Chief Kanu Agabi, the lead lawyer for Senator Bukola Saraki, has apologised over the conduct of Ajibola Oluyede, a senior advocate of Nigeria, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal today.

Agabi, was not in court when there was an exchange of words between the Tribunal Chairman, Danladi Umar and Oluyede on Thursday morning.

On arrival, Agabi interrupted proceedings to apologise for Oluyede’s behaviour.

The Senior Advocate of Nigeria told Mr. Umar that Oluyede was a member of his team and was announced among the defence counsels yesterday. He also urged the Tribunal Chairman not to judge the lawyer by his weakness.

“Don’t be angry. If other people annoy you, would you send them to prison? ”. Agabi queried.

“In this case, I would have done that,” Mr. Umar reaffirmed.

Agabi, however, appealed to him not to be annoyed with the lawyer.

But for the intervention of other lawyers in court, Umar would have sent Oluyede to prison.

The exchange of words was over an application filed by the attorney.

Oluyede had in the application asked Mr. Umar to disqualify himself from hearing the suit against Saraki over allegations that he is also being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, which is also leading the prosecution of the Senate President.

The exchange of words had degenerated into arguments during which Mr. Umar threatened to send the lawyer to prison for contempt.

“The point I was making was that when that application was filed, he filed at a time he was not appearing, and this is an issue tried at High Court, and he brought it here,” Umar said.

“I have said I will not listen to that motion. I would have sent him to prison for contempt in the face of the court. He was arguing with me. I would have sent him to prison. He would have been cooling his feet there now. Maybe from there, he will be taken to another place. It was because other colleagues begged for him that I allowed him to be sitting there now,” Mr. Umar told Agabi.


http://saharareporters.com/2016/04/21/saraki%E2%80%99s-corruption-trial-agabi-begs-umar-over-oluyede%E2%80%99s-behavior

Lolzzzkkkkk
The Lawyer would have been used as a rehearsal of what's going to happen to Saraki but for the begging of people there...

Saraki is in trouble at the sight of Umar. The guy is so aggressive!

SARAKI is more popular than Buhari

TANTUMERGO007:
SARAKI is more popular than Buhari

Obviously for the wrong reason

Yansenseeee

saraki is a scared fish!! lookin for filmsy excuses to stall the trial..

we at kwara are waiting for you to go down..especially us from the kwara south that you call "Animals"..

God will punish you for rotting kwara . not even a culvert has been erected in my hometown for the past 12 years!!.. salaries are not being paid, Saraki literally looted kwara dry..

saraki is going down...

jaybee3:


Obviously for the wrong reason

Yansenseeee

adeke

Why he no send that buffalo to where he belong idiot

Orubebe spirit enter that oluyede

sounds like a script imo.


See a blueprint for it here:


https://www.nairaland.com/3061608/judge-shouts-defendant-not-nigeria

Who is being fooled?
Let them proceed with the case jare.
Will he be sent to jail or just held for contempt?

you for send am to prison jare, make he come back to narrate how the place be for his boss so as to make necessary preparation ahead of his change of residence.

Umar too soft... That Oloyede should not stand before him again

OlujobaSamuel:
you for send am to prison jare, make he come back to narrate how the place be for his boss so as to make necessary preparation ahead of his change of residence.

He shouldn't be seen as taking things personal, no matter the provocation. That would have put more questions about his integrity to preside over the case.
We have to be careful to avoid any loophole that Saraki may further capitalize on.

EdCure:

He shouldn't be seen as taking things personal, no matter the provocation. That would have put more questions about his integrity to preside over the case.
We have to be careful to avoid any loophole that Saraki may further capitalize on.

a judge is at liberty to discipline a rude minister in the temple of law as deem fit within the purview of the law.
what orubebe did can't be entertained in a court of law.
a magistrate once seized a lawyer's phone for making calls at the court room corridor.

is part of the ground plan....
at least Oluyede passed his message

The Judge is the lord of the court. No lawyer has the right to exchange words with him. To be fair to Umar, he gave a very simple explanation to why he won't consider their motion (or whatever it's called) at that time. The lawyer should have simply obeyed before complain, but he took the Orubebe route. He is lucky the judge is a young man, if say na all these old judges wey dey put face like overnight eba na prison he for dey chill now.

TANTUMERGO007:
adeke

oga i guess you're from Auchi...pls do not throw tantrum

What the lawyer did was so wrong in a court session. The judge can do anything at that time. You respect the judge first.

The lawyer should have been held for contempt of the court. But i must say, this trial, which by the way is illegal, is a huge distraction from the various problems bedeviling our nation. Just tune in to any station, both on the tele and the radio, and all you hear is Saraki. BORING!

Oluyede in an attempt at working for money collected from Saraki would have walked himself into a big problem that would have seen him been walked to a prison for working for a wrong man.

Oluyede failed to control his temper

EFCC Witness Against Saraki Again Admits To Errors In Investigation
Saraki would be walking out of court a free man soon.

States that Senate President was only investigated by EFCC and not By CCB as required by law.


Prosecution Witness 1, in the Code of Conduct Tribunal’s (CCT) trial against the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, today admitted that Dr. Saraki was not interrogated by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), in-line with the procedures established by the laws that institute the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal.


Answering questions on cross-examination by Saraki’s counsel,Paul Usoro (SAN), Michael Wetkas, the first witness, who is also an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, maintained that the Senate President was never given an opportunity to confirm nor deny the allegations against him by the CCB, because it was the EFCC that had conducted the investigations relating to the claims, not the CCB.


This revelation, raises new contentions, as the precedent clause in Section 3D of the of the CCT Act, clearly states that all cases at the CCT are dependent on the fact that “the person concerned makes a written admission of such breach or noncompliance, no reference to the Tribunal shall be necessary.”

the man got emotional today, he wasnt getting value for his efforts. amidst pressure from saraki to deliver else he is removed

#sarakimustgo...hope the IB is getting ready for his own trial??

EdCure:

He shouldn't be seen as taking things personal, no matter the provocation. That would have put more questions about his integrity to preside over the case.
We have to be careful to avoid any loophole that Saraki may further capitalize on.

Oluyede's arrest would not have raised any questions. It is contempt of court to argue with a presiding judge. The CCT Chairman was just being magnanimous by letting him go free

Naija film always dey get part one and part two, so when he done reach last fight make una let me know. Can a corrupt person judge someone DAT is been charge with corruption. Naija I hail ooo.

Whatever. Have you heard the reason why we experience so much heat? Because fashola is a crown

That Lawyer is an embarrassment. He needs to personally tender an apology to the Judge. nonsense.

Old man selling his brains for peanuts. Maybe he forgot the power of a judge because of Umar's young age.

He's worse than Orubebe.....Orubebe never apologised profusely for embarrassing himself like this SAN did.

Mtchew

I watched it, and everything was just about pride, junior lawyer, senior lawyer, SAN, small boy and big boy and legal practice application.

Oluyede SAN, you don collect money so any thing wey you see collect am so.

TANTUMERGO007:
SARAKI is more popular than Buhari

Buhari is famous
Saraki is INFAMOUS

These tribe sha, no matter ow educated they claim to be they still show they thuggish nature.