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Pdp are liars

They don’t even know what the constitution says

leisuretym:
sarrki, which of the saarki ? this is unbelievable, at least we will rest here small, why not give me your password before you gone, so I can at least apologize on your behalf. sarrki .. tearsss...

Annnnnuu

Evablizin:
Who takes Lying Mohammad serious. Mtcheeww.

You always support corrupt people

Lau Mohammed peppermint them

Wailers are shameless

They support corruption with pride

Who him reaction help

Gentlemen of the press, thank you for once again honouring our invitation.

2 As you would recollect, President Muhammadu Buhari last Friday complied with the order of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, directing the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon Justice Walter Onnoghen, pending the determination of the cases against him at the Code of Conduct Tribunal and several fora relating to his alleged breach of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers.

3. Since then, there have been widespread reactions from within and outside the country. In particular, the opposition has latched on to it, threatening fire and brimstone and concocting all sorts of imaginary scenarios and generally muddying the waters. In what I will call the theater of the absurd, the main opposition party, the PDP, even suspended its electioneering campaign for 72 hours! Of course, Alhaji Lai Mohammed at The 61st Meeting of UNWTO CAF Held at The Congress Hall of The Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja you must have seen my reaction to that. I said there is nothing to suspend in a campaign that never took off in the first instance! So much for the opposition’s hysteria.

4. Today, I have called this press conference to set the records straight and redirect the discourse. Contrary to what the opposition and their ilk have been saying, this is not about the forthcoming elections, neither does the suspension of the CJN signal the beginning of dictatorship. President Buhari is an avowed democrat, and this he has proven time and time again. This Administration stands firm on the rule of law!

5. This whole issue is about the country’s highest judicial officer, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, being accused of a breach of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers, and the legal and moral conundrum surrounding that. It is about the suspicious transactions running into millions of dollars to the suspended CJN’s personal accounts, all undeclared or improperly declared as required by law. It is about the Hon. Justice Onnoghen himself admitting to the charges that he indeed failed to follow the spirit and letter of the law in declaring his assets, calling it a ‘mistake’. And it is about him refusing to take responsibility, instead opting to put the entire judiciary on trial. Please remember that Justice Onnoghen has been given the opportunity of fair hearing, but he has been abusing his position and the judicial process by filing frivolous applications and even dodging service of process. THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA

6. It is regrettable to note that the media, which should have led the discourse, has not done so. In fact, a section of the media has taken sides. Several newspapers have written editorials on this issue. Some newspapers have employed rather crude and obnoxious language to push forth their opinions, while others have been more tempered. But curiously, none has written from a perspective that shows that they understand the big picture.

7. What is the big picture? In the words of The Right Honourable Sir Alfred Denning, or Lord Denning, then Lord Justice of the British Court of Appeal, a judge should in his own character be beyond reproach, or at any rate should have so disciplined himself that he is not himself a breaker of the law. Still talking of the big picture, some have suggested that the suspension of Justice Onnoghen is a threat to our democracy or even the country’s very existence. They are wrong. Again, Lord Denning, himself quoting the words of Sydney Smith, said: ”Nations fall when judges are unjust, because there is nothing which the multitude thinks worth defending.” Had the section of the media that I referred to earlier understood the big picture, they would have framed the debate differently, rather than work to inflame passion and help those seeking to muddy the waters. THE ROLES OF THE NJC AND THE CODE OF CONDUCT TRIBUNAL

8. It is unfortunate that in the ensuing debate, the talk about due process has overshadowed the talk about the substance. Procedure cannot or should not trounce substance. That brings me to the role of the National Judicial Council (NJC). Some have argued that the Justice Onnoghen issue should have been referred to the NJC to handle. They would have been right if Justice Onnoghen had been accused of professional misconduct, which is what is within the purview of the NJC. The allegations against Justice Onnoghen go beyond professional misconduct. It is the alleged breach of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers. And only one body is statutorily empowered to deal with this: The Code of Conduct Tribunal.

9. Interestingly, Justice Onnoghen himself has elucidated on this. In various judgments, he upheld the provisions of the law concerning the CCT. In one particular judgement he delivered on July 12, 2013, Justice Onnoghen held that the CCT had EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION (emphasis mine) to deal with all violations contravening any of the provisions of the Code of Conduct Bureau. Let me put this in a layman’s language: All breaches of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers must be handled by the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Pure and simple. In other words, Justice Onnoghen’s judgement held that the provisions expressly ousted the powers of ordinary regular courts in respect of such violations.”

10. In a case between Ismaeel Ahmed and Nasiru Ahmed, Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Chairman of the Kano state chapter of the party, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which has been reported by the media, Onnoghen, while interpreting Paragraph 12 of the Fifth Schedule of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) as regards CCT’s jurisdiction held that, “…the said paragraph 12 provides as follows: ‘Any allegation that a public officer has committed a breach of or has not complied with the provisions of this Code shall be made to the Code of Conduct Bureau.”

11. The judgement, which was delivered at the Supreme Court with suit number ‘SC.279/2012’ before Justices Onnoghen and others, also held that the provisions of the law are clearly unambiguous. Justice Onnoghen said that the provisions are, “so construed literally meaning that any breaches of any provisions of the said 5th schedule or matters of noncompliance with any provisions of the Code shall be made to the Code of Conduct Bureau that has established its Tribunal with the exclusive jurisdiction to deal with any violations of any provisions under the Code.”

12. Is anyone still in doubt that the CCT is the right court to try the alleged breach of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers levied against Justice Onnoghen? Is it not clear that challenging the jurisdiction of the CCT to try him is an abuse of court process by Justice Onnoghen?

13. As for those who argued that the CCT is wrong in ordering Justice Onnoghen’s suspension, are they aware that Justice Onnoghen himself disagreed with them? In the judgement I referred to earlier, he wrote: “The Tribunal to the exclusion of other courts is also empowered to impose any punishments as specified under sub-paragraphs (2) (a), (b) & (c) of paragraph 18 as provided in sub-paragraphs 3 and 4 of paragraph 18 while appeals shall lie as of right from such decisions to the Court of Appeal.” In essence, the CCT is right to have directed Justice Onnoghen’s suspension, and the President did the right thing by acting on the orders of the CCT. Needless to say that in many of the cases of professional misconduct against judges that Justice Onnoghen has presided over at the NJC, judges have been suspended while still undergoing trial!

CONCLUSION 14. Gentlemen, from the foregoing, it is clear that: a) Contrary to the cacophony of voices that have been muddying the waters, the CCT was acting within its powers in ordering the suspension of Justice Onnoghen as Chief Justice of Nigeria, and President Muhammadu Buhari was right in carrying out the order. b) The suspension of Justice Onnoghen is a consequence of his breach of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers and has nothing to do with the forthcoming elections, neither does it signify the onset of dictatorship or tyranny as some have insinuated. It amounts to irresponsible extrapolation to say that the suspension of Justice Onnoghen is the onset of dictatorship. c) A section of the media shirked their agenda-setting role by failing to objectively lead the discourse on the issue of the allegation facing Justice Onnoghen and his subsequent suspension. Certain editorials crossed the acceptable limit of decent discourse, and did little or nothing to enlighten the public on the issue at stake.

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/01/breaking-onnoghen-architect-of-his-misfortune-fg/

MyGeneration:
I told my brothers they said I was an efulefu, that I was fathered by a Hausa man, they called me names. All of them fell for the scam by this man, now he took all there moneys and went abroad.

Biafra or death but he ran away to England and left ipob members here.

USA is your ally, England is your Ally, Putin is your friend but no single dimplomat from this nation has ever been spotted with him. And his illiterate and highly ignorant supporters are there supporting him.

You are a patriot

SarakiBukola:


Ekweremandu is regularly sent to buy ice cream and wash Saraki's

Atiku' s ass would be sore from Wawa Jews licking it hungrily

It's amusing that someone imb3ciles still support this conman

Bro

It’s even better to support this conman than support Atiku Abubakar the greatest fraudster that ever liveth

Basic123:
Smart guy,he sold his people as slaves to hausa fulani muslims Atiku/Saraki and made Peter obi errand boy and slaves head and then ran away!

Ohaneze have shown there color

We will reset there brain come February

Op you need this

rusher14:
Who remembers 2015 elections?

When miscreants Kanu Of Kuje Prison and that fat foolish asari dey run mouth

Rants of miscreants

teufelein:
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Especially foolish online miscreants

You are up to task

The uncommon defector

Willie was right to call him names

gare:
You are just displaying that you are pained, I have never suggested that you should support looters, like the once you are supporting, but you seem to be the immature one yet that does not see the massive corruption going on in this government.

I don’t troll with Pdp online miscreants

lionjungle3000:
Biafrans must continue boycott of Afonjas in real life. These people hate and envy you to death. Don't involved with them in anything in real life.

When you see a frustrated ipobians you can tell

zlantanfan:
Enjoying ofensala while he would order the fan yogo boys to come face pyton dance and swim in mud

That’s a real Guy man

I begin to like this guy man

Make some noise and get donations from the foolish ipobians

Rest in good hotels and enjoy with family and friends

IPOB, THE EMPIRE OF LIES AND DECEITS.

� Exactly two years today, Nnamdi Kanu's wife went on BBC TV and other media platforms to testify that her Husband, Nnamdi Kanu have been killed by the Nigerian Army in the Phyton dance charade and his body ceased. She was seconded and supported by the so called Nnamdi Kanu's lawyer who said Kanu has been eliminated on Buhari's command.

� Here we are today, This is Nnamdi Kanu having lunch with his family abroad yesterday 27th January 2019 and as you can see, they all look great and well fed. So I ask, who is deceiving who? These youths whose brains have been brainwashed and used by Kanu to achieve his evil plans against Nigeria, I hope they can now take back all they said against Nigeria and her leaders.

� Reno Omokri and FFK who told Nnamdi Kanu's wife that her husband has been killed by the Nigerian Army, are they aware that Kanu is having a good time with his family in London? You always ask me why I call FFK and Omokiri political bull dogs, this is why.

� While Kanu's followers are in Nigeria boycotting elections, Kanu is overseas having a good time with his family. I didn't hear that the injured youths during the phyton dance in Abia State are being sponsored or helped by the sponsors of Biafra to console and compensate them for their dedication towards Biafra referendum.

� You ask me why I always blast Ohaneze Ndigbo for their nonchalant attitudes towards the progress of this nation, now you have your answer.... Biafra is the biggest fraud that ever happened in the 21st Century. From the look of things, I think Kanu has done his part, he's not coming back to Nigeria because he's a federal fugitive.

� This is the so called race they want all igbos to join in, a race of deceits, lies and blood shed. I feel sorry for all ignorant youths who takes this English Bingo called Kanu serious and I'm sorry for all unborn kids who will grow up to see Kanu as a hero.

Gozicon.....

gare:
You better learn, don't think all that comment here on Nairaland are sinners, the curse on you is too much, for what you have not even benefitted from.

If I ask you what you have personally benefitted from this government, I believe you have nothing to say about that

Can you Just face your business of supporting looters and swerve from my lane?

Everyone is free to support whoever he or she wants to support

Immaturity is when you force or coerced me to forcefully like your candidate or choice

gare:
Those they pray for are yet to make it, more or less the ones they curse everyday, it's not Good you get involved in what you don't understand, I know you don't benefit anything from this government, so you should be careful the way you react to issues because the curses on you is becoming too much, so you will know the Genesis of of your problem if it is caused by your lack of wisdom or your blind support for PMB, be wise

Prayer of a sinner is noise to God

This are real lawyers

Xtanixlax:
God punish you and your rubbish family!!!

You lack sense of reasoning

When I thought I have seen it all.

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State on Sunday named former Governor Joshua Dariye and 48 others as members of the campaign council of the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state.

Dariye is currently serving a 10-year jail term in Kuje Prison after he was convicted by an Abuja High Court for misappropriating the state fund while serving as governor between 1999 and 2007


A statement signed by Mark Longyen, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Lalong on Media and Publicity, and made available to journalists in Jos on Sunday night, said the campaign council has the governor as chairman, with his deputy, Prof. Sonni Tyoden, as deputy chairman.

The statement further said that the 49-member council, which would work for the re-election bid of the governor and President Muhammadu Buhari, also has Hon Letep Dabang, Plateau State APC chairman; Rt Hon Joshua Madaki, Speaker of the state House of Assembly; Solomon Dalung, Minister of Youth and Sports, as members, among others.


https://punchng.com/lalong-names-jailed-dariye-48-others-as-his-re-election-campaign-coordinators/

SalamRushdie:
no surprises , there is no sensible person left in APC

The waves of confusion as eroded your thinking faculty

magoo10:
how do you take delight in telling yourself lies.
This a case of Nigerians and the world against tyrant Buhari .

Breaking News..... Do you know that the former CJN was part of the Dubai evil gathering ?? He was paid upfront in order to do the bidding of PDP after they must have lost the election and lodged complain before the Court.

Onnonghen promised PDP that he will constitute Tribunal Judges that will be favourable to PDP where he will stand for them in the Apex Court and will grant them dubious victory in the Supreme Court afterwards.. The Money we heard was paid by SARAKI's aides on three different instalment and in dollars.

The date which the money was Paid was transmitted to the Presidency by top security personals..

-Now You know why the tainted Thief was booted out from his Seat by Sai BABA.

-Now You know why PDP are completely demoralised to the point of suspending their Campaigns

-Now You know why we Buharists are happy and mocking them.

- Now You know that the Dubai Evil gathering strategy has been exposed and condemned to nothing.

Sai Buhari
Sai Baba

Credit to Daleehat Suleiman Bente