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Justices Who Sat On Imo Gov’ship Election Petition Denied US Visa, Says Donald Duke"

Our take: this is a good development and a lesson to some of our corrupt Judges

A former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, on Wednesday, claimed that the seven Supreme Court Justices, who delivered the judgement that declared Hope Uzodinma as the Imo State governor aftermath of the 2019 elections, were recently denied visas to attend a Judges’ conference in the United States.

The former governor made the claim at the launch of a memoir in honour of retired Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Charles Archibong, titled “A Stranger In Their Midst’’.

Duke, who noted that the United States Embassy in Nigeria took the action in view of the miscarriage of justice that occurred in the case, also alleged that all the aides, who applied for the US visas, alongside the Justices, were all granted.
LEADERSHIP recalls that the apex court in an unanimous judgment of a seven-member panel, read by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, held that results in 388 polling units were unlawfully excluded during the collation of the final 2019 governorship election results in Imo State.

The names of other Justices on the panel are the then CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, the current CJN Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, Justice Nwali Sylvester Ngwuta, Justice Amiru Sanusi, Justice Amina Augie and Justice Uwanimusa Abba Aji.


https://leadership.ng/justices-who-sat-on-imo-govship-election-petition-denied-us-visa-says-donald-duke/

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has appealed a ruling that struck out its suit seeking the forfeiture of 14 properties and the sum of N400m linked to Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello.

EFCC counsel, Mr. Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN), filed the notice of appeal on April 26 hours after the Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court, Lagos struck out the order of interim forfeiture it granted the anti-graft agency on February 22.

The judge upheld Bello’s argument, among others, that he was covered by immunity from prosecution under the 1999 constitution, thus the EFCC could not seize, even temporarily, the cash and properties.

The properties – in Lagos, Abuja and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – include Hotel Apartment Community, Burj Khalifa, at Plot 160 Municipality NO 345-7562, Sky View Building No 1, Property No 401, Floor 4, Dubai U.A.E.”.

But challenging the lower court’s decision, the Commission averred that Justice Oweibo erred in law when he struck out the suit.

Oyedepo contended that the immunity conferred on Bello against civil or criminal proceedings during his incumbency as governor does not extend to properties reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime traced to him.

He argued that the court erred and occasioned a miscarriage of justice when it refused to bind itself with the decision of the Court of Appeal in EFCC V Fayose (2018) LPELR 44131 CA and the decision of the Supreme Court in Fawehinmi V IGP (2002)7 NWLR (PT767)606, on the proper interpretation of Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution;

Section 308 provides immunity from trial for the President, Vice-President, Governor and Deputy Governor during the subsistence of their tenure.

The anti-graft agency further reasoned that the trial court erred in law when it struck out a preservation order of properties reasonably suspected to have been derived from proceeds of unlawful activities notwithstanding its findings that Bello failed to show the genuine origin of funds used to acquire the properties under the preservation order.

No date has been fixed for the hearing of the appeal.

https://observerstimes.com/2023/04/27/not-yet-over-efcc-drags-governor-yahaya-bello-to-appeal-court-over-ruling-on-n400m-14-properties-linked-to-kogi-gov/?fbclid=IwAR3io1isoy6gnIrHSNF1xqO8nWQC4GdUC3ko1NIkrtr5PD3NeCJz3Nt4UNM&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

Hudu an evil man in human form

favor914:
Was Pat Utomi that Tinubu sent to deceive Peter Obi @ the meeting also?

Or in clandestine, Oga Patrick has already returned back to The APC which he claimed was formed in his living room @ his Ikoyi Lagos State residence which is ironically less than 10 minutes drive from Bourdillon?

no one has ever see Pat utomi joining APC joor. Stop your lies and propaganda here

Congratulations 🎉 to you once again

Tinubu boy, we have known well that this is the hatchet job you were told to do. After the Nec of the Labour Party suspended you, the court of justice will remove you also and send you to kuje prison.

Congratulations 🎉

After the Labour Party NEC suspended him, the Court of justice will remove him totally and jailed him too

NBC must do the needful and fines Nta immediately, if it’s private stations, they will have fined them to millions.

Haaa 😻😻😻😻😻

Which binani victories, she has been thoroughly defeated in the governorship poll. Adamawa people reject her totally

At the end, Fox News pay for their crimes they perpetrated in the USA 🇺🇸 presidential election last 2020.

BERNIMOORE:
From the election Results, we now know That Wike is the most Powerful in PDP winning his state hatric back to back for PDP and funding other state Governors to win their states ....Atiku & iyorchia Ayu who both lost their states to APC on the Other hand whom people thought was powerful does not have a grassroot politics like Wike......We dont need a rocket science to tell us that PDP under Atiku is going Nowhere.....wike on the other hand is Going to be Rewarded with a miniterial Appointment for single handedly winning his state for APC in presidential and winning the state for PDP will All 32 seats of the Assembly...that is prowress....yes he is Drunk but i think i like his drunkenness with focus, not those who are Not Drunk but Directionless...I pity Dino because if Atiku can Lose Adamawa, kogi is not going to be different except God intervenes


The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Sunday morning declared Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani the winner of the Adamawa governorship election

Atiku won, so how far now

Tinubu is a clueless goner over this issues at hand

To God Alone be the Glory 👐👐👐👐

Congratulations 🎉 to you ma. She’s a Christian too

Congratulations to Governor Tambuwal on this victories again in the court of justice. More victories for you in Jesus Name

Good judgement from the court of justice

Congratulations 🎉 to Governor fintiri

Congratulations to the indefatigable People’s Governor Fintiri of Adamawa State

Congratulations to the People’s Governor fintiri, congratulations to the good people of Adamawa State that stand with the governor and democracy to strive in Adamawa State.

Congratulations to the People’s Governor fintiri

Congratulations 🎉

Good response from the Nigeria people