On the Matter of the Stunning Arrest of Many Very Senior Judges in Nigeria {Re: Arrest of Roguish Judges is constitutional

[Mobolaji Aluko]

My People:

This broom sweep of Judges in Nigeria is long overdue....

I support this sting, support Falana's statement that they should be charged QUICKLY, and deplore NBA's position on it in agreement with Paul Adujie.

Bolaji Aluko

OPERATION BROOM Against Five Current and Former Judges of Dade County in Miami, Florida of June 1991

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"An uneasy calm followed the initial shock in Miami's legal community in the wake of the June 8 raids on the homes  and offices of  five present and former Dade County, Fla. judges.    The raids, which came as "a complete surprise" netted thousands of dollars in marked $100 dollar bills allegedly paid in bribes, according to authorities......

In an odd twist, documents disclosed in connection with the Miami investigation identified Raymond J. Takiff .....as a key figure.in the undercover operation.  Takiff...began cooperating with prosecutors after signing a plea agreement for unspecified crimes in November 1989, the document revealed..."

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Falana Asks Attorney-General To Immediately Charge Arrested Judges To Court

 

Published Oct 09, 2016  Greenbarge Reporters

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has advised the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to ensure that the judges who have been arrested by the security agents for alleged corruption are immediately arraigned in court without delay. He added that because the detained judges “are presumed innocent until the contrary is proved by the State, they should be admitted to bail in self recognizance.”

The Senior Advocate, who reacted to the furor over the arrest of the judges by the Department of State Security (DSS) both in Abuja and Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Capital, accused the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) of shielding corrupt judges despite having information about their activities.

He described the failure of NBA to deal with corrupt officials in the judiciary as an embarrassment to the “incorruptible members of the bar,” adding that it is responsible for the current state of the country’s judiciary.

“In particular, the Nigerian Bar Association which has information on all corrupt judges and lawyers in the country has continued to shield them to the embarrassment of incorruptible members of the bar and the bench.

“The few lawyers who have plucked up the courage to expose corrupt judges and lawyers have been stigmatised and treated like lepers by their colleagues.

“It is on record that when both the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Offences Commission and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission sent invitation letters to judges suspected of corruption they had rushed to the Federal High Court to obtain interlocutory injunctions to prevent their arrest, investigation and prosecution.”

He said that members of the legal profession should have themselves to blame for the harassment of judges by security forces as they had failed to take advantage of the relevant statutory disciplinary bodies to purge the bar and the bench of corrupt elements.

 

“It is on account of negligence on the part of the legal profession that the SSS which screens candidates before they are recommended by the National Judicial Council for appointment as judges has now engaged in the arrest of judges for alleged corruption and abuse of office.

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It is a matter of grave concern that the legal profession has allowed the denigration of the hallowed temple of justice because of the misconduct of a few corrupt judges.

“For several years, judges who committed grave criminal offences were not prosecuted but merely retired by the authorities on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council.

“Although the National Judicial Council recently recommended the dismissal and prosecution of a judge for extorting the sum of N197m from a litigant the authorities had paid lip service to the menace of judicial corruption in the country.”

It would be recalled that the operatives of the DSS had raided the official quarters of judges at Abuja, Gombe, Kano and Port Harcourt and ended up arresting at least four judicial officers. The arrested judicial officers comprised two Justices of the Supreme Court – Justices Sylvester Ngwuta and John Okoro – as well as Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court and another judge of the Gombe State High Court, Justice Mu’azu Pindiga.

In a statement issued at the end of the raid, the DSS alleged that the suspects had engaged in judicial misconduct and corrupt practices, adding that a huge amount of money was recovered from three of the judges.

In response to the raid, the NBA had declared a state of emergency and demanded the immediate and unconditional release of the judges.

Source: PUNCH.

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NBA Goofed On Arrest of Judges

Written by Paul I. Adujie Esq.

I watched with utter dismay, as the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) surrounded by other prominent lawyers badmouthed the actions of the DSS which culminated in the arrest of some judges on Saturday, October 8, 2016

As the world has become aware, some judges in Nigeria were arrested on the allegation of fraud, and the arrests were conducted in a nationwide raid or sting, orchestrated by the DSS, armed with adequate prosecutable information with equally adequate and sufficient Probable Cause!

A majority of Nigerians are elated and ecstatic to learn of these arrests, particularly so, given the sacred position, the exalted and hallowed position judges hold in upholding Justice, Due Process and The Rule of Law

Nigeria has for far too long witnessed the profound absence of justice, and the equally profound absence of the Due Process and the Rule of Law, which has led to impunity and lawlessness at all levels

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Nigeria has witnessed and continues to witness regression in all facets of life, as no one plays by the rules or follows laid down processes and pay complete obeisance to the rule of law.

I have often said privately and publicly, that efforts to fight corruption by current federal government or any future government must begin with the judiciary and the police and or other law enforcement agencies.

When judges and policing agencies cannot be bribed, a majority of those Nigerians who have made impunity and lawlessness their vocation and profession; would soon fall in line. 

It is the case that in Nigeria, there are great and good laws and rules regarding human conditions. However, most laws are not enforced, implemented or obeyed. Laws and rules in Nigeria are observed in their breaches! 

The simplest of processes in Nigeria have become warped, twisted and perverted, and as a consequence, simple processes are made to become unnecessarily complex and complicated. Simple actions are made to take too long and extremely expensive, stressful and or frustratingly cumbersome!

The judges arrested on Saturday October 8, 2016 are said to have made useful statements to law enforcement agencies and the policing authorities. Documents were said to have been recovered from the allegedly erring judges who were arrested.

It is the case that large sums of monies were said to have been recovered from each of the arrested judges - hundreds of millions of Naira, US Dollars, British pounds and Euros were recovered from the arrested judges. Let the arrested judges defend themselves. Let them reconcile their salaries with their sudden wealth or stash of cash or loads of loots and avarice! And yes, I do believe in and subscribe the Presumption of Innocence!

Law enforcement agencies will soon reveal the contents of statements made by these culprit judges. Most probably, these said judges have filed statements of their assets prior to their arrest, and secondly, the said judges would explain why they have these extraordinarily large amounts in their homes as opposed to lodgements with their various banks.

It does appear that these arrested judges, were scared to deposit the monies which they received from their sale of matches, toothpicks and sachets of water, as the Bank Verification Number rule or regime, has made it a little more difficult to bank almost anonymously and through proxies as a certain lady was recently accused of banking by proxies, while retaining all the benefits and ATM cards, even though the accounts in question bore the names and images of other persons!

It is quite astonishing, astounding and even outlandish, that the NBA executive would defend the obviously indefensible judges! The NBA President was heard and seen condemning the arrests of these judges, and referring to the process as Gestapo style, despite the fact that the DSS operations was preceded by petitions of allegations of these judges accepting bribes and perverting justice!

The DSS have Probable Cause(s) to conduct the arrests, and the DSS may have reasons to believe that the targeted judges would flee or hide or destroy the evidences of their alleged crimes.

The NBA President seems to misunderstand or he has wilfully misinterpreted Due Process and Rule of Law with his suggestion that the arrest of the judges should not have taken place because (a) DSS is not the Nigeria Police and (b) DSS or even the police may not arrest the judges at all, particularly at the particular hours of the morning!

It is my opinion that the DSS acted within the scope of their statutory assignment and that the DSS acted properly in conducting the arrest at the particular hours, to prevent flight, or escape by the arrested judges and as well as the DSS desire to ensure that proceeds of crimes are not destroyed or taken out of jurisdiction, including other tactical and strategic reasons which may have informed and prompted the DSS to act in the manner and the time their operatives acted.

I strongly believe that the DSS have adequate and sufficient information, and now, evidence to prosecute, hence these audacious arrests and bribe loot recoveries as have been announced by the DSS. The DSS certainly know more than what the public currently knows, they may have had exigent circumstances as to likelihood of flight or disappearance of the judges arrested, and the targeted corruption proceeds!

It is really disappointing to regularly and too often see Nigerian lawyers, and worse the NBA executives become tools with which the corrupt political class shield themselves…. Judges and members of the political class openly, conspicuously, ostentatiously and brazenly corrupt and break any and every law with impunity, while setting slush funds aside to hire 10 Senior Advocates of Nigeria to defend the indefensible! 

The Nigerian nation and her citizens are not living to their full potentials as a result of corruption of every process. Elections are predictably rigged, judges are predictably for the highest bidders, budgets are routinely passed but monies so appropriated are predictably stolen or plundered, and then law enforcement agencies engage in some sort of “Catch-and Release” and the cycle perpetrates and perpetuates!

Budgets for roads, bridges and public infrastructures never get spent on roads and bridges or other public infrastructures hence they are decayed and decrepit nationwide. There are front-loading and unwarranted upward appraisals of contract prices. Monies budgeted for equipment and medicines never get to the target hospitals. Hence, Nigerian hospitals are bereft of modern state of the art medical diagnostic and treatment tools and or medicines. Medical doctors are frequently on strike nationally, and this is why your cousin will not find a doctor or medicine in his neighbourhood hospital tomorrow.

The generator in your home is running right now, as there is no municipal electricity, because the budget for electricity generation and transmission has evaporated through corruption, and nationally, Nigerians can count more generators than citizens!

Stupidity should have consequences and law breaking should receive sanction(s) but, currently in Nigeria, there is a dearth or even the complete absence of integrity. A corrupt judge is worse than an armed robber because a corrupt judge perverts justice, law and processes. Such judges, where there are allegations and probable cause, should be arrested and punished. Corrupt judge are odious and inimical to the very essence of justice, corrupt judges should be exposed and subject to public opprobrium.

When and if a law enforcement agency discovers that a crime has been committed, is being committed or likely to be committed, it’s incumbent on upon such a law enforcer to arrest the offender without dithering. Prompt and legal arrest is an imperative! We do not ask armed robbers in Nigeria for permission to arrest them. So, why should we ask judges for permission to arrest them, when and if there is a probable cause, predicate and foundation for their arrest?

Corrupt judges thwart the very fundamental social order, the rule of law and due process to which they are supposed to pay complete obeisance. As we all must realize, the absence of law and order permits lawlessness! 

https://adujie.wordpress.com/2016/10/08/nba-goofed-on-arrest-of-judges/

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On Sun, Oct 9, 2016 at 2:44 PM, okoi_advocate via AfricanWorldForum <africanw...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

The argument by some that the sting operations carried by the DSS on homes of senior Judges of the High Court and the Supreme Court last Friday which led to recovery of vast sums of money in various current denominations is an infraction on the independence and sanctity of the judicial branch of government is hogwash. There
is no infringement on the independence and sanctity of the judiciary in any manner whatsoever . Judges do not have immunity to do what they like . When a judge collects bribe to pervert the course of Justice is that not in itself an infraction of the independence of the judiciary and a threat to the sanctity of the judiciary ? When a judge commits a crime is both a professional misconduct and a crime . In such a circumstances it is not more the business of the National Judicial Council (NJC) to deal with it but also a matter for security agencies to handle .The DSS does not need more explanation more than what it had done . NJC has regrettably been protecting and covering senior judges! We I want to say that evidence abound of the protection and covering of senior Judges by the NJC and perhaps this might one of the reasons why government resorted to such measures , which in any case is within the bounds of the law . Justice Tsamiya collected two hundred million as bribe but NJC inexplicably only recommended his retirement . But another Judge in Kano who collected a bribe of N190 million was ordered to be arrested by the Police by NJC. We heard mind bogging stories in his judges collect humongous sums of money especially in political and election related cases to pervert the cause of Justice . It is perverse logic and reasoning for any body to contend that independence of the judicial branch of government means that the executive branch of government should close it eyes to the infractions of the law and Constitution by Judges . Even in the United States of America, the supposed bastion and sanctuary of constitutional and liberal democracy the FBI ( equivalent of DSS) sometimes carry sting operations to arrest roguish judges! On 5th October 2015 the CBS/Ap reported the arrest of a federal Judge, Judge T. Camp by the FBI in a sting operation for gun running and illegal drugs involvement with an stipper. In Philadelphia nine Judges were arrested on charges of corruption on the 13th January 2013! The judges face charges of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, wire fraud,mail fraud,perjury,making false statements to the FBI, and aiding and abetting. In Puerto Rico, on the 30th May 2014, FBI agents arrested a Puerto Rico Superior Court Judge , Manuel Acevedo Hernandez suspected of accepting bribes in exchange for acquitting a man charged in a fatal drunk-driving case. On the 4th November 2015, a North Carolina Superior Court Judge, Judge Arnold Jones 11 was arrested in a sting operation by FBI and charged with trying to bribe an FBI officer to collect text messages between two phone numbers. However, in Nigeria a country blighted by many years of impunity no judge has ever been arrested! Even judges that have been accused of corruption and collection of bribes are usually treated with kid gloves and merely retired or dismissed! This is the first time Judges would be arrested by Law Enforcement agency in the history of the country; so the impression among members of the public is that Judges are above the Law. But nothing can be farther from the truth! Judged are ordinary citizens and surely not above the law! Change has surely come to Nigeria! Okoi Obono-Obla

Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.

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Update: DSS Says Recovered Millions In Naira, Forex From Alleged Corrupt Judges In Multiple Raids

October 8, 2016

 

BEVERLY HILLS, October 08, (THEWILL) – The Department of State Services, DSS, has given reasons behind its raid on the homes of some judges in the country, disclosing that the special sting operations it carried out were based on allegations of corruptions and other acts of professional misconduct by a few of the suspected Judges.

It disclosed that in one of the States where the Service carried out its operations, credible intelligence revealed that the Judge had Two Million United States Dollars ($2,000,000 USD) stashed in his house, adding that the said Judge in concert with the State Governor, mobilized thugs against the Service when he was approached for due search to be conducted.

The DSS made this known in a statement issued on its behalf on Saturday by Abdullahi Garba,  where it was said that the Service had in line with its core mandate, been monitoring the expensive and luxurious lifestyle of some of the Judges as well as complaints from the concerned members of the public over judgment obtained fraudulently and on the basis amounts of money paid.

According to the statement, “The judges involved were invited, upon which due diligence was exhibited and their premises searched. The searches have uncovered huge raw cash of various denominations, local and foreign currencies, with real estate worth several millions of Naira and documents affirming unholy acts by these Judges. Meanwhile, some of them have made useful statements while a few have declined even with the glaring evidences that were found against them in terms of material cash, documents and property recovered pointing to their compromise.

“In one of the States where the Service operations were conducted, credible intelligence revealed that the Judge had Two Million United States Dollars ($2,000,000 USD) stashed in his house. When he was approached for due search to be conducted, he in concert with the State Governor, mobilized thugs against the Service team. The team restrained itself in the face of unbridled provocative activities by those brought in by the Governor. Unfortunately, the Judge and Governor also engaged the tacit support of a sister security agency.

“The Service surveillance team noticed that upon frustrating the operation, the Judge with the active support of the Governor craftily moved the money to an unknown location which the Service is currently making effort to unravel.

“Meanwhile, large amount including foreign/local currencies have been recovered. Summaries of these include:

SUMMARY OF RECOVERED MONEY

1.   NAIRA          –      N93,558,000.00

2.    DOLLARS   –      $530,087

3.    POUNDS    –      £25,970

4.    EURO        –      €5,680

“Other foreign currencies were also recovered. This were recovered from just three (3) of the judges.

“These in addition to other banking documents, including real estate documents have been recovered. Meanwhile preparations are ongoing to arraign them in a competent court of jurisdiction in line with the laws of the nation.”

The Service however clarified that it has never invited Justice Walter Nkanu Onnoghen of the Supreme Court for investigation, asserting that the Justice is not being investigated by the secret police.

DSS said it “would like to put it on record, that it has tremendous respect for the Judiciary and would not do anything to undermine it or its activities. The Service will also join hands with this noble institution in its fight to rid it of few corrupt Judges whose actions is undermining not only the Judiciary but the common bond of our national life.”

Garba however stated that the current operation will be sustained and followed till sanity and sanctity is restored to the esteemed third arm of government and public confidence is regained. 

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[Mobolaji Aluko]

Akusobi:

Absolutely....!

The PMB administration is finding BELATEDLY that the anti-corruption fight can NEVER BE WON if the CORRUPT Judges and Lawyers that DOMINATE the Nigerian landscape are still in place....AND if the Banks can still hide and move their monies around for them.  That is why, as far back as 2004, I have listed as one of 17 ways of fighting corruption in our country, we should:

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http://www.nigerialinks.com/Articles/mobolaji_aluko/2004/12/17-ways-of-stopping-financial.html

For unelected public officials, we should:

1. speedily prosecute all persons not protected by Section 308 who aids and abets those immunized officials in financial and other types of corruption;

2. focus on ridding the Police Force and Judicial Bench of corruption; these two arms are the most public faces of exercising justice in the land.  We should observe zero-tolerance for bribery by the NPF on our highways, including use of sting operations;

3. observe zero-tolerance for bribery by judges, mandatorily disbarring any found to have taken bribes.

For private sector officials, we should:

1. focus on ridding the banks and other financial houses of corrupt practices;

2. observe zero-tolerance for money-laundering: sanctions could for example DOUBLE the amounts laundered, including closing banks down for egregious violations;

3. observe zero-tolerance for foreign-exchange round-tripping; fines should double the amount round-tripped.

For elected public officials, we should:

1. focus on the executives at the National, State and Local Government levels;

2. enable public access to their declared assets, sanctioning any officials that don’t declare their assets and/or truthfully;

3. require independent, professional and regular audits of all LG, state and federal accounts, and make available to the public;

4. abrogate or seriously amend Section 308 immunity clause that benefit the President, the Vice-President, the 36 governors and 36 deputy-governors. If amended, Section 308 should allow the

(i) the Police, the ICPC and the EFCC to pursue CRIMINAL charges the executive officials;

(ii) the Senate to investigate civil charges against the President, after a grand jury of three Appeals Court judges has determined that there is a prima facie case against them that is urgent; and

(iii) State Houses of Assembly to investigate civil charges against the governors and their deputies; after a grand jury of three High Court judges has determined that there is a prima facie case against them that is urgent;

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What, for example, is happening with the Rickey Tarfa case?  How can a judge be found guilty of judicial misdeed (induced from bribery) - and then just transferred to Maiduguri by the NJC 

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http://ynaija.com/justice-rita-ofili-ajumogobia-watch-list/

Judge punished heavily, placed on watch list over judicial misconduct

Mazi Emeka March 2, 2016

 

The National Judicial Council (NJC), on Wednesday, announced that a Federal High Court Judge, Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, serving in the Lagos Division of the court, has been been banned from any form of promotion till the end of her career.

This was contained in a statement signed by the NJC Acting Director, Soji Oye.

Oye stated that Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia has been placed under a four year watch-list and also warned against committing any misconduct.

 

He said the disciplinary action was taken after the NJC, headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, considered several petitions filed against her.

The decision was sequel to the petition written against her by one Victoria Ayeni alleging misconduct and injustice on the part of Hon. Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia for failing to deliver judgment in Suit No. FHC/AB/CS/31/2011, a pre-election matter between Victoria A. A. Ayeni and Olusola Sonuga.

The statement reads in part:

“She was also alleged to have adjourned the pre-Election matter severally until the termination of the life span of the Ogun State House of Assembly.‎”

“The National Judicial Council, Under the Chairmanship of Hon. Justice Mahmud Mohammed, GCON, at its Meeting which was held on the 24th and 25th February, 2016 decided to warn Hon. Justice Ruth Ofili-Ajumogobia and also put her on the ‘watch-list’ of the Council for the next four years.”

“The honourable judge will also not be considered for any elevation to the Court of Appeal or any ad-hoc judicial appointment till her retirement from the bench.”

Justice Ruth Ofili-Ajumogobia was, in 2013, accused of physically abusing a male staff and using him for domestic errands.

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The NJC, until recently, has not shown itself to be strong enough to discipline judges...and CRIMINAL PROSECUTION -  and not administrative oversight -  should be the name of the game.  If a Judge slaps a staff, yes that could be administrative oversight.  But if it has to do with the VERY FUNCTION of judgeship, then criminal prosecution should be done.

And there you have it.

Bolaji Aluko

 

On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 4:20 AM, Daniel Akusobi <daku...@gmail.com> wrote:

Aluko,

Supported!

The fight against corruption should have started from the judges at all levels.

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On Oct 9, 2016, at 11:14 PM, Mobolaji Aluko <alu...@gmail.com> wrote:

My People:

This broom sweep of Judges in Nigeria is long overdue....

I support this sting, support Falana's statement that they should be charged QUICKLY, and deplore NBA's position on it in agreement with Paul Adujie.

Bolaji Aluko

OPERATION BROOM Against Five Current and Former Judges of Dade County in Miami, Florida of June 1991

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"An uneasy calm followed the initial shock in Miami's legal community in the wake of the June 8 raids on the homes  and offices of  five present and former Dade County, Fla. judges.    The raids, which came as "a complete surprise" netted thousands of dollars in marked $100 dollar bills allegedly paid in bribes, according to authorities......

In an odd twist, documents disclosed in connection with the Miami investigation identified Raymond J. Takiff .....as a key figure.in the undercover operation.  Takiff...began cooperating with prosecutors after signing a plea agreement for unspecified crimes in November 1989, the document revealed..."

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[Afis Deinde]

Excellent points!

By the way, Clinton won tonight.
"Bigly" excellent!!

Afis

“Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame.” — Dhamapada, verse 81.

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[Leye Ige]

Afis/Prof,
From the timing of this "strike" against the judges, do you suppose it is part of a political pincer movement by Buhari, to wit: use it to garner support from especially the SW whom he knows would go for any attempt at curbing corruption while simultaneously trying to neutralize the SW political leadership, itself through corrupt means a la 5 > 6 as well as deliberately lying about how the VP came to be chosen? Abi, which of the elections in Nigeria since his coming to power experienced a 5>6 scenario and its accompaniments, except Kogi and Ondo States? The "worst" that had happened were "inconclusive" elections. So, why don't we simply wait and let the whole shebang play itself out???
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On Sun, 10/9/16, 'Afis Deinde' via AfricanWorldForum <africanw...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Subject: Re: [africanworldforum] Re: [Naijaintellects] On the Matter of the Stunning Arrest of Many Very Senior Judges in Nigeria {Re: Arrest of Roguish Judges is constitutional
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Date: Sunday, October 9, 2016, 11:52 PM

Excellent
points!By

levels.Nigeria has witnessed and

justice!The DSS have Probable Cause(s) to

Multiple RaidsOctober 8, 2016

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[Wilson Iguade]

I did not have to wait for Paul Adujie's write up or Falana's involvement in order for me to call for prosecution of ANY criminal act, however, I knew then and now that Okoi (prosecutor in charge) and the AG office will not do SHIT - prosecute!

Instead we would see Okoi and his AG buddy spewing write ups in defense of rubbish and criminal acts in Buhari Regime. Prosecute current crimes currently happening in the country today! Period.

Iguade


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[Mobolaji Aluko]

Leye Ige:

I do not know about the spirit behind the TIMING of the picking-up of the Judges, but  I understand that it was delayed due to uncertainty about how the President would take it, until the President wondered why it had not already happened.  I also know that it was long overdue.

What I also do not know is whether, like a chess player, the next move after this Judges' arrests has been thought out, because corruption has a way of fighting back in strange ways in our country.  Who knows whether ALL the Supreme Court judges will show up in court when the two or three SC judges are arraigned?  Who knows whether the Supreme Court will REFUSE to hear any further cases until the cases of their colleagues are disposed of......and then that will be never, since they will be argued UP to the Supreme Court?  Who knows whether "conflict of interest" will even be invoked by those SC judges who were not arrested, so as not to ever hear the case?  Or the NJC will be so piqued that it was bypassed that it will down tools?  Can you imagine that the NBA is declaring a "state of emergency" and "downing tools" (?) because of the arrest of judges?

This has been my little problem with the PMB administration so far, that in the fight against deep corruption in Nigeria, the reaction of the corrupt and its enablers are UNPRECEDENTED and UNUSUAL, whether it is in the Legislature, the Judiciary and in the Executive, - or even the Press - and that there are even members of the larger society who have been compromised into believing that CORRUPTION is more conducive to their well-being than the present effort to sanitize our country.  Therefore, before the PMB Administration takes one particular step against corruption, it must ANTICIPATE the worst reaction to it, and then counter that reaction - whether it is in the preemptive protection of the oil wells in the Niger-Delta, or deep interest in the choice of Leadership in the Legislature, or accusations against Budget padding in both the Legislature and the Judiciary, in the banks' reaction to the TSA, or the Press' sometimes biased "headline-reporting" of events.

I am happy that the Presidency has made some statement about the arrest of the Judges.  I am aware that Buhari is mortally afraid of being accused of being a dictator, but if he feels that he can sit coyly in Aso Rock and let EVERY thing take its course without his firm hands and engagement, NOT a single thing would have changed much in 2019.  This is why a person,  without being accused, recently CONFESSED to ownership of fat-dollar accounts in Nigeria, even suing the EFCC over it,  because certain citizens are not SUFFICIENTLY frightened about the seriousness of the war against corruption, and feel that some INTIMIDATION over un-touchability can provide immunity, making Buhari into a pussycat.  

One hopes that this Judge-gate action is a new beginning to the attack against corruption....this is where it should all have started - the Judiciary, the Police and the Banks, the latter probably still hiding MANY dollar-accounts illegally.  One also hopes that looted monies already, no matter how little for now, are fully disclosed AND deployed IMMEDIATELY.

As to the new South-West politics, I smile.   That Tinubu has suddenly become the darling of those who have historically hated his guts is quite amusing. Despite all accusations to the contrary, BAT is a very measured politician, knows his onions, his limitations and his vulnerabilities.  I have also heard different versions of the choice of Veep or no Veep - you hear three different versions from two different persons -  but who-did-what at this stage in time is all childish - we now have a President and a Vice-President, voted in by ALL of Nigerians.   It matters VERY LITTLE to me, but I know of the machinations of those who want to knock heads - as part of their (Bring Back Corruption) BBC strategy.

I also wonder how my senior American colleague Prof. John Paden - with who I clashed several times during the pro-democracy period - suddenly became given so much access that he could write a biography on President Buhari.  The tendency of all our leaders - including President Obasanjo - to give unimpeded access to foreign (particularly Western) fellows without finding out their antecedents, always beats me. 80-year-old (?) Prof. Paden, in his book (which I have not read, but I have seen excerpts; I ran into him at the lobby of Transcorp Hilton a few days ago;  almost seized a copy from him when he showed it to me) has lobbed some grenades into our political minefield, and while he quietly returns to his George Mason University, we will be here in Nigeria lunging at each other.

I find that unreasonable.

Finally, I agree completely with INEC head Prof. Mahmud Yakub that "inconclusive elections" are actually good for Nigeria, that they are an indication of a more responsible INEC obeying its own internal rules,  so that once politicians and the Nigerian society know that "inconclusive elections" WILL be repeated until they become CONCLUSIVE - with each "inconclusive" "inconclusive election" becoming more conclusive as they are repeated - then you will see that inconclusive elections will reduce in time.

And there you have it.

Bolaji Aluko

On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 5:30 AM, 'Leye Ige' via AfricanWorldForum <africanw...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Afis/Prof,
From the timing of this "strike" against the judges, do you suppose it is part of a political pincer movement by Buhari, to wit:  use it to garner support from especially the SW whom he knows would go for any attempt at curbing corruption while simultaneously trying to neutralize the SW political leadership, itself through corrupt means a la 5 > 6 as well as deliberately lying about how the VP came to be chosen? Abi, which of the elections in Nigeria since his coming to power experienced a 5>6 scenario and its accompaniments, except Kogi and Ondo States? The "worst" that had happened were "inconclusive" elections. So, why don't we simply wait and let the whole shebang play itself out???
Leye Ige
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[afis 'Deinde]

I don't get involve in internal affairs of APC. 

I am not a member of APC. At this point, arresting and "capturing" Soldiers of Corruption" is a task that must be done, except if Buhari ta felefele to arrest our "no go Leaders". 

I don't mince my words, No one should bother our Ebora Owu, the Castrator of Igbos. No on should touch Asiwaju Tinubu, that's the mistake the foolish man from Otuoke made.

Arrest all Igbo leaders, Idoma leaders but not Yoruba that I named.  That's the only level we will fight for Tinubu. The rest inside APC na him palava. If he didn't like it, let him pull his faction out. I am not a politician, he as a politician should know that Fulani are not trustworthy. Fulani are snakes and they are overly ambitious. Fulani wants to Islamize Nigeria. He knows so he must have an exit plan.

We have him the proverbial Carte Blanche pussy, now Tinubu is asking us why the pussy lacks hairs?

If Tinubu's faction is snoozing and let Buhari or Atiku steal his base then he doesn't deserve the leadership we bestowed on him.

People like Afis have given him lots of passes including allegations of his looting Lagos state, allegations that he is strong-arming other Yoruba states getting percentages in monthly dues from those governors at the expense of "We the people". 

People like Afis have been insulted due to their support for Tinubu, even when we heard Tinubu is loading his family into government, including his son-on-law et all.  

We have not queried his sanity for making people like Fuad Oki a lifetime "commissioner without portfolio", a Fuad Oki who never went to any university in the US, we gave Tinubu a free pass, chalking all these excesses under "that's Naija politics" rationalization.

I am NOT canvassing for money ooo, I don't need it and if offered I will donate to my Ogun Ajobo crowd. So, don't misunderstand my vexation. Tinubu should fight his battles and go all out to win, since Yoruba have given him enough financial resources to fight those battles. No whining, nothing!

Please, Alagba, don't insult our intelligence. People like Afis support Tinubu with the hope that he can hold the fort and keep consolidating his Western States, and by now take over Ondo and move to take over Ekiti which he lost while snoozing. He nearly lost Lagos out of Bad Belle, fighting Fashola. What's wrong with Tinubu paapaa sef?

Alagba Leye, there's a reason we turn a blind eye, if the reasons are now one step removed, Afis asked "what good is supporting Tinubu then?"

Afi Tinubu joye awodi oo le gba'die!

Tinubu is very disappointing at this hour.

If Buhari outmaneuvered him in his own House, then what's he good for?

All opinion remains mine, and no one else.

Have a happy Sunday!

Shikena 

Afis
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[Leye Ige]

Prof Aluko,
There is a consistency in what the President would or would not take in this fight against corruption whose foundation was/is based on a moral agency, as it were and where Buhari has been sold as that “moral agent”. As it so often happens in these circumstances, questions would abound where the moral agent feigns ignorance about when things should have happened. We all know that the corrupt will fight back, regardless of the tactics they employ. But when the “moral agent” as the chief executive, allows such tactics to dominate the fight, one begins to wonder whether such a fight is really the end-goal or a means to an end; a fight against corruption cannot be an end in itself as corruption and the fight against it will always occur as long as society exists. It must therefore be a means to an end, posing the question: what end?
I will use the following two examples to illustrate my point, so kindly come with me:
(1) Buhari’s supposed candidate for NASS Presidency is form the North East who was somehow manipulated out of the show. We were made to believe that Buhari did nothing about it, even when it was obvious that his candidate would be edged out. Yet, the legislature is an important, if not the most important part of the fight against corruption, (the judiciary is NOT the most important as it is bound by whatever laws that exist. The judiciary’s strength is derived from the legislature) but here we are leaving its leadership to “sort itself out”. The only conclusion I can reach from this, flowing from the “end-goal” is that Buhari did not care about the leadership as long as it remains in the north—which, by itself already negates the fight against corruption as it is now encumbered with moral corruption.
(2) Inconclusive elections may or may not be a vehicle to address INEC’s shortcomings; but the Kogi and Ondo cases are NOT about INEC but about the STATE. The inconclusive elections are being handled(supposedly) within legal parameters but in Kogi/Ondo, extralegal measures were adopted by leveraging the state apparatus to ensure pre-determined outcomes. Again, the “moral agent” was supposed to be “unaware”. And this is not about whether there should be opposition or not, but the manner through which the opposition could only have its way bringing forth, once again, the moral agency.
You can see a pattern from just these two—there are others—so then, what is the purpose of the fight against corruption when the moral agent is almost always unaware of when things are to be done especially when issues of TIMING arise, which dovetails into the SW case.
Anyone can tell any story about anything—we all have our ways of arriving at what we consider to be the truth of the matter. But when the president makes it an issue, it goes beyond story telling. John Paden wrote Ahmadu Bello’s biography, it is not fortuitous that he will be asked to write that of Buhari, and any claims he made could have been left to political pundits to argue about; but when the moral agent made it his duty to address the VP issue, something must then be cooking.
Anti-corruption is a recurring decimal in Nigeria’s history, yet it has only grown wings up to what we are witnessing now. It can be said that these previous attempts were not handled by “moral agents” as they were alleged to have been deeply involved in such acts. The difference, now, is the introduction of the moral agent into the equation, whose morality, we are made to understand, was founded an anti-corruption ethos but who does not now want to be seen as a “dictator” AFTER giving “free pass” to a legislature that any kindergartner knows will pull the plug off the anti-corruption fight. So, to me, with history as a guide, anti-corruption had been utilized as a means towards neutralizing the progressive leadership in general and SW(Yoruba) leadership in particular—1966, 1983 coups are cases in point.
Is this then a “pro-corruption” advocacy? NO. Just that the political context must be well understood such that we are not taken for a ride, once again. I have always stated that “fighting against corruption” is NOT the priority in Nigeria. This “morality-induced” fight proves the point. All of the “savings” from seized monies and properties, TSA, etc will also be used to fund/finance the superstructure of governance. “Diversification” of the economy, especially SOLID MINERALS, will also be “shared”. What then is the value of the fight, save probable vengeance or feel-good imprisonment of culprits? Meanwhile, IF Buhari gets away with his anti-Tinubu stance, Yorubaland will be thrown way back into the 1983-1999 era all over again; for the superstructure that enables “THIS” corruption would still remain intact.
Now, Tinubu and his group embraced Buhari knowing full well not only the Fulani antics but also questions of power—at least their 2011 engagement proves the point and once again gives rise to the moral agency, to wit: the alliance to defeat Jonathan in 2015, where Buhari was assumed to be the “moral agent”.
This would have been a different matter if those involved were only political vultures but here we are saddled with a moral agent who is now going beyond moral bounds to ensure his political dominance. Or what morality exist in utilizing illegal methods to ensure political victory and claiming ignorance about it as in 5>6(Ondo) or ensuring the “victory” of a primary non-participant?(Kogi). When the moral foundation of anti-corruption is itself corrupt………….

Thank you.
Leye Ige

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Date: Monday, October 10, 2016, 6:47 AM

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Aluko

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Afis/Prof,

From the timing of this "strike" against the
judges, do you suppose it is part of a political pincer
movement by Buhari, to wit:  use it to garner support from
especially the SW whom he knows would go for any attempt at
curbing corruption while simultaneously trying to neutralize
the SW political leadership, itself through corrupt means a
la 5 > 6 as well as deliberately lying about how the VP
came to be chosen? Abi, which of the elections in Nigeria
since his coming to power experienced a 5>6 scenario and
its accompaniments, except Kogi and Ondo States? The
"worst" that had happened were
"inconclusive" elections. So, why don't we
simply wait and let the whole shebang play itself out???

Leye Ige

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[GEORGE Kerley]

You are a professor of Engineering and a former Dean at Howard. Do you not know the difference between the FBI and the US Secret Service? Can the Secret Service carry out such an operation in the United States? What is happening to you people?

Is it okay for me to catch an armed robber and set fire to him because he is an armed robber?

GK

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[Mobolaji Aluko]

George Kerley:

Yes, I am a Professor of Engineering, and not Dean but once Head of Department/Director of Programs at Howard University.  For your information, I have lived CONTINUOUSLY in the United States since December 31, 1978.  I have not only been a student, and worked on the East and West Coast of the US - mainly in universities - all of those years, but very closely STUDIED many of the institutions of the country, to find out what make or do not make many of their institutions tick.  During that time, I have always looked at what would or would not work in my native country Nigeria, a very challenging task.

Now to answer your questions DIRECTLY:

1.  There is nothing happening to "you" people - whoever those "you" are.  We dey kampe.

2.  It is not okay to catch a robber and set him on fire.  That would be extra-judicial assault, a crime in itself.  Rather, he is merely a suspected robber, who should be ARRESTED, charged and tried before a competent judge within a proper jurisdiction, with the accused being fully aware of the charges against him, and being availed of a competent defense attorney.  If found guilty, he should be jailed commensurate with the crime, and as spelt out in the law books, with the judge being given some latitude of the sentencing.  Any other question on this matter?

3.  Yes, I know the difference between the US Secret Service and the FBI.  Please take a stroll with me.....

4.  About the US Secret Service, it has a PROTECTIVE mission (with which we are all more familiar with) and (like the FBI, Federal Bureau of INVESTIGATION), it also has an INVESTIGATIVE Mission (which makes it look more like our EFCC, but investigating FEWER things than the FBI):

QUOTE

http://www.secretservice.gov/protection/

The Protective Mission

The Secret Service is recognized for the physical protection it provides to the nation’s highest elected leaders, visiting foreign dignitaries, facilities and major events. In order to ensure a secure environment for protectees, the Secret Service integrates a variety of innovative technologies and maintains a highly skilled and motivated workforce.

Using advanced countermeasures, the Secret Service executes security operations that deter, minimize and decisively respond to identified threats and vulnerabilities. The protective environment is enhanced by specialized resources within the Secret Service, including: the Airspace Security Branch; the Counter Sniper Team; the Emergency Response Team; the Counter Surveillance Unit; the Counter Assault Team; the Hazardous Agent Mitigation and Medical Emergency Response Team; and the Magnetometer Operations Unit. Other specialized resources also serve to provide protection from threats, including chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials and explosive devices.

http://www.secretservice.gov/investigation/

The Investigative Mission

Since its inception in 1865, the Secret Service was created to investigate and prevent counterfeiting. Today the agency’s investigative mission has evolved from enforcing counterfeiting laws to safeguarding the payment and financial systems of the United States from a wide range of financial and computer-based crimes. To combat these crimes, the Secret Service has adopted a proactive approach, using advanced technologies and capitalizing on the power of task force partnerships.

The U.S. Secret Service has a pivotal role in securing the nation’s critical infrastructures, specifically in the areas of cyber, banking and finance. Other directives address the need to combat transnational organized crime that targets the citizens and financial institutions of the United States. In response to the globalization of technology- based threats, the U.S. Secret Service’s investigative mission abroad is growing as well, creating the need for a heightened overseas liaison presence.

Today, multi-disciplined forensics experts, investigative experts and intelligence analysts provide rapid response and critical information in support of financial analysis, infrastructure protection and criminal investigations.

UNQUOTE

4.  Now, what about the FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation nko?

The FBI INVESTIGATES inter-alia (please see: https://www.fbi.gov/investigate):

  1.  Terrorism

  2.  Counterintelligence

  3.  Cybercrime

  4.  Public Corruption

  5.  Civil Rights

  6.  Organized Crime

  7.  White Collar Crime

  8.  WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction

5.  The Director of the US Secret Service and the Director of the FBI are both appointed by the President of the United States.

6.   Now I am sure that you were ignorant of the fact that the US Secret Service - like the FBI  - has an investigative mission.  So you thought it was ONLY the FBI that can arrest.  No - both of them can ARREST based on their stated missions.

7.  However, you can see from  the stated investigative Missions of the two organizations that they  can actually on OCCASION intersect, in which case the organizations will have to COLLABORATE and COOPERATE with each other.  That collabo could include one ARRESTING on behalf of the other, and the other COMPLETING the case.  Clearly SOMEONE must determine that collabo - and I am sure that there is a credible mechanism for doing that.

8.    You will notice that the FBI - which is a FEDERAL policing body - does not deal with or respond to things like Traffic violations, home burglary, domestic violence, crowd control, etc..  Those are dealt with by LOCAL Law Enforcement Units in the United States - those that we more traditional call State, County or even institutional POLICE, who also have their protective and investigative missions, and all of who I will collectively refer to as US Subnational Police.  When institutional lines are called, the county police is called in.  When county lines are crossed, the state police is called in.  When state lines are crossed - and depending on the nature of the crime and the "treaties" between the states involved - the FBI is called in.  And when the FBI is called in, that means real trouble! :-)

9.  Clearly, the Law Enforcement Equation is:

  

 NIGERIA (Police NPF + DSS + EFCC + ICPC)  = USA (USSS + FBI + SubNational Police)

with the NPF doing ALL of the work of the USA Subnational Police, some of the work of the USSS and some of the work of the FBI; the USSS doing some of each of the work of the NPF, DSS, EFCC and ICPC.  The point is that there is no ONE-to-ONE equivalent of these security forces; but they ALL cover what is necessary.

Any further questions, GK, and I will have to start to charge you - in dollars.

And there you have it.

Bolaji Aluko

Since its inception in 1865, the Secret Service was created to investigate and prevent counterfeiting. Today the agency’s investigative mission has evolved from enforcing counterfeiting laws to safeguarding the payment and financial systems of the United States from a wide range of financial and computer-based crimes. To combat these crimes, the Secret Service has adopted a proactive approach, using advanced technologies and capitalizing on the power of task force partnerships.

The U.S. Secret Service has a pivotal role in securing the nation’s critical infrastructures, specifically in the areas of cyber, banking and finance. Other directives address the need to combat transnational organized crime that targets the citizens and financial institutions of the United States. In response to the globalization of technology- based threats, the U.S. Secret Service’s investigative mission abroad is growing as well, creating the need for a heightened overseas liaison presence.

Today, multi-disciplined forensics experts, investigative experts and intelligence analysts provide rapid response and critical information in support of financial analysis, infrastructure protection and criminal investiga

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[Ayo Ojutalayo]

George,

Nigeria's DSS is not an equivalent of US Secret Service. If DSS could "carry out such an operation" when politicians, military personnel and business men are concerned (because DSS is statutorily so empowered), why can DSS not do it when Judges and Justices are concerned?  

By all means, I support the DSS and all law enforcement agencies being taken to court if they go outside their statutory powers. So far, there is no evidence that DSS behaved outside its statutory powers or outside the Constitution.

Ayo Ojutalayo

"When you are too gentlemanly with SOBs and bullies, they grow wings and never change their habits.  Ultimately, deep down,  they are cowards...Nebukadineze Adiele - not his parent-given name; one of the ghosts that pollute our Naija forums and write in pseudonym, as one of their "free speech" exercises  - is a prime example." . . . .  Bolaji Aluko

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[afis 'Deinde]

DSS is a cross between CID and FBI and nothing. Secret Service ?

Gimme a break.
Afis
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[Leye Ige]

Afis,
Place your definitions in CONTEXT. I stated that YOU are the one insulting your own intelligence and you have now proven it. IF Tinubu supported Fayemi and he went on to accede to 5>6, how did that become Tinubu being “outmaneuvered”? It would have been so only IF Tinubu’s candidate lost the primary fair and square—you keep forgetting that!! You keep forgetting that 5>6 is NOT a question of maneuvering but OUTRIGHT FRAUD by Abuja or where in your dictionary definition is FRAUD equated with maneuver??????? In fact fraud is resorted to when maneuver becomes impossible!!!! It is up to you to decide to be disappointed in anyone—but KNOW THIS—Tinubu is NOT going down. Those going down are the ABUJA FRAUDS—Yoruba and non-Yoruba.
Leye Ige


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Subject: Re: [africanworldforum] Re On the Matter of the Stunning Arrest of Many Very Senior Judges in Nigeria {Re: Arrest of Roguish Judges is constitutional
To: africanw...@googlegroups.com
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Date: Monday, October 10, 2016, 2:39 PM

 insult
someone’s intelligence - definition and
synonyms        PHRASEContribute to our Open
Dictionaryto treat someone
as if they are stupidDon’t insult my intelligence by making ridiculous excuses.


Sometimes Alagba Leye, you are just
too banal in my view.   If you never read or
heard it before, the definition is up
there. Again "stop insulting my
intelligence", if that's what you preferred as a
Nigerian.
I said
Tinubu was "outmaneuvered", you argued it
wasn't it. Then you told us of Fayemi, how
Tinubu stood by him and lost MOB, then Fayemi betrayed him
now with some 5>6. Is that not
outmaneuvering?In a few, you will come back with
the definition, and some overly belabored renunciation of
all those guys who are against Tinubu. 
I hope those guys closer to Tinubu
are not misleading him by not confronting him with a
mirrored image of what grumbling masses are now thinking
about him.He can't be right all the time,
Alagba.We all considered Fashola an upstanding
person, Tinubu nearly disgraced him out of office. I am
really getting impatient and disappointed in
Tinubu.
Look let's
drop it.

Afis 
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from my iPhone
On Oct 10,

2016, at 1:27 PM, 'Leye Ige' via AfricanWorldForum
<africanw...@googlegroups.com>
wrote:

“Please, Alagba, don't insult

our intelligence. People like Afis support Tinubu with the
hope that he can hold the fort and keep consolidating his
Western States, and by now take over Ondo and move to take
over Ekiti which he lost while snoozing. He nearly lost
Lagos out of Bad Belle, fighting Fashola. What's wrong
with Tinubu paapaa sef? Alagba Leye, there's a reason we
turn a blind eye, if the reasons are now one step removed,
Afis asked "what good is supporting Tinubu
then?"Afi Tinubu joye awodi oo le gba'die! Tinubu
is very disappointing at this hour. If Buhari outmaneuvered
him in his own House, then what's he good

for?”--Afis

Afis,
You
are the one insulting your own intelligence, if there is any
expression like that. Did you READ what you wrote? So, you
“ support Tinubu with the hope that he can hold the forte
and keep consolidating his Western States and by now take
over Ondo and move over to Ekiti which he lost while
snoozing”????????????? Do we need a John Padden to write
that episode for us?
But IF
 Tinubu didn’t snooze in Osun, HOW come he snoozed in
Ekiti? Both elections occurred at about the same time!!!
What role(s) did the APC candidates play in both instances
such that you will now place the blame on Tinubu? In Ekiti,
Tinubu’s previously excellent relationship with Bamidele
was “severed” for  Fayemi’s sake!!! So exactly how
did he snooze? Or are you now saying that he should not have
supported Fayemi?
And now in
Ondo, he submitted himself to the laid down
regulations—was he snoozing when Abuja, in cahoots with
the same Fayemi now decreed that 5 is greater than 6—and
this was AFTER it had been shown BEYOND DOUBT that the
primary was FAULTY and a rerun expected????This is what you
call being “outmaneuvered”???? And what exactly do you
expect him to do when such a decree is being made except to
“cry” out as he had done? Do you expect him to invade
Abuja in order to show he’s not snoozing??? See how you
insult your own intelligence???
So you turned a blind eye---I DID NOT
TURN ANY BLIND EYE TO ANYTHING FOR THERE WAS NO REASON TO---
so why is it that whatever it is you turned your blind eyes
from are NOT being addressed on their own merits? Why MUST
the political flank be neutralized BEFORE such a step is
taken and then such neutralization being based on absolute
fraud????
So, Tinubu is NOT
the one that “is disappointing at this hour” but those
who REFUSE to see the Ondo stuff for the shenanigan that it
was/is and call it “outmaneuvering”. Na Wah!!! The same
way(s) the AG was “outmaneuvered” in 1965 and
Omoboriowo’s “outmaneuvering” in 1983.
Leye Ige

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wrote:

Subject: Re: [africanworldforum] Re: On

the Matter of the Stunning Arrest of Many Very Senior Judges
in Nigeria {Re: Arrest of Roguish Judges is
constitutional

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Date: Monday, October 10, 2016, 7:02
AM

I

don't get involve in internal affairs of
APC. I am

not a member of APC. At this point, arresting and
"capturing" Soldiers of
Corruption" is a task

that must be done, except if Buhari ta felefele to
arrest
our "no go
Leaders". I don't mince my
words, No one should bother our Ebora
Owu, the Castrator of
Igbos.
No on should touch Asiwaju Tinubu, that's the
mistake the foolish man from Otuoke

made.Arrest all Igbo

rationalization.I am NOT canvassing for

awodi oo le gba'die!Tinubu is
very
disappointing at this
hour.If Buhari outmaneuvered

him in his own House, then what's he good for?
All opinion remains
mine, and no one else.Have a
happy

Sunday!Shikena Afis

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my iPhone
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2016, at 12:30 AM, 'Leye Ige'

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wrote:

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Re: [africanworldforum] Re:

[Naijaintellects] On the Matter of the Stunning Arrest

of
Many Very Senior Judges in
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Judges is constitutional

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that Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia has been placed
under

 And there you
have
 it.


 Bolaji Aluko 

 On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at

 4:20 AM, Daniel Akusobi <daku...@gmail.com>
 wrote:


Aluko,Supported!The

 fight
against corruption
should have started from the

judges
 at all
levels.D

 Sent
from my iPhone
 On Oct 9,
2016, at 11:14 PM, Mobolaji

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 levels.Nigeria has witnessed

justice!The DSS have Probable Cause(s) to

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[afis 'Deinde]

Alagba Leye Ige, we are on the same side, but the difference is, I am NOT in APC. My loyalty is to my conscience.
You guys ain't doing right by our people.
Too much in-fighting and grammar ain't gon' solve our hunger, illiteracy, healthcare and all others.

There's no other context to place my expression than the way it was expressed.
You could have asked why I think you are insulting my intelligence rather than your defensive pose.
I would have asked you to explain why Tinubu is silence on Regional govt, or Referendum.
Most of us want him to lead not to just wear "Asiwaju" like a hat. Okay?
Why is he not interested in Regional govt or extreme version of it?
People are restless and the vacuum may be filled by more extreme elements of our Yoruba society.
I hope you are listening, Odua Nation is a Secession waiting for a leader!

People are hungry, no light nothing, all you guys fight for is power. All his family members are in power, wife, daughter, son-in-law, and in not so far future his child may vie for Governor.
Is that the only thing we want of him?
Did Chief Awolowo place all his family members in government?
You all are insulting our intelligence and showing us we are monkeys.
Restlessness will bring the end of civility in that nation!!
Shikena

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[Leye Ige]

Afis,
I am not being defensive when I stated Tinubu is NOT going down. That is simply the TRUTH and this is not about being in the APC or not. One’s conscience and therefore loyalty must have a platform for its expression. The FACT is, the APC is the only party platform we have that can get us anywhere, at least for now, which was/is source of fraud perpetrated by Abuja and its Yoruba collaborators to try to redirect the party. And this is NOT about a person; for it is a truism that history does NOT move in a linear manner.
You are WRONG in your assertion, to wit: that Tinubu is not interested in Regional government. But let’s leave that aside for now.
So Tinubu has his family members in power and Awo did not. For you that is insulting your intelligence; for me it is NOT. Tinubu is a product of his political circumstances, just as Awo was. Awo played his role according to the then prevailing circumstances, Tinubu has to play his own within his circumstances and we cannot substitute one for the other, otherwise, continuous failure will become our reality . Sir, secession, Regionalism or even Referendum are NOT achieved by brashness, emotionalism or feel good talk, but by “correct grammar”. In May 1968, the leader of the “French May”(the students’ revolt) was asked what their “theory of revolution” was and he responded by saying it will be “picked up along the way”. Their revolution ended shortly thereafter, for those who already had the “theory”(grammar) simply took over. So sir, getting the “grammar” right is the first step to success. I’m out of this discussion.

Leye Ige

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Subject: Re: [africanworldforum] Re: On the Matter of the Stunning Arrest of Many Very Senior Judges in Nigeria {Re: Arrest of Roguish Judges is constitutional

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[ksonif]

There was no theory we didn't hear when a few of us noted the Fulani predilection for treachery. The spit on the floor has not even dried before the whole alliance unravelled before our very eyes.

The kind of ridicule our elders were subjected to (northerners will NEVER behave in this manner), makes one wonder at the large heartedness of these elders in offering Tinubu succor from his erstwhile allies.

Of course, we will not allow Fulanis dictate the course of events in Oodualand. To this end Tinubu's safety is assured.

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[Joseph Onuorah]

Another example of how President Buhari is doing his best to rid the country of corruption. A disease that must be treated else nothing else works. This action alone puts the rogue judges and attorneys all over the country that no one is above the law. Those who condemn this arrest should be ignored for they know not what they talking about. I guess the judges should have been "invited" or limousines should have been sent to pick them up. 

Joe


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[Wilson Iguade]

Below is also a good tutorial for the Nigerians in the USA (Eba eaters, meaning very limited association in the culture), who do not know this facts, as I indicated prior. Secret Service "arrest" criminals every fucking day in the USA and CHARGE them expeditiously and promptly under law. Iguade


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> On Oct 10, 2016, at 11:07 AM, Mobolaji Aluko <alu...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> George Kerley:
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> Yes, I am a Professor of Engineering, and not Dean but once Head of Department/Director of Programs at Howard University. For your information, I have lived CONTINUOUSLY in the United States since December 31, 1978. I have not only been a student, and worked on the East and West Coast of the US - mainly in universities - all of those years, but very closely STUDIED many of the institutions of the country, to find out what make or do not make many of their institutions tick. During that time, I have always looked at what would or would not work in my native country Nigeria, a very challenging task.
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> Now to answer your questions DIRECTLY:
>
> 1. There is nothing happening to "you" people - whoever those "you" are. We dey kampe.
>
> 2. It is not okay to catch a robber and set him on fire. That would be extra-judicial assault, a crime in itself. Rather, he is merely a suspected robber, who should be ARRESTED, charged and tried before a competent judge within a proper jurisdiction, with the accused being fully aware of the charges against him, and being availed of a competent defense attorney. If found guilty, he should be jailed commensurate with the crime, and as spelt out in the law books, with the judge being given some latitude of the sentencing. Any other question on this matter?
>

> 3. Yes, I know the difference between the US Secret Service and the FBI. Please take a stroll with me.....

> And there you have it.
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> Bolaji Aluko
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> Since its inception in 1865, the Secret Service was created to investigate and prevent counterfeiting. Today the agency’s investigative mission has evolved from enforcing counterfeiting laws to safeguarding the payment and financial systems of the United States from a wide range of financial and computer-based crimes. To combat these crimes, the Secret Service has adopted a proactive approach, using advanced technologies and capitalizing on the power of task force partnerships.
>
> The U.S. Secret Service has a pivotal role in securing the nation’s critical infrastructures, specifically in the areas of cyber, banking and finance. Other directives address the need to combat transnational organized crime that targets the citizens and financial institutions of the United States. In response to the globalization of technology- based threats, the U.S. Secret Service’s investigative mission abroad is growing as well, creating the need for a heightened overseas liaison presence.
>
> Today, multi-disciplined forensics experts, investigative experts and intelligence analysts provide rapid response and critical information in support of financial analysis, infrastructure protection and criminal investiga
>

> On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 4:00 PM, GEORGE Kerley <gke...@gmail.com<mailto:gke...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> You are a professor of Engineering and a former Dean at Howard. Do you not know the difference between the FBI and the US Secret Service? Can the Secret Service carry out such an operation in the United States? What is happening to you people?
>
> Is it okay for me to catch an armed robber and set fire to him because he is an armed robber?
>
> GK
>

> On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 4:14 AM, Mobolaji Aluko <alu...@gmail.com<mailto:alu...@gmail.com>> wrote:
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> My People:
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> This broom sweep of Judges in Nigeria is long overdue....
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> I support this sting, support Falana's statement that they should be charged QUICKLY, and deplore NBA's position on it in agreement with Paul Adujie.
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>
> Bolaji Aluko
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>
> OPERATION BROOM Against Five Current and Former Judges of Dade County in Miami, Florida of June 1991
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> QUOTE
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> "An uneasy calm followed the initial shock in Miami's legal community in the wake of the June 8 raids on the homes and offices of five present and former Dade County, Fla. judges. The raids, which came as "a complete surprise" netted thousands of dollars in marked $100 dollar bills allegedly paid in bribes, according to authorities......
>

> In an odd twist, documents disclosed in connection with the Miami investigation identified Raymond J. Takiff .....as a key figure.in<http://figure.in> the undercover operation. Takiff...began cooperating with prosecutors after signing a plea agreement for unspecified crimes in November 1989, the document revealed..."
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[Mobolaji Aluko]

Wilson Iguade:

Yes, a good tutorial....in different countries, different law enforcement agencies can cooperate and collaborate, and so may seem to doing the same things, when in fact they are each doing best what each can under a particular given circumstance, or merely to distribute workload.

Here below is a Press Release from the EFCC on how it cooperates and collaborates with the AGF, the Police and the DSS...

Let us learn......

Bolaji Aluko

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/212694-separate-probe-efcc-begins-investigation-eight-judges-two-court-registrars.html

EFCC PRESS RELEASE
Re: Why AGF Shuns EFCC, Sends Judges’ Cases to DSS

The attention of the EFCC has been drawn to a story in the Thursday, 13 October edition of The Punch, headlined, ‘Why AGF shuns EFCC, Sends Judges’ Cases to DSS’. The story, quoting some unnamed sources, tried to drive wedges between the Commission and the office of the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) on the one hand and the Commission and the Department of State Services (DSS) on the other. It alleges among others, that the Office of the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation, frustrated by the alleged tardiness of the EFCC in handling petitions forwarded to it, now sends the same cases to the DSS.

EFCC wishes to put on record, that there is no friction with the office of the AGF and the Commission is not involved in inter-agency squabbles with the DSS. Indeed, the Commission, along with the DSS, ICPC, Police and the office of the AGF, is a member of a technical committee that meets at the highest level of government to collaborate and coordinate strategies against corruption. The last such meeting was as recently as today.

Further, it must be stated that of the seven judges who are subject of the DSS raids, only one of them previously featured in a petition on alleged corruption to the EFCC. Investigation into the petition had reached an advanced stage, when one of the judges got a Federal High Court order to stop further investigation by the Commission. EFCC is still trying to vacate that order for the investigation to proceed unfettered.

However, Nigerians deserve to know that the nature of professional investigation of financial crimes is highly discrete and not given to theatre. The subject usually does not know the Commission is amassing evidences against him or her for several months before the strike. Therefore, the notion that a petition is submitted today and the next things that follow are instant arrests, prosecution and convictions is highly misleading.

In this regard, EFCC is currently investigating eight (8) judges and two (2) court registrars. Some of the suspects who have been invited have made useful statements that have been of great assistance to the investigations. In due course, those who have cases to answer would be arrested and charged to court.

Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
13/10/2016

In separate probe, EFCC begins investigation of eight judges, two court registrars

October 13, 2016Ogala Emmanuel

At least eight Nigerian judges and two court registrars are being investigated following allegations of corruptions levelled against them, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said.

The announcement came six days after the State Security Services raided the homes of seven other judges and arrested them over graft charges. Justice Mohammed Liman could not be arrested in Port Harcourt after Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike and the police blocked SSS operatives from doing so.

The arrested judges were released on bail on Sunday. The SSS however said eight others might soon be rounded up to answer questions regarding alleged corruption.

In its statement Thursday, the EFCC said investigations were proceeding well in the fresh and unrelated probe and that the judges found culpable would soon be arrested and charged to court.

The names of the judges being investigated were however not disclosed.

“Some of the suspects who have been invited have made useful statements that have been of great assistance to the investigations,” EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES.

“In due course, those who have cases to answer would be arrested and charged to court.”

The commission said “of the seven judges who are subject of the SSS raids, only one of them previously featured in a petition on alleged corruption to the EFCC.”

Investigation into the petitions against the judges, it said, had reached advanced stage when one of the judges got a Federal High Court order to stop further probe by the Commission.

“EFCC is still trying to vacate that order for the investigation to proceed unfettered,” Mr. Uwujaren said.

The anti-graft agency was responding to a newspaper report suggesting that the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, had lost confidence in the EFCC, and now preferred to direct corruption allegations to the SSS for investigation.

But in its statement, the EFCC argued that the report was incorrect, saying, “there is no friction with the office of the AGF and the Commission is not involved in inter-agency squabbles with the SSS.”

“Indeed, the Commission, along with the SSS, ICPC, Police and the office of the AGF, is a member of a technical committee that meets at the highest level of government to collaborate and coordinate strategies against corruption,” Mr. Uwujaren said. “The last such meeting was as recently as today.”

He added, “However, Nigerians deserve to know that the nature of professional investigation of financial crimes is highly discrete and not given to theatre.

“The subject usually does not know the Commission is amassing evidences against him or her for several months before the strike. Therefore, the notion that a petition is submitted today and the next things that follow are instant arrests, prosecution and convictions is highly misleading.”

> On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 4:00 PM, GEORGE Kerley <gke...@gmail.com<mailto:gkerl...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> You are a professor of Engineering and a former Dean at Howard. Do you not know the difference between the FBI and the US Secret Service? Can the Secret Service carry out such an operation in the United States? What is happening to you people?
>
> Is it okay for me to catch an armed robber and set fire to him because he is an armed robber?
>
> GK
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