₦airaland Forum

sunnyside16:
A former DSS director now a media aide? What is the correlation? Only in naija a Doctor is Minister of Labour.

He's the Chief Security Officer and not a media aide.

AbuEzeFemi:
be careful
this is Treason you are playing with

Do u know the meaning of that word?

PASCHAL28:
This National Assembly is a body of rogues. Instead of asking Danjuma Goje what an official document that is supposed to be at His committee office is doing in his house, they are here talking trash. This would have been another means to pad the budget. why should the man take it to his house? he should be sanctioned for that

Have u sanctioned the president working from home? Are sensitive documents not in his residence? You mean a Senator cannot work from his home anymore because of so called anticorruption war? Is the budget under investigation too?

Ha! ope o! There is no drama we will not hear and see in this administration.

michoim:
You evidently has a tendency for corruption.

Just a tendency? You take the cake in the matter so I won't even dare challenge ur experience and expertise in corrupt, dirty activities which u wallow in naturally and think everyone else does.

Better o! The FG needs to take its sticky fingers out of some sectors in this country so the States can get more involved.

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, yesterday, quashed the four-count charge brought against a former member of the House of Representatives, Chidi Nze Duru, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on behalf of the Federal Government.

The former lawmaker was dragged before Justice Peter Affen on February 7, 2017 bordering on alleged criminal breach of trust and forgery of documents to which he pleaded not guilty.

Following his not guilty plea, his counsel, Abdul Muhammad, raised a preliminary objection and challenged the court’s jurisdiction to hear the matter, saying that it was an abuse of court process and the charge was not competent. He urged it to discharge Duru from all the offences contained in the charge.

He further drew the attention of the court to an order of injunction granted against EFCC by Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja, in respect of a civil matter in which the judge ordered that status quo be maintained in the matter.

But counsel for the EFCC, Sylvanus Tahir, insisted that the commission conducted an independent investigation, which did not rely on the target examination report. He said that the Federal High Court did not grant any injunction restraining the EFCC from prosecuting Duru as was claimed but that the court only ordered accelerated hearing in the civil suit before it.

Justice Affen, ruling on the preliminary objection, upheld the objection of the defendant and subsequently quashed the charge brought against Duru.

He held that the prosecution engaged in abuse of court process by not waiting for the outcome of the pending case before Justice Kolawole and that it did not appeal the ruling restraining the prosecution from taking any step against the former lawmaker.
https://guardian.ng/news/court-dismisses-alleged-breach-of-trust-forgery-charges-against-chidi-duru/

The law that even criminalises suicide is obnoxious and sickening. I don't think anyone sets out to kill themselves for fun but because Nigeria cannot be bothered with caring for her citizens and spend what it will take to examine and rehabilitate suicidal persons, they rather try and then imprison the person as a criminal.

I haf tire!

What is the problem really? Why are the courts even obliging the EFCC this back and forth business? Is this not an abuse of court processes?

But we've already heard the work from home line na, so there's nothing new to say and are bow recycling old lies? Idiots!

olujastro:
The Efcc changed its mind about appealing the case thereby allowing an absentee Perm Sec in Bayelsa unfettered access to $5.9m?
Something is wrong somewhere and Nigerians really deserve an explanation for this.

Have u asked for an explanation from the EFCC regarding all d amazing sums of cash being supposedly discovered at Kaduna airport, former BDC in Lagos, 400m in d market and Osborne towers?

sarrki:
Fayose you will regret all your actions

State & regional politics are different from National politics

How are they different? Is it not in the same country and under the same political party as per the APC at state n federal levels? Are the voters not indigenes and residents in various states?

Last last na under the carpet things. Just like security votes of governors and presidents abi 'presidency'.

MrMaestro:
Because they can't develop their own region on their own so they want Niger Deltas oil.

Which states make up the Niger Delta?

Rose2014:
This bail news pain op no be small.

Anyway Let me book space first while I go and dig up your various posts where u boasted he can never be granted bail.

Ndooooo

Nwanyi kara aka! I no kwa ya?

Feraz:
God! God!! God!!! He will not come down to help you. That is why you have laws in place in the human society; there are laws to check these excesses and outright abuse but what do we do with these laws?

How can people in good conscience (not like they have one anyway) serve these to those in IDP camps? Like every other act such as the mistaken bombing of the Rann IDP camp (which BTW, has died down), this will be explained away and we will all go our way.

We are used to praising our oppressors thinking they will change their ways not knowing we are emboldening them to carry out the act more. These are the people that will hail their politicians "Ranka dede".

Side note - are you the same person with the moniker kenny987? You both write in similar ways.

Hi...hmm similar. Is that good or bad?

At this age, he will be 73 by 2019...do we really want another aged relic as he appears interested in vying for office come 2019? Happy birthday to him...

Hmm

patriotic9jaboy:
Mtcheew

Only hiss? Deny it na...Mr Lapdog

patriotic9jaboy:
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All you can do is wail. Buhari can arrest anyone he wants so far they are involved in corruption. Democracy gives corrupt people an escape route all in the name of human rights. We need a benevolent dictator to clean the rot in nigeria and buhari is doing a perfect job. If you dont mind the way you critize this government, you will be visited by the Dss in the middle of the night and whisked away to abuja.

Really? And my offence would be? Trust me, you would have a visit of no return from the one more than the DSS.

BREAKING IT DOWN FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT REALIZE WHY IT IS WRONG TO ARREST JUDGES IN THE MANNER DSS DID YESTERDAY.

I could see that many people do not understand the issues involved. But I will try to reduce it to a level where everybody can understand it.

(1) Judges are responsible for sending all the people in prisons to prison. So, if you send a judge to prison, he is going to meet people he sent to prison. (A FORMER judge will still go to prison if convicted of a crime. But mark my word "FORMER" judge). Why did I use the word "former"? Because before sending a judge to prison, you must first remove him from being a judge, so that when he arrives in prison, he will not remain a judge.

(2) All the people in DSS cell today will either be released or charged to court. When charged to court, they will appear before judges. So, if you detain a judge in the same cell as the other people, what will happen tomorrow when they appear in the same court before the judge who was their cell mate?

(3) There is the presumption of innocence, which means that the judges will remain judges until they are proven guilty, which could be 4 years from today. So, it is important to first remove a judge as a judge before he is prosecuted. Otherwise the same man will be standing criminal trial at a time he is still a judge. So, if his own case is coming up on Tuesday, he will serve as a judge on Monday, but on Tuesday, he will stand in the dock as an accused person. Then on Wednesday and Thursday, he would sit as a judge in the next courtroom.

(4) If the judge remains a judge (since he has not been removed as a judge) during the time that his own case is being tried, it is the same DSS prosecutors prosecuting him that will appear before him to prosecute other suspects. If you are a lawyer representing a suspect agains the DSS in the court of this judge who is also being tried by the DSS, you will fear that the judge would be too afraid of the DSS to render impartial judgment.

It is odd, stupid, impracticable and unconstitutional to arrest a sitting judge for a common crime.

This is what the Nigerian law envisaged: If a judge commits a crime, what you report him to the national judicial council (NJC). That is the body that disciplines judges. That body will dismiss the judge within 6 months. Then you can prosecute the judge and there is no possibility of him sitting at the same time as he is being prosecuted.

Ironically, if you start criminal prosecution of a judge, the NJC cannot do anything until you finish the criminal trial, which can take 4 years. So, the best way for a judge to remain a judge for a long time is for you to start criminal trial rather than a disciplinary proceeding to remove him first.

For the reasons I pointed out above, all over the world, there is a special procedure for dealing with a judge that committed a crime. The first step is to remove him as a judge so he will not remain a judge when his case is being tried.

Anybody that supports DSS in this matter does not understand what happened yesterday. Consider the following:

(1) The DSS said they have been monitoring the judges to observe their lifestyle. That means that they were monitoring all the judges. That also means that they have been invading the privacy of these judges all this while. The judges would lose their independence if they are under the indiscriminate surveillance of the DSS.

(2) What is lifestyle? It means everything. The DSS has been engaging in illegal wiretapping and other abuses on the judicial arm of government.

(3) The DSS said they went after the judges for misconduct. Misconduct may not be a crime. So, they went after some of the judges for having girlfriends.

(3) The DSS said they invited the judges who came to meet them during their investigation, If so, why then did you storm their houses in the middle of the night. Why not invite them again and arrest them while they are in your office?.

(4) Where are the arrest warrant for their arrests? Where are the search warrants for search their houses?

(5) Why arrest them on weekend, if not to ensure they will not have access to any court until they have been detained for two days?

(6) When did the DSS audit the lifestyle of the President and his family? Why the judges alone?

In a way, there is something good that will come from this case. Ironically, these judges have been too afraid of the DSS and the EFCC. As a result, they failed over the years to take a clear position on the continued arrest of people without warrant. Now, it has been used on them. They will sit down next week and rule on the matter. I expect them to rule out all but very few arrests without warrant. The same with warrantees searches. Also, these judges allowed the police to arrest people on Fridays and they held that the 24 hour time frame the constitution required did not apply on weekends. There is no reason why it should not apply on weekends. Now it has been used on them.

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banio:
Your last sentence, suspension of the constitution will amount to a coup d'etat. I believe the President won't do that.

My question there was, what else is left before that suspension if the he already picks n chooses what provisions of our laws to obey or disregard? There are so many things people beloved buhari would or wouldn't do. What is the position today?

It is not out of the realm of possibility because buhari has been a military person from his formative years till date. He cannot function in a democratic setting without absolute power to kill abd destroy perceived enemies at will. He does not understand why anyone should criticize him n go free when a gun can easily cow dissenting voices and kill stubborn ones. He's not given to cerebral tendencies, just brawn, blood and gore peppered with a haughty self-righteousness and vindictiveness.

APCmyheart:
Exactly, They keep granting looter bail.

Until you expunge the provisions for bail from the statute books and the Constitution, ur postulations smack of complete ignorance, political servitude and nothing else. Every accused person has rights and is innocent until proven guilty. What makes a person a looters? EFCC and Buhari pronouncements or final judgment of courts? Have you not heard that he who alleges must prove? The judiciary serves to preserve the dignity of Nigerian citizens and not at the pleasure of any government in power.

Kgdavid:
You may know more on this than i, so would you be kind enough to provide a title or link to a web page where i may view the regulations concerning the procedure you spoke of? If you are a lawyer, you must know that you must back your assertion with a source.

Are u for real? So ur quoting me earlier was just the quintessential empty barrel making the loudest noise because they taught u small government that u never even grasped its application? Just read urself once more:

Kgdavid:
What do you know of governance, separation of powers and the rule of law? Let me inform you that separation of powers is incomplete without checks and balances. Do you know what that principle is?

And who told you a serving judge cannot be legally arrested? If you are ignorant of the law, must you expose yourself for all to see?

Go and read up on th disciplinary functions of the National Judicial Council and then procedures for arrest and detention in the ACJA. I will not spoon-feed u with links. I referred u earlier to the 3 judges recently removed by the NJC. Read up and get back to me.

Lawyers don't do links, they do statute and rule books.

Kgdavid:
What do you know of governance, separation of powers and the rule of law? Let me inform you that separation of powers is incomplete without checks and balances. Do you know what that principle is?

And who told you a serving judge cannot be legally arrested? If you are ignorant of the law, must you expose yourself for all to see?

A serving judge can be arrested following laid down procedures which is a petition against him to the NJC, subsequent investigation and then recommendation by the NJC for d suspension, sack or prosecution of the erring judge.

The principle of separation of powers provides that each of the three arms of government have self/intenal regulatory mechanisms as d first port of call before any possible arrest and open trial may be instituted. It is that separation of powers and inherent immunity from intimidation by others as prescribed by the rule of law that allows for successful checks and balances. If judges are subject to these gestapo attacks in the dead of night how do u guarantee their independence and impartiality and neutrality? That is the same reasons sane Nigerians kicked against the prosecution of Ekweremadu and Saraki for an internal matter of the Legislature.

Even if d DSS and EFCC uncover possible and credible evidence of bribery, the proper thing is to file a petition and furnish the NJC with the evidence as well as procure warrants of arrest or search n seizure after the NJC may have found such judges wanting before entering into their private residences to effect arrests. That is how a democracy works! The only reason a judge may be arrested on the spot is if he is caught in the course of commission of an offence like armed robbery for instance. Even if they must effect arrests what stops them from doing same during civilised hours and not at such ungodly hours like some kind of kidnapping operation?

Now go and read up on the recently sacked CJ of Enugu and other judges and don't make me waste my time schooling u on d basics of government again! I don't suffer fools gladly so if u have a problem comprehending the basic tenets of democracy, get an education or keep shut so that u don't run the risk of confirming suspected ignorance.

PrettyCrystal:
Buhari wake up from ur sleep and end this nnsense

End what he endorses? How?

patriotic9jaboy:
This is commendable. The corrupt judges homes have to been invaded and they must be locked up so as to serve as lessons to other judges not to undermine the powers of the executive. Too many corrupt judges hiding under the wig. They are hell bent on frustrating buhari's anti-corruption fight. The judges have never ruled in favor of buhari ever since be began several trials. Do you expect him to fold his hands and watch? How can a sane judge grant bail to the likes of Dasuki, Nnamdi kanu and El-zakzaky? Are the trio not a threat to national security? Buhari has to enforce his powers and forget democracy so he can clean up the rot in the system. Wike should not dare an order from above. Buhari obviously sent them and That is why he is the commander in chief of armed forces. He can get whatever he wants

Ignorance is a terrible disease! Has Zakzaky been under any trial before even the issue of bail is considered? Is it not the DSS that has kept him incarcerated without a trial? So which judge ruled that he be bailed? The FG was and is still unprepared in its cases against Dasuki, his alleged offences are bailable so what crime was committed in granting bail according to the law?

Again the FG has no case against Nnamdi Kanu and he was completely and unconditionally discharged yet d FG has refused to obey. Even at the ECOWAS they are not prepared to stand their ground and defend the human rights abuse levelled against them yet it is somehow the Judge's fault? Are we in a military/autocratic regime?

Keep supporting rubbish cos a time will come when u will have no one to speak for u! Then democracy will really be forgotten in your case!

bendutch:
Even though Buhari rapes your wife you will still support him so I'm not surprise.

He will o! Cos Bubu to him is never wrong and his wife must have certainly done something deserving of rape and some strangulation to go with it. He will even whip her for good measure and ask her to apologise for making his darling Bubu condescend so low as to rape her!

Pidggin:
You can be sure that this move is political

100%! They even raided Justice Walter Onnoghen's house as well. I'm sure it's an attempt to discredit him so he's not appointed CJN and then their dirty Northern hegemony can be perpetuated.

patriotic9jaboy:
[s]Your opinion changes nothing. Their houses havs been invaded and they will be locked up so as to serve as lessons to other judges not to undermine the powers of the executive. The judges have never ruled in favor of buhari ever since be began several trials. Do you expect him to fold his hands and watch? That is why he is the commander in chief of armed forces. He can get whatever he wants[/s]

Have u lost your mind? What do u mean judgment in favour of Buhari? Has he been on trial? Is the common Nigerian citizen to suffer glaring injustice just to please Buhari? Is that what governance means to you?

It is not the Judge's place to rule for or against Buhari and the Executive. They are there to give life to the spirit and letters of the law and are not to be subservient to any arm of government hence that term 'Independence of the Judiciary'. Is it now their faults that the prosecution fails to prepare and do their jobs in securing incontrovertible evidence and subsequent convictions? Are they now to just dispense judgments without justice?

How about the FG withdrawing charges against Ekweremadu and Saraki, is that the fault of the FG?

Goodness gracious! When did the Executive become so daring and lawless enough to attack the Judiciary in this dastardly manner? They have toyed with the Legislature and now it's time to address Buhari's headache a.k.a the Judiciary?

Is this the new era of intimidation and impunity goddamn arseholes consciously voted for in 2015? Is this the kind of gestapo governance they crave and desire? Where is democracy, separation of powers and simple, basic courtesy and respect for the rule of law?
How can they knock down gates to gain access to and arrest a serving judge? What else is left before the sham of a constitution we operate is suspended?

The fools actually want to compare themselves to Obama's govt and Nigeria to America but they aren't prepared to do what America is doing. Does America run a unitary system of government? Do we have social security that cushions effects of job losses? Do we have constant electricity and steady supply of petrol? Do we have even mid-standard infrastructure in place? Is America allowing fake drugs everywhere that can even kill d jobless person that borrows money to get medication for health in order to fight for another day of survival yet ends up dying?

There's so much to have in place before d dull oafs in APC can even begin to excuse their godforsaken ineptitude! They should just shove it up their damned arses already!