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| Abubakar Malami, Nigeria’s Justice Minister & Attorney General |
The issue with Buhari’s anti-graft
war is often said not to be the efficacy or otherwise of the tools to
apprehend, but largely prosecutorial competence. By various acts of omission
and commission, the prosecution is often unable to present a water-tight case
to secure conviction.
war is often said not to be the efficacy or otherwise of the tools to
apprehend, but largely prosecutorial competence. By various acts of omission
and commission, the prosecution is often unable to present a water-tight case
to secure conviction.
The reason is not far-fetched:
whereas brawn may serve you well to apprehend, you certainly need a lot of
brain to forensically knock out a suspect in the court of law.
whereas brawn may serve you well to apprehend, you certainly need a lot of
brain to forensically knock out a suspect in the court of law.
We may not have to look too far to
see why the roof appears to be leaking pathetically on criminal justice
administration in Nigeria today.
see why the roof appears to be leaking pathetically on criminal justice
administration in Nigeria today.
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| Shetima of Arewa Youths Forum |
With
the recent juvenile verbiage by the Justice Minister and Attorney-General, Mallam Abubakar Malami, on the Arewa youths who had taken liberty to issue quit
notice to Igbo in the north as though
Nigeria were their father’s exclusive
estate, we, at least, now know the quality of thinking behind policies and
programmes in a ministry tasked with otherwise critical responsibility of
preserving law and order in the society.
The shame is not just the
possibility of harboring bias, but also not being intelligent enough to conceal
it.
possibility of harboring bias, but also not being intelligent enough to conceal
it.
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| Nnamdi Kanu of IPOB |
Asked why none of these misguided
political delinquents (of course, his kinsmen) was arrested and arraigned in
court, Malami simply narrowed it down
to “security considerations”. In order words,
the nation’s chief law officer believes that touching the Arewa youths could either trigger an ethno-religious crisis or
complicate the existing political tension in the land.
political delinquents (of course, his kinsmen) was arrested and arraigned in
court, Malami simply narrowed it down
to “security considerations”. In order words,
the nation’s chief law officer believes that touching the Arewa youths could either trigger an ethno-religious crisis or
complicate the existing political tension in the land.
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna
State had ordered their arrest by security agencies. That was never
enforced.
State had ordered their arrest by security agencies. That was never
enforced.
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| Author, Louis Odion FNGE….Angry with Nigeria’s Justice Minister, Malami for ‘double act’ on IPOB and Arewa Youth’s social misdemeanor |
Meanwhile, the same Malami mindful of “security
considerations” vis-a-vis the Arewa youths
hardly thought twice before rushing to the court seeking a fresh order to
commit the little neo-Biafran
braggart to prison for breaching his bail terms. He does not appear to think or
care about the ethnic sensibility of the South-east and possible security
backlash in the event that Nnamdi Kanu
is re-arrested.
considerations” vis-a-vis the Arewa youths
hardly thought twice before rushing to the court seeking a fresh order to
commit the little neo-Biafran
braggart to prison for breaching his bail terms. He does not appear to think or
care about the ethnic sensibility of the South-east and possible security
backlash in the event that Nnamdi Kanu
is re-arrested.
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| President Muhammadu Buhari: What is his body language to Malami? |
Maybe because our fastidious legal
czar assumes the guy and the mob behind him are nothing but kids of a lesser
god.
czar assumes the guy and the mob behind him are nothing but kids of a lesser
god.
Nigeria is indeed in great danger if this is how best Malami thinks to interpret the law. A
society is doomed if double standard is applied against two acts of perceived
criminality.
society is doomed if double standard is applied against two acts of perceived
criminality.
