₦airaland Forum

maasoap:
I don't do emotional things. PDP members and corrupt SANs asked him to stay away from the CCT and he did. Why did he cancel 88th NJC meeting? If he feels that he has been treated unjustly, he knows where to go.

bixton:
You will petition the NJC through who ?
Are you not aware that the CJN is the chairman/president of the NJC?

Are you also not aware that CJN indefinitely postponed a meeting that's supposed to be held by the NJC members because of the allegation against him?

Do you not know that this same CJN gave a ruling about the role of the CCT/CCT to the conduct of judicial officers and the allegation against him falls within?

If someone is not guilty of a crime why would such person want an injunction ?

caprini1:
This shouldn't be a PDP or APC thing,but simply the respect and obedience to a constitution,believe me ,every lawyer I've spoken to ,wants the CJN in jail,but their main issue is that a lot of serving members of the ruling APC have pending cases with the EFCC and are walking freely.....while this very case was done and dusted in less than a week.

No one is saying the CJN is not guilty,at least we are all Nigerians ,we know what's up with government officials and kick backs,but let the law ,which we all respect,take it's course.


What everyone is saying is simply if Peter is punished for stealing a meat ,punish also his brother Paul for stealing the cow that produced the meat.

Blakjewelry:
don't mind those APC hypocrites, never in my life have seen people who will deliberately dampen their mind against the truth. I ask some of them what they think if the PDP senators the senate president decides to impeach the president disregarding the 2/3 rule

and you will hear them sing another song. they cjn is guilty no doubt but why throw the constitution out of window wish you vow to uphold

oladele00:
Almost everyone on social media voiced former Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun into resigning. Some even asked that the President remove her to prove that he's truly fighting corruption. When the brilliant woman saw that she truly erred by submitting a fake NYSC Exemption certificate, she did the honourable thing. She tendered her resignation letter and left. She RESIGNED!
By that time, those of you ethnic jingoists didn't see Kemi as a Southerner. You screamed at her, cyber bullied her and even hurled abuses at her. Now it is the turn of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, who admitted himself that he 'forgot' to declare his domiciliary accounts which was loaded with £23,409, €49,971 and $391,401, including 55 houses undeclared, and by so doing, he breached the Code of Conduct as a Public officer and was suppose to have resigned straightaway if he had any modicum of honour, integrity and shame as the custodian of the Nigerian Law, but he didn't. Instead, he was doing everything to stall his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. All those times, you didn't call for his resignation the same way you did with Kemi, you didn't bully him to resign the way you bullied Kemi, you were instead urging him to stay on, you were drumming support for him and some of you that were deceiving yourselves with your forming neutrality didn't say anything all this while too, you deliberately turned dumb. When it was first revealed a fortnight ago that the Chief Justice of Nigeria didn't declare his domiciliary accounts with dollars starched in it, all you were vituperating was that the President wanted to remove him because he's a southerner. You acted dumb on the offence he committed. Now that the CJN has been suspended, those of you fake neutralists are now crying foul. You're screaming that democracy is in danger. Can y'all see how nonsensically hypocritical you are? Your hypocrisy is legendary. Your hypocrisy stinks. You shouted and bullied Kemi Adeosun into resignation but aiding Onnoghen who can't explain how he got the foreign currencies starched in his domiciliary accounts which he didn't declare plus 55 houses. A whooping 55 houses.
Instead of the CJN to resign honourably and go clear himself, he was busy running from pillar to post buying injunctions to stop the case against him. Just a couple of days ago, another $630,000 and $800,000 was discovered in his separate domiciliary accounts again. Y'all pretended you didn't see the news, abi? Sensing that he could be suspended by the NJC, the CJN quickly suspend their meeting indefinitely. Why? So that he can stay on. You can imagine!
You asked Kemi to resign but Onnoghen who was selling justice for dollars and deliberately didn't declare those dollars in his domiciliary accounts including 55 houses should stay on, and he should be left alone.
Arrant nonsense.



PDP ARE SUPPORTER OF CORRUPTION

Blakjewelry:
don't mind those APC hypocrites, never in my life have seen people who will deliberately dampen their mind against the truth. I ask some of them what they think if the PDP senators the senate president decides to impeach the president disregarding the 2/3 rule and you will hear them sing another song. they cjn is guilty no doubt but why throw the constitution out of window wish you vow to uphold

DLondonboiy:
Mr man, the constitution gave 2ways that a CJ can be removed... Two ways! Nothing more, nothing else...One way failed, can't you try the second way? Intact, even the head of the CCT has a corrupt case hanging on his neck o. But lets overlook that one, cos he is doing our bidding..lol. Just chill man. General Buhari fvcked up big time and the world is coming for him. Just watch!

Hafeexla:
When did judiciary start having immunity and wasn't it these same corrupt CJN that frustrate the prosecution of Ganduje, Bark away from here jor

maasoap:
Now, you're making me laugh hard.

tuborme:
Two wrongs can not make a right. The president could have lobbied the NJC to suspend him like GEJ did in Salami’s case. If two wrongs start making a right...we start killing every policeman that tries to extort us! By the time we reach Ganduje, we know what would have happened

bkool7:
You'll also have to leave the office if you can't account for ur assets.

What do you think the CCT was set up for? Just to record public officials asset?

maasoap:
They tried it so many times but it wasn't just possible. No be PDP?



Court asked him to step aside because he was the apex man sitting on every court decision in Nigeria but he refused. We're not that helpless in Nigeria now. He would have been suspended that same day had he allowed NJC 88th meeting to take place. He just had to go, crook

oladele00:
Almost everyone on social media voiced former Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun into resigning. Some even asked that the President remove her to prove that he's truly fighting corruption. When the brilliant woman saw that she truly erred by submitting a fake NYSC Exemption certificate, she did the honourable thing. She tendered her resignation letter and left. She RESIGNED!
By that time, those of you ethnic jingoists didn't see Kemi as a Southerner. You screamed at her, cyber bullied her and even hurled abuses at her. Now it is the turn of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, who admitted himself that he 'forgot' to declare his domiciliary accounts which was loaded with £23,409, €49,971 and $391,401, including 55 houses undeclared, and by so doing, he breached the Code of Conduct as a Public officer and was suppose to have resigned straightaway if he had any modicum of honour, integrity and shame as the custodian of the Nigerian Law, but he didn't. Instead, he was doing everything to stall his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. All those times, you didn't call for his resignation the same way you did with Kemi, you didn't bully him to resign the way you bullied Kemi, you were instead urging him to stay on, you were drumming support for him and some of you that were deceiving yourselves with your forming neutrality didn't say anything all this while too, you deliberately turned dumb. When it was first revealed a fortnight ago that the Chief Justice of Nigeria didn't declare his domiciliary accounts with dollars starched in it, all you were vituperating was that the President wanted to remove him because he's a southerner. You acted dumb on the offence he committed. Now that the CJN has been suspended, those of you fake neutralists are now crying foul. You're screaming that democracy is in danger. Can y'all see how nonsensically hypocritical you are? Your hypocrisy is legendary. Your hypocrisy stinks. You shouted and bullied Kemi Adeosun into resignation but aiding Onnoghen who can't explain how he got the foreign currencies starched in his domiciliary accounts which he didn't declare plus 55 houses. A whooping 55 houses.
Instead of the CJN to resign honourably and go clear himself, he was busy running from pillar to post buying injunctions to stop the case against him. Just a couple of days ago, another $630,000 and $800,000 was discovered in his separate domiciliary accounts again. Y'all pretended you didn't see the news, abi? Sensing that he could be suspended by the NJC, the CJN quickly suspend their meeting indefinitely. Why? So that he can stay on. You can imagine!
You asked Kemi to resign but Onnoghen who was selling justice for dollars and deliberately didn't declare those dollars in his domiciliary accounts including 55 houses should stay on, and he should be left alone.
Arrant nonsense.

PDP ARE SUPPORTER OF CORRUPTION

Barondenigeria:
Cephas Kadiri

Let me start by quoting the classic philosopher Aristotle- "It is more proper that law should govern than any one of the citizens". Plato on the other hand saw the defence of the Rule of Law as the best possible political order.

The above corroborates the certitude that the notion of the efficiency, competence, and supremacy of the law has been known for aeon years.
Following wicked King John's penchant for bringing disrepute, ignominy and his constant disregard of the rights of the English people, the barons eventually succeeded in creating that single document capable of checking the powers of the tyrant leader; thus was born "The Great Charter" on the 15th of June, 1215.

Since the birth of the Magna Carter, Judicial systems all over the world have been fortified and toughened by the authority and influence of law in society, especially when the law is viewed as a constraint on individual and institutional behavior.

In 1789, In his two Treatises on Government, John Locke disclosed that the impending danger inherently laden in consolidating the three organs of state in the hands of one, might be cataclysmic.
Now to the draconian antics of the Muhammadu Buhari led federal Government.

Throughout the year 2018, on various instances, we witnessed the Buhari led federal government make intrepid attempts to hijack the Legislative arm of Government.
We saw desperate attempts to change the leadership of both houses via the back door; what many will term a "legislative coup".
We saw federal government sponsored lawmakers desecrate the hallowed chambers.

We witnessed the president's seceret police lay siege to the National assembly complex, we have seen the president go after vociferous legislators for mustering the effrontery to speak out against the Govenrment. We even witnessed the National chairman of the president's party publicly offer salvation and freedom from prosecution to corrupt politicians once they joined the ruling APC.

With the legislature failing to cave in, the Buhari led federal government has shifted its focus to the judiciary.
On countless occasions, having flagrantly violated orders of various trial courts, the retired general has constantly shown little regard for the rule of law.

The position of the law regarding the removal of the Chief Justice of Nigeria remains clear; wherein removal could be interpreted as replaced, suspended, fired or whatever choice of word you so prefer.
Section 292 (Constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria, 1999).

“A judicial officer shall not be removed from his office or appointment before his age of retirement except in the following circumstances;
(a) in the case of –
"Chief Justice of Nigeria, President of the Court of Appeal, Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Chief Judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Grand Kadi of the Sharia Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and President, Customary Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, by the President acting on an address supported by two-thirds majority of the Senate.”
(ii) Chief Judge of a State, Grand Kadi of a Sharia Court of Appeal or President of a Customary Court of Appeal of a State, by the Governor acting on an address supported by two-thirds majority of the House of Assembly of the State, Praying that he be so removed for his inability to discharge the functions of his office or appointment (whether arising from infirmity of mind or of body) or for misconduct or contravention of the Code of Conduct;

(b) in any case, other than those to which paragraph (a) of this subsection applies, by the President or, as the case may be, the Governor acting on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council that the judicial officer be so removed for his inability to discharge the functions of his office or appointment (whether arising from infirmity of mind or of body) or for misconduct or contravention of the Code of Conduct."

The president and his handlers have not exploited a constitutional lacuna as they claim, but have simply gone against the rules; however since this is not the first, i am far from shocked.

Muhammadu Buhari's despotic tendencies are very well known. With his tacit admission to compromising the integrity of the independent national electoral commission, and now in a despairing attempt to manipulate the results of the coming elections, he has gone ahead to contravene our constitution and to debase the Judiciary by unconstitutionally desecrating the office of the Chief Justice of Nigeria.

This is a wake up call to all lovers of democracy and liberty. There is a shadow of gloom cast over Nigeria's democratic process. These signs are ominous, the future is bleak!

I close by paraphrasing British wartime foreign Secretary "Sir Edward Grey". "The lamps are going out all over Nigeria, we may never see them lit again in our time".

Source:
http://www.insiderpostonline.com/opinion/the-cjns-removal-the-lamps-are-going-out-all-over-nigeria-cephas-kadiri/

tuborme:
Two wrongs can not make a right. The president could have lobbied the NJC to suspend him like GEJ did in Salami’s case. If two wrongs start making a right...we start killing every policeman that tries to extort us! By the time we reach Ganduje, we know what would have happened

helinues:
Allow politicians to play their politics. Whether constitutional right or wrong, even if you give a mad man an hoe, he must make ridges for himself first. GEJ did same even though through NJC but it was fraudulent like this cos the allegations do not worth suspension. Snubbing

And so the word ' Suspended ' has been creating problems in our constitutions since 2011 yet our legislooters and selooters never see need to look into the act and do the needful.

The timing may be wrong, but Onnoghen is guilty as alleged

jpphilips:
Corruption constituency talking rubbish, did Buhari open bank accounts for the CJN or Buhari asked him not to declare it?
Even Buhari declared the hut he inherited from his father so who the fvck is a bloody CJN a fvcking Buhari appointee?
He is the head of the Judiciary and so what? He shouldn't follow the rules? Trump fired Jeff sessions for less cry us a river.
If Onnoghen wants my support, he should transfer the balance on those accounts to me.
If he wasn't fired the same losers will whine that Buhari condones corruption among his appointees.

post=75152144:
BETWEEN BUHARI AND OBASANJO.

Between Buhari who directed the military to follow constitutional means to deal with the killers of Gen. Alkali and Obasanjo who directed the military to summarily executed the people of Zaki Biam, which behaved like Abacha....?

Between Buhari who tolerated the Senate President and National Assembly Speaker that are disloyal and have irreconcilable political differences and OBJ who directed the removal of several National Assembly leaders for their disloyalty, which behaved like Abacha..?

Between Buhari who tolerated Ayo Fayose's childishness and Obasanjo who had him impeached because he could not tolerate him, which behaved like Abacha..?
Between Buhari who is seeking a constitutional second term in office and Obasanjo who attempted to change the constitution to make him life president, which behaved like Abacha...?

Between Buhari who never withheld any state's allocation due to a misunderstanding with the Governor, and Obasanjo who withheld that of Lagos state because of Tinubu, who is a danger to our democracy..?


God bless our President MUHAMMADU BUHARI for the good decisions he is taking to rid our country of THIEVES, CRIMINALS and devilish people.
To the a New Nigeria.we go.

iammo:


The sooner we dump this 1999 criminal constitution the better for us all, people believe it is some kind of moses law, or it was written by angel gabriel and his angelic legal team, meanwhile it was arranged by abacha's suppreme military council headed by abdulsalam and some corrupt politician to protect massive looting and give them immuinity. Same law that favors the Rich and criminalises the poor, yet it is our tax and resources that made them rich.

Justice Onoghen, for the right of the many nigerians you had setenced to death with your judicial powers after deciding their fate based on available facts... For the sake of Right and Wrong, and for the sake of not further heating Nigerian polity, kindly quickly explain the source of your over 55 houses and billions in .your account. Many youths went to school, shunned, cultism, yahoo yahoo, ritualism and oloshoism for their fate in the system. Believing the court is the last hope of the poor man, Justice Onoghen kindly forget APC/PDP political play and explain to us the few youth that sadly still believes the system. Or else we sef go hustle our own too o

princewillzs:
How can he do that when the CJN had quickly suspended NJC meetings indefinitely. If he feels he did nothing wrong why did the CJN take that action. #saynotocorruption

caprini1:
We need to as nation kill sentiments attached to party affilliations,tribe and religion,if we want to remain as one,or we kukuma tell ourselves the truth and go our separate ways,we cannot continue like this honestly.....I came back from Ghana last week,yes cost of living is a bit high ,but this guys have gradually made their country a Haven for every one....you see Chinese settlements , Korean settlement and a new afro American settlement is coming up at the vollta regions..... every one wants to come to Ghana .

But here it's always PDP spent yadayada years we APC spent yadayada years,is government not a continuous project for Pete's sake? I taya o.

iammo:


The sooner we dump this 1999 criminal constitution the better for us all, people believe it is some kind of moses law, or it was written by angel gabriel and his angelic legal team, meanwhile it was arranged by abacha's suppreme military council headed by abdulsalam and some corrupt politician to protect massive looting and give them immuinity. Same law that favors the Rich and criminalises the poor, yet it is our tax and resources that made them rich.

Justice Onoghen, for the right of the many nigerians you had setenced to death with your judicial powers after deciding their fate based on available facts... For the sake of Right and Wrong, and for the sake of not further heating Nigerian polity, kindly quickly explain the source of your over 55 houses and billions in .your account. Many youths went to school, shunned, cultism, yahoo yahoo, ritualism and oloshoism for their fate in the system. Believing the court is the last hope of the poor man, Justice Onoghen kindly forget APC/PDP political play and explain to us the few youth that sadly still believes the system. Or else we sef go hustle our own too o

deboysben:
Is anyone in Nigeria closely following what is going on in Venezuela?

And if you are following, what does it tell you?

Ok. Let me give you an inkling of what will likely happen in Nigeria if Buhari and APC rig the 2019 election.

You have read the statements put out by the United States and the United Kingdom earlier on Thursday the 24th of January where both countries specifically warned against the rigging of the election and promised visa sanctions and even international prosecution for those who will be caught or indicted in the rigging of the election. Those who don't know or those who are so blind that they can't see, think that the statements by those countries are empty boasts. Let anyone in INEC, the security agencies and in the federal or state governments even try to rig this election and see. The international observers are coming in huge numbers more than ever before after reading the reports of the shame and sham in Osun State. The word has spread round and they are coming with a large delegation to observe the elections.

It's such a shame that the perceived gains of our electoral advancement in 2011 and debatably in 2015, have been eroded by the selfish and evil machinations of a desperate self-serving cabal.

With the US and the UK releasing warnings to Nigeria about electoral malpractices, it doesn't take much to look at what has been happening in Venezuela in the past three days or so.

In Venezuela, the leader of the opposition party ran for the Presidency with the incumbent President. The election was heavily rigged in the incumbent's favour and the international observers from the European Union and other countries, including the USA, reported the malpractices in that election to their home countries.

And what has happened?

President Trump of America a few hours ago duly recognised the opposition party leader as the President of Venezuela. Trump says the election was rigged and that the incumbent has to leave. What has followed? The European Union, Canada and other countries have also recognised the opposition party leader as the rightful President-in-waiting. Trump and the other countries have directed that all oil proceeds due to Venezuela be kept in a special account and will not be sent to Venezuela till the opposition candidate is rightfully sworn in. Trump has also agreed that the opposition leader can form his cabinet which the international community has agreed to recognise.

This means that the Venezuelan opposition party leader is now a President in the eyes of the world, while the incumbent president in his country is screaming blue murder. The opposition President will be given the status of an international Head of State and will be thus recognised. It's only a matter of time before the incumbent in Venezuela either accepts defeat or is removed by the people's protest when biting economic sanctions hit very soon.

How does this relate to the February election in Nigeria? Only the discerning can see what will happen.

If Buhari and INEC and the security agencies attempt to rig the election and results which do not reflect the will of the voters are declared, Nigeria should prepare themselves for the Venezuelan treatment.

Every Nigerian should be asking for right now is for free and fair elections in Nigeria. Let the people's will prevail.

It won't take one month of sanctions on us before the reality of what the effects of a rigged election on our economy and national psyche hit home.

A word is enough for the wise.

tesppidd:
does he really have 55 houses?

iammo:


The sooner we dump this 1999 criminal constitution the better for us all, people believe it is some kind of moses law, or it was written by angel gabriel and his angelic legal team, meanwhile it was arranged by abacha's suppreme military council headed by abdulsalam and some corrupt politician to protect massive looting and give them immuinity. Same law that favors the Rich and criminalises the poor, yet it is our tax and resources that made them rich.

Justice Onoghen, for the right of the many nigerians you had setenced to death with your judicial powers after deciding their fate based on available facts... For the sake of Right and Wrong, and for the sake of not further heating Nigerian polity, kindly quickly explain the source of your over 55 houses and billions in .your account. Many youths went to school, shunned, cultism, yahoo yahoo, ritualism and oloshoism for their fate in the system. Believing the court is the last hope of the poor man, Justice Onoghen kindly forget APC/PDP political play and explain to us the few youth that sadly still believes the system. Or else we sef go hustle our own too o

oladele00:
Almost everyone on social media voiced former Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun into resigning. Some even asked that the President remove her to prove that he's truly fighting corruption. When the brilliant woman saw that she truly erred by submitting a fake NYSC Exemption certificate, she did the honourable thing. She tendered her resignation letter and left. She RESIGNED!
By that time, those of you ethnic jingoists didn't see Kemi as a Southerner. You screamed at her, cyber bullied her and even hurled abuses at her. Now it is the turn of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, who admitted himself that he 'forgot' to declare his domiciliary accounts which was loaded with £23,409, €49,971 and $391,401, including 55 houses undeclared, and by so doing, he breached the Code of Conduct as a Public officer and was suppose to have resigned straightaway if he had any modicum of honour, integrity and shame as the custodian of the Nigerian Law, but he didn't. Instead, he was doing everything to stall his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. All those times, you didn't call for his resignation the same way you did with Kemi, you didn't bully him to resign the way you bullied Kemi, you were instead urging him to stay on, you were drumming support for him and some of you that were deceiving yourselves with your forming neutrality didn't say anything all this while too, you deliberately turned dumb. When it was first revealed a fortnight ago that the Chief Justice of Nigeria didn't declare his domiciliary accounts with dollars starched in it, all you were vituperating was that the President wanted to remove him because he's a southerner. You acted dumb on the offence he committed. Now that the CJN has been suspended, those of you fake neutralists are now crying foul. You're screaming that democracy is in danger. Can y'all see how nonsensically hypocritical you are? Your hypocrisy is legendary. Your hypocrisy stinks. You shouted and bullied Kemi Adeosun into resignation but aiding Onnoghen who can't explain how he got the foreign currencies starched in his domiciliary accounts which he didn't declare plus 55 houses. A whooping 55 houses.
Instead of the CJN to resign honourably and go clear himself, he was busy running from pillar to post buying injunctions to stop the case against him. Just a couple of days ago, another $630,000 and $800,000 was discovered in his separate domiciliary accounts again. Y'all pretended you didn't see the news, abi? Sensing that he could be suspended by the NJC, the CJN quickly suspend their meeting indefinitely. Why? So that he can stay on. You can imagine!
You asked Kemi to resign but Onnoghen who was selling justice for dollars and deliberately didn't declare those dollars in his domiciliary accounts including 55 houses should stay on, and he should be left alone.
Arrant nonsense.

PDP ARE SUPPORTER OF CORRUPTION

iammo:
He hasn't denied, his only defense was he forgot to disclose it while filing his asset declaration form to CCT

iammo:


The sooner we dump this 1999 criminal constitution the better for us all, people believe it is some kind of moses law, or it was written by angel gabriel and his angelic legal team, meanwhile it was arranged by abacha's suppreme military council headed by abdulsalam and some corrupt politician to protect massive looting and give them immuinity. Same law that favors the Rich and criminalises the poor, yet it is our tax and resources that made them rich.

Justice Onoghen, for the right of the many nigerians you had setenced to death with your judicial powers after deciding their fate based on available facts... For the sake of Right and Wrong, and for the sake of not further heating Nigerian polity, kindly quickly explain the source of your over 55 houses and billions in .your account. Many youths went to school, shunned, cultism, yahoo yahoo, ritualism and oloshoism for their fate in the system. Believing the court is the last hope of the poor man, Justice Onoghen kindly forget APC/PDP political play and explain to us the few youth that sadly still believes the system. Or else we sef go hustle our own too o

Jiang:
First of All PMB does not need to rig in order to win this election.
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jaxxy:
If buhari was a credible leader, an impartial leader I’m sure he would have gotten the support he needs from the senate or others to act according to the rule of law or even onnoghen himself would have seen himself dishonorable.

Bt when u dine with thieves and criminals and then want to hang a man for not declaring his assets I think u must have smtn wrong with ur head to think people will immediately support u. Buhari has lost the Moral right to personally fight corruption. He can only use the constitution to which everyone including him is answerable to.


U cannot call onnoghen corrupt and call Ganduje a saint and say Ure fighting corruption or standing for justice. U lost ur Moral right to fight corruption and ur actions cannot be trusted. Follow the constitution is the best We can accept from u.