Media trial! What media trial? For some time now, people whose acts of corruption are exposed by the anti graft agencies hide under the new claims of media trial to explain their corruption. Their friends and blind followers who also have no concrete explanation to defend their culpability find solace in hiding behind claims of media trial. This has put me in thinking mode for some time and I begin to ask myself, what is media trial? Which trial can be aptly described as media trial? In build up to 2015 election, something which explains media trial actually happened. The then ruling PDP engage in what can perfectly be described as media trial. The PDP govt assembled some imaginary allegations against Bola Tinubu. They approached the media for trial and it was launched by AIT. Despite being the ruling govt, none of the imaginary allegations against Tinubu was taken up by any anti graft agencies. The govt was not interested in justice, they didn't arraign Tinubu in any court, as there was nothing to prosecute Tinubu for. All they wanted was to try Tinubu with media for electoral purpose. This is a perfect example of what is called media trial. A trial, in which no case was filed in court to prosecute the allegation. However, when allegations are raised by the appropriate agencies, and the allegations went beyond allegations to become a case filed in court for the purpose of prosecution, this is a perfect case of corruption trial, that has no resemblance whatsoever with media trial. The fact that media went to court to get details of the matter and reported such doesn't make the matter a media trial. All cases already in court, all ongoing prosecution by relevant agencies are far away from media trial and all those claiming it is should reevaluate themselves. If we want to talk about media trial, we should be talking about the disgraceful conduct of the past administration which approach media rather than court for the trial of Tinubu and others. What this govt is doing is fight against corruption. They may have lost some court cases, but they have won many others. Be guided and let reason speak.

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This is what I've always said. Nigerians don't understand the right use of words.
Media trial is just exactly Tinubu's scenario, put it all over the media during the election to ruin his image without charging him to court is what media trial means.
Whereas when the media reports proceedings from the courts on people being prosecuted for corruption, they wrongly call that media trial. Is the media not supposed to report judicial proceedings before?
Too many educated illiterates!

olujastro:
This is what I've always said. Nigerians don't understand the right political use of words. Media trial is just exactly Tinubu's scenario, put it all over the media without charging him to court is what media trial means.

Or delaying court processes while heaping more allegations on an accused just to make them look bad to the masses.

DrGoodman:


Or delaying court processes while heaping more allegations on an accused just to make them look bad to the masses.

Yes, I agree. The same accused looters claiming media trial will start frustrating the case with adjournments upon adjournments or fake sickness once they get bail, instead of them to be in a hurry to clear their names as obtainable in saner climes.
I'm not surprised that corrupt people have many supporters in Nigeria, after all the devil has supporters too.

olujastro:

Yes, I agree. The same accused looters claiming media trial will start frustrating the case with adjournments upon adjournments or fake sickness once they get bail, instead of them to be in a hurry to clear their names as obtainable in saner climes.
I'm not surprised that corrupt people have many supporters in Nigeria, after all the devil has supporters too.

So the accused are making and changing the laws?

Instead of you to say the truth, which is that the government has no laws to convuct them, and a change of the laws. The executive are just toothless.

DrGoodman:


So the accused are making and changing the laws?

Instead of you to say the truth, which is that the government has no laws to convuct them, and a change of the laws. The executive are just toothless.

How would the executive change the law when its the same criminal legislators that would have to change the law that will nab them. The criminals u lot corrupt followers are supporting. If u ask me what I would regret most in Life, I will tell u being a Nigerian seriously sucks.

The statement issued by Wilson Uwajuren of EFCC was not the press reporting court proceedings, the press release that a man was being tried for 36bn when it was actually 3bn was not released by any court official or lawyer. Rather the EFCC was attempting to be clever by half. That is a perfect example of media trial, which means an attempt to distort facts thereby rubbishing d reputation of a person whether charged to court or not.

Trial by media is a phrase to describe the impact of television and newspaper coverage on a person's reputation by creating a widespread perception of guilt or innocence before, or after, a verdict in a court of law.

kolaaderin:

How would the executive change the law when its the same criminal legislators that would have to change the law that will nab them. The criminals u lot corrupt followers are supporting. If u ask me what I would regret most in Life, I will tell u being a Nigerian seriously sucks.

You are correct, being a Nigerian is bad enough. Better to be an Oduduwa or arewa or biafran