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Nigeria currently operates under a “suffocative system” – Mike Ozekhome

Ihesiulo Grace 18 June 2021 0

Abiodun Taiwo, Abeokuta A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mike Ozekhome says Nigeria requires a new constitution and renegotiation of its existence through a referendum if the country must progress. He argued that Nigeria currently operates under a “suffocative system“, owing to

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Ozekhome begs FG: Go beyond Twitter ban, suspend, dissolve Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 5 June 2021 0

Human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, has asked the Federal Government to go beyond the suspension of micro-blogging site, Twitter, and “dissolve the Nigerian people which it has become so allergic to and no longer wants to see or hear about”. The senior advocate also said the government is trying to cover its atrocities from […]

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Buhari’s ‘unconstitutional, nepotistic’ appointment of Alkali as IGP- Ozekhome

Ihesiulo Grace 9 April 2021 0

Mike Ozekhome (SAN), a human rights lawyer, has slammed Usman Alkali Baba’s appointment as acting Inspector-General of Police, calling it illegal and nepotistic. Ozekhome enumerated his stance via a detailed statement on Wednesday, April 7, titled ‘Buhari’s Northernisation Of The Nigeria Police Force’. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Tuesday announced the

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Acting IGP’s appointment ‘Buhari’s Northernisation of Nigeria Police’ – Ozekhome

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2021 0

Chief Mike Ozekhome, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), characterized the appointment of the new acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, as unlawful and unconstitutional on Wednesday. Ozekhome argued that Baba’s appointment violated the Federal Character requirements of the 1999 constitution, as amended. He stated this in a statement titled

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Buhari’s anti-corruption fight a window dressing – Ozekhome

Ihesiulo Grace 10 July 2018 0

The much acclaimed anti-corruption fight by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration has been described as “mere window dressing” aimed at hoodwinking the people and the international community that he is performing in office. Making this submission on Tuesday at the 2018 Bar Week, currently going on in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, with the […]

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Your government is corrupt, lack focus, Ozekhome tells Buhari

Ihesiulo Grace 2 January 2018 0

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Mike Ozekhome has lambasted the incumbent administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, accusing it of being corrupt and lacking focus, stressing that the administration as presently constituted can never deliver the much needed dividend of democracy to Nigerians. In a release to newsmen, the Edo born […]