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Court Sentences Ex-Burkina Faso President to Life Imprisonment

8Apr

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Court Sentences Ex-Burkina Faso President to Life Imprisonment

A military court in Burkina Faso on Wednesday sentenced former president Blaise Campare to life imprisonment for the murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara in a coup. The long-awaited verdict brought to close, a six-month trial about the murder of Mr Sankara, who was assassinated during a coup led by his friend and comrade-in-arms, Mr Compaoré, on October 15, 1987. Thomas Sankara Military prosecutors in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, had requested a 30-year sentence for Mr Compaoré, who was being tried alongside 13 others. Two other main suspects were also handed life imprisonment sentences. They are Gilbert Diendéré, one of the leaders of the 1987 putsch and leader of the 2015 coup, as well as Hyacinthe Kafando, leader of Mr Compaoré’s guards at the time. Mr Compao...

Court Strikes Out Kyari’s Suit Against NDLEA

8Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Court Strikes Out Kyari’s Suit Against NDLEA

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed a fundamental enforcement rights suit filed by suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, against the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. Justice Inyang Ekwo dismissed the suit after counsel for the NDLEA, Joseph Sunday, prayed the court that the matter be struck out. When the matter was called, Cynthia Ikena, lawyer to Kyari, was absent. Sunday, NDLEA’s Director of Prosecution and Legal Services, urged the court to strike out the suit. Justice Ekwo said he was informed that Ikena sent a letter, praying the court for an adjournment. But the letter was not filed by the lawyer and therefore not in compliance with the court rule. Read Also: Court Orders Transfer Of DCP Abba Kyari, 6 Others To Prison Custo...

Ayade: PDP To Appeal High Court Judgement

8Apr

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Ayade: PDP To Appeal High Court Judgement

PDP The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Cross River State has said they will proceed to appeal the judgment delivered yesterday by an Abuja High Court, in favour of Governor Ben Ayade. An indication was given that the PDP will pursue the matter up to the Supreme Court. In a statement released early Friday morning and signed by its Chairman, Vena Ikem, the party said proceeding to the Appeal Court would remain “a civilized struggle and an intellectual exploration of the limits and vastness of our jurisprudence in this untested territory.” The party said they will not rest until they get justice. The party had approached the High Court in Abuja over Ayade’s defection to the ruling APC with its governorship mandate, describing it as a provocation by unscrupulous e...

Court Declines To Sack Ayade, Deputy For Defecting to APC

8Apr

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Court Declines To Sack Ayade, Deputy For Defecting to APC

FCT High Court The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed the suit the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, filed to declare the seat of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State and his Deputy, Ivara Esu, vacant, following their defection to the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC. The court, in a judgement that was delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo, held that the duo could not be sacked from their positions, other than through statutory procedures that were stipulated in sections 180, 188 and 189 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended. It held that defection to another political party was not stated as one of the grounds for the removal of either a governor or his deputy. “The 3rd and 4th Defendant cannot be removed except by Constitutional provision. “This cou...

Defection: INEC Asks Court To Dismiss PDP’s Case Against Ayade

7Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Defection: INEC Asks Court To Dismiss PDP’s Case Against Ayade

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday, asked the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to dismiss the suit the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, filed seeking to declare the seat of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State and his Deputy, Ivara Esu, vacant, following their defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. INEC through its lawyer, Mr. Anthony Onyeri, told the court that the issue of defection, which PDP raised against Ayade and Esu, had already been decided by the Court of Appeal in Enugu in a similar case that involved Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State. It argued that by the principle of stare decisis (judicial precedence), the high court ought to abide by the decision of the appellate court to the effect that neither a go...

‘I Will Conclude My Tenure In 2023’ ― Umahi Reacts To Appeal Court Judgment

2Apr

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Judiciary, News, Nigeria

‘I Will Conclude My Tenure In 2023’ ― Umahi Reacts To Appeal Court Judgment

Dave Umahi Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi has said that his administration will conclude its tenure on May 29, 2023, irrespective of its challenges. Umahi said this on Friday while reacting to the judgment of the Appeal Court sitting in Enugu which affirmed the judgment of the Ebonyi High court on his defection. The Ebonyi High Court had quashed a suit challenging the defection of the governor from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nov. 2020. Umahi while presiding over the weekly state Executive Council meeting, congratulated the people of the state over the judgment and thanked various religious bodies for their prayers. “The enemies have tried using the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the courts but failed. ...

BREAKING: Appeal Court Upholds Defection Of Gov Umahi, Deputy

1Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Judiciary, News, Nigeria

BREAKING: Appeal Court Upholds Defection Of Gov Umahi, Deputy

Dave Umahi and his deputy The Appeal Court sitting in Enugu, Friday affirmed the ruling of the Ebonyi State High Court, which declared that Governor David Nweze Umahi and his Deputy, Dr. Kelechi Igwe, did not offend any provision of the constitution or the Electoral Act by defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the State. The Court held that there was no consequence under the law against the defection of the holder of the office of the President, Vice President, Governor or Deputy Governor, to another political party from the party that sponsored the election that brought him or her to office. The Plaintiffs in the matter are the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ebonyi State, in the 2019 Governorship election...

Court Orders Transfer Of DCP Abba Kyari, 6 Others To Prison Custody

29Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Court Orders Transfer Of DCP Abba Kyari, 6 Others To Prison Custody

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the transfer of the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, and six others that are facing drug trafficking charges with him, to the Kuje Correctional Center Trial Justice Emeka Nwike ordered the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, to transfer the Defendants to prison custody, shortly after he denied them bail. The court held that the NDLEA placed sufficient materials before it to warrant the refusal of bail to Kyari and his Co-Defendants. Abba Kyari The court equally denied bail to former members of the IRT, ACP Sunday Ubia, Inspector Simon Agirgba, and Inspector John Nuhu. Other Defendants in the charge marked FHC/ABJ/57/2022, are; ASP Bawa James, as well as two drug traffickers that we...

I Cried Every Day For Three Months, Had Therapy To Survive NYSC Certificate Saga – Adeosun, ex-minister

27Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Judiciary, News, Nigeria

I Cried Every Day For Three Months, Had Therapy To Survive NYSC Certificate Saga – Adeosun, ex-minister

Kemi Adeosun A former Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has come out to reveal how she was able to forge ahead after the National Youth Service Corps certificate saga. Adeosun said she wept every day without working for three months. Adesosun, who spoke at the 10th anniversary of the Uncommon Woman Conference organised by the Jesus House Church, United Kingdom, explained that she felt like she was in a horrible pit. According to her, everything about her life was at a standstill while she had to deal with shame, betrayal, disappointment and humiliation. Adeosun explained, “That period of life was tough for me. I went to step into the shoes of someone like Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. So, I was under fire from day one, it looked like things were not working. Then all of a ...

PDP Asks Court To Declare APC Convention Illegal, Seeks Party’s Deregistration

26Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Judiciary, News, Nigeria

PDP Asks Court To Declare APC Convention Illegal, Seeks Party’s Deregistration

APC Ahead of the National Convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress scheduled to hold on Saturday (today), the opposition Peoples Democratic Party has asked the Abuja division of the Federal High Court to declare the planned exercise unconstitutional and illegal. In addition, the PDP equally seeks an order of court de-registering the APC as a political party having failed to meet the requirements of sections 222(a), 223(b) and 225 of the 1999 Constitution. The main opposition party further asked the court for an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission from recognising, communicating with, dealing with or having any business whatsoever with the APC as a registered political party. In a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/ 389 2022 and...