[responsivevoice] The EFCC was created as an anti-graft agency by the EFCC (Establishment) Act of 2004. Section 2(3) thereof gives the President absolute powers to appoint the EFCC Chairman. However, this appointment is subject to confirmation by the Senate. Without such a confirmation, the appointment remains inchoate and incomplete. The President has done two right…
President Buhari’s Extension of IGP’s Tenure Patently Unconstitutional, Illegal
[responsivevoice] The just announced extension of the tenure and reappointment of the Lafia, Nassarawa State-born retired 20th Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar Adamu is patently and out rightly unconstitutional, illegal, and even immoral. Adamu had served Nigeria for 35 whopping years, when his tenure expired February 1, 2021, by effluxion of service years…
The National Assembly is Constitutionally Competent to Summon President Buhari
[responsivevoice] I have just read with angst and trepidation, a statement credited to the Hon. Attorney General of the Federation, AGF and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, senior advocate of Nigeria, SAN, to the effect that the National Assembly, NASS has no power to summon the President over his “operational use of the Armed…
Mallam El-Rufai: The Flogging of a Dead Horse
For the better part of this and the previous week, Nigeria’s social media space has been agog with arguments for and against the invitation of Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai to speak at the 60thAnnual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association(NBA). Following the protestations against Mallam El-Rufai’s invitation, the NBA National Executive Committee…
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