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Senator Musiliu Obanikoro and his family have sued the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at the Federal High Court in Lagos over the seizure and detention of their property.

They are seeking a declaration that the forceful seizure of their personal effects constitutes a gross violation of their rights.

The applicants are praying for an order setting aside the forceful detention of their properties last June 14.

They demanded an “unreserved public apology”, as well as N100 million as general damages from EFCC.

The Obanikoros also sought an order restraining EFCC from arresting, detaining or harassing them or entering their premises again to seize their properties.



The applicants include Obanikoro’s wife Moroophat, his sons Gbolahon, Babajide and wife Fati.

EFCC claimed Obanikoro received suspicious payments from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) through companies linked to the family.

For instance, the commission said $1,018,000 was transferred from the ONSA to Mob Integrated Services on March 18, 2015.

But, the family, though their lawyer Lawal Pedro (SAN), said the documents and properties EFCC seized “have nothing to do with the ONSA.”

They claimed that the commission violated Regulation 13 of the EFCC (Enforcement Regulation) 2010 which provides that it shall apply and obtain a court order to enter and search any premises.

However, EFCC has urged the court to dismiss the suit, insisting that it acted within the law.

Justice Abdulazeez Anka adjourned until March 28 for ruling.

ybalogs:
He must really hate PMB then.

ybalogs:
Who has got the whistle on this Junaid man abeg. I'm sure he's got loads of skeletons in his cupboard to make him want Buhari's impeachment this bad.

yarimo:
Junaid muhammed you have spoken well, but the problem is your grammars dose not work in country like nigeria .

The Presidency, on Wednesday, said there was no truth in the reports that a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Kola Awodein, gave Justice Niyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, currently standing trial for alleged corruption, N500,000.00, at the behest of President Muhammadu Buhari during the certificate issue affecting the then presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

In the ongoing trial of Justice Ademola, it was alleged that one of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s layers had made payment of N500, 000 to Justice Ademola’s family during the wedding ceremony of their daughter, which is now believed to be a form of bribe from Buhari to the judge during the former’s certificate saga.

But Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, recalled that President Buhari challenged the elections of 2003, 2007, and 2011, up to the Supreme Court and was never named as trying to compromise any judge.



He said any attempt to sully that reputation was bound to fail.

The presidential spokesman said even Awodein himself had denied the allegation.

According to Adesina, “Nigerians know that President Buhari challenged the elections of 2003, 2007, and 2011, up to the Supreme Court, and not once was he named as trying to compromise any Judge, though some of them were his schoolmates, or contemporary, at one time or the other.

“It is in keeping with the President’s time-tested reputation as a man of truth and integrity. Any attempt to sully that reputation is bound to fail, inexorably,” he said.

Adesina then reproduced Awodein’s statement on the matter as follows, “I am constrained to make in absolute good faith, in good conscience and in the interest of justice and fair play the following very short statement on account of the distorted news story currently being peddled as affecting the person of Mr President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and my good and very noble self.

“The very simple and plain facts are as follows:

“I have known as a friend and for well over 35 years Mr. Justice Niyi Ademola, a notorious fact known to the majority of lawyers who have practised especially in Lagos for over that same period more or less and also to so many other professionals of other disciplines and other prominent and not so prominent Nigerians.

“It is a fact that the sum of money mentioned was personally paid by me as a friend to Mr. Justice Ademola as a personal gift, as our custom well recognises and demands, on the occasion of his daughter’s High Society wedding solemnized at the Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina, Lagos, on the 9th of May 2015, which I attended in person.

“I was fully convinced then, as I remain today, that I could do no less as a friend of longstanding to fairly reasonably support him on that memorable occasion of his daughter’s wedding.

“Anyone and everyone who knows me would readily and unquestionably testify that I am and have always been a man of impeccable integrity on and off the Courts and that such a record speaks always loudly for itself.

“I would conclude by stating categorically and without any equivocation that ANY link whatsoever with Mr. President, or any court case or cases, of my personal gift from my personal resources delivered to Justice Niyi Ademola by myself on that occasion or any suggestion whatsoever that it was anything but such a gift or that it ever came from Mr. President or at his instance or that I was acting, under any circumstances, on his behalf is most malicious, utterly ridiculous and in very very poor and revolting taste and most undeserving of any further comments.”

247frolicboss:
President Muhammadu Buhari may soon speak by telephone to Nigerians.

Buhari’s media adviser, Femi Adesina made the disclosure on Monday night during a live political programme on Channels TV.

Adesina said: “Yes, he (Buhari) said maybe, he will speak to Nigerians by phone, and I also say maybe.

“That issue of his coming back is already in the public domain in the letter that was transmitted to the National Assembly. He said as soon as he has an ‘all-clear’ on his health, he’ll be back. I think that issue has been settled

“I communicate what has been told to me. Unless I receive a definite communication that says the president will be back on this date. Then, I can say. Otherwise, I’ll just be making a guess, if I say anything that has not been said to me. Don’t forget that I’m a spokesman. I speak for somebody. I communicate what has been transmitted to me.

“Remember Trump said America will be number one, America will be number two, and America will be number three. So anything that is in the interest of American that the previous government did. I’m sure this Trump administration will continue. We know that governance is a continuum. I don’t think one government will come in and obliterate all the positive things that have been done by the previous administration as long as it is positive; and, in the interest of the country.”



http://www.newshelm.com/2017/02/buhari-may-speak-to-nigerians-by-phone.html


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sarrki:
The extortion is just too much

Most times I paid 180k from Adamawa to Lagos as road expenses for our security personel before my truck can get to Lagos

It shows how corrupt this country is

Its not just the leaders alone.
We are all corrupt

A society will get the leader they deserves based on who they are.

Change begins with me and you

charliboy654:
U just displayed ur ignorance for the world to see. Its very possible, such deal happens over a period of years, is not like they will send Nigeria 100 billion dollars, while we will give the the pea worth that amount. Its a gradual process over a period of time.

k.style:
......OMG i'm a prophet...all i said came 2 pass*runs off 2 open a chrch*