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TyrantInAsoRock:
Mehn

M sure u bench wishing your girly happy bday for this

Show me the proof that the commenters are kwarans

bloodkiller:
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mr man your hypocrisy has no boundary.
you kept mute on Buhari's certificate even though it's obvious he has none but you expect saraki to resign.
if you like post from now till thy Kingdom come saraki till 2019
chaii it sucks to be a zombie

TippyTop:
The people posting that shiiiit are from Ogun state, Kwarans love oloye.

Tunechi1:
dis is hillarious and i neva heard of it

kinstinct:
18, 20 is your standard.
God's standard is the way He makes them.

Limitednow:
A dictator is always a dictator

WATERLee1:
hv u ever been told how cruel u are? If not, den u funny plus bad sha. How old were u when u started pulling things under skirts down?

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Pensioners, drenched in rain and shivering, on Monday waited for more than eight hours outside Oba Akinjobi old secretariat, Ikeja, Lagos, for a verification exercise that saw the collapse of at least four senior citizens.

The verification exercise was organised by the pension transitional arrangement directorate (PTAD).

It was aimed at identifying pensioners in the civil service to facilitate the payment of their benefits and entitlements, and also to flush out ghost pensioners.

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Pensioners hobble in the rain to the location of the screening

But the exercise turned a gruelling one, with overstretched queues and senior citizens having to stand for as long as eight hours, yet not being attended to.

On Tuesday, they were eventually informed that the exercise had been cancelled.

A pensioner, in obvious anguish as he spoke to TheCable, said “they forget that one day they will grow up to be in our shoes and only then will they understand what this feels like”.

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An aged woman awaits her turn

Another pensioner, with teary eyes, who also spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of victimisation, said he came all the way from Ondo state and spent a lot to transport himself, yet the exercise was cancelled.

“People have been here since 7:00 am and now you tell us to go home, that we will be contacted if anything comes up; even though we were not contacted when the decision was made. How are we to believe that?” he asked.


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One witness lamented the situation, saying older citizens need not be put through such distress.

“I saw people old enough to be my grandparents standing on long queues, soaking wet, all in the name of getting verified,” says Michael Olatubosun, a man who witnessed Monday’s sufferings of the aged former workers.

“Some could not stand for long due to health issues but they were not given a choice; they were forced to queue and this led to them being carried away in ambulances.

“This excuse is unacceptable; something needs to be done to help ease the process of verification. I hope this break is to help put things in order and make the verification exercise stress-free and better because this people have given the best of their years to the country and they need to be treated right.”

A man simply identified as Akintola, an official of the Lagos state government, said the order to suspend the exercise came “from above”.

He apologised for the inconvenience and said he received the order late, so it could not have been disseminated earlier.

989900:
Saraki has a chance to clear his name in court, let him have at it.

jlinkd78:
I dislike hypocrisy. Go thru my moniker.

jlinkd78:
no

Activists speak on whether the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, should resign or not owing to his ongoing court trials.


Ayo Opadokun

In any decent society, he ought not to return to the office of the Senate President. He is facing a criminal charge. Conviction has very little significance; the fact is that he has to be in the dock to face criminal prosecution. It is humiliating that the leader of the Senate had to be docked for a criminal trial. It is a national embarrassment that he is attempting to politicise a purely criminal offence.


Ayo Opadokun

They should stop the charade. They should rather take decisive steps to save the country of the embarrassment; witch-hunt is not an appropriate response to the matter.

People like us feel embarrassed and disappointed that military surrogates, sympathisers and loyalists who aided and abetted the military to dominate the national political landscape for a long time are the same set of people doing everything possible to frustrate and jeopardise democracy.

While we were in the trenches using our blood, our freedom and even our lives, they were hands in glove with the military jackboot. The current political operators are messing the situation up day-by-day, pretending to be democrats, which they are not.

They are only interested in the amount of money they can steal from the government coffers. Saraki is an unsuitable person for the seat of the Senate President.

Itse Sagay


Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN)
The Senate President can do anything that suits his conscience. I have no opinion on the issue.

Adedeji Adeleye

The issue raises a moral question. Both Saraki and his deputy should resign. This is necessary for a public office holder, when your integrity is called to question. Look at the case of the British Prime Minister, David Cameron; he did not steal or forge anything. But for the fact that his people disagreed sharply with his position on the EU membership, he wants to step aside.

In Nigeria, it is not seen that way. In the days of Chief Obafemi Owolowo, politician naturally left office when it was necessary. But today, politicians would rather bribe judges to remain in office. Saraki is fighting to keep his office do that he could use the position to negotiate for the presidency in 2019.

Liborous Oshoma

We are too legalistic in our approach to issues in this part of the world. Most times, we look at issues from the legal point of view without weighing the moral options. Look at the British Prime Minister, David Cameron. Come October, he will leave office. He is a believer in the European Union. And now that his people have decided otherwise, it is like a vote of no confidence on him. So, he feels he does not enjoy the confidence of his people.


Oshoma
But here, we look at every issue from the perspective of the law.

On this issue, I have never heard Saraki defend himself; all he keeps saying is that he is being persecuted. I may not like President Muhammadu Buhari’s approach to issues. But what is right is right and what is wrong is wrong. If Saraki is being prosecuted, the most reasonable thing to do is to step down and prove his innocence. It is not about him but about morals; it is about the behaviour expected of that office.

A man occupying such an exalted office should be without blemish. It is not enough to say that he has not been found guilty. The fact that his name is even mentioned in a matter of such nature puts a big question on his integrity. The fact that his name is placed side-by-side with people accused of under-declaring their assets or forgery puts a big question on his reputation. It is not a defence in law for somebody to say, ‘We are many.’ ‘Why should it be that it is only me that is being prosecuted?’ That is not a defence. The questions is, ‘Did you do it or not?’

We should focus on building strong institutions and not strong men. I may not like the fact that he is the only person being prosecuted. But was the rule forged? Who forged it? The bulk stops at the table of the man who is at the helm of affairs. Apart from that, who benefited from the forgery?

Nobody says he should go to jail. Have we considered the negative publicity Nigeria gets for the fact that the number three citizen is docked for criminal prosecution? It is about the office. Those who must lead must live above board. Saraki is covered with mold, and it is only appropriate that he steps aside to clean himself. He can come back to take his office if found innocent.

Chuks Nwachukwu


Nwachukwu
There is no basis to call for Saraki’s resignation. I don’t understand what people mean when they say he forged the Senate Standing Orders. This is a straightforward issue, legally. Can one forge one’s signature? The response to this settles the questions over Saraki’s prosecution. He cannot be accused of forging the Senate Standing Orders. It is the Senate that makes its Standing Order, and it is only it that can say what its standing orders are. Ever if somebody presented something that did not exist before, you cannot fault it. Besides, the old Senate had gone. Also, whatever the Senate did cannot be questioned by anybody outside the chamber as long as the members ratified it through a simple voice vote.

This is tantamount to accusing directors of a company of forging the memorandum and article of the company. If a company, at a general meeting, says this is our article, so be it. It does not matter if one or two members say they don’t agree with the Standing Orders. This is a case where the Senate has absolute supremacy. Prosecuting the leader of the Senate is like prosecuting the entire Senate; there is no supervisory body over its activities and whatever happens at the Senate. It is a matter in which the Senate is supreme. Can anybody say no to whatever the Senate calls its Standing Orders.

And for the fact that the Senate used the Standing Orders to hold proceedings means that it rectified it. Nobody can question the standing. The logic is like questioning the outcome of a simple voting at the Senate. If the Senate feels that its rules were forged, it should impeach its leaders.

Why should Saraki resign? Rather, it is President Buhari that should resign for interfering in the affairs of the Senate. It is an impeachable offence, so he should be asked to resign. The President should also be asked to sack the Attorney General of the Federation because he does not advise the President properly. He does not behave like a lawyer.

Wahab Shittu


Wahab Shitu
In the case of Saraki, allegations are not synonymous with guilt. He should be allowed to defend himself in a court in an atmosphere of fair trial. Until the court has pronounced him guilty, I don’t think the Senate President or his deputy should resign. But Saraki must submit himself to the trial process.


Debo Adeniran


Saraki should resign. This is the normal thing to do. In fact, he should have resigned the first day his wife was indicted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. He has been involved in other scandalous issues; remember that his name was mentioned in the Panama Papers. Instead of defending himself, he is trying to water down the power of the agencies that called him to question.

In a civilised world, this cannot be tolerated. That the Senate President is moving from one case to another is a disgrace to the nation. It is also shameful for the Senate President to be put in a witness box. There is no integrity in what he does in the National Assembly. He is only trying to curry the favour of the authorities or to whittle down the gravity of the allegations. The normal thing for him to do is to resign. If he does not resign, he should be impeached.

Lagos –  Constitutional lawyer, Fred  Agbaje on Tuesday said embattled  Senate President, Bukola  Saraki should refrain from blaming the presidency and Attorney- General of the Federation,  Abubakar  Malami for his woes over t his  arraignment alongside three others for alleged forgery of the Senate Rules .

Speaking in a chat with Independent, Agbaje said the claim by  Saraki that he is being witch hunted is completely false.

According to him, though Saraki may have internal issues with the leadership of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Attorney- General is only carrying out his constitutional duty as enshrined in the Nigerian constitution.

“Saraki is free to say whatever he likes against the presidency.  Anybody in Saraki’s shoes will make the same allegations; moreso, when the man is being battered front, back right and centre.  But again, who is to blame for the battering?  It is Saraki only.  When you carry a worm-infested stick, you must be ready to welcome the presence of animals that will come and prey on those worms”.

“But let me say this from the point of law:  Saraki said he is being witch-hunted. I don’t think so.  An accused must always have someone to blame for his misfortune and that is what Saraki is doing.  He has forgotten when he was playing with maggot-infested stick; he clearly didn’t remember the consequences. He may be having a running battle with his party, APC but that is not to say that he is being hunted by the Attorney-General of the Federation” .

“The AGF is merely carrying out his constitutional duty. As the AGF, he can prosecute anybody. He can take over any prosecution and he can even enter a nolle prosequi against Saraki and those involved in the case at the end of the day.  In other words, that does not make the AGF abuse the doctrine of separation of powers.  All that should guide him is the public interest. That is what the constitution says” he said.

Progressive01:
Bloody criminal be looking like Shrek from day one.

Hope in the letter, he included a sketch of himself in that funny traditional attire he wore to court to whip up iPod sentiments.

When the crook was bending the rules in the dead of the night, he never consulted US or anybody, now he's running from pillar to post to save his hyde.

The US would rather let him burn on a stake like the recalcitrant thief he is than ruin their diplomatic relationship with Nigeria over a thing like him.



Ps: Any Ugandan Bonobo who quotes me shall be ignored as always.

BeeBeeOoh:
Where did u inherit dis wickedness from??

The prosecution don’t want to oppose the bail application of Bukola Saraki because he is the senate president — we don’t want to create a vacuum in the legislature,” he said.

Yusuf Haliru, justice of the federal capital territory (FCT) high court, has granted Senate President Bukola Saraki bail.

He also granted bail to Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, and two other accused persons — Salisu Maikasuwa, former clerk of the national assembly, and Benedict Efeturi, deputy clerk of the legislature.

‎The judge held that the essence of bail was to enable an accused person to stand trial.

He also said that accused persons had not been proved guilty, hence the need to release them on bail.

However, he ordered that the defendants were to provide two reasonable sureties who must be Nigerians and who must own property in Abuja, the failure of which they would be remanded in Kuje prison, Abuja.

Paul Erokoro, Saraki’s counsel, ‎had asked the court to grant his client bail on self-recognition.

He said that Saraki, being senate president, was “too big” to run away from trial.

“The entire proof of service did not mention the third defendant (Saraki) in this case. The police never investigated the third defendant,” he said.

“It is a notorious fact that the third defendant has been standing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, (CCT) so it is ridiculous to say he will run away.

“He is the president of the senate, where will he run to? He is too big to hide.‎ I urge your lordship to grant him bail on self-recognition.”

Making his submission, Joseph Daodu, counsel to Ekweremadu, also prayed the court to grant his‎ client bail on self-recognition.

“The third and fourth (Ekweremadu) defendants are number one and two citizens of the legislature. It is shameful we are denting our democracy this way,” he said.

“We are ready for trial even today, so we urge your lordship to grant‎ the fourth defendant bail.”

Also, Ikechukwu Ezechukwu, counsel to Maikasuwa, asked the court to grant his client bail, saying that he was ready to stand trial.

“The essence of bail is to secure the attendance of the defendant. Throughout the period of investigation the defendant ‎was never detained,” he said.

“Attendance to court is the primary objective of bail.‎ We urge the court to grant the application.”

On his own part, Mahmud Magagi, counsel to Efeturi, asked the court to grant him bail on liberal terms.

‎”This application is seeking an order admitting the second defendant to bail pending the determination of the case,” he said.

“We urge your lordship to grant the second accused person bail on liberal terms.”

But Muhammadu Diri, counsel to the federal government, the prosecution, said that the court could go ahead to grant Saraki bail.

He, however, “vehemently”‎ opposed the bail applications of the other accused persons.

‎”The prosecution don’t want to oppose the bail application of Bukola Saraki because he is the senate president — we don’t want to create a vacuum in the legislature,” he said.

“But we vehemently oppose the bail applications of the fourth (Ekweremadu), first (Maikasuwa) and second (Efeturi) defendants. The three defendants evaded the process of service. The three defendants if granted bail may evade trial.‎”

The judge adjourned to July 11 for trial.

Chingyarmani:
The day Boko Haram kidnap and behead you will be glorious i'll bring snacks for everyone on NL. Has the court convicted them of stealing and fogery??

Mynd44:
https://www.nairaland.com/3190936/saraki-ekweremadu-arrive-court-alleged

Oluwabusobomi:
Buhari, digging his own grave as the day goes by

bloodkiller:
[s]you won't see the likes of ome.nka m.odath passi.ngshot nge.neukwenu mido.lian and all the rest of apc zombies and all those children from the tribe of the fallen demon especially that hypocrite m.odath later they'll say that we love corruption.

am yet to see the haters of corruption in this thread oops it's their useless bastard snake charming bastard demon buruntashi

bunch of disgusting hypocrite

obinosc.opy lalastic.lala front page [/s]

cruzita:
see cute lips

ijustdey:
eyah.......


that's how the search engine on NL normally mis-funtion sometimes......