WE CONCEDE IT !!! Abi? ARE YOU HAPPY NOW???
Monday, 28 March 2016
'TURINCHI' NO EASY O !!!
KAI...DIS IS WORSE THAN GUN-FAYA !!!...ABEG POLICE SHOULD STICK TO COLLECTING BRIBE, AND FORGET OYINBO LANGUAGE !!!
JONATHAN MAY FACE TRIAL !!!
Jonathan Can Be Tried with Enough Evidence – Buhari’s Panel.
The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay, has faulted a former Minister of National Planning, Dr. Abubakar Suleiman, regarding the culpability of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan in the current anti-corruption cases.
Suleiman, who is the spokesperson for the PDP Ministers’ Forum, had said in an interview that Jonathan could not be held liable as no stolen funds had been traced to his personal bank accounts.
But Sagay said that Jonathan could be held liable once it could be established that the ex-president made illegal approvals for funds to be paid into other people’s accounts.
In an interview with PUNCH, he said if established that Jonathan gave the CBN a directive to pay someone money and the person was not deserving of that money, then the ex-President could be indicted.
Sagay, who is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, added, “Only the EFCC can say if Jonathan is culpable. Guilt in criminal law requires proof and there must be evidence. So, what I would say is that if a case can be established against Jonathan as regards public funds, then he has a case to answer.
“I don’t know if that has been done. I have not seen anybody who says he was given the money by Jonathan himself although one can say that instructions to any institution that public funds should be released to other people for purposes, which those funds were not designated, is in itself a criminal affair.
“So, it is not only when money is found on you that you have a case to answer. If you are a person in authority, and you issue directives to people under you, who are keeping public funds like the Governor of the Central Bank, and an illegal order is given to him for the release of funds, that, in itself, will raise a case for Jonathan to answer if in fact he issued such an order.”
Suleiman, who is the spokesperson for the PDP Ministers’ Forum, had said in an interview that Jonathan could not be held liable as no stolen funds had been traced to his personal bank accounts.
But Sagay said that Jonathan could be held liable once it could be established that the ex-president made illegal approvals for funds to be paid into other people’s accounts.
In an interview with PUNCH, he said if established that Jonathan gave the CBN a directive to pay someone money and the person was not deserving of that money, then the ex-President could be indicted.
Sagay, who is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, added, “Only the EFCC can say if Jonathan is culpable. Guilt in criminal law requires proof and there must be evidence. So, what I would say is that if a case can be established against Jonathan as regards public funds, then he has a case to answer.
“I don’t know if that has been done. I have not seen anybody who says he was given the money by Jonathan himself although one can say that instructions to any institution that public funds should be released to other people for purposes, which those funds were not designated, is in itself a criminal affair.
“So, it is not only when money is found on you that you have a case to answer. If you are a person in authority, and you issue directives to people under you, who are keeping public funds like the Governor of the Central Bank, and an illegal order is given to him for the release of funds, that, in itself, will raise a case for Jonathan to answer if in fact he issued such an order.”
TUNJI BRAITHWAITE IS DEAD !!!
Elder statesman, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite is dead, aged 82. Dr. Tunji Braithwaite Braithwaite reportedly died on Monday morning at St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos. The founder of the Nigerian Advance Party, NAP was a delegate at the 2014 National Conference, canvassed for a Confederal Constitution to replace the 1999 Constitution. He described the 1999 Constitution as Decree 24 which was presently destroying Nigeria and Nigerians, stressed that it should be thrown out and be replaced with either a Confederal constitution, with Nigeria operating con-federalism or a very loose federation. Also, Braithwaite disagreed with former President Goodluck Jonathan on 100 years celebration, saying that the President got it wrong as Nigeria was only 54 years old, adding that Nigeria was still work in progress. He said: “Let the word go forth that there are a number of brave, honest nationalistic persons in this Conference that, hopefully would be able to reconstruct Nigeria in a way that the blessings, peace and prosperity rightly deserved by the peoples of this country would be guaranteed by a New Confederal Constitution. Development conference ”The existing six geopolitical zones are uniquely different developmental problems for which a single ‘’one-size-fits-all ‘solution can never work in the reality of Nigeria’s diversity. The present 1999 Constitution or Decree 24 is enforcing a country that is destroying its own people, and should be rejected outright. ”This Conference must therefore be as much a development conference as a constitutional one. It is our firm conviction that only a Confederal Constitution or a very loose federation is best suited for Nigeria. I say this because I know that no part of Nigeria is desert.”
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TUNJI BRAITHWAITE & BABA 70
Tunji Braithwaite and Fela Anikulapo Kuti, 1977. In February 1977, Professor Olikoye Ransome-Kuti instructed Tunji Braithwaite to represent the family and get Beko and Fela out of detention as well as take legal steps to redress the barbaric acts of the Obasanjo-led military junta. He fought the case through the High Court to the Supreme Court, leading a few other courageous and well-known lawyers. These were Mr. Alao Aka-Bashorun, Dr. Olu Onogoruwa, Oba Ayodele Kale, Mr. Tunde Sanu and Mr. Femi Delumo. This case was significant in entrenching the fundamental rights law in Nigeria. Source. Tunji Braithwaite.
(SOURCE: nigeria nostalgia project)
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