The Judge, who accused the EFCC of frustrating proceedings in the trial and attempting to take over control of the court, withdrew from the case and returned its file to the Chief Judge of the Court, Justice Abdul Adamu Kafarati, for re-assignment to another court
Browsing: Justice Gabriel Kolawole
The corps in Form 48 on Contempt of Court filed on Wednesday prayed the court to jail Idris to serve as deterrent to others in position of authority
The appellate court in the judgment, delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, held that the appeal filed by Senator Umaru Dahiru lacked merit and substance
The four count terrorism charge was preferred against him in November 2011
The respondents in the suit are: the Police, Inspector-General of Police, National Security Adviser, Department of State Security, and its Director-General and the Attorney-General of the Federation.
The court dismissed the suit filed by Senator Umar Dahiru challenging the nomination of Tambuwal as the governorship candidate for the All Progressives Congress in the April 2015 general elections
But the court was informed that Oklobia could not be at Wednesday’s proceeding because he was in Kuje Prison on a remand ordered on Monday by another high court in Abuja
The judge, Justice Gabriel Kolawole, held that the e-payment schedule of N3.12 billion issued from the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and N2.5 billion from office of the National Security Adviser did not meet the provision of the Evidence Act
Justice Gabriel Kolawale, who made the order on Tuesday in Abuja, said the fine should be deposited with the Chief Registrar of the court
Delivering judgement in the suit filed by the Rivers State Government and Governor Nyesom Wike (1st and 2nd plaintiffs) on January 11, 2017, Justice Kolawole said “the police panel was unknown to law” because it lacked constitutional backing
The judge had on March 21 ordered the EFCC to retract an offensive press statement issued by EFCC, which was published in Vanguard Newspaper
Justice Gabriel Kolawale, who issued the directive, said the police as an institution established by law must subject itself to constituted rules
The processes, filed by Senator Umaru Dahiru and another governorship aspirant on the platform of APC, were accepted by Justice Gabriel Kolawole as being competent and properly filed to challenge the nomination of the governor for the 2015 election
The judge dismissed the oral claim by the counsel to the EFCC, Ofem Uket, that the anti-graft agency had retracted the offending publication because the lawyer failed to produce any document or evidence before the court to ascertain its claim
Ashinze was an aide to former National Security Adviser, retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki
They were accused of conspiring to kill the cleric; his wife, Umma Abdul-Bari Albani; and his 18-year-old son, Abdullahi Albani, on February 1, 2014
The Federal High Court judge in Abuja, Justice Gabriel Kolawole, rejected the major bank documents sought to be tendered by the government to establish its case against the five defendants
The suit is in compliance with the Supreme Court ruling of December 9, 2016, which ordered the court to retry the case on its merit and make decisions as demanded by law
A Presidency official, who spoke under condition of anonymity with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja, said so many obstacles were working against release of the Shi’ite leader
The court ordered the immediate and unconditional release of El-Zakzaky and his wife