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Governorship Disputes: �Supreme Court used judicial �koboko� to flog Appeal Court� – Ozekhome�

January 14, 2024January 14, 2024 Aminu Imam

�Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mike Ozekhome, has said the Supreme Court �spared no words� in criticising some of the rulings of the Appeal Court on governorship election disputes. He said the apex court used judicial �koboko� (a flexible whip made with cow skin or horsetail) to �flog� the appeal court while giving verdicts on the matters. Recall that delivering judgment on eight governorship election cases on Friday, the Supreme Court overturned the decisions of the Appeal Court in Kano, Plateau and Zamfara States. Speaking yesterday, during an interview on…

Court fines FG, EFCC N100m for unlawfully detaining Emefiele for 5 months in DSS custody

January 9, 2024January 9, 2024 Aminu Imam

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in Maitama, has declared unlawful the detention of the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele by federal government agencies for about five months without arraigning him in court. In a judgment yesterday, the presiding judge, Justice Olukayode Adeniyi, held that no law allows the government and its agencies to detain a citizen beyond the period allowed by the Constitution. The judgment was on a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Emefiele against the Federal Republic of…

�Judges, NJC have formed a mafia� – Agbakoba

December 17, 2023December 17, 2023 Aminu Imam

� Says current S�Court worst in 45 years Former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba(SAN), have said the current Supreme Court is the �worst� in his 45 years of legal practice, accusing the National Judicial Council (NJC) and Supreme Court judges have formed a mafia. Agbakoba stated this on Thursday in Abuja, at a colloquium to mark the 61st birthday of Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, which was attended by President Bola Tinubu and many political stakeholders, including members of the National Assembly. Speaking at the event, Agbakoba…

Supreme Court Receives Clarion Call for Justice in Election Disputes

December 16, 2023December 16, 2023 Aminu Imam

A pro-democracy advocacy group, ‘Citizens Participation Against Corruption Initiative’, has called upon the judges of the Supreme Court to rectify perceived injustices in the verdicts delivered by Election Petitions Tribunals and the Court of Appeal regarding the 2023 elections in Nigeria. In a passionate address at a press briefing held in Abuja, its Executive Director, Comrade Bishir Dauda Sabuwar-Unguwa Katsina, highlighted the crucial role of impartial and independent election petition tribunals in ensuring free and fair elections, and expressed concerns about the potential ramifications on democracy, peace, and stability. The…

“Impartiality is our hallmark; be fair in your verdicts” – CJN to judges�

November 28, 2023November 28, 2023 Aminu Imam

Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola, says impartiality is the hallmark of any judge. Ariwoola stated this yesterday, at a special session to mark a new legal year and swearing-in ceremony of new Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN). According to the CJN, judges must be impartial in all the judgments they deliver, saying, �Therefore, it is our solemn responsibility to keep the river clean at all times. Needless to say, impartiality is the hallmark of a judge. �I admonish all of us to always be impartial in all our…

�Defend Judiciary against those seeking to compromise justice� – APGA urges Nigerians

November 25, 2023November 25, 2023 Aminu Imam

National Chairman of the All-Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Edozie Njoku, has urged Nigerians to stand by the judiciary against those intent on compromising justice and undermining its integrity. During a press conference in Abuja yesterday, Njoku referenced a case brought to FCT High Court by one Chief Victor Oye, who alleged that he should have been remanded at Suleja prison. However, the court found Oye and the head of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, culpable. Despite this judgment, instead of adhering to the court�s ruling, the pair have…

Kano Governorship tussle: �Nigeria�s judicial, electoral systems collapsing� � Kingsley Moghalu

November 23, 2023November 23, 2023 Aminu Imam

Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu has warned that Nigeria�s judicial and electoral systems are collapsing. Moghalu, who spoke in a post on his X (formerly Twitter) handle yesterday, stated that the development has threatening implications for Nigerians� aspirations for democracy. The statement follows the ensuing controversy over the judgement of the Appeal Court which nullified the election of Governor Abba Yusuf, of Kano State. Recall that a certified true copy of the Appeal Court judgement on the Kano State Governorship Election, however, affirmed…

Judgments: �Call Appeal Court judges to order�, Group urges Tinubu�

November 20, 2023November 20, 2023 Aminu Imam

A group, the Arewa Christians and Indigenous Pastors Association (ACIPA), has called on President Bola Tinubu to call the Judges of the Court of Appeal to order over what it described as� controversial judgments� recently delivered on some elections across the nation. Chairman of the group, Rev. Luke Shehu, who made the call in a statement yesterday in Jos, Plateau State, said that the judgments were becoming �a national disgrace�. Shehu stated that recent appeal court judgments that sacked some members of the National Assembly from Plateau State were a…

�Nigerian politicians playing Russian roulette with Judiciary� � Ex-NBA president�

November 18, 2023November 19, 2023 Aminu Imam

A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, says it is only by sheer luck that the Nigerian judiciary can produce a good judge. Akpata stated this recently at the International Bar Association (IBA) conference in Paris, France. Addressing the gathering, the former NBA president noted that Nigeria remains the largest black nation on earth, adding that the country is confronted with a major problem he termed, �judiciary capture.� Similarly, a law professor and former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Chidi Odinkalu, shared Akpata�s perspectives…

Appeal Court sacks Zamfara governor, orders re-run

November 17, 2023November 17, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has sacked Zamfara State governor, Lawal Dauda, of the People�s Democratic Party (PDP), following an appeal entered by the former State governor, Bello Matawalle. Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), had after the March 18 governorship poll, declared Dauda Lawal as the governor-elect, saying he garnered 377,726 votes. The incumbent governor at the time, Bello Matawalle, of the All-Progressives Congress (APC), was said to have gotten 311,976 votes. He approached the Zamfara State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Sokoto, with a…