₦airaland Forum

Angered by the nauseating and ignoble manner the CCT Chairman is descending into the arena of conflict in the ongoing trial of the Senate President, Dr. Saraki, a group of Lawyers have today dragged the Federal Government to the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja this afternoon to declare void some repugnant sections of the Administration of Criminal Justice, Act, passed into law in 2015. The suit is marked FHC/ABJ/CS/274/16. The sections of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act being challenged provide as follows;

Section 306 “An application for stay of proceedings in respect of a criminal matter before the Court shall not be entertained.”
Section 396 subsections (3), (4) and (5) read thus;
“Upon arraignment the trial of the defendant shall proceed from day-to-day until the conclusion of the trial”
“Where day-to-day trial is impracticable after arraignment, no party shall be entitled to more than five adjournments from arraignment to final judgment:
Provided always that the interval between each adjournment shall not exceed fourteen working days”
“Where it is impracticable to conclude a criminal proceeding after the parties have exhausted their five adjournments each, the interval between one adjournment to another shall not exceed seven days inclusive of weekends.”

In the ORIGINATING SUMMONS initiating the suit, the group raised one question for the determination of the court thus;

"Whether the provisions of sections 306 and 396 subsections (3), (4) and (5) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 are not unconstitutional having regard to the combined provisions of Sections 1(1) and (3), 4(, 6(6) (a), and 36(1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and the decision of the Nigerian Supreme Court in Unongo v. Aku (1983) vol 13 NSCC; (1983) LPELR-3422(SC)?"
Depending on the answer the court may give to the above question, the group is seeking the following orders from the court;

"1. A DECLARATION that the provisions of Sections 306 and 396 (3), (4) and (5) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 are in conflict with the combined provisions of sections 1(1) & (3), 4 (, 6(6) (a), 36 (1) Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended)

2. AN ORDER OF THIS HONOURABLE COURT striking down and declaring void Sections 306 and 396 subsections (3), (4) and (5) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 for being in conflict and constituting a grave affront to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

3. ANY OTHER ORDER OR ORDERS that this Honourable Court may deem fit to make in the entire circumstances.

In the affidavit accompanying the Originating Summons, the Deponent avers that;
10. In my participations in the ongoing criminal proceedings against many Defendants standing criminal trials in Federal Courts in Abuja, the impugned provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015, being challenged before this Honourable Court have always been invoked and relied on by the prosecution to the grave detriment of the Defendants standing trial.

13. The conduct of the 2nd and 3rd Defendants in enacting the provisions being challenged herein constitutes a grave affront on our grund-norm and threatens our Constitutional order.

14. Being a Minister in the Temple of Justice, I share in the sacred burden of pointing out infractions and abuses of our Constitution to this Honourable Court.

15. If this Court does not swiftly intervene to pronounce on the Constitutionality or otherwise of these impugned provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015, hasty proceedings resulting from the application of the impugned provisions would continue to sprinkle the ashes of raw injustice on defendants standing criminal trials in our Courts.

16. Time is indeed of the essence of this Originating Summons in that the fate of many people standing criminal trials in our Federal Courts are continuously being decided by the application of these impugned provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act.

The Group, while referring to the decision of the Nigerian Supreme Court in the case of Unongo v. Aku (1983) vol 13 NSCC; (1983) LPELR-3422(SC), argues that "The powers of the courts to grant adjournments, stay of proceedings where and when necessary and the powers to control their internal proceedings are inherent in the courts and preserved by the constitution itself and can therefore never be legislated away by an act of the National Assembly. Sections 306, 396(3), (4) and (5) are therefore void." They further argued that "A court of general jurisdiction, whether named in the Constitution or established in pursuance of the provisions of the Constitution, cannot be directed, controlled, or impeded in its functions by any of the other departments of the government."
"Any act by which the legislature attempts to hamper judicial functions or interfere with the discharge of judicial duties is unconstitutional and void. The principles above enunciated have been applied to statutes undertaking to fix the time within which courts shall act in certain cases or matter"

This case hmmmm, God will save this nation.

It is only in Nigeria that you will see highly placed people in the society who , though appearing seemingly sane and honorable, fight aggressively against the government for trying to rid the nation of corruption.

Where their own craze stop....thast where PMB own start

Plaintiffs:

Johnmary Chukwukasi Jideobi
MaryAnn Akpan
Allen Amadi
Chukwuma Mikel Alozie
Nnaemeka Ezeani
Ngozi Medani

SE people really like dis Saraki man o, sotay Dem carry im matter for head like gala, even pass Kwara people.

the names sef? e get as dem be

Why would they declare it void? Mstweeeee. Let Saraki be d governor of SE

FlyoruB:
SE people really like dis Saraki man o, sotay Dem carry im matter for head like gala, even pass Kwara people.

Even MaryAnn Akpan is from southeast?


Blind zombie.

The lawyers are mostly Igbo again!!!!!!!

Why do they have a strong affinity for corruption like this.

It was Ipod youths that were protesting in support of Saraki yesterday and this is coming up today.

Lord have mercy.

No wonder..........................

Checking the names of the plaintiffs..


Ohoo, I nor tell you.

Interesting....

Can Saraki swear by Sango/Amadioha or Aiyelala that's he's innocent of alleged charges

Anyway he's still innocent until proven otherwise but is any of our politicians innocent of corruption

Some Igbo's are fools devoid of any form of reasoning or any bit of brain.



And before those shameless ones come to attack me here, bear it in your mind that I am proudly Igbo

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CecyAdrian:
Some Igbo's are fools devoid of any form of reasoning or any bit of brain.



And before those shameless ones come to attack me here, bear it in your mind that I am proudly Igbo

Mechie eze ule i ebea
no yoruba man will support saraki you know why?
because Tinubu gat them in his pocket they're feeding from his crumb and forever indebted to him so he's their god. and you know what Saraki and Tinubu are struggling so you don't expect them to in anyway fault Tinubu or side with their lord's tormentor saraki

ok ask yourself these questions

saraki is corrupt yet they gave him apc ticket and he won under apc.
saraki is corrupt yet they tagged him change agent and sang his praises for delivering his state to apc
ok what of people like
Silva, late Audu, Rochas Aregbesola, Amaechi, etc
apc branded these guys change agents yet each has a huge corruption tag hanging around his neck including late Audu who confessed it openly.
now that Saraki played a little politics on their god Tinubu they're all bleating corruption like mad dogs.
am sorry right thinking igbos or any other tribe ain't buying that crap we're smarter than their antiques
yes all politicians are corrupt and deserves to die but this one is a clear witch hunting which even a hardcore apc knew.
so next time don't talk rubbish maka Kitikpa esewaa i onu ebea [/b]

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omenka:

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Nonsense!

So it is now a crime for Igbos to go to court to seek judicial interpretation?

And the question I ask is, what exactly is wrong in going to court?


Oh God! Deliver the Igbo Nation from this hateful entity called Nigeria! If you do this oh Lord, me and my entire generation will forever give you THANKS

Charge and bail lawers seeking cheap attention.........

tigerclaws:
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Mechie eze ule i ebea
no yoruba man will support saraki you know why?
because Tinubu gat them in his pocket they're feeding from his crumb and forever indebted to him so he's their god. and you know what Saraki and Tinubu are struggling so you don't expect them to in anyway fault Tinubu or side with their lord's tormentor saraki

ok ask yourself these questions

saraki is corrupt yet they gave him apc ticket and he won under apc.
saraki is corrupt yet they tagged him change agent and sang his praises for delivering his state to apc
ok what of people like
Silva, late Audu, Rochas Aregbesola, Amaechi, etc
apc branded these guys change agents yet each has a huge corruption tag hanging around his neck including late Audu who confessed it openly.
now that Saraki played a little politics on their god Tinubu they're all bleating corruption like mad dogs.
am sorry right thinking igbos or any other tribe ain't buying that crap we're smarter than their antiques
yes all politicians are corrupt and deserves to die but this one is a clear witch hunting which even a hardcore apc knew.
so next time don't talk rubbish maka Kitikpa esewaa i onu ebea [/b]

Please shut the fvck up u insulting degenerated soul!!

With all the long sermon u still made zero sense, infact you sound more confused and remoted than I imagined.

Now, are Igbos the only tribe in Nigeria after yoruba if you want to base your argument on tribe. Between Igbos and Hausa's which is Saraki closer to, what happened to the Tiv, Idoma,Ijaw, etc, are they not part of Nigeria, why did they not carry their banner or even start making noise online over Saraki's witch hunt?

We Igbos always think we have a voice therefore tend to speak out more than other tribes and end up displaying how evil and foolish we really are. If you like call it witch hunt or wizard hunt, Saraki is going down, he going to be used as an Example to other corrupt politicians.

And, why do you guys always get a hard on whenever Tinubu's name is mentioned, and if it's not, there are still ways you people manage to include his name, is there a satisfaction attached to that name??

Fowl cough, it's Tinubu,Fowl ynash open, it's Tinubu, fowl die it's Tinubu, haba!!!

OP stop twisting story to suit your selfish ulterior motives. The case u presented has nothing to do with the CCT chairman allegedly descending into the arena.

Just because u desperately need pple to help u support the thief saraki doesnt mean u shld tell rotten lies. Saraki shld face his case, put forward his defence and quit dancing around the court! Period.

Plaintiffs:

Johnmary Chukwukasi Jideobi
MaryAnn Akpan
Allen Amadi
Chukwuma Mikel Alozie
Nnaemeka Ezeani
Ngozi Medani

Lol... The defenders of the downtrodden and oppressed. Saraki is now nwa-afo

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CecyAdrian:
Please shut the fvck up u insulting degenerated soul!!

With all the long sermon u still made zero sense, infact you sound more confused and remoted than I imagined.

Now, are Igbos the only tribe in Nigeria after yoruba if you want to base your argument on tribe. Between Igbos and Hausa's which is Saraki closer to, what happened to the Tiv, Idoma,Ijaw, etc, are they not part of Nigeria, why did they not carry their banner or even start making noise online over Saraki's witch hunt?

We Igbos always think we have a voice therefore tend to speak out more than other tribes and end up displaying how evil and foolish we really are. If you like call it witch hunt or wizard hunt, Saraki is going down, he going to be used as an Example to other corrupt politicians.

And, why do you guys always get a hard on whenever Tinubu's name is mentioned, and if it's not, there are still ways you people manage to include his name, is there a satisfaction attached to that name??

Fowl cough, it's Tinubu,Fowl ynash open, it's Tinubu, fowl die it's Tinubu, haba!!!

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Nonsense trash
shatap and get out
go to romance section (if you're not one of the she-males) because you no get yarn
anu ofia

My frnd, I think you're missing the point. It's not about where they are from. These fellows are trained Lawyers trying to prevent a situation of constitutional abuse that will occasion miscarriage of justice, utter confusion, human rights abuse and arbitrariness. You or myself may be a victim someday.
It's about the collective good, not just Saraki's case. Mind you, Saraki's case is a case study. Any sane Lawyer will tell you that there are a thousand and one anomalies in the ongoing case against Saraki at the CCT.
We have worked hard to protect and preserve our democracy and our legal system. Let us not throw away our collective rights and the fundamental principles of our democracy.
Posterity will judge us.

#just saying#
#from a Lawyer's perspective#

FlyoruB:
SE people really like dis Saraki man o, sotay Dem carry im matter for head like gala, even pass Kwara people.

My frnd, I think you're missing the point. It's not about where they are from. These fellows are trained Lawyers trying to prevent a situation of constitutional abuse that will occasion miscarriage of justice, utter confusion, human rights abuse and arbitrariness. You or myself may be a victim someday.
It's about the collective good, not just Saraki's case. Mind you, Saraki's case is a case study. Any sane Lawyer will tell you that there are a thousand and one anomalies in the ongoing case against Saraki at the CCT.
We have worked hard to protect and preserve our democracy and our legal system. Let us not throw away our collective rights and the fundamental principles of our democracy.
Posterity will judge us.

#just saying#
#from a Lawyer's perspective#

It amazes me when people can differentiate between fighting corruption and sheer persecution. Really amazing.

Why are all the lawyers from a section of this country? Is it that those people are naturally programmed to be corrupt or sending a message as to how they are corruption personify?

tigerclaws:
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Nonsense trash
shatap and get out
go to romance section (if you're not one of the she-males) because you no get yarn
anu ofia

Anu mpama rereera!

CecyAdrian:
Anu mpama rereera!

Otu nne i ebea

tigerclaws:
Amu nna 'm rereera

Ndo ooo