₦airaland Forum

1stCitizen:
I agree there was an executive overreach and also believe the CJN ought not to desperately attempt to stall his trial by chasing loopholes. He should have resigned but his postponement of the NJC meeting was diabolic and the executive had no choice.

The postponement occurred after the executive breach and not before. The question then remains, why breach in the first place and then seek to regularise? That is plain evil done just because the Executive could with all armed security forces under its control and to suit its political interests.

1stCitizen:
This will regularize the due process brouhaha and silence all the goats bleating "consisushion az bin raped"

Why breach in the first place and then seek to 'regularise'? By your admission, there was a breach hence your use of the word 'regularize'. How are those who criticized such Constitutional breaches goats? You should be objective enough to criticize wrong when it occurs.

omooba969:
I still remember that Falana explained that if Onnoghen hadn't suspended NJC's meeting until further notice, there wouldn't be need for FG to take advantage of the situation in the manner they did. If FG had gone ahead with their action while the NJC met, it would be a different case by now.

You gerrit?

The FG had already breached the Constitution and judicial authority by going to the CCT in the first instance. That is the crux of the matter.

The NJC held its 87th meeting on October 3 and October under the chairmanship of Onnoghen. At the end of the meeting, it recommended the appointment one Supreme Court Justice, three chief judges, three other judges of state high courts and a judge each for the Sharia Court of Appeal and the Customary Court of Appeal. The 88th meeting was to hold on Tuesday January 15, 2019.

But days earlier, the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) had slammed fraudulent asset declaration charges against the CJN at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).

http://saharareporters.com/2019/01/25/exclusive-how-onnoghen-postponed-njc-meeting-indefinitely-fear-being-suspended

There is no advantage sought to have been taken by the FG, it had already chosen its path of illegality.

He had better appeal now if he wants to and not wait for INEC to take a position that may go against his beliefs.

omooba969:
With regards to the bolded text up there, please go and watch Mr Femi Falana's recent interview on Channels Tv.

Mr Onnoghen actually suspended the NJC meetings until further notice thereby preventing or frustrating due process - he's the chairman of NJC & he left the CCT with no options but to act on his flagrant behaviour.

Onnoghen shot himself in the foot.

On the contrary you can see that the NJC can and has convened without the CJN and Tanko there... his postponing the meeting would not have stopped the NJC from meeting but that would have been with a petition before it from the FG against the CJN. The FG deliberately refused to follow statutory and judicial procedure on this until now some illegality has already been perpetrated.. He would not even preside over such a meeting and would have been required to recuse himself. The same Falana asked the FG to withdraw its process/charge before the CCT when it first started and refer it to the NJC isn't it?

I don't know why some of you cannot leave tribe and ethnic bias out of issues. If nothing else, the majority of the legal profession is against this illegality perpetrated by the President and the CCT; the Majority of the South has also kicked against it because he is of Southern extraction yet you must just single out Igbos, why? Who did this to you? Can you not see beyond your ethno-centric lenses?

babaolofin:
Which tension? Tension created by Ibos carried out by the ibos. Most of the nonsense illogical statements are made by them. No tension in most part of Nigeria. The temple of justice is being destroyed with corruption. A man who is supposed to be a symbol of an incorruptible judge is being investigated they are citing Abia & Kwara cases. NJC will try to defend the integrity of Judiciary but not protect corruption.

If CJN is not suspended this NJC meeting would not have taken place

PaChukwudi44:
Odili is before Ngwuta

https://supremecourt.gov.ng/profile/current-justices

This is the profile of supreme court justices in order of seniority on the Bench. Read and see for yourself. They were appointed same day but Ngwuta was sworn in before Odili. That places him before her.

omooba969:
If you go back to my comment, I touched on the arbitrary use of power by the executive (Presidency).

My argument is about the judiciary protecting their own thief instead of condemning Onnoghen's action. This behaviour by the judiciary will only embolden the corrupt ones amongst them to continue to dare the potency of the laws of the land.

These are LAW yers for Christ sake!

How has the judiciary protected 'their thief'? This is about due process that everyone must follow in a democratic society. I do not think there is any judicial officer that has said Onnoghen should not answer for any offence alleged to have been committed. Rather, the problem is that the Executive has deliberately meddled and breached provisions of the Constitution and superior court judgements that a judicial officer must first be subjected to the NJC for disciplinary measures before he can be tried by any court.

It is a self-regulatory feature that is meant to allow for some level of independence and is also obtainable in the Executive and Legislature. That is why a committee was set up for the likes of Daura (DSS), Babachir, former DG, NIA and a host of others. It is then let for the same Executive to file an action before the courts and prosecute them for corrupt practices which led to their dismissal in the first place. This as you know, has not been done.

Bottom line is due process and rule of law. You would have made more sense if they had the AGF and F had first approached the NJC on Onnoghen's issues and the NJC refused to act. Garba Shehu is on record for the NHIS Secretary that was removed by the board saying that they had not followed due process to remove him. Why is that so hard to accept now for the CJN?

DonFreshmoney:
The new CJN will be Bode Rhodes Vivour a southerner, if buhari doesn't like him, next in charge is still a southerner Mary Odili

The CJN will ask Tanko Mohammed to step down as he wasn't nominated, they will also investigate the allegation of Ononghen and may ask him to step down.

Justice Ngwuta is No 4 before Justice Mary Odili

omooba969:
Why hold any meeting in the face of blatant & brazen corruption?

Our politicians fathers have now institutionalised corruption in Nigeria. Onnoghen's case shouldn't be contested as there's an admission of wrongdoing by the defendant (Onnoghen), therefore he should be facing prosecution with expectation of a custodial sentence.

In the same light, the executive arm has violated rules & flouted laws with regards to due process - arbitrary use of power.

The judiciary is twisted, the country is....

Phew!

Omooba, read this:

SalamRushdie:
First and foremost the NJC must remember that this meeting is not about whether Onnoghen is corrupt or not but to find out where Buhari got his imaginary powers from to claim to suspend the Head of the Judiciary and where he got another imaginary power from to dare to replace him without any input from the NJC and the National assembly as enshrined in our constitution.

The out come of this meeting must be to uphold the constitutional status quo and to fix another date to hear the trumped up corruption charges against Justice Onnoghen and to decide the punitive measure for the unbecoming behaviour of Justice Tanko.

That is the one I don't understand. I read somewhere that his name is not entered in the roll for all lawyers called to bar at the Supreme Court of Nigeria. If it is really true then it amounts to his being a fraud in his entire legal career both at the bar and the bench.

StillX10:
there are rumors that the man didn't go to law school sef

https://supremecourt.gov.ng/profile/justice/9
This link is his profile on the Supreme Court site; now that he has become a person of interest, everything about him is open to scrutiny.

There may be some loyal but they are overwhelmed by other external/Tinubu factors plus herd mentality so rather than stick their neck out they refrain or join the 'majority'.

Amaechi!! Yet he claims not to like money and that he is hungry. His end is real close, he will come to regret his actions in the last few years.

From where?

onyinyechi94:
ewu

Look in the mirror...

deyahaya:
Election observer or Atiku observer, Nobody can rubbish a genuine social economic intervention embark upon by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. They surprised how that kind of program come to a reality.

If it was to be a form of social intervention in the strict sense of it, you would not have the Vice President who is contesting elections travelling from market to market across the country to share money. Rather it would have been domiciled in the relevant ministries at federal and state levels,the recipients properly identified and then funds disbursed. Finally, no one would be asking for their voter card numbers either!

PaChukwudi44:
approach the NJC.Thank you

Choi!
NJC will now ask her to step down as d yeye man cannot handle his wife as a judge!

JusticeSeeker:
Desperate kicks of a drowning man. Wike has finally shopped and gotten a court that will do his bidding. Evil's triumph over good is always temporary. Justice shall always prevail over evil. Onoghen, the pdp justice shall surely go down in his own web of criminality.

Wike will visit you in your dreams..he seems to be your nightmare! Lol

Let the drama continue. High-handedness and political interests will get Bubu and crew nowhere in this matter. CJN Onnoghen will complete his tenure in his full capacity till December 2020!

Hehehe...yeye pipu dem. That's why Atiku didn't bother wasting his time with them. Waste of his precious time.

We know but they will keep denying the obvious. If it was to be a form of social intervention in the strict sense of it, you would not have the Vice President who is contesting elections travelling from market to market across the country to share money.

Rather it would have been domiciled in the relevant ministries at federal and state levels,the recipients properly identified and then funds disbursed. Finally, no one would be asking for their voter card numbers either!

Damentia:
Seems their is a new BMC recruit on nairaland

With new, improved zombies strains..
Just registered on January 7th and has been spilling filth everywhere.

sarrki:
Pdp are liars

The judges are corrupt that’s why Pdp is there albatross

Stop skipping your meds!

ProWalker:
This man is so clannish.

How so?

TIGRITIS:
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At least unlike obj who spearheaded the scam, buhari is not involved and that is the person we are voting for, not his aides. This is by far better than his vice president who obj himself had described as a thief in his book.

Yet his wife who is close and knows him better than anyone else has come out to tell you that her husband is not in charge and that he has allowed his aides/cabal appointees to hijack the government. It is clear that a vote for APC is not for Bubu the unaware but for the puppeteers who are pulling his strings and actually calling the shots.

TIGRITIS:
His integrity at stake? Was he the president then? Who should be his aides? Americans or Canadians?

There are still clean and decent Nigerians. If Buhari was really interested in fighting corruption and not just to slake his ungodly thirst for power and money, he would have surrounded himself with people of unimpeachable reputation and integrity so his pretence to integrity would not be questioned. As it stands, Buharo is as dirty as every other politician and is a beneficiary of all the corruption and sleaze so he should quit the holier-than-thou stance.

When Farooq Kperogi was a Buhari supporter with all the venom he could muster against GEJ, he wasn't a trader then abi? Even when he excused Buhari's West Germany gaffe and wrote it off as a 'senior moment' he was a good man then and he had good ideologies to pass to his students.

Suddenly he has become a peddler of falsehood...who did this to you? This is how y'all were stupid when Obasanjo and Atiku were APC members. They were not corrupt and no calls for probes were heard. It was all about 2010-2015 just to rubbish GEJ. Today y'all are talking crap and asking Buhari to prove OBJ.

Good thing Farooq has discovered the error of his ways. Instead of u ppl to repent you're busy supporting a cadaver. Una well done.

And the propaganda begins! They want Edgal out and Egbetokun or some other pliant mofo in by all means.

castrokins:
If Kalu Isn't Given The Same Treatment Meted At Dino Then This Country Is Doomed Forever.

Exactly what crossed my mind the moment I saw the topic.

Why is it all about him? How about the president who kept away and whose aides blatantly rub our noses in it by telling us that he has no need for a debate and no need to answer to Nigerians?

Charly68:
I never knew Atiku was proud until he absented himself at the organized debate .Even his excuse is non sequitur.

AntiWailer:
yea,


If you go for interview, ask for a top candidate u are xpecting. If the person did not come, just go home.

It is high time you people stop defending the useless statement that it is a "Presidential Debate" not "Candidate Debate"
(it is a debate between presidential candidates not Presidents)

That is why they deny the masses quality education so that they can not reason on their own.

As for the other idiot that did not attend too, No PDP incumbents ever attended any debate. if you excuse them, u can excuse him too.

Oranges and apples...for a job interview, it is usually not public knowledge whom to expect or who has been invited for an interview. Rather, prospective job seekers go in, hoping to be selected by the employer. In this case all candidates are known and fellow contenders invited for the debate are also known.

How about, 'Why is Buhari avoiding debates'?

chinelo009:
why is atiku avoiding the debate.hahaha