₦airaland Forum

ABUJA – A legal practitioner, Mr. Olukoya Ogungbeje has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari to court, accusing him of violating rights of judges whose houses were raided by operatives of the Department of State Service, DSS.

In an N50billion suit he entered before the Federal High Court in Abuja, the Lagos based lawyer, cited the DSS and its Director-General, Mr. Lawal Daura, as defendants.


Ngwuta, Okoroand Ademola
Other defendants in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/809/16, were the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, and the National Judicial Council, NJC.

The plaintiff contended that the arrest and detention of the judges without recourse to the NJC, was not only unconstitutional, but also aimed at ridiculing the judiciary arm of government.

According to him, the action of the DSS was in gross violation of rights of the judges as enshrined in sections 33, 34, 35, 36, and 41 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended.

Consequently, Ogungbeje who Instituted the action on behalf of five out of the seven judges whose homes were “invaded” between October 8 and 9, sought ten separate reliefs from the court, including award of N50billion as general and exemplary damages against the defendants, as well as another N2million as cost of the suit.

Besides, the plaintiff prayed the court for an order compelling the DSS to return to the judges, money that were seized from their homes.

As well as to make an order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendants from arresting, inviting, intimidating, or harassing any of the judges pertaining to the case.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/10/arrest-judges-lawyer-files-n50bn-suit-buhari-agf-dss-igp/

Is dss under inspector general

Oh! My country Nigeria!

The lawyer will lose..no be naija!!!..the guy just won popular...notice me

I love this drama

After reading 1 and 2 I became woozy.

These legal lumaries and their choice of words can cause headache and nausea

Waste of time and energy. Nothing go happen.

All these charge and bail lawyers making noise should read the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 again.

The following areas of the ACJA support the actions of the President, DSS and all other ingredients necessary for dealing with the judges:
1. Sections 12(2) & 13
2. Section 43 (1)
3. Section 23
4. Section 44
5. Section 47 (1)
6. Section 147
7. Section 148

Enough of criminals in wigs feeling big despite operating in unprofessional manner.

Mynd44, the other thread you redirected us from had the name JOHNMARY CHUKWUKASI JIDEOBI. as the litigant. . Most wonderful combination of names I'd seen my entire life.


Updated: Any scabies ravaged iPod Vagabond who quotes me shall be ignored, just as stated in my siggy.

Let every person in Nigeria be sanctioned by only his/her professional or other association then:judges,NJA;lawyers NBA;doctors,NMA;accountants,ICAN or ANAN;vulcanizers,vulcanizers association,ditto bricklayers.Even the unemployed wen they go against ethics of job hunting,by the unemployed graduates and non graduates association!
With this,the security agencies wud just be concerned manning their offices and mounting roadblocks and everybody wud be happy!!

OK

Progressive01:
Mynd44, the other thread you redirected us from had the name JOHNMARY CHUKWUKASI JIDEOBI. as the litigant. . Most wonderful combination of names I'd seen my entire life.

U & tribalism, when will you change

I love this lawyer....... He is very patriotic to the cause of defending democracy and rule of law ....



But...... Allow the judges to defend their integrity...
Unless you want perpetual injunction....

Hungry lawyer. Lol