USA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: ||NaijaObserver|| Wole Soyinka@JUSTICE SALAMI'S BOOK LAUNCH....

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Afis <odidere2001@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 10:34 AM
Subject: ||NaijaObserver|| Wole Soyinka@JUSTICE SALAMI'S BOOK LAUNCH....
To: Oludo Bibire <elefifa@gmail.com>
Cc: "egbeodua@yahoogroups.com" <egbeodua@yahoogroups.com>, "TalkNigeria@yahoogroups.com" <Talknigeria@yahoogroups.com>, No guideline in free for all <talkhard@yahoogroups.com>, "Nigerianworldforum@yahoogroups.com" <Nigerianworldforum@yahoogroups.com>, naijaobserver <Naijaobserver@yahoogroups.com>, "naijapolitics@yahoogroups.com" <naijapolitics@yahoogroups.com>, "omoodua@yahoogroups.com" <omoodua@yahoogroups.com>, "nigeria360@yahoogroups.com" <nigeria360@yahoogroups.com>

No regrets over clash with former CJN –Justice Salami

OCTOBER 31, 2013 BY IHUOMA CHIEDOZIE 29 COMMENTS

   

 

Retired President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami

Some leaders of the All Progressives Congress, including a former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu and a former military Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday in Abuja, made a surprise appearance at the public presentation of a book written in honour of the retired President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami.

The book titled, "Isa Ayo Salami: Through Life and Justice," was written to mark Salami's retirement from service.

The former PCA retired while still serving a suspension placed on him by the National Judicial Council following a disagreement he had with a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu.

@Justice Salami's book launching.....

The APC delegation, which arrived shortly after the commencement of the event, also included the party's National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, the governors of Osun, Ekiti and Zamfara states, Rauf Aregbesola, Kayode Fayemi, and Abdulaziz Abubakar Yari, respectively.

Others include the APC party's spokesperson, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, a former minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, as well as several national and state lawmakers in the party.

On behalf of 'eleven progressive governors' of the APC, Yari, the chief presenter, purchased 250 copies of the book in the sum of N55m.

According to him, the books are to be donated to Nigerian universities.

In an address at the event, Justice Salami, who retired after reaching 70 years on October 15, 2013, said he had no regrets for refusing to pervert the course of justice, as he was allegedly instructed by the former CJN, Justice Katsina-Alu, even though the development led to his suspension from office.

He said, "I realise the public interest that my feud with the NJC and former CJN Katsina-Alu generated. It is obvious that people want to know what the fuss was actually about, and briefly put, this is it.

"I was invited by the then CJN, Justice Katsina-Alu to his chambers on the 8th of February, 2010, using Justice Dahiru Musdapher's phone, and when I got there, I met them together (Justice Musdapher was the next in line to him at the Supreme Court).

"He (Katsina-Alu) instructed me to direct the Justices of the Sokoto Appeal to dismiss the appeal of the Democratic Peoples Party governorship candidate and I responded that I could not do so.

"Contrary to the deposition of Justice Katsina-Alu that he called me into his Chambers in respect of leakage in the judgment of Sokoto matter which he gathered from petitions, there were no petitions against me or the Justices in the Sokoto Appeal Panel as at the 8th day of February, 2010, on Sokoto matter or any other matter.

"Ironically, the petitions in question only emerged on the 15th of February 2010, seven days after I had unequivocally informed the CJN that I would not direct a competent court on what its judgment should be."

Justice Salami added that, after showing him the petitions on the 15th of February, Justice Katsina-Alu asked him to disband the Sokoto Appeal Panel in view of the petitions.

"I responded that I would not disband the panel as the petitions did not contain any allegation of impropriety against the members. In my response to the petitions, I made known what transpired at our meetings of 8th and 15th February, 2010.

"It was in his own submission to the NJC on my response that he now alleged that the reason for calling me was that the judgment in the Sokoto matter has leaked and that he gathered the allegation that the judgment had leaked from petitions written against me," he said.

The former PCA maintained that the Investigating Panel set up by the NJC under Justice Umaru Abdullahi (former President Court of Appeal) rejected Justice Katsina-Alu's claim that there was an allegation of leakage in the petitions.

"In spite of this they concluded that he (Justice Katsina-Alu) was acting in good faith. On this, I won't say more.

"I thank the Almighty God that I refused to pervert the course of justice. Disbanding the panel or persuading them to dismiss the appeal was not the right thing to do.

"It would have offended the principle of the independence of judges which I so much respect and believe in.

"As a matter of fact, I will simply say that if I had done what the then head of the Nigerian judiciary had wanted me to do, I would not have this honour and if at all this book was published, it would be shameful and hypocritical of me to stand before you and talk about honour and integrity – two things which define a fine judicial officer alongside the grasp of the law," he said.

The chairman of the event, and a former CJN, Justice Mohammed Uwais, stressed that the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria had no powers to suspend, or recall Justice Salami.

The NJC had after deciding to suspend Justice Salami, written President Goodluck Jonathan to approve the suspension.

Also, after deciding to recall him, the Council had written to the President to approve the decision. The President had declined, arguing that the matter was sub judice.

Justice Uwais said the NJC erred by referring the issue to the President.

He noted that the NJC was not fair to Justice Salami.

"It follows that Justice Isa Ayo Salami has been unfairly treated by the NJC. It is disturbing, to say the least, that the NJC, whose membership consists of eminent and experienced judges and lawyers, should act in the manner they treated Justice Salami," he said.

In a short remark at the event, Tinubu extolled Justice Salami's courage and perseverance.

"Thank you Justice Salami for teaching us courage, thank you for teaching us perseverance.

"In the ocean of corruption you have provided a craft.

"At this critical time in the history of our country we need more men like you who can stand and confront the abuse of power," he told the retired PCA.

In a keynote address, titled "Justice is never siddon look," Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, spoke against all forms of injustice in the country, particularly in the judiciary.

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

Shikena,

Afis

Sent from my iPad

On Oct 30, 2013, at 3:32 PM, Afis <odidere2001@yahoo.com> wrote:

Foolishness kose fowora......hahahaha!

 Afis

Sent from my iPad

On Oct 30, 2013, at 1:28 PM, Oludo Bibire <elefifa@gmail.com> wrote:

Buhari, Tinubu, Bisi Akande, Aminu Bello Masari, Lai Mohammed, Gov Kayode Fayemi, Gov of Zamfara, El Rufai. Ex Gov Bamidele Olumilua, some APC national and state lawmakers and who is who in the APC have taken over a book launch ceremony in honour of Justice Isa Ayo Salami a confirmation of their affinity and unholy alliance while on the bench

If this is not an affirmation  that he worked for ACN when he was on the bench!, pleas tell me what it is 

On Oct 30, 2013 2:40 PM, "Omowaye Daniel" <daniel.omowaye@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

Alagba Oludo:

First of all, let me inform you that it was the APC who organized thugs to disrupt the Benin event and you understand why they rushed to the media to use it in the news the following day as a basis for their opposition to the National Conference. Little minds like Afix cannot comprehend that though.

How possible is it for a stranded cab driver in the US to identify faces of thugs who came with Oshomale to disrupt the Benin gathering.

Let it be noted that Nigerians will continue to molest every mad goats who are out to selfishly derail the process of the National Conference. Let Afix and his gang keep this in their dumb skull.

O'daboo,

Daniel
"Tinubu and Aregbesola are CERTIFIED CROOKS"---(Afis odidere, August 2009)

------------------------------
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 4:18 AM PDT Oludo Bibire wrote:

>Where is Alagba Morgan, when u told you a while ago that Buska and Afisofo
>are the itinerant commanders of Ogun ajobo crowd you were surprised
>Afisofo, now claiming he will recognise those he termed as phantom so many
>times around here, will tell you how the elebi baba ilu eeboo reasons
>The crowd you see there are not invited because they are PDP, neither was
>PDP invited as a political party,according to the report the are members
>of civil society groups probably CODER, that jagabandit thug feeder team
>headed by Opadokun
>Yeye man like afisofo Omo abiipaabe
> On Oct 30, 2013 11:54 AM, "Afis" <odidere2001@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>>
>> *Baba Buska, dis ya take nawawawa sef.*
>> *Ntemi Ntemi o, methinks those you called "Southsouth" showing Oshiomhole
>> pepper, were PDP thugs. *
>> *Baba Buska, if you look in the various pictures of the rancous, you can
>> identify Thugs like Perfect Fryo-Anlomajamaja, OmoWereWaiye Iyonulomapa
>> Johnson, Olodo-Rapata Oloobuuku Omo-Aibire......and esetira-esetira ati
>> beebeelo.*
>> *
>> *
>> *Go look at the pictures again.*
>> *
>> *
>> *Shikena,*
>> *Afis*
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Oct 29, 2013, at 8:40 PM, BUSKA <alaremu2007@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Nelson Ekujumi, what an irony, that you are now pretending not to have
>> known Oshi-omo-ole for what he is,despite all our encounter with him before
>> and during the various anti-subsidy removal strike action
>> The man is nothing but publicity seeking ruble- rouser, he uses every
>> opportunity to grandstand no matter what is at stake, now that the people
>> of the South South have shown him the true color of the implication for any
>> one that tries to take them for a ride, we don see am o
>> This to me is truly a signal of what to come, do not think you can use
>> your present political position to hoodwink the people, dem go show u
>> pepper
>>
>> On Oct 29, 2013, at 4:33 PM, Nelson Ekujumi <nekujumi@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Gradually the true expectation from this jamboree conference is unfolding
>> before our own very eyes. When did it become an offence to hold a contrary
>> position at a gathering that the consequence is to shout down and heckle
>> him like was done to Osho baba? Tony Nyiam, if its true he attempted to
>> attack the Governor of Edo state, should be ashamed of himself because by
>> exhibiting such behaviour, he shows that hes not qualified to sit in a
>> decent gathering, shame on Nyiam and his gang of irresponsible thugs
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 4:21 PM, Morgan Omodu <adungbemorg@yahoo.com>wrote:
>>
>> **
>>
>>
>> Alagba Idowu,
>>
>> I choose not to respond to Alagba Afis on what he said below because it
>> is their game plan to reel out lies upon lies all the time. When the news
>> first came out yesterday, it was done by one of media aide of Oshiomole so
>> what more can one except from them. A better report was done later that
>> showed clear picture of what happened, and watching Channels TV this
>> morning also afforded one opportunity of seeing what really transpire
>> yesterday.
>>
>> It was a case of a man taking is luck too far, moving against the will of
>> the people of south south in their agitation. He deserves what he got, as a
>> matter of fact the matter should be taken up further because like i said
>> earlier, this period is affording us opportunity of knowing who is really
>> who and who truly stand with the people. There is no room to hide or be on
>> the fence on this matter.
>>
>> You first read initial response of NLC to the NC, before they retracted
>> it. No one will be taken for a fool again by these persons. Did you notice
>> how their spin do tors has been silence ever since Jagaban made a u turn
>> again? For Adams, most of us know him its only a pity that he has not
>> changed. Imagine a Labour union leader dumping his party to run under
>> another political party? Don't also forget that, IBB spokes man then
>> 'Kazeem Afegbua', was the first appointment made by him in his second term.
>> What else do you expect from him. You need to listen to Kazeem today on
>> Channels TV, you will shake your head sir.
>>
>> Edo is the first opposition state to go for consultation, and am sure
>> they have seen response of the people especially to this NC project. This
>> is indeed a strong united factor, anybody standing along the rail will
>> surely be crushed.
>>
>> *Morgan Omodu*
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Oct 29, 2013, at 4:00 PM, Idowu Awosika <idowubobo@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> The people who shouted Oshiomhole were not thugs, but the whole people
>> from South South, who has been waiting for opportunity to air their
>> grievances, but the misguided gov decided to use the forum to audition for
>> APC VP.
>>
>> Watch the video and tell me who is the thug here, if not Oshiomhole, who
>> decided shout fire in a crowded hall or decided to light fire in a hall
>> full of gasoline. What an irresponsible man. This was the same man a former
>> labor leader who publicly ridiculed a primary school teacher.
>>
>> VIDEO: Gov. Oshiomhole Attacked At National Dialogue Committee Convening
>> In Benin City | Sahara Reporters
>> http://bit.ly/HmPI8e
>>
>>
>> Pronto!!!
>> Idowu
>> "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God." --Thomas Jefferson
>> "There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there
>> must never be a time when we fail to protest." -- Elie Wiesel
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 12:44 AM, Oludo Bibire <elefifa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Afisofo, awodi nw'aparo big kafidala ori eye no o p'eye, so with all the
>>> kidnapping and what not you wish your brother and nemesis the evil of death
>>> in the jungle of Edo
>>> Anyway those who knows Oshios stand on SNC said the man never
>>> supported or agitated for it from the word go
>>> Am sure those shouting h down are your Ogun ajobo crowd mobilised by you
>>> and you Naija accomplices like Lt. Gen Buska and Adebayo
>>> Na una get Ogun ajobo crowd that specialised in neck tyre,our party
>>> PDP,the largest and widest in Africa will never stoop that low, you can eat
>>> your heart out for all I care
>>> On Oct 29, 2013 1:07 AM, "Afis" <odidere2001@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> **
>>>
>>>
>>> Oshiomhole heckled after slamming dialogue panel as wasteful venture [image:
>>> print]<http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2013/10/28/oshiomhole-heckled-after-slamming-dialogue-panel-as-wasteful-venture/print/> Published
>>> on October 28, 2013 by pmnews<http://pmnewsnigeria.com/author/pmnewsadmin/>
>>> · 11 Comments<http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2013/10/28/oshiomhole-heckled-after-slamming-dialogue-panel-as-wasteful-venture/#comments>
>>> <http://cdn.pmnewsnigeria.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Nyiam-being-restrained-by-committee-secretary.jpg>
>>>
>>> Col. Tony Nyiam being restrained by Dr. Sani Ndabawa, secretary of the
>>> panel
>>>
>>> - <http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2013/10/28/oshiomhole-heckled-after-slamming-dialogue-panel-as-wasteful-venture/#>
>>> -
>>> <http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2013/10/28/oshiomhole-heckled-after-slamming-dialogue-panel-as-wasteful-venture/#>
>>>
>>> *. Edo State governor's submission draws heckles from a mob of hired
>>> thugs
>>> *
>>> [image: Col. Tony Nyiam being restrained by Dr. Sani Ndabawa, secretary
>>> of the panel]<http://cdn.pmnewsnigeria.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Nyiam-being-restrained-by-committee-secretary.jpg>
>>>
>>> Col. Tony Nyiam being restrained by Dr. Sani Ndabawa, secretary of the
>>> panel
>>>
>>> Thugs believed to have been hired by Nigeria's Peoples Democratic Party
>>> (PDP), today disrupted the proceedings of the Presidential Advisory
>>> Committee on National Dialogue/Conference in Benin City, when they stopped
>>> Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State and others from making contributions
>>> to the ongoing talks.
>>>
>>> A member of the Presidential Advisory Committee, Col Tony Nyiam (rtd)
>>> was the arrowhead of the disruption as he shouted down the Governor while
>>> making his contribution.
>>>
>>> The thugs believed to have been imported from neighbouring states
>>> heckled the Governor as soon as they realized that his contributions would
>>> be different from the perceived opinion.
>>>
>>> The Governor who took the stage to make his contribution shortly after
>>> the Isoko Ethnic group had made their contribution said he objected to
>>> spending huge public funds on a wasteful venture saying, during the tenure
>>> of President Olusegun Obasanjo, money was spent on similar conference and
>>> at the end, nothing came out of that conference.
>>> [image: adams Oshiomhole: Gov. Edo State]<http://cdn.pmnewsnigeria.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/adams-oshiomhole1.jpg>
>>>
>>> adams Oshiomhole: Gov. Edo State
>>>
>>> "I will be surprised if anything changes. Sincerely, I have no business
>>> to deceive or mislead anyone. I believe that the outcome of this conference
>>> will not be different from that of other conferences we have had in the
>>> past."
>>>
>>> But as soon as Governor Oshiomhole made this statement, committee
>>> member, Col Nyiam jumped on his feet and would perhaps have lunged at the
>>> Governor were he close to him. He was restrained by other members who were
>>> taken aback by his action.
>>>
>>> Even while the Governor was still making his contribution, Nyiam
>>> started screaming at the top of his voice for the Governor to shut up and
>>> sit down. He was then joined in by the PDP thugs who disrupted the whole
>>> proceedings and many scampered for safety as a result of the unruliness of
>>> the committee member and thugs.
>>>
>>> The Governor who insisted on concluding his remarks however yielded the
>>> floor when the thugs were getting violent.
>>>
>>> However, the Governor had, at a courtesy visit to him in his office by
>>> members of the Committee led by Senator Femi Okurounmu, said he had no
>>> faith in the whole process.
>>>
>>> Oshiomhole said *"all I owe Nigeria now is to speak my mind. It could
>>> be error of my head but certainly not of my heart. As much as I wish you
>>> well, I just want to say that I have no faith in this process and I do not
>>> think it was necessary at all".*
>>>
>>> The Governor said "I am unable to find any basis to give me some
>>> illusion that this exercise will not be different from the others. And I
>>> honestly think that in terms of the private sector, when a country keeps
>>> debating how we can live together that cannot be one of the basis on which
>>> the outside community will invest in Nigeria. They may well wait until we
>>> know how we want to live in Nigeria".
>>>
>>> He lamented that fifty-three years after independence, Nigerians still
>>> prefer to look at themselves from their ethnic origin rather than being
>>> Nigerians, saying, "for me, I am just a Nigerian".
>>>
>>> "I do not think that more than hundred years when we have set aside
>>> billions of naira to celebrate centenary, celebrating the fact of our
>>> amalgamation of the North and Southern Nigeria, and we have lived together
>>> as one country for over a hundred years, and we have gone through
>>> independence, we have been free for fifty three years and we are coming
>>> back to ask the question, how could we be there.
>>>
>>> *"I think Nigeria needs to address very serious issues. When I see
>>> eminent Nigerians discussing this issue, I am sure they know that Nigeria's
>>> problem is not this politics of sharing which the national dialogue is all
>>> about, who is getting what, who has this natural endowment, who should do
>>> this or not do this. For me this is the act of perfecting poverty."*
>>>
>>> "The real challenge is getting Nigeria b
>>>
>>>
>>

Reply via web post

Reply to sender

Reply to group

Start a New Topi

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the "USA-Africa Dialogue Series" moderated by Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin.
For current archives, visit http://groups.google.com/group/USAAfricaDialogue
For previous archives, visit http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa/ads/index.html
To post to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com
To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue-
unsubscribe@googlegroups.com
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "USA Africa Dialogue Series" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to usaafricadialogue+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.