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.
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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
He made this urgent call after a lawyer, who claimed to be from the office of the AGF, told him that he had a fiat to try Alabi’s seven clients in court.
In a statement on Wednesday, the NBA President, Afam Osigwe, said EFCC officers found culpable must be dismissed and prosecuted.
The Attorney General of the Federation said this in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media on Thursday in Abuja.
Counsel for the AGF, Aderonke Imana, told Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja, upon resumed hearing in the matter.
AGF’s counsel, V.J. Alma, told Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja that Fagbemi, pursuant to his powers under Section 174(1)(b) of the Constitution (as amended),
Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a short ruling, discharged Bodejo after counsel for the AGF, Aderonke Imana, moved an oral application for the withdrawal of the three-count charge.
The AGF, who made the revelation while presenting the scorecard of the Federal Ministry of Justice as part of activities
The Appeal Court upheld a lower court’s judgment that dismissed his suit seeking to address the increasing cases of extra-judicial killings by the law enforcement agencies and non-state actors.
He also sought the intervention of the President, Nigerian Bar Association, Yakubu Maikyau, SAN.
The Managing Director of Alibert Products Nigeria Limited, Ali-Taan, alongside his employee, Mustapha Tiamiyu, are being prosecuted by the Inspector-General of Police.