₦airaland Forum

gidgiddy:
■ All this means something in a country that has rule of law

Did you know that the rule of law is maintained, not by magic or spirits but by humans — We, the people? When the people ignore the rule of law, the rule of law cannot serve them. It is up to the people to demand, daily, that the rule of law be asserted in every case or risk having it shelved against their good.

gidgiddy:
In July 2021, Chinonso Onyibe, a final year student of Computer Science, Ebonyi State University, was arrested along with 30 others, including a Lawyer, Barrister Pius Awoke, in Kogi State as they returned to the East from Abuja after attending the trial of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu.........

I hope you and everyone illegally detained intend to sue the government and reap from their foolishness! You are all entitled to a public apology and compensation by Law - Section 35 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Section 35 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
▢ Every person shall be entitled to his personal liberty and no person shall be deprived of such liberty save in the following cases and in accordance with a procedure permitted by law -
▶ in execution of the sentence or order of a court in respect of a criminal offence of which he has been found guilty;
▶ by reason of his failure to comply with the order of a court or in order to secure the fulfilment of any obligation imposed upon him by law;
▶ for the purpose of bringing him before a court in execution of the order of a court or upon reasonable suspicion of his having committed a criminal offence, or to such extent as may be reasonably necessary to prevent his committing a criminal offence;
▶ in the case of a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years for the purpose of his education or welfare;
▶ in the case of persons suffering from infectious or contagious disease, persons of unsound mind, persons addicted to drugs or alcohol or vagrants, for the purpose of their care or treatment or the protection of the community; or
▶ for the purpose of preventing the unlawful entry of any person into Nigeria or of effecting the expulsion, extradition or other lawful removal from Nigeria of any person or the taking of proceedings relating thereto:
[color=#990099]Provided that a person who is charged with an offence and who has been detained in lawful custody awaiting trial shall not continue to be kept in such detention for a period longer than the maximum period of imprisonment prescribed for the offence.[/color]
▢ Any person who is arrested or detained shall have the right to remain silent or avoid answering any question until after consultation with a legal practitioner or any other person of his own choice.
▢ Any person who is arrested or detained shall be informed in writing within twenty-four hours (and in a language that he understands) of the facts and grounds for his arrest or detention.
▢ Any person who is arrested or detained in accordance with subsection (1) (c) of this section shall be brought before a court of law within a reasonable time, and if he is not tried within a period of -
▶ two months from the date of his arrest or detention in the case of a person who is in custody or is not entitled to bail; or
▶ three months from the date of his arrest or detention in the case of a person who has been released on bail, he shall (without prejudice to any further proceedings that may be brought against him) be released either unconditionally or upon such conditions as are reasonably necessary to ensure that he appears for trial at a later date.
▢ In subsection (4) of this section, the expression "a reasonable time" means -
▶ in the case of an arrest or detention in any place where there is a court of competent jurisdiction within a radius of forty kilometres, a period of one day; and
▶ in any other case, a period of two days or such longer period as in the circumstances may be considered by the court to be reasonable.
▢ Any person who is unlawfully arrested or detained shall be entitled to compensation and public apology from the appropriate authority or person; and in this subsection, "the appropriate authority or person" means an authority or person specified by law.
▢ Nothing in this section shall be construed -
▶ in relation to subsection (4) of this section, as applying in the case of a person arrested or detained upon reasonable suspicion of having committed a capital offence; and
▶ as invalidating any law by reason only that it authorises the detention for a period not exceeding three months of a member of the armed forces of the federation or a member of the Nigeria Police Force in execution of a sentence imposed by an officer of the armed forces of the Federation or of the Nigeria police force, in respect of an offence punishable by such detention of which he has been found guilty.
More: https://jurist.ng/constitution/sec-35

cococandy:
I don’t even know why it’s personal for them. Mtchew

😂😂😂😂😂

Fuckyoumod:
shut up!
Are you from Kenya?

Kenyans made a decision and you are questioning them. You think they are as tribalistic as Nigerians?

From reports, Kenyans are in fact as tribalistic as Nigerians but they put all of their religion and tribal differences aside to unite for their collective good in this.

joseph1832:
https://www.nairaland.com/8144593/suraj-jarus-oyewole-been-charged#130793841

He's been charged to court. Atlesst now we know why you're dancing around this thread with that screenshot.

PS: Are you a victim of domestic violence or sexual assault?

this!

joseph1832:
I see. Anyway, since the Naira is useless, what can be said of the kobo? Seeing you even added junkie to it, doesn't surprise me at all.

this!

joseph1832:
what's your own? You've been all over this thread, posting screenshot and jubilation as if your doctor just told you, you will no longer experience your menstrual cycle.

this!

Emman08:
That Nupe lawyer is an idiot. These people really attract their kind. Bite me

I don't understand the Nupe reference. Wetin concern his tribe with the case?

cococandy:
∆ Being in police custody means he was arrested. It really is simple grammar.
Y’all are just weird about this because you support domestic violence and unfaithfulness. So the thought that he might be held accountable for his actions doesn’t sit well with you.

Yes he was arrested. Plain and simple. Maybe they did let him go after he met any conditions they might have stipulated. Probably the case is to be continued after their investigation. Maybe or maybe not. But the simple fact is that he was arrested. That doesn’t mean he has paid for his crime. It’s just a simple statement of fact

See me see wetin i dey see oo!

SatoshiX:
∆ Taken into custody is different from in custody.
The accused person voluntary to honor a police invitation to aid the ongoing investigation.
It's different from being arrested.

Please stop abeg!

* Anyone in police custody Is said to have been arrested by police.
* If you, however, voluntarily answer a summons from the police you are NOT said to be in custody nor in police custody.

In this case, the message states that the person is in police custody.

breezeng:
Nigerians, especially the youths are cowards. And cowards die many time before there death. There are several ways you can engage your government without violence we, Nigerian, prefer kidnapping and rituals. Awon òlę.

The youths? What about their fathers, mother's and grandfathers who sat back for over 40 years doing nothing about the same problem that is Nigeria? The cowards all majorly all those old folks you lot consider elders and leaders. They are cowards to the bone with near no wisdom worth passing down to their brood. They are the cowards who failed their children .

adioolayi:
So, wetin he go do for police station

he go hang out..😂😂😂😂😂

Ishilove:
You know, LSDVA didn't outrightly say he was arrested. They mischievously implied it for yet to be ascertained intents and purposes.

If he was taken into police custody it means he was arrested. Either LsDVA lied or the account is a scam, or the lawyer here is the fraud.Which?

Ishilove:
I knew the story was off. He was likely invited for questioning, which he honoured, but trust the brainless Great Unwashed horde to sensationalise and blow everything out of proportion

So the Lagos State agency online account na scam?

SatoshiX:
So everyone in police custody was arrested? Go school you no gree. Olodo 😂

Actually, the phrase taken in to custody does in fact mean same as arrested.

Finegirl734:
Social Media with false information everywhere

Yes, false,!

joseph1832:
the individual or individuals who posted it first, should a good place to start.

you mean Lagos DSVA?

frog12:
those ones don dey receive millionaire salaries for a long time

So, what? Crime na only Wetin happen yesterday excluding what happened the week before?

IyaTola:
Ordinary flood wey happen for your area, you could mobilise people to your LGA chairman to protest, na for online you get power. You are known are The protest King on social media

Protest abi file petition or threaten your lawmakers if nothing ie done?

frog12:
who else received increases ?

You mean you are ok with the widely ungoverned, by law and regulations, spending of your senators and reps?

maasoap:
∆ When people are ready to take their country back, no amount of bullets can stop them. Tinubu is getting closer to that day with his life sucking economic policies.

lol...😂😂😂😂 . Na zombie Nigerians you dey bank on!

lionshare:
Thanks & God bless you!

Leave God mention out of this!

frog12:
yet in nigeria, judges get 3 times increases

Not just judges and Nigerians did absolutely nothing!

Morbeta11:
Ruto orders withdrawal of salary increment for ministers, lawmakers amid uproar
It was reported on Tuesday that Mr Ruto’s ministers and Kenyan members of parliament received a pay rise effective July 1.
Amid public outrage and nationwide protests, President William Ruto has instructed his ministers and lawmakers to “live within their means,” ordering the withdrawal of their recent pay rise.

This is all similar to what has all taken place in Nigeria without so much as a peep from Nigerians. Giant of Africa my arse!

Mccullum:
∆ It seem you didn't read that report. Or you didn't understand what the governor telling civil servants on agriculture. Go and read without emotional hatred for politicians. Before you say I'm a political party man, I am not at all, I only wish my country well, that's all.

Lol...😂 You people never get tired of empty promises and empty calls to action. Is he calling his slaves to agriculture abi wetin?

lionshare:
∆ Pls don’t mention or quote me if you don’t have any logical contribution to my comment.

Stop rambling abeg!

otipoju:
∆ Brother, I've lost hope in the country.
Nigeria is ruled by leaders who are members of various secret societies. They believe that only members deserve the spoils of war...because they have paid their dues.

Democracy is government by the people for the people. By that, your hope should have been In the people --- the electorates --- and not those elected by them. Those who have failed Nigeria Democratic, the same way the failed the other governmental systems before it, are the Nigerian people. Their refusal to act in their own favor is to blame for all we see today. You don't need to look further than Kenya today to admit this to yourself.

otipoju:
■ I've lost my innocence a long time ago. I see the world for what it really is and not what I think or wish it is. It's a dog eat dog world...with the naive swimming in shark infested waters. Just walk in a way that you don't end up as pawn in any man's game.

Even in the dog-eat-dog world you describe, the dogs have rules they live by. The Nigeria situation is that the majority of canines walk around with an entitlement mentality and their heads in the cloud while the chihuahuas oppress them as they choose. Change does not come for free to anyone in any system. You have to work towards it no matter where you find yourself, something the Nigerian people who exist in a zombie-like state in their own country reject.

ebufa:
■ The man nnamdi kanu is an enigma..................He is a prophet you know!

Rubbish! He is just an ordinary man whom you lot have made a god for yourselves of.

lionshare:
■ This is where we need the acclaim political dexterity of the president--- as this will bring power closer to the people especially as public primary schools education lies in the hand of LG.

The very same president who sits atop a cloud of loot while Nigerians scream "Ebinpawa" all over social media? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Una no dey tire, how come?

richiemcgold:
With this, 2 things are returning back to the grassroots:
👇👇👇 Real Politics Real Local Governance

This is nothing but wishful thinking given the general pattern of things in this same Nigeria. So long as the people refuse to occupy their rightful place in the democracy, it will be business for looters as usual.