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rakumiii: Again Excuse O (1976)

honeric01: Just imagine how dem dey bring glory to other countries.. but then shey Nigeria deserves these people?

binger: In as much as it is a good gesture,it is not advisable in Nigeria.Safety is not assured and you might be gunned downed by your political rivals.Thats how they killed Tafawa Balewa.He went alone to fuel his car at a petrol station in 1996.He even stood in the queue,and suddenly ,gunmen came along and shot him dead.Its just not possible here.

alaoeri: Oga clark but its under Yar'adua regime Boko haram started their mischievous act not under OBJ.

LASTMA can’t impose fine on traffic offenders – Court
On September 22, 2011 · In News

By INNOCENT ANABA
LAGOS- Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has declared that Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, lacks the power to impose fine on traffic offenders.

Delivering judgment in the suit filed by Mr. Jonathan Odutola, Justice Abang declared that sections 9, 11, 12 and 13 of the law establishing LASTMA is unconstitutional and of no effect.

The judge not only awarded N500,000 against LASTMA, but stated that the four sections of its law were contrary to Section 36 of the Constitution, which gives the right of fair- hearing to every Nigerian.

He held that while LASTMA has the power to arrest traffic offenders, it does not have the powers to impose fine on them, adding that instead, it is a court of law that has power to impose fine on anybody who contravenes the law.

The judge submitted that the imposition of fine on any traffic offender by LASTMA amounted to being a judge in its own cause.

He said: “Sections 9, 11, 12, and 13 of the law establishing LASTMA is unconstitutional. It is against the spirit of the Section 36 of the Constitution, which gives right of fair-hearing to every Nigerian. Moreover, that would amount to being a judge in your own cause.”

Odutola had dragged LASTMA to court for unlawfully impounding his car and imposing and slamming an illegal fine on him.

In the suit, he stated that last March, while driving his car on Third Mainland Bridge, it suddenly developed some mechanical problems.

According to him, to ensure that the car did not obstruct free flow of traffic, he immediately called a towing-van which towed the vehicle completely out of the road.

He said he also paid towing-van operator some money for the service rendered.

Odutola stated that he also called his mechanics to come and rescue him and the vehicle, adding that as soon as the mechanics arrived, some policemen patrolling the bridge who apparently wanted him to give them money refused them to work on the car.

When he insisted, Odutola and the mechanics were thoroughly beaten and harassed.

The policemen then called LASTMA officials at Sura, Lagos Island, who immediately came and towed the applicant’s car to their office and consequently slammed him with a fine if he must get his car back

Ishilove: I am just seeing this becos i didnt read the bullsheeit you posted...Nigga what is wrong with you?? The Seun you are referring to is a millionaire, while you on the other hand, your biggest ambition is to create threads that will make it to the front page.

We aint all like you, fool, some of us gat bigger dreams than NL's front page... I didnt realise i was talking to a bloody kid. Nigga u need to grow up

Like i said earlier, you need Jesus to show you the way.

[size=14pt]Policeman goes berserk, shoots 2 colleagues in Adamawa[/size]

Wednesday, 01 August 2012



A policeman at the Michika divisional headquarters in Adamawa State was, on Tuesday, shot dead after shooting two of his colleagues who are now receiving treatment in the hospital, police spokesman, Muhammed Ibrahim, said.

An eyewitness had told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Michika that the incident occurred around 7.00 a.m on Tuesday, when the policeman, identified as Abba Gana, opened fire on his colleagues.

Confirming the incident to NAN,  Ibrahim said an inspector and a constable were shot in the incident.

He said the policeman, who resisted arrest, had been shot dead, with the assistance of men of the Adamawa special anti- robbery patrol, “Operation Tsaro.”

Ibrahim also confirmed the attack by suspected gunmen on Mugulvu police outpost in Mubi South Local Government Area of the state on Monday.

He said the men, who attacked the outpost with explosives, were repelled by the police, who succeeded in killing one of them.

NAN recalled that four months ago, a policeman at the police divisional headquarters in Gombi Local Government Area of the state also went berserk, shooting three of his colleagues to death before killing himself.