Vice President, Namadi Sambo, has said that political parties in
Nigeria lack capacity to develop into strong instruments for social
engineering.He said that rather than developing strong political institutions to deepen the country’s democratic culture in Nigeria, more attentio
The Vice President who spoke at the inauguration of Political Party
Leadership and a Development Centre at the National Institute of Policy
and Strategic Studies, Kuru, near Jos in Plateau State on Wednesday,
said both institutions are important but added that without strong and
dynamic political parties, democracy cannot survive on the long run.
Sambo, who was represented by his Special Adviser on Political
Matters, Senator Isaiah Ballat, said political parties like any other
institutions should continuously seek to enhance their capacity in
response to changing circumstances.
Justice
Peter Kekemeke of an Abuja High Court has ordered the Inspector General
of Police, Mohammed Abubakar to arrest the Chairman of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Lamorde, for disobeying a
valid court order.
Justice Kekemeke directed that the EFCC boss and an operative of the anti-graft agency, Mr Friday Ebelo, should be apprehended and kept in prison custody within the next two weeks, except they apologize to a lawyer whose fundamental human rights were allegedly violated by the commission.
Meantime, EFCC, yesterday, vowed to appeal the ruling.
We ‘ll appeal ruling — EFCC
Reacting to the order, spokesman of the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, who acknowledged that a copy of the order was served on the agency, said EFCC has perfected plans to get it vacated.
The court had on March 8 and December 5, 2012, ordered Lamorde to release the call-to-bar certificate of one Mr Innocent Onwu, apologize to him through a national newspaper as well as pay him N50, 000 as compensation.
Onwu who is an Abuja-based lawyer had on October 31, 2011, initiated a fundamental rights enforcement proceeding after he was detained by the EFCC between June 27 and July 1, 2011 without order of court.
His detention was sequel to a petition by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, accusing him of complicity in fraud pertaining to a case he was investigating for a client.
Dissatisfied with the way he was allegedly manhandled by the commission, Onwu demanded N300 million as compensation for the unlawful search of his house and office and the trauma he suffered in the hands of the EFCC.
Besides, the lawyer, claimed his ailing mother was admitted at the Garki General Hospital on the day he was arrested by the EFCC, insisting that despite his passionate pleas, the commission refused to release him to attend to his mother, resulting to her death three days later.
The court had on June 4 and June 24 this year, dismissed two applications filed by the EFCC counsel, Mr James Onu, wherein he sought to void the contempt proceeding.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/06/court-orders-arrest-of-efcc-boss-lamorde/#sthash.Xv65TtE4.dpuf
Justice Kekemeke directed that the EFCC boss and an operative of the anti-graft agency, Mr Friday Ebelo, should be apprehended and kept in prison custody within the next two weeks, except they apologize to a lawyer whose fundamental human rights were allegedly violated by the commission.
Meantime, EFCC, yesterday, vowed to appeal the ruling.
We ‘ll appeal ruling — EFCC
Reacting to the order, spokesman of the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, who acknowledged that a copy of the order was served on the agency, said EFCC has perfected plans to get it vacated.
The court had on March 8 and December 5, 2012, ordered Lamorde to release the call-to-bar certificate of one Mr Innocent Onwu, apologize to him through a national newspaper as well as pay him N50, 000 as compensation.
Onwu who is an Abuja-based lawyer had on October 31, 2011, initiated a fundamental rights enforcement proceeding after he was detained by the EFCC between June 27 and July 1, 2011 without order of court.
His detention was sequel to a petition by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, accusing him of complicity in fraud pertaining to a case he was investigating for a client.
Dissatisfied with the way he was allegedly manhandled by the commission, Onwu demanded N300 million as compensation for the unlawful search of his house and office and the trauma he suffered in the hands of the EFCC.
Besides, the lawyer, claimed his ailing mother was admitted at the Garki General Hospital on the day he was arrested by the EFCC, insisting that despite his passionate pleas, the commission refused to release him to attend to his mother, resulting to her death three days later.
The court had on June 4 and June 24 this year, dismissed two applications filed by the EFCC counsel, Mr James Onu, wherein he sought to void the contempt proceeding.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/06/court-orders-arrest-of-efcc-boss-lamorde/#sthash.Xv65TtE4.dpuf
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