This appears to be the fate of Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. I had chanced on Magu at media briefings and anti-corruption programmes. He was bubbling with passion for his job. You cannot fault him on dedication to duty, but you can spread him out on the slab of exuberance, naivety and sycophancy for some lashing.
Browsing: Justice Ayo Salami
The position of Salami followed reports in the media that he regrets serving on the panel.
He is to replace Justice Ayo Salami (retired), who excused himself from the committee as the chairman, after initially accepting to serve
Salami gave the reasons in an interview he granted The PUNCH on Thursday
SERAP made the criticism on Tuesday in Abuja, in an open letter to Justice Walter Onnoghen, the Chief Justice of the Federation which was signed by Adetokunbo Mumuni, its Executive Director.
When the immediate past president of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami, was suspended for over one year, Justice Bulkachuwa was acting president for over one year before she was eventually confirmed
The governor said the APC should stop acting as if Nigeria belongs to the party
“I fault the role of the National Judicial Council in the events leading to my suspension as President of the Appeal Court
In June, 2011, United Kingdom Juror, Joanne Fraill was jailed for eight months for using Facebook to exchange messages with Jamie Sewart, 34, a defendant already acquitted in a multimillion-pound drug trial in Manchester. Sewart, who had already been acquitted of conspiracy to supply drugs when the Juror looked her up on Facebook, was also jailed for two months
The society urged the police to conduct further investigation into whether financial inducement was involved and the magnitude of the amount involved in the saga in view of the alleged well-known capacity of the ACN leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to financially compromise any institution or person in the country
The police, in a report dated February 8, 2013 and signed by Ali Amodu, Commissioner of Police, X Squad, said an investigation revealed that there was communication between Salami and the ACN leaders while he was presiding over an election petition appeal filed by the party over the 2007 governorship election dispute in Osun State
Oni stated that it was the unethical behaviours, which he noticed in Justice Salami’s conduct in the handling of the appeal of the candidate of the ACN against him that informed his petition to the NJC, upon which, along with other unethical conduct, made the body to recommend the suspension of Justice Salami to the President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
The NJC, it was learnt, is demanding a retraction of the story that was aired on Thursday or that the television station be prepared for a law suit
The NJC hinged its refusal to recall Salami, who was suspended last year, on the cases over the matter before the Court of Appeal and the Federal High Court