suspend the 2nd Niger Bridge project after N10billion has been released as part of the FG obligations all in the guise of 'the project was overpriced'. How can one compare the 2nd Niger Bridge project that with the Lekki-Ikoyi bridge that wasn't built to carry heavy-duty trucks? Since time immemorial the eastern people have been advocating for this project but someone just wake up to reverse/suspend it. We are all aware of the Lagos Rail project reversal by Buhari during his military regime.

Anyway, we shall watch to see whether the FG will reproduce a better deal and get the contractors back to site.

Nwannem u re missing it, juo ese iga ama na Jonathan wu onye oshi, Nwannem gwoharia ura.

Sijo01:
Just tell us you're scrapping the post of Ministers so we can stop expecting.

For the past six years of your clueless gej what did you as a person derive from the so called ministers, personally am enjoying Nigeria of today without ministers more than i did in the last six years with the so called ministers. Yes we need ministers but why better thing too deh purge Nigerians sef?

expertman:
Hmmm Good for her.
Am sure when the baby later become addicted
To weeds people will say the baby is a bastard.

Not knowing the mum happens to be the cause.

When my wife was preggy many years back then we had nothing and rely on my little monthly take home.

We usually took solace on garri and groundnut
Fast forward to today the baby is now 7years old and can't do without garri and groundnut with cold water.

So ladies be ware of what u take duting preggy as it goes a long way int the life of the unborn baby.

Shallom

Expertman

Rehearsal, can't see no smoke, if she was puffing i would ve seen some smoke, my opinion though.

saint047:
In 1984, Buhari cancelled the light rail project in
Lagos initiated by the then Governor Lateef
Jakande just because he felt the project will put
the West ahead of the North... He went as far as
paying off the company for breach of contract.
Today, Buhari has cancelled the Second Niger
Bridge initiated by former President Goodluck
Jonathan.
I hope Chris Ngige,Rochas Okorocha,Ogbonnaya
Onu,Osita Izunaso, Joe Igbokwe and all the South
Eastern efulefu's in APC will be ready to explain
to the people of South east and Nigeria in general
the reason behind this cancellation.
Must Buhari take his 5% and 97% experiment this
far? Must Buhari show this level of hatred for the
Igbo's?
Buhari has never cancelled any project initiated by
Jonathan in the North, infact he told the press
that all agricultural programs and projects
initiated by Jonathan will be sustained by his
administration.
All the dams construction in the North are still
ongoing , infact,Buhari has to order for the quick
completion of the ongoing projects in the North,
he has made the rehabilitation of the North east
initiated by Jonathan a priority without changes
but reduced the initial fund of the cleaning up of
Ogoni from $50m to $10m.
How wicked can a president be? When will Buhari
change from an ethnic bigot to a pan Nigerian?
It is worthy of note that all the programs and
projects suspended by Buhari are the one seen as
projects that will benefit the people of South
South/South East who make up the 5% according
to Buhari.
Buhari should know that you don't beat a child
and ask the same child not to cry.... Nigeria is
sitting on a keg of gun powder and it may
explode soon. The international community is
watching and the cry of the Indigenous People of
Biafra is getting louder.
Buhari and his supporters should stop fanning the
embers of disunity... The continues
marginalization of a section of the country will do
more harm to Buhari's government and the more
he does that,he gives the agitators of Biafra more
reason to fight for their right.
NIGERIA BELONGS TO ALL!

Well said, but in all this i only have jonathan to blame, if only he was a good leader and not a theif theif president without balls, the SFG is supposed to come from the south east. The igbos still ll not learn anything from this. I bet You. Still no regret voting for pmb cuz i know he ll deliver.

Specialiste:
Long rubbish.........confused writeup

You call this a long rubbish?sometimes i wonder why we dont value life in this country,its unfortunate we hv a very lazy police force that will torture instead of investigating,that ll allow armed robbers to operate unchallenged only to rush in afterward to arrest innocent citizens whom might endup suffering for crimes they did not commit unless they hv enough money for settlement.
And to the guy who said long rubbish,shame on you.

ok op,if i go this one finish i no go go again,abi make i make am two more times?but lovet deh turn for me na,wait,e get one weh just come from vilage,i must do that one before i go quit.

Op,na me write am too.

justi4jesu:
Be healed . IJN

Do not use the name of God in vain.

coolestrogue:
Don't know if I should curse this woman or bless her. In as much as I am a PDP member, this woman contributed to the corruption in the oil sector. I leave her to God almighty.

Dora Akunyili for live make this criminals die,life is truely unfair.

richardjemedafe1:
Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

Oh boy,You re a bad guy.

richardjemedafe1:
Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

Oh boy,this ur post na mafian post ooo,to those who understands.