CHIEF Emeka Ngige SAN, is one of the respected members of the Inner Bar. A member of the Body of Benchers, he is also one of the National Executive Committee of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA. In this interview, Chief Ngige who is also an assistant secretary of Body of Senior Advocates and NBA presidential aspirant spoke on President Goodluck Jonathan’s refusal to reinstate Justice Ayo Salami, the controversy surrounding venue of forthcoming NBA delegate conference, judiciary and other issues affecting the legal profession. Excerpts:
Having regard to the clear state of law therefore, the court below was in error when in the same judgment ordering the rehearing of the appeal afresh to resolve the omnibus ground of appeal between the parties by the High Court, it proceeded again to determine the merit of the dispute, which in my view, must be set aside by this court in order to give the parties and the High Court level playing ground to face the rehearing of the appeal denovo.
One may recall that recently most cases being prosecuted in court by ICPC and EFCC have suffered one set back or the other and even faced outright dismissal due to the tardiness with which they were handled. For example the case against the former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was thrown out because the ICPC rushed to court without obtaining the primary evidence (bank statement) needed to commence prosecution or indict him.
President of the Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA), Mr. Joseph Daudu, SAN, has stressed the need for the Federal Government to allow the creation of state police, saying “this is the best way to prevent crime in the country.”
The spiral controversy surrounding suspension and subsequent reprieve granted the embattled President of the Court of Appeal, PCA Justice Isa Ayo Salami, by the National Judicial Council, NJC, on August 18 2011, may have unwittingly exposed the fallibility of justice administration in the country.
Following the concern of Lagos State Government on People with Disabilities (PWD), a group under the aegis of Lagos Civil Society Disability Policy Partnership, LCSDPP, has called on the private sector to support the state government in implementing the Lagos State Special People’s Law.
“However, what the appellants seem to be complaining about here is that the lower court has improperly pronounced on issue 1 (one) for determination prior to ordering a rehearing of the appeal before the appellate High Court.
My late husband and I were happily married until an untimely death struck. The marriage was blessed with four children.
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN)south-west zone has frowned against alleged act of victimization and intimidation against some of its union officers for performing the duties of the union through unilateral posting in the zone.
The recent release of the fuel subsidy probe report by the Honourable Farouk Lawan adhoc committee of the House of Representatives has ignited calls across the nation for the prosecution of those individuals and companies that are culpable.
Weekend’s resolution by the Yoruba Lawyers’ Forum, Egbe Amofin O’Odua to boycott the Kaduna delegates conference of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, to elect a new executive for the association, has pitched it against lawyers from the Northern part of the country, who have insisted that it is either Kaduna or no election.
Against the backdrop of grey concerns over security situation in the country, a Lagos based legal practitioner and member of Body of Benchers, Chief Emeka Ngige, SAN, has advised the Federal Government to create a ministry that would oversee and coordinate the activities of all internal security agencies in the country in the absence of synergy among the security agencies.
Two years after its activities were summarily put on hold, the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Section of Business Law, SBL rejuvenates with its upcoming Annual SBL conference scheduled for June 17-20, 2012, where it aimed at exploring available resources to improve the lots of Nigerian Lawyers on commercial law practice in the country.
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