GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA: FOR WHO THE BELL TOLLS NEXT.

Just five people shy of Sandy Hook elementary school mass shooting incident that claimed 26 lives, the Uvalde Texas Robb elementary school mass shooting at 21 victims, now ranks among the highest grossing gun carnage in America. It is sad that such frequent blood spilling has tragically become part of our culture as a society. May the souls of the killed now rest.

25th AMENDMENT: ITS NOW ALL CRICKET.

Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosi once questioned former President Donald John Trump's fitness to remain in office due to what she claimed was his declining mental capacity. Does anyone know what Madam Speaker presently thinks about the incontrovertible case which America is now saddled with? Just curious!

WHO WILL REBUILD UKRAINE?

The West should convert frozen Russian assets, both state's and oligarchs' owned, into a full seizure and set them aside for the future rebuilding of Ukraine. Like the Marshal Plan, call it the Putin Plan.

A HERO IS BORN.

I am staying put. I will not run away and abandon my people. The fight is here in Ukraine. What I need are weapons and ammunitions, not a ride out of town like former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani - President Volodymyr Zelensky.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

"There is too much hate in America because there is too much anger in America." - Trevor Noah.

WORD!

A life without challenges is not a life lived at all. A life lived is a life that has problems, confronts problems, solves problems and then learns from problems. - Tunde Fashola.

NOW, YOU KNOW.

When fishing for love, bait with your heart and not your brain, because you cannot rationalize love. - Mark Twain.

JUST THE FACT.

In our country, you can shoot and kill a nigger, but you better not hurt a gay person’s feelings - Dave Chappelle

DO YOU?.

“What you believe in can only be defined by what you’re willing to risk for it." - Stuart Scheller.

HEDGE YOUR CRISIS.

Never get in bed with a woman whose problems are worse than yours. - Chicago PD.

PROBLEM SOLVED.

'The best way to keep peace is to be ready to destroy evil. If you Pearl Harbor me, I Nagasaki you.' - Ted Nugent.

OUR SHARED HUMANITY.

Empathy is at the heart of who we are as human beings. - Cardinal Matthew Kukah.

WORDS ON MARBLE.

"Birth is agony. Life is hard. Death is cruel." - Japanese pithy.

REPENT OR PERISH - POPE.

Homosexuality is a sin. It is not ordained by God, therefore same sex marriage cannot be blessed by the church - Pope Francis.

CANCEL CULTURE IS CORROSIVE.


FOR SAKE OF COUNTRY.


MAGA LIVES ON: NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER!

TWITTER IS BORING WITHOUT HIS TWEETS. #RestorePresidentTrump'sTwitterHandle.


WORD.

"If you cannot speak the truth when it matters, then nothing else you says matters.” - Tucker Carlson.

#MeToo MOVEMENT: A BAD NEWS GONE CRAZY.

"To all the women who testified, we may have different truth, but I have a great remorse for all of you. I have great remorse for all of the men and women going through this crisis right now in our country. You know, the movement started basically with me, and I think what happened, you know, I was the first example, and now there are thousands of men who are being accused and a regeneration of things that I think none of us understood. I’m not going to say these aren’t great people. I had wonderful times with these people. I’m just genuinely confused. Men are confused about this issue. We are going through this #MeToo movement crisis right now in this country." - Harvey Weinstein.


RON DELLUMS: UNAPOLOGETICALLY RADICAL.

"If it’s radical to oppose the insanity and cruelty of the Vietnam War, if it’s radical to oppose racism and sexism and all other forms of oppression, if it’s radical to want to alleviate poverty, hunger, disease, homelessness, and other forms of human misery, then I’m proud to be called a radical.” - Ron Vernie Dellums.


WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN LIFE - STEVE JOBS

“I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success. However, aside from work, I have little joy. Non-stop pursuing of wealth will only turn a person into a twisted being, just like me. God gave us the senses to let us feel the love in everyone’s heart, not the illusions brought about by wealth. Memories precipitated by love is the only true riches which will follow you, accompany you, giving you strength and light to go on. The most expensive bed in the world is the sick bed. You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone to bear sickness for you. Material things lost can be found. But there is one thing that can never be found when it is lost – Life. Treasure Love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends. Treat yourself well. Cherish others.” - SJ

EVIL CANNOT BE TRULY DESTROYED.

"The threat of evil is ever present. We can contain it as long as we stay vigilant, but it can never truly be destroyed. - Lorraine Warren (Annabelle, the movie)


ONLY THE POOR WISH THEY HAD STUFF?

“I’m not that interested in material things. As long as I find a good bed that I can sleep in, that’s enough.” - Nicolas Berggruem, the homeless billionaire.

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

OLISA METUH'S BAIL, JUSTICE ABANG SHOWS THE WAY.

Icheoku says Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court Abuja Division has just demonstrated the right course of action, the proper way, to do it when a government is wary of releasing an accused person on bail. Rather than an outright refusal to grant bail or the government descending into the sewer, stirring anarchy by refusing to comply with valid order of court granting bail, just make the conditions too stringent and very difficult, if not nearly impossible to perfect. The Judge in Olisa Metuh's bail application exactly just did that - he did the government one huge favor by literally denying him bail. His bail condition will ensure that Olisa Metuh is not going anywhere very soon, at least not so easily. 

Ruling on Olisa Metuh's bail application, the judge said that he is favorably disposed to granting the accused bail since the offense is a bailable offense and in the eyes of the law the accused is presumed innocent until proved guilty. According to the judge, "the paramount thing was for the court to impose conditions that would compel the attendance of the accused for trial." Justice Abang then went on to grant Olisa Metuh bail in the sum of N400 million, to be physically deposited, two sureties each contributing two hundred million Naira.  

In addition, the two sureties must each own landed property within the choice Maitama district of Abuja. The two sureties must also submit the Certificate of Occupancy to both properties to the Chief Registrar of the court for verification. The two sureties must also submit their three years tax clearance certificate, two recent passport photographs as well as affidavit of means. The judge then ordered Olisa Metuh to also surrender his international passport to the court's Chief Registrar. The judge finally ordered the prosecution to personally verify compliance of all the bail terms and conditions to ensure that all of them were fully and duly perfected. Icheoku says this is how it is done - give the accused near impossible conditions to perfecting a bail and see the magic he comes up with. 

The government will be watching to see who that person is that will pony up his or her N200 million and deposit same pending the final resolution of the case. That person shall also produce his or her three years tax clearance certificate which will enable the government to investigate the legitimacy of their livelihood and source of wealth. This automatically defeats any crowd-funding or money laundering to meet the bail deposit sum. The sureties shall also deposit the CofO to their property in Maitama District Abuja; not just any property, but ones owned by them and located in Maitama. This will give the government the added opportunity to further investigate the individuals and their source of income and whether necessary taxes were paid in full on the Maitama property. Then plus two photographs. 

So query, who would want to throw their hat in the ring in a fight with a charging incensed bull, President Muhammadu Buhari, who is raging mad at Nigerians for the near-blind loot perpetrated by just a few Nigerians including Olisa Metuh. By coming out to bail Olisa Metuh, what message will such surety be telegraphing to the president as well as Nigerians, that it is ok to loot or that he or she has so much resources that he or she can now go to battle with the president and his anti-corruption government? Icheoku does not know about you but these conditions are as good as it gets and tantamount to no bail at all, because they will be very difficult to perfect under the current tensed anti-corruption atmosphere in Nigeria. 

But hey, lets see how it all pans out but Icheoku says this is the right way to not release anyone from custody; instead of the bungle that was President Muhammadu Buhari's refusal to comply with valid orders of courts which granted bail to Sambo Dasuki and Nnamdi Kanu. Such valid refusal to release on bail is surreptitiously done through the court, during pre-bail hearing and never by post-bail interventionist action. A very difficult to perfect bail condition is the key, period. This will take the wind out of the sail of rule of law activists as it will then be the accused defendant who could not perfect his bail terms and not necessarily the government disobeying court's order granting him bail. Our prediction, Olisa Metuh might be staying in Kuje prison for sometime, barring any miracle of intervention. 

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