Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele provided the key highlights of the new regime in a statement released by his Directorate of Media and Public Affairs on Sunday.
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The co-defendants include Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, and the Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC).
The decision was conveyed to the police in a circular issued by the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation (DPPF).
Ajumogobia said the inability of the defendants to meet the bail conditions would automatically lead to the revocation of the bail.
According to him: “We have written to the AGF to revert the illegal designation of the defendant as a terrorist but they refused.”
Mamu’s counsel, Johnson Usman, SAN, told Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja that the AGF’s action contravened Section 36(5) of the 1999 Constitution which presumes a defendant innocent until proven guilty by the court.
Justice Emeka Nwite in a ruling held that the AG had locus standi (legal right) to file the suit on behalf of the local government authorities.
The programme started at exactly 10:09am, with Justice Yerima presiding at the event, which was well attended by prominent and senior lawyers.
IG’s counsel, A.M. Abdullahi, told Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday upon resumed hearing in the matter.
Njoku is the traditional ruler of Amanze Obowo Autonomous Community of Imo.
The decision, according to a Monday statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Communication, Publicity, Office of the AGF & Minister of Justice, Kamarudeen Ogundele, is a testament to the commitment of his office to uphold justice and fairness.
The Special Adviser to the President on Communication, Publicity, Office of the AGF & Minister of Justice, Kamarudeen Ogundele, in a statement on Monday, stated that as the chief law officer of the federation, the AGF has the constitutional power to enter a nolle prosequi, discontinuing a prosecution where it is deemed necessary to prevent a miscarriage of justice.
This was even as a 2016 Court of Appeal judgment had nullified NIPOST’s authority to engage Kasmal on any role for Stamp Duty collections.
Fagbemi said this on Wednesday while addressing State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu.
In his reply on points of law, Ekpenyong, of Fred-Young & Evans LP, prayed the apex court to discountenance the AGF’s argument.
The letter, signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Teslim Igbalaye was also sent to the Auditor-General of the Federation, Shamsedeen Babatunde, and Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr Yemi Cardoso to intimate them and financial institutions to engage exclusively with the newly elected local government officials following a subsisting court judgment that removed the previous council chairmen.
The AGF, in his preliminary objection to the plaintiff’s suit, told Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja that the Incorporated Trustees of New Kosol Welfare Initiative, that instituted the case, lacked the locus standi.
The order is for the Interior Minister and AGF to show cause why the implementation of the proposed expatriates taxation regime should not be stopped.
The NWPA’s spokesperson, Christine Ezekwe, who announced the support while interacting with journalists in Abuja on Thursday, urged critics to allow her to complete her tenure in office.
The CSOs, numbering about 200, said the attempt by the Federal Government to frustrate the hearing of the case instituted by 19 state governments