Tag: Femi Falana

2023 General Elections: Falana, Utomi, others demand electronic voting system

Aminu Imam

As the electioneering process gathers momentum, renowned human rights activist, Femi Falana, alongside Prof. Pat Utomi and others, have stressed the need for the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), to adopt an electronic voting system in the 2023 election. Speaking at the unveiling of the 40 million ballots movement, a youth-driven network in Lagos, recently, Falana urged the nation to take full advantage of the benefits of technology in making it easier for the electorates to vote. While saying it was not just enough to campaign for registration, he equally…

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“Buhari should extend State pardon to all thieves in Nigerian prisons” – Falana

Aminu Imam

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, (SAN), has knocked the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration for granting state pardon to two former governors convicted of corruption. Falana, who stated this while speaking as the guest lecturer at an event organised to celebrate the one-year remembrance of the Late Yinka Odumakin and the launching of the Yinka Odumakin Foundation, which was held at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, yesterday, said the gesture should be extended to all thieves in various prisons across the country. Recall that the State pardon for the two former governors,…

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FG has abandoned anti-corruption war, says Falana

Aminu Imam

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, (SAN), has accused the Federal Government of abandoning the fight against corruption. Falana spoke yesterday, at the 26th anti-corruption Situation Room on the theme: ‘State of Anti-Corruption in Nigeria: Assessment of 2021 and setting agenda for 2022′, organised by the HEDA Resource Centre, in Abuja The lawyer also said corruption will continue to thrive in Nigeria until some Bills are passed into law. Some of the Bills, according to him, are the proceed of the Crime Bill, the Witness Protection Bill and the Whistleblower Bill.…

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#EndSARS: ‘Sanction Malami, Lai Moh’d, others who tried to cover up Lekki shootings’, Falana urges FG

Aminu Imam

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, (SAN), says all those who tried to cover up the shootings at the Lekki toll gate on October 20, 2020, must be sanctioned for complicity. Specifically, Falana said the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; the Attorney-General of Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, (SAN), as well as the managers of the toll gate, the Lekki Concession Company, should be sanctioned for trying to cover up the ‘crimes against humanity committed at the toll gate’ during the #EndSARS protests last year. Recall…

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70 soldiers convicted of mutiny deserve pardon just as ‘repentant’ terrorists – Falana to Buhari

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Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has written to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to pardon 70 convicted Nigerian soldiers. Falana, who defended 58 of the 70 soldiers, said their dismissal from the army was ill-advised by the military authorities. The dismissed military personnel were tried by General Courts-Martial and convicted of mutiny between 2013 and 2014. “In prosecuting the war on terror, the Federal Government deployed thousands of ill-equipped and ill-motivated members of the armed forces to the North-east region to fight the well-armed insurgents from 2013-2014″, Falana said. He…

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El-Zakzaky: Falana breaks silence says fresh charge against cleric, wife is worst judicial violation

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Human rights activist, Femi Falana on Sunday said the fresh charge of terrorism filed by the Kaduna State Government against the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife Zeenat constitutes the worst violation of the judicial process. Recall that the Kaduna State High Court had last week dismissed the  8-count charge of conspiracy and abetment of culpable homicide level against the duo by the Kaduna State Government. Falana, in a statement, said it had been reported in the media that the Kaduna State Government…

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‘Parts of Nigeria experiencing civil war’ — Falana

Aminu Imam

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, (SAN), has expressed worry that the 2023 general elections could be jeopardised because some parts of the country are experiencing what he described as a civil war. Also, former president of the Nigeria Bar Association, (NBA), Wole Olanipekun, (SAN), has advocated true federalism and immediate reform in the judicial system, among others. The duo said this at the final sitting of the Senate Committee on the review of the 1999 Constitution South-West Zonal Public Hearing, Lagos Center, held in Ikeja, Lagos. In his presentation, Falana…

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Insecurity: “Nigeria already at war” – Utomi, Kila, Falana, Bugaje, others lament

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…Ask National Assembly to invoke doctrine of necessity Nigerian intellectuals and civil society leaders, under the umbrella of the ‘New Fabian Society of the Concerned Professionals’, have suggested to the National Assembly to consider invoking the doctrine of necessity to birth “new leaders and refocus the agenda of the country” in the light of mounting security and economic challenges. The leaders, who made the suggestion in an issued statement made available to our correspondents at the weekend, expressed frustration with the security situation in Nigeria, noting that the country is…

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Insecurity: ‘We are in a state of emergency’ – Buhari tells new Service Chiefs

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…’Change shouldn’t be cosmetic’, says Northern Elders’…’They should be given a timeline’ – Ndume…’Service Chiefs nominated but not appointed yet’ – Falana President Muhammad Buhari has said that the country is currently in “a state of emergency”, following the overwhelming security situation the nation is facing. The President, stated this when he met with the newly appointed Service Chiefs for the first time yesterday, and charged them to be patriotic and serve the country well. The President, while  congratulating them on heading their various services, said, “We’re in a state…

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