richidinho:
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richidinho:
I appreciate the anti-corruption war, but I wish our media could also carry headlines of economic progress instead of incessant arrests by DSS/EFCC. We are so fixated on the anticorruption war that we are not noticing the steep decline in our economy. In one day, Aliko Dangote lost $3.7 billion according to Bloomberg. The only business booming in Nigeria today is the business of arresting and detaining. I would not mind if we are arresting economic decline! President Obasanjo fought corruption, but he also grew the economy. And he did this with oil at $15 per barrel (today it is $48). Low oil price is no excuse.

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You copied without credit, u corrupt ursef

Ghost447:
Can't you see that Falana is fighting a person battle with Fayose. I'm neither a fan of Fayose, nor Falana.

It's more than that. I've come to understand Falana is a terrible human being. He's simply fighting anyone against the current government.

Reyginus:
Just a little correction, bro. The EFCC froze the Account of Adamawa State Government and not Nyako's Account. The two are entirely different. Nyako's account was not touched. It's good we don't misinform people.

You see, in this fight against corruption, if our method fall short of due process it becomes corrupting. The EFCC should have gotten a court order permitting the act. Any contrary act, like we have now, is both corrupt and corrupting.

A governor can be investigated, that's true. Where Falana fails is to tell us if it's right to freeze the account of a sitting governor without recourse of a court of law. We shouldn't corrupt the system in the name of fighting corruption. Let's follow due process.

You didn't take your time to read the full article or u deliberately skipped the below



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That a person protected under section 308 of the 1999 Constitution, going by its provisions, can be investigated by the police for an alleged crime or offence is, in my view, beyond dispute. To hold otherwise is to create a monstrous situation whose manifestation may not be fully appreciated until illustrated… The evidence may be useful for impeachment purposes if the House of Assembly may have need of it. It may no doubt be used for prosecution of the said incumbent Governor after he has left office. But to do nothing under the pretext that a Governor cannot be investigated is a disservice to the society.”


The senior lawyers who have questioned the freezing of Mr. Fayose’s account on the ground that the EFCC did not obtain a court order have not read section 28 of the EFCC Act which provides that “where a person is arrested for an offence under this Act, the Commission shall immediately trace and attach all the assets and properties of the person acquired as a result of such economic or financial crime and shall thereafter cause to be obtained an interim attachment order from the Court”.

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All twists to bamboos the simple. The law is not ambiguous on this issues. There's even a ruling against Efcc on nyako.

We can all be emotional but the problem with this level of executive rascality is that, it will backfire.. And they'll say "corruption is fighting back" Now who wouldn't fight back if and when we can.

Efcc cannot not just freez Fayose's personal account. If you have to, then get a valid court order. If you get the court order, will you commence prosecution without going against the law?

You can't freez his account indefinitely. That's witch hunt.

We know people are emotional with this but you still have to be reasonable.

Finally.. Falana is not the best person to rely on with things like this because he is prejudiced most times and he's a creation of the media.

Do I have to explain the meaning of ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY to my learned lawyer?
Even if EFCC has the power to freeze ANY account ,it MUST invite the owner for explanation. But you can't invite the governor because of section 308 of our constitution which forbids this from happening.
So, indirectly, Buhari et EFCC want to punish a sitting governor against the spirit of our constitution. What else is dictatorship?
Turning and turning in a widening gyre. ......................

koboko69:


You didn't take your time to read the full article or u deliberately skipped the below



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Of course I did but I don't really see how he condemned it. Show me the exact quote. I mean the EXACT quote where he condemned it and not just a section of the law.

Where exactly did he posit freezing Fayose's account is illegal? That's what I'm really concerned about and not just quoting laws.

I knew from onset this fayoshame was digging his grave...

Reyginus:
Of course I did but I don't really see how he condemned it. Show me the exact quote. I mean the EXACT quote where he condemned it and not just a section of the law.

Where exactly did he posit freezing Fayose's account is illegal? That's what I'm really concerned about and not just quoting laws.

Did he ever say freezing of account was illegal?

NwaTeacher1:
Can you see the reason no lawyer can go to heaven. Falana you made all these investigations not to elleviate the suffering of an average Nigeria but to castigate, punish and dehumanize an innocent man just that he is saying the truth. Did Jonathan imprisoned Amaechi upon all that he did to him. No opposition politics again? Metuh, ffk, now fayose because they are outspoken

You are right. Mr falana is just playing partisan, he suddenly lost his voice amidst the economic doom and hardship this govt brought to us.he is just seeking for attention from this govt. Now he is among the SANS that want to defend the forgery of Mr president's certificate. Nonsense!

koboko69:


Did he ever say freezing of account was illegal?

I didn't see it. Did he say it wasn't illegal?

ItsMeAboki:
The question about freezing his account shouldn't even have arisen at all; who is Fayose, what industry does he own or run to have accumulated up to 1.2 Billion in his personal account - if it wasn't ill gotten.
Let him explain how he could have legitimately come about that huge sum of money.

Go and appeal to Bubu to release and allow his wife to travel to the US. Ofo people.

buharifraud:

Sometime in 2004, Governor Ayo Fayose was reported by The News magazine to have stolen N1.2 billion from the coffers of Ekiti State government. The brutal killings in the state were also traced to a killer squad funded by the governor. Embarrassed by the publication, Mr. Fayose sued the magazine at the high court holden at Ado Ekiti. Our law firm defended the magazine and pleaded justification. At the trial of the case, the allegations in the publication were proved beyond any shadow of doubt. In dismissing the suit, the trial judge said that Mr. Fayose had no reputation worthy of protection by any court.

The allegation of the looting of the treasury of the state was investigated by the EFCC which proceeded to charge Mr. Fayose at the Federal High Court. The Police also charged him with the murder of Tunde Omojola at the Ekiti State high court. Both cases were pending in court when he contested and ‘won’ the Ekiti State governorship election. Shortly thereafter, a young army officer, Captain Sagir Koli exposed the involvement of some armed personnel led by General Aliyu Momoh in the coup which led to the ‘re-election’ of Governor Fayose. All the criminal suspects initially denied their involvement in the criminal enterprise. But when confronted with the tape recording of the plot to manipulate the election, Mr. Fayose admitted that he took part in the coup.

Mr Fayose had no reputation worthy of protection by any court. what a judgment

Is Falana strucked with laughing stroke? Am confused. Each time he is running commentary abi when he is talking, no matter how important the issue is, his appearance clearly show that his mouth is full of laughter. He laugh abi open his mouth 24 hours. The 24 hours laughing man.

richidinho:
I appreciate the anti-corruption war, but I wish our media could also carry headlines of economic progress instead of incessant arrests by DSS/EFCC. We are so fixated on the anticorruption war that we are not noticing the steep decline in our economy. In one day, Aliko Dangote lost $3.7 billion according to Bloomberg. The only business booming in Nigeria today is the business of arresting and detaining. I would not mind if we are arresting economic decline! President Obasanjo fought corruption, but he also grew the economy. And he did this with oil at $15 per barrel (today it is $48). Low oil price is no excuse.

Cite your source Mr. Plagiarism is a crime!!!

Remii:
the koko of investigation is recovery of the loot, if account is not frozen how do you ensure evidence is intact and recover same? The fund can be transferred and evidence disappear, case will become weaken.

The EFCC can make use of section 38 which gives them the power to get detail info about all bank transactions and keep that as evidence.

After all, saraki case that happened in 2003 is being tried in 2015.
This does not mean the EFCC don't have evidence against him despite tht none of his account or properties in question have been frozen or siezed.

Reyginus:
Just a little correction, bro. The EFCC froze the Account of Adamawa State Government and not Nyako's. The two are entirely different. Nyako's account was not touched. It's good we don't misinform people.

You see, in this fight against corruption, if our method fall short of due process it becomes corrupting. The EFCC should have gotten a court order permitting the act. Any contrary act, like we have now, is both corrupt and corrupting.

A governor can be investigated, that's true. Where Falana fails is to tell us if it's right to freeze the account of a sitting governor without recourse of a court of law. We shouldn't corrupt the system in the name of fighting corruption. Let's follow due process.

Sound posts

A governor can be investigated, that's true. Where Falana fails is to tell us if it's right to freeze the account of a sitting governor without recourse of a court of law. We shouldn't corrupt the system in the name of fighting corruption. Let's follow due process.[/quote]

jus wondering y efcc culd 4get such a mere thing to collect ordinary court order ...were they jus so anxious ? or efcc dnnt belive in d judiciary anymore..? or fayose was bcum a noise pollution instead of bin opposition @ d expenses of governance..sum1 jus nided to shut him up thanks to efcc

Fayose is in soup. He lacks manners. He needs to be tutored how to behave in cultured society

richidinho:

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$15 per barrel

Yup and a sane debt profile else the $15 per barrel would have sent us into massive depression.

SuperS1Panther:


Thanks for the correction on the account that was frozen.

It mean you are normal for identifing the difference between your two hands. Kudo to you
So some of you are just assuming the character of foolishness and showing the Buhari in you abi?

Very good write up but when buhari's certificate issue came up, you never wrote any letter about how the case came before the election and how necessary it was to be hastened and justice delivered. So much of Integrity for the one eye frog self acclaimed people's lawyer. Impunity is everywhere in this country. Well money actually buys everything. Money even buys life to some extent.

I hope you Falana have finished preparing buhari's defense on the certificate issue.

Reyginus:
Just a little correction, bro. The EFCC froze the Account of Adamawa State Government and not Nyako's. The two are entirely different. Nyako's account was not touched. It's good we don't misinform people.

You see, in this fight against corruption, if our method fall short of due process it becomes corrupting. The EFCC should have gotten a court order permitting the act. Any contrary act, like we have now, is both corrupt and corrupting.

A governor can be investigated, that's true. Where Falana fails is to tell us if it's right to freeze the account of a sitting governor without recourse of a court of law. We shouldn't corrupt the system in the name of fighting corruption. Let's follow due process.

@ the emboldened, you certainly didn't read the post, cos if you did, you would've seen where he addressed that.

Here...
The law permits the EFCC to freeze an account or attach a property of a criminal suspect and proceed thereafter to obtain an ex parte order from the appropriate court.

Reyginus:
Just a little correction, bro. The EFCC froze the Account of Adamawa State Government and not Nyako's. The two are entirely different. Nyako's account was not touched. It's good we don't misinform people.

You see, in this fight against corruption, if our method fall short of due process it becomes corrupting. The EFCC should have gotten a court order permitting the act. Any contrary act, like we have now, is both corrupt and corrupting.

A governor can be investigated, that's true. Where Falana fails is to tell us if it's right to freeze the account of a sitting governor without recourse of a court of law. We shouldn't corrupt the system in the name of fighting corruption. Let's follow due process.

Have you not read that EFCC obtained a court order to that effect hence their action? Note that the officers at EFCC are not just a dumb assss, they know the right steps in handling issues like this hence a court order was obtained to have the account frozen.How can he say that the bank financed his election? Note that movement of money anywhere in the world can be traced. Transactions= deposits/withdrawals in any account can be traced. So, if EFCC inspectors investigated those accounts and found out that fraudulent transactions were made to those accounts by people under investigation, those accounts should be frozen.

Since the governor enjoys the so called stup--id immunity, he cannot be prosecuted now until he is out of office, but the proceeds of the said crime should be held as evidence till then when the prosecution would commence. EFCC is not taking him to court now, but holding the proceeds as evidence until when due to have him out of office for prosecution.

Reyginus:
It's more than that. I've come to understand Falana is a terrible human being. He's simply fighting anyone against the current government. dondo83: A renowned senior advocate of Nigeria is dumb? kindly tell us what your dad does for a living please.

dondo83, you do not comprehend us, we speak beyond your scope of understanding, as regards what my father does it will be beyond your understanding....

NwaTeacher1:
Can you see the reason no lawyer can go to heaven. Falana you made all these investigations not to elleviate the suffering of an average Nigeria but to castigate, punish and dehumanize an innocent man just that he is saying the truth. Did Jonathan imprisoned Amaechi upon all that he did to him. No opposition politics again? Metuh, ffk, now fayose because they are outspoken

Amaechi was very smart, even till tomorrow you can't nail him down, and if there is any way to do that, you will still see some power PDP that follow him to chop the money, we are still waiting on wike up till now, he has nothing on him, why fayose is just a mumu, the even record tape on how he rig election, why wise men will go to the extent of travailing to UK just to do a meeting on how to rig election he is just going down, he started the drama all i do is to watch

Reyginus:
Just a little correction, bro. The EFCC froze the Account of Adamawa State Government and not Nyako's. The two are entirely different. Nyako's account was not touched. It's good we don't misinform people.

You see, in this fight against corruption, if our method fall short of due process it becomes corrupting. The EFCC should have gotten a court order permitting the act. Any contrary act, like we have now, is both corrupt and corrupting.

A governor can be investigated, that's true. Where Falana fails is to tell us if it's right to freeze the account of a sitting governor without recourse of a court of law. We shouldn't corrupt the system in the name of fighting corruption. Let's follow due process.

Go through the statement again and you would see where he stated the basics and the law justifying why the EFCC can't freeze Fayose's account

Reyginus:
Just a little correction, bro. The EFCC froze the Account of Adamawa State Government and not Nyako's. The two are entirely different. Nyako's account was not touched. It's good we don't misinform people.

You see, in this fight against corruption, if our method fall short of due process it becomes corrupting. The EFCC should have gotten a court order permitting the act. Any contrary act, like we have now, is both corrupt and corrupting.

A governor can be investigated, that's true. Where Falana fails is to tell us if it's right to freeze the account of a sitting governor without recourse of a court of law. We shouldn't corrupt the system in the name of fighting corruption. Let's follow due process.

.......The senior lawyers who have questioned the freezing of Mr. Fayose’s account on the ground that the EFCC did not obtain a court order have not read section 28 of the EFCC Act which provides that “where a person is arrested for an offence under this Act, the Commission shall immediately trace and attach all the assets and properties of the person acquired as a result of such economic or financial crime and shall thereafter cause to be obtained an interim attachment order from the Court”. The law permits the EFCC to freeze an account or attach a property of a criminal suspect and proceed thereafter to obtain an ex parte order from the appropriate court.

ericsmith:


A governor can be investigated, that's true. Where Falana fails is to tell us if it's right to freeze the account of a sitting governor without recourse of a court of law. We shouldn't corrupt the system in the name of fighting corruption. Let's follow due process.

jus wondering y efcc culd 4get such a mere thing to collect ordinary court order ...were they jus so anxious ? or efcc dnnt belive in d judiciary anymore..? or fayose was bcum a noise pollution instead of bin opposition @ d expenses of governance..sum1 jus nided to shut him up thanks to efcc

How you shut him up matters. How we pass justice matters. Justice and it's premises are not merely means to an end but means and ends. The processes of justice must also be just.

If I steal a tomato and the law prescribe the first you do is charge me to court but you lynched me, you've perverted justice. The drive is the Presidents body language. It encourages corruption of the system.

searchng4love:

dondo83, you do not comprehend us, we speak beyond your scope of understanding, as regards what my father does it will be beyond your understanding....

I didn't expect a better reply, if you can't tell us with he does for a living then please dont call a successful lawyer by all standard dumb. It's not a must to support his views but dumb?? Think again

BodyKiss:


@ the emboldened, you certainly didn't read the post, cos if you did, you would've seen where he addressed that.

Here...
The law permits the EFCC to freeze an account or attach a property of a criminal suspect and proceed thereafter to obtain an ex parte order from the appropriate court.

Of course I did. What Falana is quoting is the position of the law. I'm talking about the position of Falana in the face of this. Show me his position.

andyanders:


Have you not read that EFCC obtained a court order to that effect hence their action? Note that the officers at EFCC are not just a dumb assss, they know the right steps in handling issues like this hence a court order was obtained to have the account frozen.How can he say that the bank financed his election? Note that movement of money anywhere in the world can be traced. Transactions= deposits/withdrawals in any account can be traced. So, if EFCC inspectors investigated those accounts and found out that fraudulent transactions were made to those accounts by people under investigation, those accounts should be frozen.

Since the governor enjoys the so called stup--id immunity, he cannot be prosecuted now until he is out of office, but the proceeds of the said crime should be held as evidence till then when the prosecution would commence. EFCC is not taking him to court now, but holding the proceeds as evidence until when due to have him out of office for prosecution.

No, I've not heard. When did they obtain it and from which court?

searchng4love:

dondo83, you do not comprehend us, we speak beyond your scope of understanding, as regards what my father does it will be beyond your understanding....

Lolol. Make it within my scope.