Tag: Nigerian Lawyers

Emefiele: Lawyers, HURIWA berate DSS’ battle with warders

Aminu Imam

Human Rights Lawyers, under the aegis of Lawyers in Defence of Democracy (LIDD) have berated the Director General of Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, over the alleged assault on judiciary, lawyers, prison officials, and media by DSS operatives in a bid to stop prison officials from carrying out their job of taking the suspended CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, into custody as ordered by Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, yesterday. The lawyers also condemned the rearrest of Emefiele by the operatives of the secret police after engaging in a…

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Alleged Threat: Igbo lawyers write IGP, demand immediate arrest of Asari Dokubo

Aminu Imam

The Igbo Lawyers Association, (ILA), an umbrella of lawyers of Igbo origin, has called on the Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun to arrest and investigate former militant leader, Asari Dokubo, over his reported threat to wipe out the Igbo tribe. The group which met in Aba, Abia state, said it took time to wait to see what will be the reaction of the authorities on such a serious inciting and ethnic move by Dokubo, but having seen that nobody is taking appropriate action, it will use every…

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Clarke’s call on extended tenure for Buhari, threat to democracy, National Security – Senior Lawyer

Aminu Imam

The Chairman of the Body of Benchers (BoB), Chief Wole Olanipekun, (SAN), has described as unconstitutional, immoral and a threat to Nigeria’s democracy the call by Robert Clarke, (SAN), on President Muhammad Buhari to extend his tenure on account of the nation’s security challenge. Olanipekun, who is the incumbent chairman of the highest body of law experts in the country (BoB), argued in a statement yesterday, in Abuja, that there is no constitutional provision that supports Clarke’s proposition, noting that the only situation where the election could be shifted is…

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2023: Top Lawyers Eminent Citizens Begin Strategy Sessions With Osinbajo Support Groups

Aminu Imam

…Says ‘Our members not allowed to disparage Tinubu or any other APC chieftain’ Hassan Umar Farouk With a view towards increasing the popularity of Vice-President Professor Yemi Osinbajo and ensuring his election in 2023, groups of eminent citizens on Thursday began strategy sessions aimed towards strengthening the hands of more than 400 support groups nationwide. “Our focus, as progressives, is on effective strategies towards ensuring the candidature of Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and an eventual victory in 2023; no member of our team is allowed to get involved in disparaging any…

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Insecurity: “Failure to declare bandits terrorists, call Buhari to order”, Lawyers task lawmakers

Aminu Imam

…Says president’s impunity destroying Nigeria As bandits continue to unleash their unrestrained reign of terror in Zamfara, Katsina, Kaduna and other North-western States that has claimed thousands of lives including members of the Armed Forces, Nigerians from across the country have been calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare the bandits as terrorists to enable the troops deal decisively with them. The call came from several quarters. The likes of Governor Nasir el-Rufa’i, of Kaduna State, have pleaded with Buhari to declare bandits terrorists so that the military will be…

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Insecurity: Senior Advocates tackle FG over threat to declare state of emergency in Anambra

Aminu Imam

Some Senior Advocates of Nigeria, (SANs), yesterday, deplored the threat by Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in Anambra State, should the security situation in the State fail to improve. In separate interviews with newsmen, the senior lawyers maintained that such action by FG could worsen the security situation, not just in Anambra State, but in the entire South-East region. They argued that the situation in Anambra state has not gotten to the stage where President Muhammadu Buhari could invoke his constitutional powers to declare a state of…

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NBA’s Disinvite: Nigerian lawyers have lost a chance to grill El-Rufai, says Sanusi

Ishaku Yohanna

Former Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi, has faulted the dis-invitation of the Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, to the forthcoming conference of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA). Governor El-Rufai’s invitation to speak as one of the guest speakers at the 2020 conference of the NBA was withdrawn by the body of lawyers late last week. Sanusi spoke during a visit to the Kaduna State Governor at his office in the Government House on Sunday. According to the former monarch, it is wrong to withdraw the invitation to the…

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