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Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre retweeted
What @realdaveumahi & his principal have organised in the so-called #LagsCalabarCoastalRoad is the biggest heist in #Nigerian history. They knew it from before the very 1st day.
What we have are a bunch of petty rustlers in high office. Period!
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Dear @ARISEtv, @OjyOkpe, @R_abati1990, @ruffydfire
Since my name was mentioned in this clip, I have chosen to exercise a public #RightOfReply.
I owe you that much.
Let me be clear from the start: I will not back down on this issue of the casualisation of judicial standards by a confederacy of disclosed & traceable insider & political interests on all sides.
Among my people, there is a name & a saying: "onyemaechi" (Who knows tomorrow)?
I bet @R_abati1990 had not read Rule 12 of @njcnig's Judicial #CodeOfConduct before this session. I will encourage him to acquaint himself with it, pls.
It is tragic when people who should know better venture into the enterprise of banalising serious issues at the heart of the justice system & its integrity. Yet, we are the first to complain about insecurity & we seem blissfully unaware of the inherent logics of #CauseAndEffect.
But I guess it is the judges who have created this mess. And folks think we must be automatonscat the mercy of untheorised & self-serving rulings.
I refuse.
This is the same country in which Zainab Bulkachuwa - then serving as president of @NGCourtofAppeal in 2019 - thought it was alright for her to preside over the presidential election petition when her husband had just been elected a senator on the ticket of the party whose victory was at issue in the petition. At least one of her sons so ran on the ticket of the party in the same election.
Mind you, @SupremeCourtNg had ruled in 2007 that it is parties, not candidates, who run for office in #Nigeria. Yet, Justices of Appeal under her turned in a ruling that said it was kosher for her to do so.
In the end public opinion forced her off the panel but at the price of exorbitantly corrosive jurisprudence.
Contrary to the claim by @R_abati1990 in this outing, it does not need an imputation on the judge for him or her to be recused. The standard is not actual or active lack of impartiality. It is appearance of lack of impartiality.
Let me explain.
Lord Hewart said as much in R v. Sussex Justices, ex parte McCarthy (1924) that "the answer to that question depends not upon what actually was done but upon what might appear to be done." That was why he laid down the standard that justice must not only be done but must be "manifestly & undoubtedly be seen to be done."
That is the standard at both common law & under the Constitution.
With profound respect, I regret to say that @R_abati1990 has misled the public as to the applicable standard & his claims about that are not particularly well founded.
It is no accident, therefore, that he ended up in an entirely convenient destination with no guardrails in either principle or judicial ethics. But judicial decision-making is not dance-music nor situational ethics like he suggests. It is a bounded enterprise constrained by easily ascertained rules. That was why I cited the case of Justice Anthony Aniagolu in 1983. His son is one of your colleagues, @charlesaniagolu.
The fact that one has to even argue that Sylvanus Oriji cannot preside over this case is itself the problem. I spare you all the details of his relationships with the Wikes but if I am required to I will. This should be a scandal ordinarily. But we seem to have lost every sense of indignation.
Privately, I must say, several senior judges have told me they are scandalized. For the sake of the judiciary, the Chief Justice knows what to do.
To my brother, @R_abati1990, we can continue to pretend about these casualisations until we are at the receiving end.
All you need do is look at what is happening to a former governor of Kaduna State at the moment & you see the point. Today, we may feel unaffected. Tomorrow may be different.
To my brother, @R_abati1990, I say: "onyemaechi"?!
Wike's Son Denies $2.1M Abuja Land Fraud Claim
FCT Minister Nyesom Wike's son Jordan is at the centre of a legal storm after claimants told an FCT High Court that he agreed to facilitate the acquisition of sixty hectares of land in Abuja for a fee of $2.1 million with $2 million allegedly for his father the FCT Minister and $100,000 for himself.
The claimants allege that after Jordan received the cash in London and he neither delivered the land nor returned the money. Jordan has denied everything telling the court that his signature on the document was forged saying that he has never met the claimants and was outside Nigeria on the date in question.
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My day has been disrupted.
We cannot continue to excuse and ignore the irresponsibility and crass impunity of @flyairpeace in this country.
Mr Allen Onyema possibly believes that because he has the largest fleet of aircraft, and his company occasionally intervenes in the repatriation of stranded Nigerians aboard, that gives him the latitude to take passengers for granted endlessly.
I am scheduled to appear in court in Enugu State this morning for a case that is slated for definite hearing.
I woke up by 4:30 AM and got to MM1 at about 5:50AM hoping to join the 6:45 AM flight with Air Peace. I already checked in last night.
I became suspicious when Air Peace called for only passengers who were supposed to fly to Enugu and Owerri yesterday, while passengers scheduled to depart today were asked to wait.
Apparently, they cancelled yesterday’s flight to Enugu.
Air Peace kept us on the line for about an hour before their staff came and casually told us that the flight has been delayed till 4:50 PM.
At 2:01 AM today, Air Peace sent a second reminder to passengers, despite knowing that the flight was not going to depart as scheduled.
It is sickening that this airline has persisted in its poor service delivery despite routine complaints by passengers.
The regulators of the aviation industry are complicit in the impunity of Air Peace.
The Minister of Aviation, @fkeyamo, has been doing PR for this airline instead of holding them accountable.
@NigeriaCAA and @FAAN_Official have demonstrated that they’re incapable of tackling the arrogance of this airline.
My client’s fate is now uncertain because of the irresponsibility of Air Peace. I met two learned colleagues who were equally billed to travel on the same flight. One of them also has a hearing this morning in Enugu.
Unfortunately , the two other airlines that fly to Enugu from Lagos (United Nigeria and Enugu Air) only have afternoon flights today.
I lost sound sleep, wasted my resources on flights and taxis (by the way, I already booked my return flight with United Nigeria slated for 3:20 PM today), and I am going to miss a sensitive court appearance.
Official data published few ago by NCAA revealed that Air Peace delayed 71% of its flights in August 2026.
According to NCAA, Air Peace recorded 1,330 delays out of 1,864 flights, representing about 71 percent.
No sanctions were imposed.
No country that is serious about economic development will condone such ineptitude.
Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre retweeted
Hours after bandits beheaded several scores in Borgu, Niger State, The Nigeria Civil Defense murdered more than 30 teenagers over illegal mining in Minna.
Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre retweeted
This actually falls quite short.
The university can only confirm the authenticity of their own records & documents as well as the integrity of their processes. That appears to have been accomplished here.
But @Unn_Nigeria did not issue @PeterObi's high school certificate.
If @PremiumTimesng wanted to confirm that as authentic, they should have gone to his high school, @ckc_onitsha; &/or to @waecnigeria. The story does not say that they did. They shd just have admitted that.
They had no evidentiary basis for the latter sentence because it was not covered by their inquiry.
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AN OPEN LETTER TO NYESOM WIKE: YOUR FEAR IS WELL FOUNDED
Letters from Stockholm
Mr. Wike,
You have finally said something I can agree with. You told the nation that your biggest fear is President Tinubu losing next year's election, and that whoever wins — Peter Obi or Atiku — will come for you first. You said, in your own words, "I know they will come for my head."
Let me assure you, Mr. Wike: your instincts are correct. And let me tell you why.
I, Kio Amachree, am doing everything within my power, and using every connection I have, to make certain that the man you have tied your fortunes to never sees a second term. I have written to President Trump. I have written to Secretary Kennedy, with whom my family's history is intertwined. I have written to FBI Director Kash Patel. I have written to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and to the Security Council. I have written to the Prince of Wales, to Boris Johnson, to Lord Cameron — my old school connections put to the service of Nigeria. Every letter says the same thing: examine the record of the man who calls himself President of Nigeria.
And what is that record? It is not my invention. It sits in an American federal courthouse. In 1993, the United States government seized $460,000 from accounts linked to Bola Tinubu as proceeds connected to heroin trafficking — Case No. 93 C 4483, Northern District of Illinois. That is not gossip. That is a court record. On August 28, 2026, the FBI confirmed under sworn declaration that it carried out an investigation into his activities. And on that very same day, your principal filed papers fighting to keep those records sealed.
Ask yourself the question every Nigerian is now asking, Mr. Wike: who fights this hard to hide files if the files contain nothing? An innocent man demands his records be published. A compromised man hires American lawyers to bury them.
You say you think about the President's re-election when you sleep and when you eat. While you were thinking, your principal is spending three weeks on holiday in Europe as the case closed in around him, and no photograph with the American President materialised. The man you serve is fighting a rearguard action in a foreign courtroom, and even his loudest defenders are lowering their voices. You have chained yourself to a sinking anchor and you are only now noticing the water.
And a word about Rivers State, Mr. Wike, because this is personal to my family's legacy even if it is not personal to you. My father, Chief Godfrey Kio Jaja Amachree QC, was among the founding fathers of Rivers State — Nigeria's first Solicitor-General, the first African Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. On his grave and on my ancestors I make you this promise: the accountability that is coming for your principal will not stop at your principal. The emergency rule, the billions, the arrogance — all of it will be examined lawfully, openly, and without fear. Not mob justice. Épuration légale. Courts, records, questions, answers.
So yes, Mr. Wike. Be afraid. Not of assassins — nobody wants your head. Be afraid of something far worse for men like you: due process.
You wanted a fight. Let's tango.
Kio Amachree
Stockholm
Disclaimer: References to the 1993 Chicago proceedings concern a civil forfeiture, not a criminal conviction. Matters before Judge Beryl Howell in Greenspan v. FBI/DEA remain in litigation. Questions raised here are questions, not verdicts; all persons named are entitled to respond.
Nigeria belongs to Nigerians.
#TheKioSolution #ReleaseTheTinubuFiles #NigeriaBelongsToNigerians
Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre retweeted
In Anambra State, Ken Emeakayi, a principal suspect in the #doublemurder of Barnabas & Amaka Igwe, Chairman of @NigBarAssoc in Onitsha & his wife, is no longer simply a name associated with an old murder case.
The State Governor, @CCSoludo, has handed the security of the state over to him.
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Every Nigerian voter MUST evaluate his life pre and post President Bola Tinubu’s administration before determining who to vote for in the forthcoming 2027 general elections.
Kayla: Are we doing well in this democratic experiment or are we devolving in your view?
Prof Odinkalu: Doing well how? Let me ask you, are you doing well? As a Nigerian voter, that is really the question every one of us has to answer. To give you a very short answer, everyone watching this program has to answer this question Are you doing well?
- Are you safer today than you were in 2020 or 2018?
- Are you better fed today than you were in 2018 or 2015?
- Can you move a little safely from point A to point C today than you were 5 or 7 years ago?
- Can your children get better education today than they did 10 years ago?
- Are the prices in your market cheaper today or more affordable today than they were?
- Is your Police better able to protect you today than they did?
Those are the parameters, by the way,
- Are your Courts better and fairer today than they were 10 years ago?
If the answer is YES, then we are doing better and if the answer is NO, then oh well”
Therefore, as a Nigerian voter, do not vote by emotions, tribe, ethnicity, my brother or religion but by genuinely answering this fundamental questions before you make your decision. The questions to answer are not exhaustive but a guide. Choose your right candidate, cast your vote and also defend your vote, to ensure that your vote counts. A stitch in time saves nine! A word is enough for the wise!
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Osun was won at a high price. Nearly 30 lives were lost to keep evil from having its way. May the souls lost in Osun rest in God’s peace and those responsible for such macabre murders come to judgement. The price of Liberty is eternal vigilance. Aluta continua through January
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When I said here last week that there were plans to use the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation to take over @NigBarAssoc if certain parties did not get their way with the upcoming #NBADecides2026, the usual folks here acted as if that was fable.
Now we have the evidence in black & white under the hand of the Attorney-General of the Federation himself, Lateef Fagbemi.
It is not to be forgotten that the #HAGF is party to the ongoing litigation before @NGCourtofAppeal. If a party to a pending case is proposing terms of settlement, those cannot be "directions." At best, they are proposals for the parties to consider.
It is notable that the #HAGF does not cite any source of legal text as authority or bases for the extraordinary whim that he has chosen to indulge in. The reason is because none can be found in existing law.
If Lateef Fagbemi wants it on his record & as his legacy he was the Attorney-General of the Federation who used his pen to ink the obituary of @NigBarAssoc, he will have a lot of willing helpers.
He wants the #NBADecides2026 to mandatorily use #NIN. But NBA does not produce the Roll. That is with @SupremeCourtNg, which does not have NIN in the records.
Lateef Fagbemi wants to appoint a #SoleAdministrator for @NigBarAssoc. But he has no such powers. The NBA is an NGO with incorporated trustees. Those are the people who have any legal role in the matters of the Association. Fagbemi is an interested party &, to be fair to him, he is not hiding whose interest he serves.
The military tried & failed to take over the #NBA or to turn it into a their plaything. This lot too shall fail.
The #NBA is not a department of the Federal Ministry of Justice.
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My boss, @Olufasan, accuses Isa Dashen, the generous judge of @FederalHigh who gives himself powers to do what a court cannot do, of #JudicialVandalism. His argument in this piece for @vanguardngrnews is compelling.
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I wholeheartedly reject the six-month extension granted to the Comptroller-General of Customs after he should have retired nearly two years ago. This kind of wrong-headed policy is a morale killer in public institutions. It undermines professionalism, blocks career progression, and sends the message that rules apply only to some while others enjoy political favoritism. No institution can thrive when due process is sacrificed for personal or political convenience. #Sowore2027 #TinubuMustGoNOW
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The irony is that the president whose claim to fame is his advocacy against military rule, could be the person who eventually appropriates the methods of Nigeria’s maximum military ruler - Sani Abacha - to make himself the only competitive candidate in an un-contested election in 2027.
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The progress made by Rwanda three decades after the genocide is evidently astonishing.
But perhaps even more extraordinary is what you do not see - there are absolutely no billboards or hoardings with images President Paul Kagame anywhere.
His peers in other #African countries who have accomplished absolutely nothing spend most of their time investing in billboards of themselves.
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NEW! @CJIDAfrica invites journalists, editors, and civil society communicators to apply for a two-day virtual training and story lab on Climate–Agriculture Reporting.
📌 Applicants must be based in Nigeria.
Apply by March 16. twp.ai/4ived0
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Amnesty International is deeply concerned over the safety and liberty of human rights defender and Executive Director of RULAAC, Okechukwu Nwanguma who had been receiving threats connected to exposing atrocities at the notorious Tiger Base police detention centre located at Owerri Imo state.
Also receiving similar threats is Nonso Nkwa, Owerri-based independent radio broadcaster and activist who has also been receiving threats for his work — that is exposing shocking human rights violations at Tiger Base.
The safety and security of Okechukwu Nwanguma and Nonso Nkwa is now at risk. They are brave human rights defenders fighting for justice and accountability. Threatening them for exposing injustice is unacceptable.
This dangerous pattern of harassment and
intimidation must be investigated. Human rights defenders, whistleblowers, and journalists continue to be threatened, harassed, and in some cases detained for speaking up against human rights violations, systemic corruption, or publishing dissenting views.
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Did @officialABAT just nominate Sen. Adamu Garba Talba, the former Senator for Yobe South who died on 14 Jul 2025 as an #AmbassadorDesignate from Yobe State...?!!
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