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Joseph Nwobike Beats EFCC At The Supreme Court, Gets Reinstated As SAN

20Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Corruption, News, Nigeria

Joseph Nwobike Beats EFCC At The Supreme Court, Gets Reinstated As SAN

The Supreme Court has upturned the conviction of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dr. Joseph Agburuwhuo Nwobike. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had arraigned him before a Lagos State High Court for the perversion of justice. The 18 counts bordered on attempting to pervert the course of justice, offering gratification to a public officer and giving false information to an EFCC official. He was convicted in 2018 on 12 of the counts by Justice Raliatu Adebiyi. Nwobike was subsequently stripped of his SAN title. See Also: EFCC Charges Kenneth Minimah, Others With ₦13 Billion Fraud Dissatisfied with his conviction, he appealed the matter but the Court of Appeal upheld the conviction. However, a five-member panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice Olukayode Ariwoola...

I Won’t Withdraw Petition Against Soludo –Andy Uba

11Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, Judiciary, News, Nigeria

I Won’t Withdraw Petition Against Soludo –Andy Uba

The All Progressives Congress in Anambra State has said that it will pursue the governorship elections at the tribunal because it has enough evidence that the elections were manipulated. Speaking with Saturday PUNCH, the Deputy Director, Senator Andy Uba Governorship Campaign Organization, Mr Ikechukwu Onyia, said Uba believed that the declaration of the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Prof. Charles Soludo as the winner of that election was faulty. Onyi said the APC candidate approached the tribunal in line with Electoral Act and constitution. Onyia stated that Uba had a strong case at the tribunal because his votes at some places like Abatete and Oba in Idemili North were not recorded. He commended the tribunal’s ruling granting the inspection of the Certifie...

Some Judges Sell Judgments, Retire To Escape NJC Sanctions – Jega

9Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Judiciary, Justice, News, Nigeria

Some Judges Sell Judgments, Retire To Escape NJC Sanctions – Jega

A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has said some corrupt judges are usually made part of election petition tribunals in order to corruptly enrich themselves by selling judgments to the highest bidders. Jega said some of these corrupt judges sold judgments to the highest bidders and quickly retired to avoid being sanctioned by the National Judicial Council. The former INEC boss, who is also a former Vice-Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano said this in a lecture he delivered at the Owolabi Afuye Memorial Lecture organised by the Nigerian Bar Association, Ibadan Branch as one of the events to mark its 2021 Law Week. A copy of the lecture was made available to our correspondent in Ibadan on Wednesday. The former INEC boss sai...

Lagos #EndSARS Panel Illegal, Can’t Probe Military, Police – Keyamo

29Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Judiciary, Justice, News, Nigeria

Lagos #EndSARS Panel Illegal, Can’t Probe Military, Police – Keyamo

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), on Sunday dismissed the #EndSARS panel set up by the Lagos State Government and the report it presented to the state government recently. Keyamo said it was out of the jurisdiction of the panel to investigate the activities of Federal Government institutions and officials such as the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigerian Army. The minister, while appearing on Sunday Politics, a current affairs programme on Channels Television on Sunday, however, said he was not speaking for the Federal Government. The panel had stated in its report that at least nine persons were killed on the night soldiers and policemen stormed the Lekki tollgate to disperse #EndSARS protesters, describing the incident as a “massacre in contex...

SAN, South-East Lawyers Seek To Join Northern Elder’s Suit On Secession

26Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Judiciary, News, Nigeria

SAN, South-East Lawyers Seek To Join Northern Elder’s Suit On Secession

Some legal practitioners from the South-East geo-political region of Nigeria have applied to a Federal High Court in Abuja to join them as defendants in a suit filed by a group of northern elders praying for the secession of the Igbo out of Nigeria based on the agitations of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafran and its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The legal practitioners led by Chief Chuks Muoma (SAN), Ukpai Ukairo, Ebere Uzoatu and Obi Emuka are asking for an order of the court to allow them to join in the suit as representatives of the people of the southeastern region. The applicants in their application for joinder filed by Victor Onweremadu and obtained by our correspondent on Monday in Abuja, they claimed that the case of the northern elders seeking the exit of South-East from N...

Release #EndSARS Protesters Immediately – Civic Group, SERAP Warns Nigerian Police

20Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Human Rights, Justice, News, Nigeria, Security, Youths

Release #EndSARS Protesters Immediately – Civic Group, SERAP Warns Nigerian Police

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Nigerian Police authorities to immediately and unconditionally release a journalist and other protesters arrested at the Lekki Tollgate. The group made the call in a post on its Twitter handle on Wednesday. The tweet reads, “Nigerian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release two protesters including a journalist reportedly arrested this morning by the Lagos State Police Command at the Lekki tollgate where the #EndSARSMemorial protest is scheduled to hold. Protest is a right.” BREAKING: Nigerian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release two protesters including a journalist reportedly arrested this morning by the Lagos State Police Command at the Lekki tollgate where the #EndSAR...

#EndSARS: No Security Officer Punished For Killing, Others One Year After Brutal Crackdown —Amnesty International

20Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Human Rights, Justice, News, Nigeria, Youths

#EndSARS: No Security Officer Punished For Killing, Others One Year After Brutal Crackdown —Amnesty International

A non-governmental organisation, Amnesty International has alleged that the #EndSARS Judicial Panel of Inquiry dashed hopes of victims rather than providing restitution to them. On October 19, 2020, the Lagos state government set up a nine-man Judicial Panel of Inquiry to investigate cases of brutality and human rights violations perpetrated by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force and the dissolved Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The panels, which were also established in other states of the country were mainly set up as a response to one of the demands of youth during the #EndSARS protests. A statement issued by the organisation explained that despite promises of reform, police impunity continues. It stated partly, “One year after peaceful #EndSARS protests ended in a bru...

Igboho: Benin Republic Snub Nigerian Govt’s Extradition Request, May Free Him Today

22Jul

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Human Rights, Judiciary, Justice, News, Nigeria

Igboho: Benin Republic Snub Nigerian Govt’s Extradition Request, May Free Him Today

The attempt by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to extradite Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, alias Sunday Igboho, to Nigeria from Benin Republic has suffered a setback. Authorities in the neighbouring West African nation have insisted on a fair trial for Igboho before yielding to the demand, SaharaReporters has gathered. The Beninoise government said it won't handle a request for extradition without first trying him for the local offense he was arrested for. Recall that Igboho was arrested on Monday night in Cadjèhoun Airport, Cotonou with a "fake" Beninese passport while trying to flee to Germany. He is expected to be arraigned for immigration-related offenses in Benin Republic later today after a spirited move by the Buhari government to bring him back to...

Kanu: Britain, Law Firm Express Interest to Take Over case

16Jul

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Biafra, Human Rights, Judiciary, Justice, News, Nigeria

Kanu: Britain, Law Firm Express Interest to Take Over case

The British High Commission and a law firm based in London, Bindmans, have asked for the permission of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kan, to take over his trial. Aloy Ejimakor, Kanu’s Nigerian counsel had on Wednesday delivered two forms to Kanu during a visit to the office of the Department of State Services, where the IPOB leader is being held, Punch reports. According to Ejimakor, the Federal Government would be served with a summon to transfer Kanu to the United Kingdom, where another case would be heard over the manner of his arrest and extradition to Nigeria. He said, “I went to visit him on Wednesday and went with two forms. One was the consular consent form that the British High Commission required that he signs to consent to consular ass...

Ohanaeze Speaks On Meeting Malami Over Kanu’s Detention

13Jul

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Ohanaeze Speaks On Meeting Malami Over Kanu’s Detention

The office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has reportedly said the legal team of the Igbo socio-political group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo met with him to monitor the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. This was contained in a statement issued by Jibrilu Gwandu, the Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations to the Office of the AGF. According to the statement, the position of Ohanaeze Ndigbo on the issue of Kanu was a testament to their recognition of belonging to Nigeria and succumbing to the rule of law. The statement partly read, "The group showed a mature departure from the mindset of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra when Ohanaeze said they 'do not support the use of any form of vio...