Chai

Apart from SINate, d JudiSHARING are not helping f anti-corruption war of M. Buhari. Just yesterday, The same Federal High Court ruled to unfreeze d account of Patience Jonathan after she affirmed dt d over $5m ind account.were tru gratifications. Which way Nigeria?

Rubbish!

Buhari should declare his assets first

Omg! http://yoloaded.com

jeffmyson:

Not only is he a judge of a federal high court, justice ademola comes from a family of Jurists, his grand father was ounce a chief Justice of Nigeria, his own father was ounce a justice of the court of Appeal and he himself is a justice too. The federal government made a grave mistake of taking such a man to court without any strong evidence.
I have gone through the government submissions in court and what I found out that was presented were evidence based on "hear say", conjectures, and outright double speak.
I suggest the government should forget this case and stop embarrassing themselves in court.

This government has lost four corruption case in 96 hrs (Orubebe,patience,ademola,ozekhome) due to investigative and prosecutorial incompetence!

This administration just set a world record here.

wat are they saying?

just picking people on hatred .investigate n gather enough evidence b4 making an arrest. But in Nigeria its a different case

Lifestone:

This case was lost purely because of poor investigation and EFCC should be held accountable. Media trial is very different from judicial trial, seems FG relishes in media trial while failing in her responsibility to do a detailed investigation that will allow them get a successful trial.
How do you jail somebody just because he got a "gift" and couldn't link the gift to a crime? It's not for the judge to help EFCC, they must prove their case beyond reasonable doubt. There are more cases to be lost ahead if this lazy investigation approach continues

Thank you.
The government and their goons at EFCC thinks that we are still practicing medieval system of Justice.

Media trails are most certainly doomed to fail in a proper court of justice.

seunmsg:
The fact that the judge dismissed the case without even allowing a trial says it all. The anti corruption war is doomed if every arm of government keeps protecting their own from punishment.

The executive protected Babachir Lawal and Abba Kyari from prosecution even when weighty allegations were made against them. The National assembly rallied round Saraki and Dino despite the serious corruption and certificate forgery allegations against them. Now, the judiciary has also joined the fray by protecting one of their own.

The federal government should not waste time and resources appealing the high court judgement. They will get the same outcome at the appellate court. The president should start by taking action against those accused of corruption in the executive. That is the only way to send a strong signal that he's serious about the war on corruption.

Wao!!!!! Never knew you could be this objective and non partizan. You said it all, nothing more to add.

terrible judgment,the judge wont sit on another case in Nigeria again.im sure he didnt sleep well last nite.

Celcius:
Wait o.
Presidency frowns at FG? Is the presidency not federal government in Nigeria's case.
Very confusing and frustrating news all around Nigeria now.

Do u need glasses, 'frown as" and not 'frown at' olodo.

Realdeals:
Huh! The Judiciary

Corruption is seriously fighting back.

How on earth will a judge save 500 million naira in his /her account?

That's half of 1 billion naira......is that his salary?

Only God knows the value of assets already acquired apart from the #500 million naira cash.

I weep for this country!

engineerboat:
Federal Government Thursday appealed the judgment of Justice Jude Okeke that nullified the corruption charges against Justice Adeniyi Ademola, Mrs. Olabowale Ademola and Mr. Joe Agi (SAN).

Also, the government through the federal Ministry of Justice has filed a fresh case in the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT against Justice Ademola and his wife for living above their income and failure to declare their assets.
It will be recalled that Justice Okeke of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Wednesday April 5, 2017, upheld a no case submission by the Defence in the corruption case against Justice Ademola, Mrs. Ademola and Mr. Agi.

The judge also struck out the 18-count charge proffered against the Defendants after holding that the Prosecution failed to prove any of the allegations despite the provisions of sections 53 and 60 of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act (ICPC Act).

However, sources in the Presidency informed State House Correspondents that the government had been advised to appeal against what is described as “a very strange outcome indeed considering the underlying facts.
“It is even stranger that the trial was not allowed to continue considering the applicable statutory provisions.

“Section 53 (1) of the ICPC Act raises a presumption that any gratification accepted or obtained by an accused person must have been corruptly accepted or obtained until the contrary is proved. Section 60 of the Act does not apply to the case.

“Of interest is the decision of the learned trial judge that the offence of giving and receiving gratification was not made out by the prosecution against the defendants in the face of the evidence held in court.

“Prosecution witnesses gave testimony of the payment of N30 Million in three tranches by Mr Joe Agi (SAN), into the account of Mrs Olabowale Ademola, the wife of Justice Ademola. Agi was a legal practitioner who actually had cases in the court of Justice Ademola.

“The defendants, however, claimed that the money was a gift from common friends for the benefit of Justice Ademola and Mrs Ademola to support the wedding of their daughter’’, the source narrated.

The source added that the evidence of the defence suggesting that the source of the money was not Agi, was unclear at best and ought not to have formed the basis of the learned trial judge’s conclusion at this stage of the proceedings.

“What was clear was that the last tranche was paid shortly before Justice Ademola granted a garnishee order in favour of Agi’s client to the tune of about $637 million.
“Prior to this, it was also not disputed that Justice Ademola’s son had received a BMW vehicle worth about N8,500,000 from Agi.’’
The presidency source continued: “One of the charges dismissed relates to the possession of firearms by Justice Ademola without a valid licence.

“On this, Honourable Justice Okeke held that the Firearms Act made provision for a time lag, that is, for Justice Ademola to continue to hold on to his firearms and ammunition even after the expiration of his licence.
“In this case, a new licence was tendered in a situation where Justice Ademola ought to have tendered a renewal of his old licence. Being in possession of two licences in respect of the same firearm ought to have raised some questions for the defendants to resolve.’’

According to sources, within the prosecution, the ruling suggests that the learned trial judge proceeded to ascribe probative value to the evidence of prosecution witnesses at the stage of a no case submission when he ought only to have considered whether a prima facie case had been made out by the prosecution against the defendants.

“The learned trial Judge had held that there was no link between the gratification received by Justice Ademola and the judgment he delivered in favour of Agi.’’

The source maintained that the ruling failed to address the relevance of section 53 of the ICPC Act which raised a presumption of corruption in respect of the gratification in question.

The source said this and other troubling questions must be addressed in an appeal against the ruling.

When contacted for official comments of the presidency, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu denied the existence of a rift between the Executive and Judicial arms of government over this issue and other recent judicial decisions posing a challenge to the war against corruption.

According to him, the relationship between the two arms of government has been very cordial, adding that nothing has happened to change the nature of the relationship.

http://www.arisenews247.com/2017/04/06/apc-led-federal-govt-appeal-the-no-case-submission-in-the-case-against-justice-ademola-and-his-wife-and-again-filed-fresh-charges-against-them/

I still remain sceptical about judgments obtained by influential persons in Nigerian courts.

seunmsg:
The fact that the judge dismissed the case without even allowing a trial says it all. The anti corruption war is doomed if every arm of government keeps protecting their own from punishment.

The executive protected Babachir Lawal and Abba Kyari from prosecution even when weighty allegations were made against them. The National assembly rallied round Saraki and Dino despite the serious corruption and certificate forgery allegations against them. Now, the judiciary has also joined the fray by protecting one of their own.

The federal government should not waste time and resources appealing the high court judgement. They will get the same outcome at the appellate court. The president should start by taking action against those accused of corruption in the executive. That is the only way to send a strong signal that he's serious about the war on corruption.

In saner climes, that judgment will be seen as travesty. It defies all logic.

SmartchoicesNG:

Is the judiciary a prosecutory arm or an investigative organisation. Magu is simply a mediocre

really? shame on you defender of corruption. it's normal for you to blame magu after efcc presented evidences to the judge.

chinybelle:
Can FG just move on...
They have lost this one already
Focus on the others





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If they loose this one they loose all.

This is a Judiciary that is intrinsically and clearly corrupt that cannot indict itself. The judiciary can not and has never indicted itself.

Before the fight for corruption can proceed the first step is the complete SANITISATION of the judiciary unfortunately that will probably leave less than 10% unscathed.

The evidence is overwhelming and beyond question but this is Nigeria.

In this regard if we have to import and appoint foreign impeccable judges from the UK, Australia, etc. I am all for it as ludicrous as it may seem. Corruption has gone so deep into the body of the Nigerian entity that I am bewildered.

seunmsg:
The fact that the judge dismissed the case without even allowing a trial says it all. The anti corruption war is doomed if every arm of government keeps protecting their own from punishment.

The executive protected Babachir Lawal and Abba Kyari from prosecution even when weighty allegations were made against them. The National assembly rallied round Saraki and Dino despite the serious corruption and certificate forgery allegations against them. Now, the judiciary has also joined the fray by protecting one of their own.

The federal government should not waste time and resources appealing the high court judgement. They will get the same outcome at the appellate court. The president should start by taking action against those accused of corruption in the executive. That is the only way to send a strong signal that he's serious about the war on corruption.

You have said it all, executive must purge itself of corrupt oficials within before it can fight corruption.

Lifestone:

This case was lost purely because of poor investigation and FG & EFCC should be held accountable. Media trial is very different from judicial trial, seems FG relishes in media trial while failing in her responsibility to do a detailed investigation that will allow them get a successful trial.
How do you jail somebody just because he got a "gift" and couldn't link the gift to a crime? It's not for the judge to help FG/EFCC, they must prove their case beyond reasonable doubt. There are more cases to be lost ahead if this lazy investigation approach continues

Gift indeed! That Justice of the Supreme Court is corruption personified and he knows it.

SmartchoicesNG:

Is the judiciary a prosecutory arm or an investigative organisation. Magu is simply a mediocre

This matter was handled by DSS, Magu/EFCC were not part of it.i

This government keeps dissipating energy on irrelevant issues, instead of channelling it on the socioeconomic progress of the country. Rubbish

Kiakia:
Gift indeed! That Justice of the Supreme Court is corruption personified and he knows it.

Ademola is not a Justice of the supreme court. You know that you are ignorant of the subject matter.

jeffmyson:

Not only is he a judge of a federal high court, justice ademola comes from a family of Jurists, his grand father was ounce a chief Justice of Nigeria, his own father was ounce a justice of the court of Appeal and he himself is a justice too. The federal government made a grave mistake of taking such a man to court without any strong evidence.
I have gone through the government submissions in court and what I found out that was presented were evidence based on "hear say", conjectures, and outright double speak.
I suggest the government should forget this case and stop embarrassing themselves in court.

This government has lost four corruption case in 96 hrs (Orubebe,patience,ademola,ozekhome) due to investigative and prosecutorial incompetence!

Your opinion which you are entitled to. Were the progenitors of Justice Ademola as corrupt as he was? Evidence against his corrupt practices was overwhelming, yet the Justice Okeke deemed it proper to discharge him on a No Case submission.

Jaideyone:
really? shame on you defender of corruption. it's normal for you to blame magu after efcc presented evidences to the judge.

You should be ashamed... Corrupter of systems and institutions​

Kiakia:
Your opinion which you are entitled to. Were the progenitors of Justice Ademola as corrupt as he was? Evidence against his corrupt practices was overwhelming, yet the Justice Okeke deemed it proper to discharge him on a No Case submission.

Hearsay is NOT evidence.

rusher14:
One wonders how a judge could reach such a conclusion in the first place.

That is not a question if you are a Nigerian.


The judiciary will not indict itself no matter what evidence is brought before it. The judiciary is and has been intrinsically corrupt for decades.

rusher14:


The judge should follow the evidence and stop acting like he's been compromised.

Among exhibits FG tendered before an Abuja High Court at Maitama, included invoice and receipt of a BMW Saloon 320i valued at N8.5 Million, which Agi, SAN, purchased from Coscharis Motors Limited on January 5, 2015 and handed over to the judge through his son, Ademide.


https://www.today.ng/news/nigeria/283774/court-dismisses-charges-justice-ademola

Such evidence was tendered, yet Justice Okeke found it worthy to discharge the corrupt on a No Case submission.

It is not about frowning.

Sack all the useless lawyers representing the FEDERAL govt.

How do you lose case with damning evidence ?

wirinet:
If Ibori could be acquitted of all 170 charges of corruption against him by the Nigerian judiciary, how much is 18 count charge against a highly influential l member of the same judiciary?

I suggest his case should be taken to the British judiciary, he will plea bargain and confess himself, just like Ibori.

very correct. A British court will find Justice Ademola fantastically corrupt and send him to prison without an option of fine. A forfeiture order will also be made against him.

Jaideyone:
it's a shame. a judge spent equivalent of 20yrs salary in one year yet we was discharged and acquitted.

the judiciary is our number two problem after the senate

A shame indeed! Nigeria, a theatre of absurdities.

BlackAfrican:


You sabi read so? Is AT and AS the same thing?

nemadfsyahooc:

Do u need glasses, 'frown as" and not 'frown at' olodo.

BlackAfrican:


You sabi read so? Is AT and AS the same thing?

I believe he's been tried by the Ministry of Justice/AGF. The minister is a Federal Executive member. That's Presidency. Do you need to be schooled? My point is let them keep their frowns indoor "As" they are frowning "AT" themselves.
Whatever...