A Chief Magistrate
Court sitting in Karu, a suburb of Abuja has struck out the case of alleged
terrorism and illegal importation of firearms leveled against four Lebanese
nationals, Mustapha Fawaz, Talal Roda, Abdulla Tahini and Kossay Nourdin.At the resumed trial, the prosecuting counsel, Cliff Osagie, in his application to withdraw the charges, told the court that further investigation against the accused persons revealed that the offences for which they were charged before the court are clearly outside the scope and jurisdiction of the court.
Lawyer to the accused persons, Ahmed Raji in his response informed the court that he had already filed a preliminary objection challenging the jurisdiction of the court to entertain the case and therefore will not object to the application for withdrawal of the charges filed by the prosecutor.
Having listened to both parties, Magistrate Muyiwa Oyeyipo granted the prayer of the prosecutor and struck out the case against the four accused persons who were subsequently discharged.
The men are suspected of having links to the Islamist militant group Hezbollah with terrorism and possession of illegal arms, after authorities said they found heavy weapons in one of their homes.
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Aint surprised.... I never expected anything different.
ReplyDeleteIt being struck out by the magistrate court, don't mean that someother court of higher platform cannot hear the case. Abi we no get court wey fit hear the case and dat has jurisdiction? Come on
ReplyDeleteI'm not supprise as long as this country Nigeria is concerns,sooner or later, terorism will be legalize in this country.
ReplyDeleteWhat do u xpect after they have been visited privately with a lot of dollars... Only God will vindicate us from the hand of our currupt leaders... Mtcheeeew..
ReplyDeleteNaija hmmm I cnt believe dis
ReplyDeletePls somebody educate me. Does it mean they have be set free? These guys are terrorist,they should be in jail
ReplyDeleteClap for pdp govt. It's we take charge of our destiny and push all corrupt officers out of our site. Let naija be free..
ReplyDeleteGEJ at work. What do you expect diversionary tactics.
ReplyDeleteIt's time we push dis pdp govt out of our road to success and development.
ReplyDeletePls gear up for change. We need good governance and justice in dis nation.
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ReplyDeleteabeg wetin concern pdp concern this issue, cant we be objective for once ?, same pdp govt was praised for declaring state of emergency in some northen states. "The offences for which they were charged are clearly outside the scope and jurisdiction of the court". Is it too big a grammar for u guys to understand ?
ReplyDeleteThe case has been struck out of court,am not surprise. I know what Nigerians can do, after all Terrorists are killing innocent souls who hardly can feed 3 square meal daily while the corrupt leaders are out there squandering government fund made for the masses My prayer this day is that every attacks made against the masses Will fire back to our corrupt leaders I prophesy and so shall it be.AMEN!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOut of point,o.k were are headind 2
ReplyDeleteComplete out of point.dis is a big challenge to the nigerian law
ReplyDeleteMatters of terrorism and illegal possesion of fire arms are not within d jurisdiction of a magistraite court hence d court has d powers 2strike out d matter, dat dosen't in anyway mean dat d judge has taken bribe. What d prosecution will do is to file the same charges against dem at d Federal High Court bcox dat is d court dat has jurisdiction 4 matters of dis magnitude
ReplyDeleteThe question now is y didnt d Prosecutor file d case in d correct court before???
ReplyDeleteLuk every body,taking a high profile criminal activities to a lower court like magistrate is an organised criminal act by d government GEJ can nt b left out of dis mess, stop defending GEJ and PDP if u need an appointment go mit dem direct ok mr graduate
ReplyDeleteI would have ignored your vociferous and malicious tantroms but, it would necessary that in the nigerian legal system such a case termed as felony should not have been taking to a lower court, due to the security situation in the country. They deliberately sent the case to a lower court after collecting money knowing the fact that the case would end up in this way. If the president had called the IG and the CP in order things would have worked for the triumph of justice. Come to think of it is common men like me and you that suffer the security breach. Kindly be mature and don't try to force your blured opinion on others. Obasi JNR
ReplyDeleteWonders shall never end!
ReplyDeletePlease we should know what to do about this country. Snice the men at the top are busy spoiling our country.. Where are the youths we need to come together and put a stop to this .......
ReplyDeleteMumu ignoramuses all of you. Anything you don't understand you regard as evil and attribute it to the Presidency. Which kind of mumu people be dis. Freedom of speech and the social network has warped our reasoning abi??
ReplyDeleteNothing concern pdp in matter, period .
ReplyDeleteWhy will a case as serious as dis be taken 2 such a lower court in the first place. I suspect fowl play.. case involving the IG, SSS and JtF taken to such a lower court. Dis is laughable.
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