JUSTICE FOR SALE IN NIGERIA!!!

JUSTICE FOR SALE IN NIGERIA!!!

BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU

……………………………………….INSIDER ALLEGES N5BILLION SOLICITED FROM

MR AGBAJE BY JUDGES WHO THREW OUT HIS PETITION AT TRIBUNAL

…………………………………………..INSIDER BELIEVES JUDGES WHO HEARD

THE RECENT APPEAL OF MR AGBAJE  WERE GIVEN AT LEAST TWICE WHAT THE PREVIOUS JUDGES COLLECTED AT THE LOWER COURTS BEFORE APPEAL

……………………………………….INSIDER INSISTS TRIBUNAL  JUDGES COLLECTED N5BILLION FROM TINUBU

‘S GANG TO THROW AWAY AGABJE’S PETITION DESPITE FACTS AND FIGURES

……………………………………………AGBAJE’S TEAM LOOK UP TO THE SUPREME COURT FOR SUCCOUR

 AGBAJE IS BEEN CHEATED BY THE JUDGES BECAUSE HE IS NOT TINUBU'S CANDIDATE

Fresh  facts are beginning to emerge as at press  time of how Peoples Democratic Party’s Governorship candidate ,Mr Jimi Agbaje lost out in the recent election petition he filed in court challenging the way he was rigged out during the 2015 general elections.

Checks by the News Office Desk of Paedia Express Multimedia in Lagos,Nigeria shows that despite evidence showing that Mr Agbaje was robbed ,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode was declared winner at the election petition tribunal and the just concluded appeal  of the case  which was held at the High Court in Ikeja,Lagos ,Nigeria and the Lagos state High Court at Igboshere area of Lagos Island respectively.

The source who spoke to this reporter exclusively  and who is seriously on ground with activities within the P.D.P. insisted that Mr Agbaje had enough evidence to have tilted the case in his favour but for the love of money by the scarlet judges.

The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal recently  declared that the verdict of the Lagos State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal which upheld the declaration of Akinwunmi Ambode as the winner of the April 11, 2015 governorship election in Lagos State was authentic and in order with the dictates of the Nigerian law.

This  decision came  a month after the tribunal sitting in Ikeja, struck out the petition filed by Mr Jimi Agbaje, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State and the All Progressives Congress (APC)

The appellate court aligned with the July 1, 2015 decision of the Justice Muhammad Sijaro-led tribunal which declared the petition filed by the pharmacist turned politician  as incompetent and therefore struck out the petition by Agbaje, who was the  runner-up in the said election.

The five-man appeal panel, after dismissing Agbaje’s appeal on the grounds of incompetence, ordered him to compensate each of the respondents to the tune of N50,000 each.

The four respondents in the suit were Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, APC, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Lagos State Resident Electoral Commissioner.

Ambode had been returned winner of the April 11, 2015 poll by INEC, having polled 811,994 votes ahead of Agbaje who polled 659,788 votes.

In a related issue ,the Lagos PDP has described the judgment of the appellate court as a controversial legal victory and not a moral victory for the APC and governor Ambode.

In a statement by its publicity secretary, Mr Taofik Gani, the party said: “By this development, the APC and governor Ambode can only celebrate a controversial legal victory and not a Moral victory. The Appeal Court Justices identified a loophole of technicality in our Petition. They agreed, that‎ but for the identified mistake in couching our Petition, the decision would have been different in the circumstance of the Lagos governorship election contest.

“Indeed, the court of Appeal upheld that the issue of the qualification of Ambode in the governorship election was erroneously dismissed by the Tribunal. This is definitely a confusing judgment. The justices have their conscience to contend with if they have done actual justice in the matter.

“We will meet with our legal team for further advice and we shall consider all consequential options. An appeal to the Supreme Court is not ruled out. But in the meantime, we appreciate the people’s support in the period of this hearings. We shall return to our planning room and hopefully consolidate our established electoral victory in ‎subsequent elections.

“We now know the strength and weakness‎ of the APC in Lagos state,” said the PDP.