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On police siege on NBA Ikeja Branch office to prevent peaceful protest during PMB visit to Lagos state

The APC Federal Government should bury its head in shame for suppressing the NBA Ikeja branch from exercising a constitutionally donated or guaranteed right of movement and peaceful protest against imposition of harsh land use charge. The Police should know that the right of peaceful protest cannot be subjected to the whims and caprices of the police. The NPF and the APC Federal Government stand condemned for depriving the NBA Ikeja branch the fundamental right to peaceful protest. The APC is a party that came to power on the wave of mass protests against the ruinous economic policies of the PDP regime. We reject and condemn the undemocratic attacks on the right to peaceful protest! Vacate NBA Ikeja Branch office now! I call on mass organisations to stage peaceful solidarity protests at the NBA Ikeja Bar office. Let the protests they seek to ban begin now!!  Femi Aborisade web link : http://thetelescopenigeria.com/?p=21748

On the call by retired General T. Y. Danjuma (TYD) that Nigerians should resort to self defence

The call by retired General TYD that Nigerians should resort to self defence and not hope that the Nigerian armed forces can secure their lives is an indication of extreme frustration and absolute loss of confidence in the capacity of the PMB-led APC Federal Government to guarantee physical security of lives in Nigeria.

AN ANALYSIS OF THE EXECUTIVE/LEGISLATIVE DIFFERENCES ON BILL TOAMEND THE ELECTORAL ACT

The President, by virtue of Section 58(4) of the Constitution has the power to w ithhold assent to bills pres ented to him. However, by a co mmunity reading of sections 58(4) & (5), if the bill is again passed by each House of the National As sembly by two thirds majority after the President withholds assent, the the bill shal l become law and the Presidential assent shall be dispensed with. In other words, the President's withholding of assent may be ineffectual, on the long run, if the National Assem bly is determined to pass th e bill into law by following the constitutionally prescribed procedure. However, it must be observed that t

My responses on executive/legislative differences on bill to amend the Electoral Act

The President, by virtue of Section 58(4) of the Constitution has the power to withhold assent to bills presented to him. However, by a community reading of sections 58(4) & (5), if the bill is again passed by each House of the National Assembly by two thirds majority after the President withholds assent, the the bill shall become law and the Presidential assent shall be dispensed with. In other words, the President's withholding of assent may be ineffectual, on the long run, if the National Assembly is determined to pass the bill into law by following the constitutionally prescribed procedure. 

ON THE REFUSAL OF NNPC TO RELEASE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO FOIA APPLICATION FOR SAME BY MR. FEMI FALANA, SAN

  In a 1st March 2018 letter to Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, the NNPC, in perhaps an unprecedented brazen manner, bluntly refused to release certain critical information sought by Mr. Femi Falana, SAN from the Corporation. The simple but highly insensitive reason, which smacks of a high level of impunity is that the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) excludes the NNPC from being compellable to release information sought by members of the putblic.

PRESS STATEMENT - RELEASE TONY EZIMAKOR OR CHARGE HIM TO COURT

PRESS STATEMENT  RELEASE TONY EZIMAKOR OR CHARGE HIM TO COURT By Femi Aborisade, Esq. The detention of  Mr. Tony Ezimakor , the Abuja Bureau Chief of  Daily Independent  newspaper since Wednesday, 28 th  February 2018, allegedly by the  State Security Service (SSS)  without being charged to court is not only a sad reminder of brutal suppression of press freedom under Decree No 4 of 1984, it is   an unacceptable violation of Sections 35(1) & (5) and 39(1), which provide constitutional guarantees for  personal liberty, being brought before a court within a reasonable time defined as one day where there is a court of competent jurisdiction within a radius of forty kilometers and freedom of expression and the press, including protection against disclosure of source of information.