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Buhari Wants Major Al-mustapha, Others Released by koruji(m): 2:03am On Jul 22, 2010 |
Form working with Abacha to attempting to free Abacha's goons from the long hand of the law, it seems Gen. Buhari's sense of justice is non-existent. Abiola died in prison for the "crime" of winning a free and fair election, while Buhari was working for Abacha. Al-Mustapha is facing murder charges that we all know he committed. Buhari disappoints me completely at this point - 1984-85 seems to be a mere flash in the pan afterall Tribune |
Re: Buhari Wants Major Al-mustapha, Others Released by Nobody: 2:18am On Jul 22, 2010 |
al-mustapha of all peope.i dont kow why the guy has not been executed all these years |
Re: Buhari Wants Major Al-mustapha, Others Released by jamace(m): 7:21am On Jul 22, 2010 |
No doubt, Al-mustapha and co are alleged to have cmmitted a crime. Being remanded in prison custody for over 10 years, makes the whole trial issue suspect. I am forced to ask whether our justice system has become political? In another way, is our justice system tied to the apron-string of our political leaders? |
Re: Buhari Wants Major Al-mustapha, Others Released by Ramsky: 12:16pm On Jul 22, 2010 |
What Buhari said is that a trial for 12 years is a miscarriage of justice. Is this true or False? We all know that they committed these crimes but they should face trial and get a judgement |
Re: Buhari Wants Major Al-mustapha, Others Released by Nobody: 12:28pm On Jul 22, 2010 |
actually, i agree with buhari - they should either convict mustapha and co or let them go it has been ten years - they hold him any longer and people may not even remeber what he was jailed for sort of like what happens to petty and other criminals whop spend years awaiting trial |
Re: Buhari Wants Major Al-mustapha, Others Released by Gadols(f): 1:52pm On Jul 22, 2010 |
i think they should be released too. The trial has dragged into 3 administrations. Let the guys go jare. Afterall wetin balogun and co did no pass dat one? |
Re: Buhari Wants Major Al-mustapha, Others Released by koruji(m): 4:00am On Jul 23, 2010 |
What miscarriage of justice? Buhari did not say speed up the trial, he said let them go. We know why it is difficult to provide the kind of "proof" needed in a law court - because these people basically ran our armed forces for 6 years. They were judge, jury, and executioner all at the same time. We know what they did, and they deserve more than they are getting. Miscarriage of justice - Buhari needs to go tell that to Abiola, Saro Wiwa or the untold numbers that had life snuffed out of them during the their reign of terror. You people complain about injustice, and yet do not shy away from encouraging the release of trigger happy goons into our midst. Who knows where they kept the rest of their stolen loot ready to wreck havoc on the nation once beyond prison walls. Whatever happens to Al-Mustapha should be the least of anyone's problems. What we need to worry about is the nature of the person that will take the reign of rulership in Nigeria next. Buhari pupports to be a strict disciplinarian, but we always had doubts, and he has unflattering antecedents. In reality his main claim was the brief 1984-85 rule during which, despite some flashes, they showed a serious lack of a sense of justice. With this kind of attempt at political talk it is clear that Buhari is NOT going to be a good president . I was hoping that with certain adjustments he might actually be one, but this is merely due to short memories - thanks to Gen. Buhari that is no longer the case. A small reminder of Buhari's sense of justice:
Ramsky: |
Re: Buhari Wants Major Al-mustapha, Others Released by koruji(m): 4:07am On Jul 23, 2010 |
oyb: Your comment is closer to what you would expect Gen. Buhari, who is trying to become president to say, and promise to do, not just for Al-Mustapha (actually least for Al-Mustapha) but for our entire justice system. Instead he suggested that they need to be let go - the correct statement should have been "speed up the trial". There is no default let them go, once you are dutifully charged for a capital offence - it can take forever to decide. That is why there is usually something called "time served". Still, no matter how long Al-Mustapha serves before final judgement, he deserves more! That his concern was for Al-Mustapha is revealing a deeper problem that we better pay attention to before it is too late. |
Re: Buhari Wants Major Al-mustapha, Others Released by koruji(m): 4:16am On Jul 23, 2010 |
Did Balogun commit or get charged with murder? What is happening to Al-Mustapha is based on strong circumstantial evidence because were all witnesses. There is also recorded and confessional evidences. Still this may be hard to prove in a court of law, but this is not an ordinary case, these were the guys who ran our armed forces as judge, jury and executional for 6 years - may be longer. Looks like somebody want his goons back for the political fight that is brewing! Otherwise, the least of the corcern of anybody trying to do well as a president of Nigeria is Al-Mustapha's well-deserved travails for snuffing life out of people at will. Gadols: |
Re: Buhari Wants Major Al-mustapha, Others Released by chidichris(m): 7:26am On Jul 23, 2010 |
mustapha has no case against the nigerian constitution rather it is a personal thing with obasanjo. i hated mustapha with passion until his witnesses at oputa panel. obasanjo and others are all military men and they all understand what it means to be under oath as a millitary man. on the other, what case cld last this long? 11 yrs is more than enough period of time to start and finish any case in this world. by now, mustapha shld either be a free man or be serving his jail term. pdp led govt shld be able to establish their case or set this man free. |
Re: Buhari Wants Major Al-mustapha, Others Released by akyus(m): 8:38am On Jul 23, 2010 |
That's just our problem, we're all good historians and too much educated that every good materials available we must do reseacrh and make sure we find reasons to condem. Ok, who is that perfect candidate? Bring him and you'll be surprise when our researhers return. We are not suppose to be where we are today. Let's wake up. |
Re: Buhari Wants Major Al-mustapha, Others Released by Eziachi: 4:50pm On Jul 23, 2010 |
How can you hold someone in prison without conviction for 12 years and thr trial is still on going? That must be the longest trial in the history of the world. They should release the guy now if they can't find something to convict him for 12 long years. If they had found him guilty and sentence him to life, that would have been a different issue altogether now. Nigerian jungle justice. You can just imagine ordinary innocent people the rogue police picked up and lock them up for years on end without trial or even accusation of anything without anyone like Buhari to ask for them, until they roth and die in prison. If your relative is missing for years, don't be surprised that the person is not dead, but locked up inside one of Nigerian gulag prison for nothing. |
Re: Buhari Wants Major Al-mustapha, Others Released by koruji(m): 2:41am On Jul 24, 2010 |
@akyus We know that our choice, at least in this next election, is between the devil and the deep blue sea. Still, we want the "better" of the two options. We cannot fold our arms and fail to interrogate those are planning to rule us. Not after the Yar'adua fiasco, who, I must say, was supposed to be some kind of saint and promised "rule of law". By the time we started asking questions it was too late. Now is the time to do our utmost to select the best of the lot that is available to us. From Buhari's antecedents and his focus on Al-Mustapha I am suggesting that we need to be careful about his sense of justice - my point is not really about Al-Mustapha! Buhari was an even closer witness, perhaps first-hand knowledge, of how Al-Mustapha and his goons ran Nigeria like a killing ground. Their methods, under the direction of Abacha, broke the Nigerian spirit to fight for their rights - people were still protesting in IBB days. A couple of years after Abacha and his gun men took over nobody dared raise a voice in public as it was to the gulag with your head. That spirit is just starting to come back after Yar'adua and his own goons showed us how far they were willing to take their joke. Now that Buhari is trying to contest for the presidency, and despite the myriad of problems the next president will have to address, his public concern is the release of Al-Mustapha. We are not looking for perfection, but for Nigeria to make progress we would need someone that has a keen sense of justice for the masses and whose feet we can hold to the fire to make sure he will do the job for which we are "hiring" him or her - that is how we need to see our government officials from now on. We need to be careful what we wish for this time around. akyus: |
Re: Buhari Wants Major Al-mustapha, Others Released by koruji(m): 2:55am On Jul 24, 2010 |
@Eziachi I could care less about what happens to Al-Mustapha - he deserves it, but you are right that there are many others, and in fact it seems to be a practice, to treat people accused of criminal offenses this way in the Nigerian justice system. My point is really about Buhari's sense of justice as a NIGERIAN presidential candidate. Are we to assume that his thoughts on the shortcomings of the Nigerian justice system consists of getting Al-Mustapha released? What about the 1000s of REALLY innocent people languishing away in dingy prisions - is that how he is going to solve the problem? Shouldn't he balance concern over letting murderers and other criminals loose on our streets with ensuring swift justice? If he was to show himself to be a capable potential president he would have addressed Al-Mustapha's case only in passing, perhaps not even by name to avoid being seen as friends of these murderers, as part of a serious policy speech to bring justice to the Nigerian masses. His call, coupled with his unflattering antecedents from 1984/85, is a big flashing [size=24pt]RED LIGHT[/size] warning. Eziachi: |
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