Temidayo Akinsuyi, Lagos

Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption ( PACAC), has bemoaned the attitudes of some Nigerians who play the sick game when being tried for an alleged offence committed.

Speaking in a chat with Daily Independent, Sagay said it is unfortunate that many public officials commit acts of impunity in sound health but pretend to be sick when being tried in order to whip up sentiments.

Reacting to the recent case of Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi West who appeared in court on Thursday in a stretcher, Sagay said he cannot say whether Melaye is pretending or not until the hospital or court say so.

“I am worried by the attitudes of public officials who play the sick game whenever they are being tried. The only thing is from what i see on television, it is difficult for me to know whether it is genuine or fake.

“I think in the case of Olisa Metuh, the court did not take his medical condition that seriously. The court didn’t think it was genuine or as serious as he wanted it to be. We have to go by what the court says.

“This is our attitude in this country. When you are engaging in impunity, you do it in full health but when payback time comes, then you are sick and you want to avoid the consequences of what you did with open eyes.

“This is what am always talking about. Let us do what is right and not now begin to look for excuses and promote sentiments when you are being visited by the law for the wrongdoings you committed. It is very unfortunate,” he said.

Read more https://independent.ng/people-commit-impunity-in-good-health-but-pretend-to-be-sick-during-trial-sagay/

Are u a Doctor to tell when people are in good healt or sick?
How are you sure those who are putting them on trial are not the really sick ones?
It takes a sick President to disregard court orders; and it takes a much more sick fellow to support a lying government.

Stupid lawyer playing doctor!

Sagay have simply constitute himself to a national nuisance & disgrace to the legal profession.

sagay the brakeless mouth

But did he lie about politicians pretending to be sick during trial?

Paperwhite:
Sagay have simply constitute himself to a national nuisance & disgrace to the legal profession.

lol......even if he's pretending it good........buhari yahaya bello needs people like this that can also play d same game they r playing.

and it is also unfortunate that ever since u became senior advocate of nonsense "San" u keep spewing trash from ur gutter mouth anyhow.

What do you expect my Mr.Sagay even our president is sick !!

You will be technically "sick" when Buhari is voted out and you are dragged to account for your stewardship as an official in this government.


We will remind you when you show up in court on wheelchair.

We hear

Sharrap you this double-faced hypocritic headslammer!.......since you became on the payroll of the dog in Aso rock, your education and moral upbringing have been thrown to the dogs.....

the only thing your demented brain do now is defend Buharry, his menstrual pad a.k.a Tinubu and his stooge mere commissioner Osunbade.....

Sagay is stupid! Who is not corrupt in Buharis Government?

Sagay is even more corrupt than Dino, for supporting Buharis Government.

Nonsense.

Karma is a bitch so your turn is coming

That's the truth,
Olisah Metuh, Femi Fani Kayode, Dino Melaye, Chimaroke Nnamani, Nnamdi KANU and several others have feigned to be sick during their court trials.

It's sad they use it to try to dodge judgement.

But what is more sad is a President who uses the same excuse of sickness to dodge the responsibility of leading a Nation.
Instead he uses it to vacation in London.

I don't blame them sha,
If Nigeria had good medicare, this excuse would have been eliminated.

I just can't wait for 2019.
To watch someone head back to Daura after being defeated at the polls.

This man is unofficially mad.

If wailing zombies had a single piece of this man brain matter they wouldn't be so subceptible to defending Corruption.

There is no Nigerian politician that is not corrupt..

Sir-Gay, the old man with mouth diarrhea and maggots in his brain

Everyone should be ready for trial.

But the issue is that this government is not interested in convicting criminals rather they are after their enemies/opponents.
Else, they would have started the trial from head - Mr. Buhari.

E.g. Dino and Metuh.

“This is our attitude in this country. When you are engaging in impunity, you do it in full health but when payback time comes, then you are sick and you want to avoid the consequences of what you did with open eyes. "

That's because they �thought we are all fools like the wailers.

Pretty unfortunate

I hope when ur time comes Prof, u won't also fall sick?

I said the same 3days ago. This whole stretcher and Wheel chair thing is stale already.

kaorama:
Are u a Doctor to tell when people are in good healt or sick?

They are never sick when in office

But Dino own no be corruption trial

nairavsdollars:
But did he lie about politicians pretending to be sick during trial?

I tire o..

crispus09:
sagay the brakeless mouth

His masterbrake is faulty bad leather...

That is the sentiment, Dino isn't charged for corruption.