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This OP is just being mischievous.

She never said or alluded to manipulating the judiciary.

She spoke about losing at the court of appeal and basically expressing hope that she would get justice at the supreme court.

She said that she had received a call from some judges of the Appeal court that know her commiserating with her after the loss and encouraging her to go to the supreme court to seek justice.

She said even if she dies, the APC would take the case to the the supreme court (note she did not say the APC will takeover at the supreme court as wrongly subtitled) because God that gave the APC victory at the national level will not allow one man steal the victory at the state level.

LordAdam:
You are not understanding my point. I will make it clearer.

Her going to court is not enough.

It would be very difficult for the blogger to prove everything beyond all reasonable doubts or as you put it "furnish the court with such details should it". And you should know that even if he proves some, but does not prove everything, the court will still decide against him.

No where did I say that the woman should solely bear the burden of proof. I said she should make a public rebuttal, after which, she should charge the blogger to court. It is far easier for her to prove these allegations are false than for the blogger to prove that they are true.

-Lord

I see the point you are trying to make...but I beg to differ sir.

It would not be easier for her to prove that the allegations are false...and in all honesty, you and I know a rebuttal would be futile in this situation.

This is Nigeria where any allegation against someone is taken as truth and the person is tried, convicted and sentenced in the media even before the "accused" gets a chance to be heard.

Case in point is this very thread we are on. Go back and read the comments from people that have already condemned the woman based on the OP.

I suspect very few of them even know the woman beyond the fact that she is a member of the APC and supported President Buhari 's campaign.

A rebuttal is in my opinion, only effective or useful where people are open and fair minded and willing to hear from both sides before reaching a conclusion.

LordAdam:
Oga, my logic is based on the premise that she may be hiding something if she does not want to make a public rebuttal.

Make a public rebuttal then charge the guy to court, what is so hard about that. If these allegations are as wild as you and her place them to be, then rebutting them should not be difficult.

If I type on some site that you are gay with a partner in PH. That is a wild allegation that you can easily rebuff by showing me your gf or wife and kids and such. After that, you can take me to court and I will appropriately lose the case.

I did not say she should not take the guy to court. I am only saying she should also bring a public rebuttal. It is easy to do if those allegations are truly false.

-Lord

Is her going to court not a rebuttal enough?

Like you rightly said, the court is not just going to ask the blogger to cease and desist or award damages against the defendant without first asking him to prove his allegations.

Surely if the blogger had a basis for going public with his allegations in the first place, it should not be so hard to furnish the court's with such details should it?

My point is, why should the burden of proof or otherwise be on the woman rather than on the one that went public with an allegation he might not be able to prove before a court of law?

LordAdam:
Yes it is a serious offence. But she should clear her name if this is false rather than try to suppress the facts.

Right now, the court's take will be such that the blogger should prove beyond all reasonable doubts that Ms. Onochie is guilty of those allegations, something that even the authorities with more manpower and resources would find difficult to do. Ms. Onochie, as far as this case is concerned, is not required to prove that these allegations are false.

Aisha Buhari watch for the inauguration was said to be worth millions. Today we know that was a false allegation because it was disputed in the public domain. Did Aisha take the proponent of that allegation to court?

Let Onochie prove in the public domain that those allegations are false. After doing so, she can go forward to charge the blogger to court. In summary, she should prove these are false before going to the court.

Tinubu might have won a case of libel against Dokpesi and AIT, but we all know he is no saint.

There is no smoke without a fire.

-Lord

So according to you, someone tells what you consider a lie against you with no proof; just a bunch of wild allegations and conjectures. Going by your logic, you who has been lied on is the one that should be struggling and toiling to prove that the allegations are lies rather than the "liar", having to prove how he came by his allegations?

What kind of logic is that?

Well the position of the Supreme Court is logical. You cannot tell a man whose name is duly captured on the voter's register that he cannot cast his vote because the card reader failed to scan his finger print.

Until such a time when we have a legislation supporting electronic voting, the manual voters' register will continue to take preeminence.

That is very sad to note that by this ruling, all the technological gains of the last elections have been pooh poohed and we are back right where we started.

One can only pray that one of the legacies of this government will be the institution of a legislation backing the introduction of electronic voting otherwise, the next elections will be bloody.

If the President needs an alibi to go to hospital, it's a big shame.

Even the strongest of men need medicare once in a while so I do not know what the big deal is about President Buhari going to hospital.

Even young and otherwise healthy men take ill and even die from health challenges talk more of a President who is in his seventies.

The President's media handlers need to be more open with information concerning the president's health to prevent stories like this that seek to sensitise issues and create a scandal.

Nigerians deserve to know what medical condition our President has so we can also pray for God's mercy and healing over him.

habeeblai244:
My MTN line is partially blocked and I've been getting messages asking me to allow MTN access my BVN to complete the SIM registration. My skepticism won't let me do this. It's not that I don't just trust MTN or something, I'm actually scared of my fellow countrymen working in that company.
A regular Joe working with MTN might receive a 10 million naira payment from someone who needs a thousand BVNs.
Am I overthinking?
Maybe not. Your data is never safe with these companies.

I have a new MTN line I've never used for registration anywhere online and recently, it's receiving promotional messages from Jumia. There can only one explanation to this. Tho my friend told me Jumia and MTN are partner, But why would they start sending promotional msg to me that way. Our Country Men at work.

My bro who Did Jamb Last Year Recieved up to 10sms from one unrecognized polytechnics and college of Edu telling him "he has been offered admission"
pls tell me where they got his number.

So what am try to say is that,
Dont trust MTN with your BVN details. Do you think I will turn down an offer when someone tell me to just give him access to just 1000 BVN details and am gonna get 10millions.

This is my own oppinion, What do you Think??

Source : FROM MY WEBSITE

Methinks you are been unnecessarily apprehensive here.

You BVN is your account number and there is no way having it will give anyone unauthorised access to your account.

AtlanticBreeze:
I challenge him to go to court if he is confident of himself.. that he didn't pen the said aarticle.. Bunch of liars

No sir. The burden of proof is on the accuser not on the accused.

You sir, have no proof Mr. Ogunlesi penned or contributed to that article. The Economist NEVER mentioned Mr. Ogunlesi's name as the author other said article.

I'm afraid you just threw an "ineffectual challenge."

cktheluckyman:
It is not always easy to influence the supreme court justices,these men and women are usually chosen from the best of the judiciary.It is not a credit to Buhari,there simply nothing he could have done about it

I wonder if you would have said the same if the judgement had gone the other way.

The truth is that very few of Governor Wike's supporters put any faith in the judgement going the way of the PDP.

I would rephrase it to read "Tertiary Education is meant for only those that can afford it"

Any nation that wants to make progress must ensure that every child gets the basic education...even if it means giving it free.

That's a major branding booboo by the Innoson boss.

obinna222:
Even D CEO of BMW drives a Mercedes Benz.

It's not a crime.

That cannot be true. Do you have any link to prove this claim?

reportsafrique:
The Department of State Services, DSS, continued siege to the residence of former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (Rtd) is as a result of the agency wanting to lay their hands on the tape of the secret meeting former INEC chairman Professor Attahiru Jega held with Northern leaders in Dubai which is in Dasuki’s possession.

details: http://www.reportsafrique.com/dss-after-dasuki-to-recover-…/

Yeah....and the meeting was so secret that they took the pain of holding it outside the country only to invite Mr. Dasuki and his video camera to attend.....very wise....

This OP just plagiarised an article from Sahara reporters shamelessly.

Lol. Lighten up guys....

I guess the PR guys at Chicken Republic believe in the "every publicity is good publicity" mantra.

Bottomline is that they got us all talking about their brand...although I must confess I cringed a little when I saw the advert yesterday.

Very bold and avant garde for a brand to so openly align with a struggle.

alcmene:
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, has challenged the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed to make public names of the 15 former governors and 55 Nigerians that he claimed stole N1.34 trillion between 2006 and 2013 or keep his mouth shut permanently.

In a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said “The reality is that the All Progressives Congress (APC) Federal Government has destroyed the economy within eight months in power and rather than look for solutions to the problems facing Nigeria, Lai Mohammed and his cohorts are branding bogus figures about stolen money just to cover up their lack of solution to the country’s economic problems.”

The governor, who also described as disgraceful, bringing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh to court in handcuff, said; “Even the masterminds of Mandala and Nyanya bomb blasts, Kabiru Sokoto and Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche were not handcuffed when they were arraigned in court.”

Fayose said it was funny that close to one year after it won the presidential election, the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC federal government was still operating as if it was campaigning for votes.

The governor said: “They are turning governance to Nollywood, such that when one movie is about to end, they release another one. As it appears that the $2.1 billion arms deal movie is getting to an end, Lai Mohammed introduced another movie titled N1.34 trillion loot.

“Unfortunately for them this time around, Nigerians have become tired of watching the Federal Government movies, they now want reality. Nigerians are now aware of the scam in the $2.1 billion arms deal movie having seen that the amount those already charged to court were charged with is not more than N10 billion and $2.1 billion is over N600 billion.

“Therefore, Lai Mohammed must either tell Nigerians details of the 15 former governors and 55 people that he claimed stole N1.34 trillion, where the stolen money is kept and bring back the money or apologise to Nigerians for lying.”

While describing the persistent claim by the federal government that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) destroyed Nigeria for 16 years as hypocritical, Governor Fayose said Nigerians must begin to ask which party majority of those presently ruling the country under the APC government were between 1999 and 2014.

“Majority of those who ran the Federal Government between 1999 and 2003 under the PDP are in the APC government today. President, vice president, ministers, governors, senators and House of Reps members who were part of the PDP government are now in APC. Yet, APC keeps telling Nigerians that PDP ruined the country. This hypocrisy must stop,” he said.

The governor, who insisted that due process of the law must be followed in fighting corruption, noted that disobedience to court
orders itself is a criminal offence that is more grievous than corruption.

He said no amount of harassment and intimidation will silence opposition in the country, saying President Buhari and his men should
rather get used to the reality that opposition must exist in a democracy.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/fayose-to-lai-mohammed-you-must-name-15-ex-governors-55-nigerians-that-stole-n1-34tr/

.....Says the Governor who is more known for his theatrics and demagoguery than for real governance...mtchewwww!!

The APC's performance may be considered sub par so far but the PDP could not find its bearing for 16 years even with more than triple the resources available to the current government.

If the APC fails, we will look unto God for another leader. But we will never return to the Egypt that was PDP leadership.

God forbid nonsense!!!

omenka:
Whatever happened to killing someone in a humane way- just a single shot to the head.

Why are Nigerians so barbaric?? Why the craze for gore??

This is wrong in a thousand ways.

My brother, if you knew this guy, you would know he could not have gone any other way.

They say he who sows the wind will reap a hurricane.

What then do we say about he who sows a hurricane?

Bayo Ajia sowed a hurricane.

Hmmmm! !! Bayo Ajia!!!

This guy was a terror back in our school days. Sad to see him end up like this. Walked around and lived his life with an air of invincibility. Guess his evil ways caught up with him.

May God forgive him and have mercy on his soul.

If I was the Kwara State commissioner of police, now would be a very good time to ramp up security arrangements around the Ilorin and Offa metropolis especially all the higher institutions because this here dude was a ranking member of the local mob.

The police needs to clamp down now to prevent an anticipated surge in cult violence across the State's higher instututions of learning.

DICKtator:
All she kept saying in that video was ,"my namesake "

If that's ALL you heard, you will agree with me that you have a major hearing problem?

kogirodent:
I repeat, PMB is not the saviour we want. Imagine, BBOG can now even confirm that GEJ was better.

Nope they did not.

The media was throughly unfair to this woman in heir reports by making her look like a monster.

In my honest opinion, she handled herself quite well. She even managed to keep her cool when her claim that she sent someone to meet with the group at the fountain 3 times, was rudely disputed by the crowd.

Perhaps they expected her to cry with the parents and she didn't.

He has refused to show up in court to respond to charges against him forcing the court to issue a warrant mandating the Police to produce him by any means necessary.

When they begin to hunt and hound him all over the place now, some people will begin to scream blue murder.

My Naija!

ultrazone:
http://thenationonlineng.net/n1-4tn-fine-court-bars-mtn-moving-funds-abroad/

Seems to me the Nation Newspaper has reported this piece of news wrongly.

If the court said both parties should maintain Status Quo Ante Bellum, it means that the court declined the FG's plea to impose a freeze on MTN's funds.

Obiagelli:
I am not against the hashtag but the 9 million march

Oh of course that goes without saying!

I'm very positive that the President himself would not endorse such a pointless exercise.

Obiagelli:
I came across this hashtag and i was like what is going on here?
Looks like the usual suspects or their copycats are back again, it is barely a year into the present administration and we are marching and printing t-shirts for what exactly?
There's massive work to be done and this administration has not even gotten into 5% of it and we are marching?
We should be careful not to create an all is well impression to this administration, our job is to put them on their toes, we should not tolerate mistakes, incompetence or outright impunity (the presidential BMWs).

Are we going back to the days of TAN ambassadors, Fresh air crew, bringbackourgej or the 9 million March for Abacha.

We appreciate the good work the government is doing but going on a march is pure sycophancy.

IT 2016 NIGERIANS, RECEIVE SENSE.

Methinks this hashtag came about as a response to the several anti Buhari ones calling out the President for his perceived "tyranical" approach to the anti corruption movement.

I do agree with you however that we must be careful about creating the wrong impression that it is time to relax.

There is still soooo much to do.

DONSMITH123:
DEPUTY President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has warned that continued detention of the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh was designed by the Federal Government to gag the mouthpiece of the opposition.

Ekweremadu who stressed the need for the All Progressives Congress, APC led government to be cautious against the trampling of the opposition and total disregard for the rule of law in the guise of anti-corruption war, said that with this development, the country was fast descending into authoritarianism, adding that it spells doom on the nation’s democracy.

In a statement signed yesterday by his Special Adviser, Media, Uche Anichukwu, Senator Ekweremadu who reaffirmed the PDP’s support for a genuine anti-graft crusade, however, decried a situation where such crusade becomes a calculated attempt to decimate and silence the opposition, while members of the ruling party with serious corruption allegations go about their businesses.

The Deputy President of the Senate who was speaking in the light of the continued detention of Metuh, Senator Ekweremadu said,” the continued detention of the PDP mouthpiece was an attempt to gag the opposition and therefore unhealthy for democracy.”

Warning against the corruption of the anti-corruption war, he argued: “An anti-graft trap that catches only members of the opposition and those with axe to grind with the government of the day is compromised.”

He called on the nation to denounce and resist the prevailing situation where people are held in custody against the directives of the courts and laws of the land, insisting that there would be no justice without the rule of law.

Cc: lalasticlala

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/continued-detention-of-metuh-unhealthy-for-nigerias-democracy-ekweremadu/

I agree with the DSP. Mr. Metuh should quickly explain to the EFCC how he came about the money allegedly traced to his company's account so that he can be released.

I miss his press releases....

In other news, where the hell is Governor Fayose?

And in other news:

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/6671/iran-religious-persecution

Let Iran mind its affairs and let us manage our own.

I don't understand....did the Army use flame throwers during the clampdown?

Apart from the audio testimony of the faceless "soldier" who claimed he fired 500 bullets into the air without hitting target, how is this video different from the ones that have been in circulation?

Why was there an attempt to obfuscate the aspect that had to do with the mob obstructing a military convoy. So now the hatchet and cudgel bearing and "Ya Hussein!!!" chanting people are not part of the mob? Perhaps they were planted by the soldiers

And what's all this talk about "innocent and unarmed civilians"? Did that mob look harmless and unarmed? Since when did machetes and clubs become feathers or white flags of peace?

Perhaps the Army may be accused of going overboard with their response. But I sincerely cannot in good conscience blame them for that after seeing how another of such sects has become a national challenge due to the pussy footing of another administration.

Practise your religion in peace! If your religious practices begins to impinge on my own rights to security in my country, please do not expect me to stand by and let you get away with it.

YES I would!!!