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Congrat IT guys,

I will like to known the type of earth equipment that will be compatable with the Satelite.

I mean type of LNB, BUC, IDU and Disc types (Linear and Cross Polarization), its Orbit .

Is it going to be compatable with our existing equipment --IDirect, Shiron (sky2Net), SkyBlaster, Linkstar e.t.c. specifications?

For the marginal treatment he has meted out to us in the Nigeria, Obasanjo stands to face the judgement of his own conscience and of history.

Thank God for his mercy.

For us to have survived this Govt.

Hope he will live to regret all his action or inaction in Govt.

Bye bye to bad Govt.
Bye Bye to RedeRede.
Bye Bye to JatiJati.

Try and Visit FRIN (Forest Research Institution) located in Ibadan.
I am aware they have done alot of research on Mushroom.

Let just try and compare:::

Last Saturday’s Universities Matriculation Examinations organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board was trailed by irregularities in Lagos State and arrest of four candidates.

While the examinations started in some areas around the stipulated 9 a.m., the papers started in areas like Lagos Island by 11a.m. The cheating that trailed the examinations was on a grand scale, one which had never been recorded in the history of the examinations in the state : Elections that was supposed to start at 9.00am, did not start in some states until 2.00pm on April 14 and the  Rescheduled Senatorial Elections end by 9.00am in Ogun East .

Before some of the students got to their centres, they already had the answers to the questions while those who did not, had answers sent through their mobile phones via text messages : Results of Guber election already known in Anambra, Rivers and Delta state before the actual voting.

There were also evidence of collaboration between some JAMB staff and officials of some study centres, whereby, for a certain amount of money, all those who sat for the JAMB examinations at that centre are assured of pass marks : INEC officials, Police,Army, SSS, custom and the Civil Defence corps collaborating with PDP members, thugs to attack Oppositions, voters, snatching of Ballot Boxes and annocing fake results.

At Morocco Junior High School, Shomolu, the Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, apprehended three students for cheating. The candidates, Monsurat Badewu, Grace Aremu and Happiness Iwadi, were caught with the answers to the JAMB questions on their phones: 6 Direct Data Capture Machines found in the home of Ibadan PDP garrison commander (Adedibu), Akala's chief of Staff's house in Ogbomoso and the subsequent released "fake" results by the  INEC officials.

At Igbobi College, the registrar caught another culprit, Tajudeen Adeniyi. The four were taken to Sabo Police Station for interrogation.

In a chat with P.M.News at the police station, Happiness Iwadi, one of the culprits, in tears, said she has been taking the examinations without success and she did not plan with anyone to send the answers to her phone, but probably it was sent to her phone out of pity.

Grace Aremu on the other hand, claimed that she was innocent and she was just being used as a scapegoat while the real perpetrators were not arrested. : Same as the statement of the "our"   president-elect that he did not conduct the last election but is the main beneficiary of the fraud.

Examination has now become a "Do or Die" affair.
The results are known before taken the papers.
May be our Mr. 80%  -- Prof. Iwu, will be of great assistance in this regard.

Rule of law and good governance The rule of law is the index by which we measure government’s compliance with the basic indices of good governance as it relates to respect for the fundamental rights of the citizens and obedience to legitimate orders of court. Exampled abound of the infringement of the rights of Nigerians with impunity as if we are in a military dictatorship. Up till today, there has been no apology for the Odi killings in Bayelsa State nor an inquiry set up to investigate the said killings. Although newspaperhouses were not shut down as was the case in some pervious military regimes, the press got a dose of the unpleasantness when AIT/Raypower was shut down over the live broadcast of the third term agenda debate by the National Assembly

Is this democracy?

http://www.thenationonlineng.com/dynamicpage.asp?id=18471

When one compares the performance of the Obasanjo administration vis-à-vis its adherence to the rule of law one will hardly believe that we are in a democracy. The result of the performance of the government as far as the rule of law and obedience of court judgements are concerned, is zero. When government unilaterally and unconstitutionally sacked Mr Bahari Bello, the executive secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) because of his insistence that government should adhere to the rule of law, can we say we are in a democracy? Almost all past leaders of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) including the present president of NBA, Mr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) have scored the government very, very low in the area of the rule of law. In fact, the tenure of Mr Lanke Odogiyan as NBA president witnessed a court boycott to protest the government’s disobedience of judgments of the courts of record. The recently-concluded elections also saw the government refusing to obey court orders except those of the Supreme Court. In the sum total, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Justice Minister, Chief Bayo Ojo (SAN) and Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mr Sunday Ehindero, cannot escape from blame in the government’s poor showing in the area of rule of law.

Govt now law unto itself

The bottomline is the refusal of the government to comply with several court orders and judgments on the pretext that they were being appealed against, even when there were no orders for stay of execution of such orders. The government now became a law unto itself, choosing and deciding when to obey court orders and when not to obey court orders. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) which is meant to do a good job in the society, was later turned into an instrument of political oppression. The Professor Ignatius Ayua-led panel which reviewed the cases of those purportedly indicted by EFCC was also seen as an attempt by government to curtail the free will of the people to engage in the electioneering process. Government created an enabling environment for its preferred candidates, while candidates not in its good book were accused of corruption. Those candidates were denied access to their counsel and were pronounced guilty by the Ayua panel. That is a breach of the law.

The Araraume case

Despite losing at the Supreme Court, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) tried to invalidate the order of the highest court in the land by rushing to the Federal High Court to get its preferred candidate to contest the Imo State governorship election. The Supreme Court had ruled that Senator Ifeanyichukwu Araraume was the lawful candidate for the election, but PDP expelled him and attempted to get in another candidate through the backdoor to contest the election. The conspiratorial attitude of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in postponing the election from April 14 to 28 in an attempt to circumvent the order is to say the least, despicable. But once again, the courts refused to let the rule of law be trampled upon by the President and PDP.

Thumbs up for the courts

Notwithstanding the deluge of abuses of the rule of law, the courts have not disappointed the masses. They have, at every opportunity, invoked the provisions of the law and applied them as they should. The National Assembly must also be commended in its battle to get the government to adhere to the rule of law. We have seen this in two principal cases-the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) and refusal to elongate the tenure of Brigadier-General Adetunji Olurin (rtd) as administrator of Ekiti State. So I salute the National Assembly, particularly the Senate President, Senator Ken Nnamani and the likes of Senator Uche Chukwumerije.

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What is your opinion on the role of the security organisation in the last election?

In my area, they are involve in the rigging of the election. Shooting into the air to scare us away from the polling center, providing protection for PDP thugs and chieftains. Encourage the intimidation and harrassement of INEC officials.

My main worries as to do with the impact of this the act on their families and friends. Are they immune from the realities on ground in  the country or they are just obey order from above without have the conscience of their own. What about their unpaid salaries, poor education system for the children, accident prone road network across the country e.t.c

Seun:
I don't believe in political solutions because soon, they will be trying to force us to patronize them, which is wrong.

This is simply the truth about the whole issue of setting up a local IXP in Nigeria.
Please let us know who and who are involve in this project? their past and level of IT knowledge.
I am not hoping to start finding on the list names of Bank MDs, Govt. appointees, politicians. People that are just computer users but in priveldge positions.
We want people (like Randy Bush-- the guy managing the dot NG domain ) that are involve because of its importance to the country IT development. Anything otherwise will surely fail in the long run.

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Achebe’s Apt Censure by Okey Ndibe ::http://www.saharareporters.com/www/report/detail/?id=253



Three years ago, Chinua Achebe made the day of millions of Nigerians when he publicly rejected the offer of a so-called “national honor” from President Olusegun Obasanjo. In repudiating the award, Achebe underscored the fact that an honor is often as good as the man who bestows it. Given his dismal track record in governance, Mr. Obasanjo is in no position to confer any worthy honor. Achebe’s novels are read all over the world. The man is highly esteemed in Nigeria, Africa and globally. Obasanjo’s decoration would have added nothing to the novelist. Instead, the novelist’s assets as a clear-minded intellectual with an ethical outlook would have been depreciated had he consented to the president’s offer.

Achebe has had his share of battles with Nigeria’s nay Africa’s cast of dictators. In essays as well as in his fiction, he has written penetratingly about those who perpetrate political corruption. Therefore, the timing of Obasanjo’s bait could not have been lost on the writer. It was shortly after hoodlums had combed Achebe’s home state of Anambra for three days making a bonfire of public property. That shocking act, for which not a single person has ever been prosecuted, was designed and executed with the complicity of a president who wanted some grounds to justify the declaration of a state of emergency in Anambra.

A few elements embedded with the president had failed to persuade then Governor Chris Ngige, a man they had rigged into office, to turn over the keys to the public treasury. A plan was hatched to create mayhem in the state in order to enable the president to declare that law and order had irretrievably broken down. The uncooperative governor was then to be hounded out and a servile administrator appointed whose charge would be, above all, to permit free access to state resources to the cabal that was beloved of the president.

In the wake of this perfidy, Obasanjo’s decision to invest Achebe with a national honor struck me as driven by cynicism. At play was a presidential attempt to deflect deserved criticism for the acts of lawlessness in Anambra. If Achebe had presented himself for investiture, his presence would have amounted to a public relations coup for the president.

The president’s dim reputation would have burnished by the implicit suggestion that Achebe approved of his policies and leadership.

Realizing what was at stake, Achebe seized the opportunity to telegraph a resounding rebuke to Obasanjo. The pointed censure was heard around the world, but especially in Nigeria. Many Nigerians who had long pined for such acts of moral courage felt inspirited by Achebe’s gesture. The man whose novels have limned our lives had given a voice to millions of Nigerians baffled by the president’s ruinous conduct.

Buoyed by Achebe’s example, I saluted him in an opinion piece titled “Achebe’s Repudiation of Horror.”

If Obasanjo has learned any salutary lessons in the three years since Achebe spurned his tainted honor, it is not reflected in his utterances or conduct. His demeanor has been marked by a larger dose of hypocrisy and cynicism. He has waxed with an inflated sense of his place in the nation’s history, ascribing to himself the office of founder of “modern Nigeria.” He has committed the ultimate sin of hubris, equating his narrow desires with the nation’s interests. For much of the last two years, he squandered the nation’s resources and energy in pursuit of a calamitous dream:

self-perpetuation in office. As far as the man is concerned, he is coterminous with Nigeria. For him, Nigeria is Obasanjo and Obasanjo is Nigeria. Nobody should be surprised if, as his last act in office, he decreed that Nigerian history must hereafter be discussed under two rubrics: Before Obasanjo (BO) and After Obasanjo (AO).

Nigerians are on the cusp of what should be a historic election, but the president has ensured that it will be a moment of historic anxiety, historic unease and historic disappointment. He has declared the election a do-or-die affair. And as far as he’s concerned, it’s meant to be “do” for Obasanjo, “die” for the rest of the nation. As in 2003, when he and his party engineered a shameless heist of votes, he is again carrying out an open manipulation of the electoral commission as well as law enforcement agencies.

Maurice Iwu, who heads the electoral commission, has displayed a readiness to oblige the president and his party. The commission has sought to disqualify any candidate deemed a serious threat to Obasanjo’s list of anointed candidates. It has constituted itself into a superior court, cavalierly deciding which court judgments to obey and which to ignore. In Anambra and elsewhere, the commission has programmed the election to produce bogus outcomes.

Under Sunday Ehindero, the police are already behaving as if their salaries were paid from the ruling party’s coffers. When armed thugs from the ruling party spar with armed bandits from rival parties, guess who gets blamed? The police make a point of arresting only those from the opposition. In Obasanjo’s do-or-die ethic, PDP thugs maim and kill in furtherance of the ideal of “modern Nigeria.” They are an army of “democratic reform.” The real troublemakers are thugs from other parties who maim and kill in the name of that “pre-modern, ancient Nigeria” created by the sum of Nigerian rulers who preceded Obasanjo. The Obasanjo government has served a terse notice to Nigerians of the shape of things to come: the Nigeria police recently spent some billions on guns and other killing toys. It is common knowledge, from Harare to Abuja, that the police never turn their guns on pro-government elements; all firepower is targeted at the reprehensible men and women who stand in opposition.

Given our state of anomie, I was not surprised that Achebe has once again seen fit to make a public intervention. In a short but salient statement issued on March 31, the novelist captured the mood of the nation. He accused Obasanjo of taking Nigeria “as low as she has ever gone.” Achebe weighed in on the well-advertised fiction that Obasanjo is a crusader against corruption. Only Nigeria’s foreign “friends,” intent on willful amnesia, still embrace that myth.

Achebe lambasted Obasanjo for derailing the war against graft into a campaign to “go after people who disagree with the president, especially on his desire to extend his tenure.” Zeroing in on the anti-democratic drama being played out in Anambra, the writer deplored Iwu’s plan to ensure that “only one candidate will be allowed to run in the state.”

A president capable of sober reflection would have been chastened by Achebe’s well-aimed rebuke. Not Obasanjo. A man who has come to believe in his own myth of infallibility, Obasanjo brooks no criticism, however legitimate and founded. Last year, his erstwhile chief attack dog decreed that Nigerians should no longer pay heed to any statement by Wole Soyinka, the man who, along with Achebe and John Pepper Clark, represent the nation’s most prized intellectual and moral figures. Declared an atheist (which, in the creed of Aso Rock, means anybody who doubts Obasanjo’s divinity), Soyinka was “stripped” of his right to contribute to the national discourse.

Predictably, Achebe has earned a variant of the same treatment. Following the novelist’s well-publicized statement, Akin Osuntokun, a political adviser to Obasanjo, told the press that Achebe was “disconnected from reality and unhelpful at this point in the history of Nigeria.” The Tribune reported Osuntokun as contending that “the novelist lived abroad and hence relied on secondary sources for his information on Nigeria,” hence “his judgment on events could not but be impaired and negatively affected.”

If there is anything sadder than the fact that a nation of Nigeria’s promise and potential is saddled with a leader like Obasanjo, it is that the Osuntokuns of the world lend themselves to the defence of a tragic administration. To argue that Achebe’s residency outside Nigeria has impoverished his apprehension of the nation’s affairs is to play mischief. Outside of the camp of paid handlers like Osuntokun, where are those Nigerians at home who are celebrating the great achievements of the Obasanjo presidency? Achebe will be treated as a hero anywhere he steps in Nigeria. How about Obasanjo? After he leaves office and is shorn of the trappings of power, I’d like to see him step into any part of Anambra state without armed escort. Or, for that matter, in any state, be it Oyo, Ogun, Plateau or Ekiti.

IT is a matter for regret that less than a week to the country's general elections, the political climate is still hazy as to whether key actors can contest or not. Of particular concern to Nigerians is the seeming conflict in recent court judgments involving the Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Although our legal system is clear that the decision of a higher court is superior to, and binding on a lower court, there is sufficient ground to proffer that the dispute has no such fine edges.

To avoid recourse to self-help and possible violence therefore, it is necessary for the Supreme Court to which an appeal on one of the cases has been lodged, to hear and determine it expeditiously. The country could have been spared the present anxiety if INEC had performed its duties diligently and transparently. For instance, it had no excuse for waiting till the eleventh hour before barring some candidates from contesting. By its delay in taking decision, the commission created the impression that it has an axe to grind with some candidates. In effect, it casts doubt on its impartiality as an umpire.

Secondly, INEC inadvertently or otherwise encouraged tension in the polity by its decision not just to contest every suit, but also by appealing almost every decision. The ideal thing for INEC, in view of the closeness of the election, is to abide by the decision of the High Courts on the sensitive and controversial aspects of the election.

We believe that INEC has little to lose by complying with simple court declarations. If it is not satisfied with court rulings, it could in future seek appropriate amendments to the various laws and constitutional provisions. That would be better than its present adoption of a posture that undermines its umpire status and threatens the conduct of the elections. This thinking probably underscores the request by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) that the commission should drop all its appeals in court, to save the electoral timetable.

The NBA was alarmed at the suggestion that INEC might seek a postponement of the election on the ground that it is swamped by a multitude of litigation in the courts. The association then advised INEC to adhere to judicial pronouncements. It observed in its letter to the commission:

"Many courts, in particular the Court of Appeal, have decided that INEC has failed to understand that as a statutory umpire charged with the conduct of a credible, free and fair election, it has no right of appeal at all in respect of cases pending at the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal.

"The notion that the constitution provides right of appeal generally does not extend to the absurd situation of conferring a right of appeal to a party, in this case INEC, not directly interested in the result of an appeal. For example, how does a battle between two candidates for a seat at the Senate directly affect INEC, or disqualification of a candidate reversed by the court to bother INEC that it enters an appeal? The NBA calls on INEC to freely comply with the decision of Mr. Justice Galadima (Jesse Balowa v INEC) in respect of INEC's right of appeal."

Furthermore, the commission appears to have aggravated the present situation by the inherent contradiction in its actions in pursuing appeals over its powers to disqualify, and the statement of its chairman, Prof. Maurice Iwu that the commission had no intention of assuming powers to disqualify. If INEC had no contention over power to disqualify, why did it pursue the High Court ruling to the Appeal Court?

While the nation awaits the Supreme Court's intervention in the Atiku case and perhaps others in a similar situation, it is pertinent to observe that the issue decided by the Federal High Court seems to affect the Vice President directly. The court specifically ordered INEC to include him in the presidential election. On the contrary, the Appeal Court's verdict was that INEC had powers to disqualify candidates who do not meet the conditions stipulated in the constitution. This power derives from its undisputed power to screen candidates.

However, the central theme in the two cases is section 137 of the 1999 Constitution, which the Appeal Court held to be clear and unambiguous in its provision for disqualification of a candidate aspiring to the office of the president or the vice president. It is the court's view that for INEC to close its eyes to the interaction of the constitutional provisions is for it to abandon its constitutional responsibility of organising and conducting a credible election.

In contrast, Mr. Justice Tijani Abubakar of the Federal High Court did not mince words that "except ordered by the court, section 137 does not confer rights on INEC to stop Atiku from contesting. He added that the power to disqualify is vested in a tribunal or law court. This of course, is one of the issues expected to be resolved by the Supreme Court."

Interestingly too, Mr. Justice Abubakar observed that the report of the investigation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as well as the Administrative Panel's report, both indicting the Vice President had been set aside by a Lagos High Court presided over by Mr. Justice Inumidun Akande. This was in a complaint filed by Otunba Johnson Fasawe.

These reports, according to Mr. Justice Abubakar, cannot be relied upon as the basis for Atiku's disqualification. Curiously, INEC has not expressly stated that it anchors its disqualification of Atiku on those reports, although it implied same.

The Supreme Court will be expected to rule on the wisdom, even propriety of INEC assuming wide powers to disqualify candidates. Where it does, should the commission not be required to state the reason for its action? In the case of Atiku, what would be the effect of Mr. Justice Akande's dismissal of the Administrative Panel's report, on Atiku's disqualification? And why for instance would INEC apply the report to the Vice President while ignoring a similar report on the Oyo State deputy governor?

The controversy surrounding the candidature of Atiku Abubakar has certainly overheated the polity for too long. It is imperative for the Supreme Court, now that it is required to determine a fundamental aspect of the cases, to give accelerated hearing and expeditious determination of it. The judiciary is the last hope of the common man. It should live up to that billing now, by ensuring that nothing stops the elections from holding.

http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/editorial_opinion/article01

MAMAJAMA:
Please read this article

Tinubu waiting coupole weeks before election to give traditional ruler cars and teachers 30 busses, in a civilized nation that will be called bribery.  He is

challenging teachers to decline the 50,000 naira promised by PDP but in contradiction he is providing buses.  where has been been for the last couple of years?  why wait till this vital moment to be generous.
Barely three weeks after he gave all traditional rulers in the state brand new cars, Governor Bola Tinubu of Lagos State has again given 30 Mercedes

Benz Marcopolo buses to teachers in the state.

Tinubu’s announcement, yesterday evening at the state secretariat auditorium, drew wild applause and jubilation from the teachers. The governor promised that the 30 buses would be delivered within the next one week, adding that before Friday, the teachers would get the first 15 buses to help ease their transportation difficulties.

Tinubu also promised that civil servants in the state would get 15 buses, Lagos State University (LASU) Students’ Union, two buses while the students unions of both the Yaba College of Technology and University of Lagos will get one bus each.

He also pledged one bus each to the School of Nursing, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) and the Lagos College of Primary Education, among others.

Tinubu appealed to the teachers not to sell their conscience by accepting the N50,000 the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) promised to give them during the election.

“Don’t sell your conscience. I have given everything I have for this state. My fear is that I don’t want it to be reversed.

“In the last eight years, my hairs have turned grey, I have worked hard for this state to put it on the path of growth in order to make the future better for your children.

“We must work together. Don’t listen to failed promises. I am not asking you to rig for me or Fashola but don’t allow yourself to be used to rig by any other party,” he advised the teachers.

Are all these provided for in the State appropriation bill?
If yes, then he has not done any thing illegal.
If no, the opposition should do a thorough investigation and let the whole world know where the fund came from. Only then can we start accusing of doing something illegal.

If you are saying/convince that Tinubu is a failure what about 'Gbenga Daniel of Ogun State - building mansions and hotels all over the state using commonwealth of Ogun State for personal ownership. Infact he went to the extent of buying a mansion in the UK.
He has already used all the state properties (1st he insured the properties) then  get loans from banks and nobody know what he has done with the loans.
Then you call Daniel adminstration in Ogun State a DISASTER!!!!!

OR OBJ Govt. while every farm is running at loss, only his farm has been able to turn N20,000 in Bank account (Says El Rufai) as at 1998 to making N30 million monthly (says Femi Fani-Kayode|).  Worse power supply, no motorable road, no security of life and properties, non functional refineries - we are force to import what we can source at home, increase in exchange rate from 1998 to 2007 e.t.c. despite all the money the country is making from the exponential increase in Oil price.
Then OBJ years in Govt. is a fatal accident!!!!.

Building Nuclear Power Palant in Nigeria is pure waste of fund, it will end been a white elephant project like the Ajaokuta Steel Complex and Aluminium Smelting Company (Akwa Ibom). The OBJ govt. is just trying to find means of waste the country reserve.

Have we fully utilized our God given resources - Oil and Gas?
Why are the refineries not working?
Have we optimally use Gas to generate Power?

Has the Govt. conducted and fully study the environmental impact analysis of having Nuclear Power Plant?

Why are the developed countries having problems with disposing and storing their Nuclear waste?
Do we have contigency and monitoring alert system   for coping with any indicent of nuclear fume leakage?

chidichris:
FG Spends N299bn on Roads in 8 Years(this day, april 6) yet we have all the roads in the country in their worst shape.
please someone should reffer me to roads where these funds were used on.

1. Lagos - Ibadan Express Road
2. Sagamu-Ore-Benin Road
3. The new Ibadan- Ilorin
4. Ibadan-Ilesa-Akure
5. The new Isara-Ilisa-Ago Iwoye - Ijebu Igbo- Ife Road
6. Lagos- Abeokuta Express
7. Ikorodu-Sagamu Express


All these roads are in the worst condition any road can ever be.

@ chidichris,
Whether OBJ + Udenwa or the PDP + INEC like it or not Senator Ararume is the PDP Guber Candidate for IMO, so say the APEX COURT of the Law. The court decision is not contestable anywhere. The ealier this reality is accepted the better for them.

The IMO Leaders and People have other candidates and Parties to be considered and voted for, if they are not supporting Ararume.

EFCC Chairman, Nuhu Ribadu speaking to Nigerians in Washington DC said Gov. Peter Odili had suffered the most amongst governors being investigated by the EFCC. He stated that shortly before the People's Democracy Party (PDP) primaries last year, the EFCC cornered Governor Peter Odili with a secret account containing N23 billion specially meant for the PDP primaries where he was considered as a front line candidate.  Though, the EFCC Chairman didn't elaborate how the monies were retrieved, he bragged that the funds were returned to the Rivers State government coffers where Governor Odili remained in control.




He also alleged that 70% of the Nigerian media is owned by five persons under corruption investigations by the EFCC.

http://www.saharareporters.com/www/news/detail/?id=304

Unknown to the Nigerian people, the current Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr. Bayo Ojo runs a "secret" legal practice based in the UK with a law firm known as "Solicitors Direct". Investigations by Saharareporters have revealed that some of the “official” trips by the Attorney-General of the Federation, Chief Bayo Ojo (who uses his full name -Christopher Adebayo Ojo-in the offshore transactions) to the United Kingdom for which he might have received fat allowances were not official after all. This is because, for some time now the Attorney-general has been secretly defending allegations of professional misconduct levied against him by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal of the Law Society of England and Wales in the matter of Christopher Onyeka Agwu, Christopher Adebayo Ojo and In the Matter of the Solicitors Act of 1974; No. 9337-2005.

According to the findings of the Tribunal obtained by Saharareporters, which was released on February 28, 2007, and signed by I.R Woolfe, Chairman of the Tribunal, Chief Bayo Ojo was initially charged alongside with one Christopher Agwu for various degrees of professional misconduct including: failure to produce accounting records to investigating officer of the Law society, that the books of the Accounts of the firm of solicitors Direct jointly owned by Chief Bayo Ojo and Christopher Agwu were not properly written up contrary to Rule 32 of the Solicitors Accounts Rules 1998, that both solicitors failed to comply with conditions of their practicing certificates, that they both failed to comply with professional undertakings etc.

However, during its hearing on December 14th, 2006, Chief Bayo Ojo who attended the Tribunal’s sitting in company of his attorneys, Messrs Kendal Freeman denied that he had any involvement in the running of the partnership, Solicitors Direct.

He further argued that he first met Mr. Agwu in 1998 while they were both attending seminars in London with a view to becoming qualified as solicitors in England and Wales. At that time, he had been involved, on behalf of commercial clients in arbitration in London and was trying to build up his practice in international arbitration. Mr. Aguw was also a Nigerian attorney but already based in London. It was at that time that Mr. Agwu suggested that it would be helpful to both of them to become involved in the partnership.

According to Chief Ojo, even though, he agreed to form the partnership with Mr. Agwu, he rarely visited the firm’s office in London during the period he was named as a partner. He told the Tribunal that in dealing with the current disciplinary proceedings, he became aware of the earlier proceeding in which both of them had been sanctioned for unprofessional practice although, according to him, his former partner, Mr. Agwu, had mentioned it to him that the Law Society was taking actions against both of them in connection with some ethical issues. The attorney-General therefore urged the Tribunal to dismiss the allegations against him.

In accepting the attorney-general’s defense, the Tribunal dismissed the Charges but substituted them with a new single charge – That Mr. Bayo Ojo permitted his name to be held out as a partner in Solicitors Direct, conduct unbefitting a solicitor. Chief Bayo Ojo pled no contest to the new charge and was found guilty of professional misconduct by the Tribunal.

At the end of its sitting the Tribunal found all the allegations to have been substantiated against Mr. Agwu and found the single new allegation to have been substantiated against Chief Bayo Ojo.
While Mr. Agwu had his name removed from the Roll of Solicitors, the Tribunal Ordered that the Respondent, Christopher Adebayo Ojo of c/o Colin Joseph, Kendall Freeman, One Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1JB, solicitor, do pay a fine of £2,000.00, such penalty to be forfeit to Her Majesty the Queen, and it further Orders that he do pay a contribution of £4,000.00 to the overall costs of and incidental to this application and enquiry fixed in the sum of £17,929.00.

This new development might pose a very serious challenge to Chief Bayo Ojo’s membership of the International Law commission and his position as the Attorney-General of the Federation. Efforts made by Saharareporters to reach the Attorney General to get his views were futile as at the time of going to press.

http://www.saharareporters.com/www/report/detail/?id=250

Respite finally came the way of Senator Ifeanyi Araraume yesterday, when the apex court nullified the candidacy of Chief  Charles Ugwuh as the governorship flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State and consequently declared him (Araraume) as the authentic winner of the ticket.
The development might have laid to rest the protracted crisis rocking the Imo State chapter of the PDP since December last year. But it could be the beginning of another for the party leadership that may have believed in it could give and withdraw tickets at will given the scenario playing out in its Rivers State chapter.
The Imo State crisis with the December 13, 2006 gubernatorial primaries where Araraume scored the highest number of delegates' votes but not enough to declare him the outright winner.
Hours before the primaries were held, there had been ominous signs in the air that the outcome of the exercise might be mired in controversies. This was against the backdrop of the sudden cancellation of the event on December 9 and its eventual  rescheduling for Wednesday December 13.
The exercise which was held as rescheduled, reportedly continued till the following day, December 14. In the unfolding development, Araraume polled 2,069 votes to emerge contender with the highest votes, while his closest rivals, Chief Hope Uzodinma and Chief Anthony Ezenna of Orange Drugs Limited, scored 1,649 and 1,388 respectively.
At any rate, the primaries were inconclusive because Araraume did not emerge as clear-cut winner, having failed to meet the required two-third stipulations in the party's guideline. Whereas, a run-off was expected to hold between Araraume and Uzodinma, the party decided to put off any plan whatsoever for such exercise.
A new twist was however, introduced into the matter when the state party chairman,  Chief Marcellinus Nlemigbo, called a press conference shortly after the primaries and declared Ezenna, who came third in the primaries as the party's gubernatorial candidate. According to Nlemigbo, the decision to pick Ezenna as the candidate, was the exclusive preserve of the party's national headquaters.
The situation, however, degenerated into open confrontation between Nlemigbo and members of Araraume's Destiny Campaign Organization. To this end, Director General of the organization, Chief Bonny Ejiogu, stormed the party's secretariat along with some other supporters and accused the chairman of letting out false infomation to the press.
It took the intervention of the police to dismiss the angry supporters of Araraume on that fateful day.  Ejiogu later called another press conference, where he accused Nlemigbo of bias. "For sometime now, the state chairman of PDP has not hidden his nocturnal closeness to ensure that Ezenna won the primaries," he alleged.
But the announcement of Ezenna as the candidate, later turned out to be a futile effort as the party eventually  submitted Araraume's name to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
However, the situation reached a turning point  recently when the party suddenly withdrew the ticket from Araraume and consequently submitted the name of Engineer Charles Ugwuh, former president of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) who came 13th at the primaries, with only 32 votes to INEC as the party's candidate.
The emergence of Ugwuh as a replacement  for Araraume, was according to the architects of the idea, "the best option for the party in order to win the election  in the state."
Prior to the emergence of Ugwuh, the state governor, Chief Achike Udenwa had called a stakeholders' meeting involving all the aspirants  at the parimaries, where he said the party had decided not to jettison the result of the governorship primaries, while simultaneously opting for a consensus candidate, expected to emerge from an election among the aspirants.
Eventually, Ugwuh was said to have had the highest votes from the informal selection process to emerge the winner, while one Chief Sam Uwandu, a United States-based professor came second.
Angered by the development, Araraume headed for an Abuja High Court to challenge his substitution of his name with Ugwuh. The presiding judge, Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako, technically gave her ruling in favour of Ugwuh, which Araraume appealed against.
But in what has been regarded as a landmark judgment, the case presided over by three learned justices of the Appeal Court - Olufunmilola Adekeye, Abdu Aboki and Chidi Uwa unanimously overruled the lower court's decision, saying the decision of the PDP to withdraw Araraume's name after it had been submitted to the INEC fell short of section 34 of the Electoral  Act 2006.
This section of the Electoral Act states that: "A political party intending to change any of its candidates for any election shall inform the commission of such change in writing not later than 60 days to election."
Again sub-section 2 of the section states further that : "Any application made pursuant to su-bsection 1 of this section shall give cogent and verifiable reasons," which proponents of Ugwuh's candidacy did not adhere to.
Disatisfied by the ruling of the Appellate Court, Ugwuh and PDP headed for the Supreme Court, asking it to overturn the judgment of the Appeal Court. But the plea fell through as the apex court  ruled yesterday that Araraume remained the authentic owner of the ticket.
With yesterday's judgment, the legal tussle over Imo PDP ticket has been exhausted. What that means is that the gubernatorial ambition of Ugwuh is over while that of Araraume remains on curse.
But of greater implication is what happens in the River State chapter of the PDP where the speaker, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi is challenging the substitution of his name as gubernatorial candidate with that of Celestine Omehia. 
When the Federal High Court ruled on the matter two weeks ago, both sides claimed victory with Ameachi's camp insisting the candidacy of the Speaker was upheld while Omehia, who has the offial backing of PDP, having emerged like Ugwuh through a consensus process, said he remained the candidate.
With the Supreme Court ruling yesterday which affirmed Araraume and not his replacement Ugwuh as the PDP gubernatorial candidate, Rivers State now also presents interesting scenario for the PDP in days to come.
And perhaps for INEC too.


http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=74863

@adconline,
Let ask our OBJ Man in  the house -TerraCotta, some simple questions:

1. As there any improvement in the Power Generating sector of the economy?

2.Why did he refuse to release Lagos Local Govt. Allocation despite the Supreme Court jugdement.?

3. What is the condition of the busiest road in Nigeria - Lagos - Ore - Benin - Eastern Road?

4. How many Textile Industries have closed down in the last 8years? What are the impacts of their closure on the labour Market and the economy?

5. Why are some top shots of PDP shielded from Prosecution? People like Bode George (NPA Report), Lamidi Adedibu ( INEC Registration Machine in his house) e.t.c

6.Why is the accounts and reports of NNPC kept in secretcy, even to the Senate and House of Rep. ?

7.Why did the Presidency, CBN and Fin. Ministry operated 4 secret PTDF accounts without the knowlegde of officials of the fund? What happened to the missing $500million PTDF money?

8. Why did OBJ extend the tenure of the present Inspector General of Police by 2years contrary to the provisions of the Constitution ?

9. How was OBJ able to turn around his OTA Farm with only N20,000.00 in bank to a making N30million monthly (Femi Fani-Kayode Said so) why other farm are only struggling to survive?

10. What are the collateral using to secure the load from UBA inorder to be able to buy 200million shares of Transcorps.

Back to the main topic, what did Pro. Achebe said that is not the truth? Did we not watch the Anambra mayhem on the Television - even NTA  could not resist not showing it? How many people have been arrested or prosecuted for the mayhem? Is it not true that former Guv. Ngige was adbucted by Chris Uba? 
Obj indeed confirm of being in the knowing of the electoral rigging that took place in 2003 419 elections.

@toshmann,
Good Talk.

Let the rule of Law prevail.

Thanks for the posting.

In Democracy, the rule of law is Supreme.
The wishes of one (OBJ) or his group (PDP and INEC) can never be above the laws of the land.

abdkabir:
Well, The lawyers say the recent INEC/Atiku related court rulings aren't contradictory but complemetary. Legal Analogies. So what do you think.

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has said that there was no confusion or contradictory judgment arising from the verdict of the Court of Appeal and that of the Federal High Court on Vice President Atiku Abubakar‘s suit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).


Read More: http://www.tribune.com.ng/05042007/news/news4.html

Thanks for the posting.

In Democracy, the rule of law is Supreme.
The wishes of one (OBJ) or his group (PDP) can never be above the law of the land.

The coming election is Obasanjo’s last dance.
He has the option of either entertaining the audience and receiving a standing ovation or annoying the audience and being booed and shooed off the stage. The president should not be deluded for one moment by the fawning adulation of his party leaders that he is the father of modern Nigeria. He needs to rise above partisanship to be the statesman that he once was by ensuring that the elections are free, fair and credible.

Not with the two vital organisations - The two agencies – INEC and police – crucial to the conduct of credible elections have not particularly helped matters. Both have lately been behaving as if they are Directorates of the PDP. Officials of INEC have many times attacked the vice president in a language that compromises the Commission’s impartiality. This is especially so with the commission’s refusal to clear Atiku for the polls despite a court ruling that it has no power to disqualify any candidate. By opting to appeal, INEC has created the impression that it has other interests beyond conducting free and fair polls.
The general belief is that Inspector General Sunday Ehindero is still in office long after his retirement age so he could be used to manipulate the polls in favour of the PDP.

For yet another, the PDP administration has so under-performed that it would be difficult not to apprehensive about the credibility of any election conducted it.

A very nice write up and I do agree with some of the issue rised but i totally disagree with your reason for Asiwaju Tinubu dropping of his senatorial ticket. You and I know he would have fought the EFCC with all legal means available (infact there is a case in court as per the listing of his name on that infamous doctored list). He has to forgo the senatorail ambition for true reconciliation within the party-- this are stuff true leaders are made of.

The issue of dominant people in AC you also got it wrong, what of Segun Osoba, Bisi Akande, Lam Adesina, Amb. Yaya Kwamde, Nwodo brothers, Adams Oshimole, Solomo Asemota, Lai Mohammed, Adeniyi Adebayo, Abubakar Rimi, Audu Ogbe, Solomo Lar, Senator Ben Obi e.t.c or are saying they are not credible/worthy leaders or do not have political weight.

Please try and update yourself on current political issue and realities inorder not to come up with wrong decisions.

The Supreme Court on Thursday berated the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) and the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC) for pitching their tents with the Presidency over the question of whether or not Vice President Atiku Abubakar still remains the number two citizen of the country after defecting to the Action Congress (AC).

The apex court was irked that rather than maintain a neutral ground on the issue, the leadership of the two agencies have associated themselves with the Presidency in asking that the seat of the vice president be declared vacant.

Meanwhile, the court has reserved its judgment on the matter till April 20, 2007.

On hand to take the bashing of the court, on behalf of their clients, were the two Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Patrick Ikwueto (for Inspector General of Police) and Joe Kyari Gadzama (for INEC).

Justice Dahiru Musdapher first expressed his disgust on the role of the two agencies in the appeal. He frowned at the submissions made by the police and INEC and questioned their interest in the matter, particularly as it offends their constitutional function of neutrality and impartiality.
He asked: "What is the interest of the IGP in this matter? You got nothing to do in this case, (referring to the counsel to the police). What judgment did the Court of Appeal give against the IGP that you are cross appealing?

"The Inspector General of Police is to provide security and to maintain law and order and not to be political. In this suit, he is merely a nominal party. What is your business whether the office of the vice president remains vacant or not when a lot of crime is going on?" Justice Musdapher queried.
Also condemning the role of the police and INEC in the appeal brought by the Attorney- General of the Federation, Chief Bayo Ojo (SAN), Justice Sylvester Onu took on counsel to the police, Mr. Ikwueto while asking him to sit down.

His words: "What is the judgment of the Court of Appeal against your client? You don’t have any business in this matter other than a nominal party."

Efforts by Ikwueto to wriggle out of the attack failed as he was ordered by the justices to sit down.
It was the turn of counsel to INEC, Mr. Gadzama, to take his bashing when he stood up to make his submissions. This time, Justice Tanko Mohammed took on him.
"You got nothing to do in this case. Your client INEC is supposed to be neutral, if Atiku ceased to be the vice president, INEC will not be called upon to conduct election for his replacement, it is the duty of the National Assembly," he said.

After all the parties in the appeal had adopted their written submissions, the court fixed April 20 to deliver its judgment.

The Court of Appeal had, in its judgment of February 20, 2007, held that Atiku remains the vice president till the expiration of his tenure on May 29, 2007.
In addition, the appellate court declared that President Olusegun Obasanjo had no powers to withdraw, tamper or interfere with or violate the immunity conferred on the Atiku as the vice president or direct his arrest or prosecution.

The court directed the Federal Government to restore all the paraphernalia of the office of the vice president to Atiku.

Bolarge:
BTW who knows som'n 'bout this Ajimobi guy(ANPP Oyo State gubernatorial candidate) besides the fact that he's a senator? It'll be nice to have the lowdown on him because he sure looks responsible (but it takes more than looks to secure my vote).Thanx.

Senator Isiaka Ajimobi represent Oyo South Senatorial which covers 11 local Govt. Area and the largest voting zone in Oyo State. He was formely the Managing Director of National Oil and Board Member of National Bank. He is from Ward 12, Ibadan South West Local Govt.
An Handsome, gentle looking man and sweet/smooth talker. BUT

He is not credible or worthy to be Guv of any State talkless of Oyo State. He is not a man of his words. This is a statement of fact known to most politically concious people in oyo state.Immediately he became a senator he started looking down and attacking people that helped him during the election. Remember during the 2003 (419) election it was the Federal legislative house (Senate and House of Rep.) that was 1st held, immediately he was annouced as the winner of the senatorial election, he disappear from Ibadan. He never voted nor participated in the other elections.
These are some of the reasons he left AC for ANPP.

There are many failed promises he made in 2003.

A typical case is his usually emphasis on helping graduate with only 1st class to get Job, he will not even give reference letter for you to be granted audience.

Now is the PAY BACK TIME.

Bankole01:
Even though I don't know the man and I disagree with the way Tinubu selected him, I believe going by the debate on TV, Fashola will by far make the best Governor for Lagos State. He is a man in the make of Falae.

You Have just hit the nail on the head.
Baba Falae will have been a better President than the Mr. KNOW-IT-ALL OBJ.
Lagosian must not make a mistake of not voting FASHOLA (SAN)

Na wa this is the season of indictment and gazzeting of white papers.
Remember the case of Abia State.

There are some questions to be asked about all these--

1. Did the composition and sueing of the members followed the dictate of the constitution?
2. Who are the members of the panel -- are the not political appointee of the Governor?
3. Where and when did the panel sat?
4. Who and who were present at the panel sittings?
5. Is there any court injunction against such sittings?
6. Morally, why the hurry to gazette the white paper just like that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Please remember similar injustice of the same Ladoja in the case of Josua Akintaro -- elected Local Govt chairman of Ibarapa East.

A leopard never changes its spot, I may say!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In all this am not in support of corruption in what ever form. NEVER. But due process must be followed and seen to be.

An injustice to one is injustice to all.

McKren:
Make sure when you come back you quote the constitution and not Lai (lie) Mohamed or AC. Cos I have my own copy and will verify. And also state clearly what your argument is

besides that also remember section 1 of the constitution which dwells on supremacy of the constitution in case of conflicts.

Section 32 of the Electoral Law 2006: QUOTE
32. (1) Every political party shall not later than 120 days before the date appointed for a general election under the provisions of this Act, submit to the Commission in the prescribed forms the list of the candidates the Party proposes to sponsor at the elections.

(2) The list shall be accompanied by an Affidavit sworn to by each candidate at the High Court of a State, indicating that he has fulfilled all the constitutional requirements for election into that office.

(3) The Commission shall, within 7 days of the receipt of the personal particulars of the candidate, publish same in the constituency where the candidate intends to contest the election.

(4) Any person who has reasonable grounds to believe that any information given by a candidate in the Affidavit is false may file a suit at the High Court of a State or Federal High Court against such person seeking a declaration that the information contained in the Affidavit is false.

(5) If the Court determines that any of the information contained in the Affidavit is false the Court shall issue an Order disqualifying the candidate from contesting the election.

(6) A Political Party which presents to the Commission the name of a candidate who does not meet the qualifications stipulated in this section, shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction shall be liable to a maximum fine of N500,000.00.

(7) Every political party shall not later than 14 days before the date appointed for a bye-election by the Commission submit the list of candidates from the party for the bye-election.

UNQUOTE
One does not know what can be clearer than in Section 32(5) on which Justice Kuewumi based his substantive judgement: "…the Court shall issue an Order disqualifying the candidate from contesting the election " and no one else.

Now what does the Constitution say about the requirements to which an affidavit must be sworn? In the Constitution Sections mentioned in the ruling [in sections 66, 106,107,117 and 137], only ONE subsection each - Section 66(i), 107(i), 137(j) - has ANYTHING DIRECTLY to do with INEC, and that has to do with presenting "a forged certificate", by which we might expect to include birth certificates, educational certificates, etc, Here is (for example) Section 137 of the 1999 Constitution:

QUOTE
137. (1) A person shall not be qualified for election to the office of President if -
(a) subject to the provisions of section 28 of this Constitution, he has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a country other than Nigeria or, except in such cases as may be prescribed by the National Assembly, he has made a declaration of allegiance to such other country; or

(b) he has been elected to such office at any two previous elections; or

(c) under the law in any part of Nigeria, he is adjudged to be a lunatic or otherwise declared to be of unsound mind;

or

(d) he is under a sentence of death imposed by any competent court of law or tribunal in Nigeria or a sentence of imprisonment or fine for any offence involving dishonesty or fraud (by whatever name called) or for any other offence, imposed on him by any court or tribunal or substituted by a competent authority for any other sentence imposed on him by such a court or tribunal; or

(e) within a period of less than ten years before the date of the election to the office of President he has been convicted and sentenced for an offence involving dishonesty or he has been found guilty of the contravention of the Code of Conduct; or

(f) he is an undischarged bankrupt, having been adjudged or otherwise declared bankrupt under any law in force in Nigeria or any other country; or

(g) being a person employed in the civil or public service of the Federation or of any State, he has not resigned, withdrawn or retired from the employment at least thirty days before the date of the election; or

(h) he is a member of any secret society; or

(i) he has been indicted for embezzlement or fraud by a Judicial Commission of Inquiry or an Administrative Panel of Inquiry or a Tribunal set up under the Tribunals of Inquiry Act, a Tribunals of Inquiry Law or any other law by the Federal or State Government which indictment has been accepted by the Federal or State Government, respectively; or

(j) he has presented a forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission.

(2) Where in respect of any person who has been -

(a) adjudged to be a lunatic;

(b) declared to be of unsound mind;

(c) sentenced to death or imprisonment; or

(d) adjudged or declared bankrupt

(e) any appeal against the decision is pending in any court of law in accordance with any law in force in Nigeria, subsection (1) of this section shall not apply during a period beginning from the date when such appeal is lodged and ending on the date when the appeal is finally determined or, as the case may be, the appeal lapses or is abandoned, whichever is earlier .

UNQUOTE
On a practical basis, how does INEC "verify" Sections 137()1(a) to (j) above on ALL candidates UNLESS opponents bring them up? Does it go "fishing" otherwise? If opponents bring challenges up, does INEC then constitute itself into an investigating body and a judicial body?

A clear interpretation of these sections is that ONLY in the issue of certificates SUBMITTED TO INEC does INEC – maybe as Prof. Maurice Iwu, not as INEC per se - have "locus standi" to GO TO COURT if it suspects forgery. Otherwise it supposedly being a free-and-fair umpire REQUIRES that it to stand back because all the OTHER issues have been sworn to be CORRECT in an AFFIDAVIT. However, if a political OPPONENT successfully challenges the correctness of the affidavit in court, then INEC has no option but to comply AFTER all appeals have been exhausted, and the party pays a fine for that. If there is NO outside petition initiated in court by an opponent and/or none successfully proven, and if there is no petition initiated by an INEC official suspecting certificate forgery and successfully proven, then qualification is automatic.

It is as simple as that. INEC should not be seen – or constitute itself – into political opponency.


In these political contests, INEC is by law SUPPOSED to be INDEPENDENT to the greatest extent humanly possible, and the Constitution/Electoral law ASSISTS it to be so. By the same token, the appropriate courts are expected to assist it in being SEEN to be independent to the greatest extent possible, knowing that INEC is composed of human beings who might have their biases or political leanings. That is why the courts are invoked as the final arbiter in matters where there is evidentiary controversy.

The Constitution/Electoral Act stipulates that political parties are FIRST given the option to verify and QUALIFY their candidates who must have sworn affidavits claiming compliance with constitutional provisions for their candidacy, which are then passed on to INEC for its own verification. INEC should then pass on the results of its own verifications back to the parties AND publish them to the world, whereupon the parties can either act upon them in one way or the other, but more importantly political opponents can GO TO COURT to challenge individual candidates, which courts can then rule one way or the other on their final qualification. In fact, the Electoral Law specifies PUNISHMENT for political parties submitting candidates not fulfilling the requirements - up to N500,000 – quite stiff and hence not to be taken lightly.

So why is INEC NOT choosing to fine such political parties? More importantly, why would that section exist if INEC is the one supposed to DISQUALIFY?


http://www.thenewsng.com/modules/zmagazine/article.php?articleid=14538

McKren:
[size=24pt]ATIKU HAS APPEALED AGAINST VICTORY 13 ON THAT LIST, WHY IS THAT[/size]

Thanks for the observation.
But what Turak Atiku is doing is not appealing the judgment but has gone back to court for the[b] enforcement [/b] of the judgment. Moreso you can only appeal judgment of High court at higher court -- Court Appeal and the supreme court, that is why they were Appealty courts.