POLICE MUST PROSECUTE SENATE RULES FORGERS !

ZION B-BC NEWSLETTER.

A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church, Kpeyegyi, Abuja Nigeria. [VOL. 4. NO 108. 6 September, 2015.} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You Free! (John.8:32).

POLICE MUST PROSECUTE SENATE RULES FORGERS!

Forgery is a criminal offence of felony under Section 465 of the Criminal Code; but for five distinguished Senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to have “inadvertently” filed an alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Orders document in the form of a civil suit at an Abuja Federal High Court in order to contest its legality and later to withdraw same within two months of clueless litigation, suggest two legal opinions: one, that the legislators were novices in legal matters or, two, had pretended faked loyalty to the ruling party, being members of the self-acclaimed, “Senate Unity Forum! In the run to the appointments of principal officers of the upper legislative body, the 2015 Senate Standing Orders or Rules document was alleged to have been purportedly and deliberately forged to favour the incumbent occupiers of the two highest offices, President and Deputy President, in the persons of the duo of Abubakar ‘Bukola Saraki of the All Progressives Party (APC), and Ike Ekweremadu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a marriage of convenience to some party dissidents. On 31 August, 2015, the alleged forgery case was struck out and terminated by the High Court Judge according to the prayers of the litigants who gave no cogent reason for the withdrawal! The judge also ruled against further case (civil) hearing on the matter! The first thought that should be addressed is whether a criminal case or matter should be entertained as civil litigation in court without falling foul of being regarded as an abuse of court process as in the case of the “Unity Forum Senators” and the second thought is, now that the case has been struck out and terminated, should it die a natural legal death? The most reasonable opinion and legal answer is NO, for the reasons that an offence of forgery had been established through the Police Investigation Report which had indicted the two principal officers and some administrative staff of the National Assembly (NASS), especially the Clerk, Salisu Mai Kasuwa of culpability, and had recommended prosecution of the suspects, while a copy of the report had been forwarded to the President who was yet to comment or decide on the matter in view of his avowed stand of non-interference in legislative internal affairs! According to the Police Report, the alleged forged rules had been used in the controversial election of the Senate President and his deputy on 9 June 2015 to inaugurate the 8 NASS. Police investigators who acted on a petition by a patriotic Senator Sulaiman Hunkuyi (APC), Kaduna State, interrogated Senator Ekweremadu, the NASS Clerk (custodian of the forged document), and other ranking officers over the alleged forgery in which some parts of the 2015 Senate Orders were discovered to be different from the one ratified by the 6 Senate in 2010 and which was used by the 7 Senate as Standing Orders 2011. According to the Section 465 of the Criminal Code, a person who makes a false document or writing knowing it to be false, and with intent that it may in any way be used or acted upon as genuine, in Nigeria or elsewhere, to the prejudice of any person, or with intent that any person may in the believe that it is genuine, be induced to do or refrain from doing any act, whether in Nigeria or elsewhere is said to forge the document or writing and is guilty of a criminal offence of Felony which attracts a penalty of three years jail term, a fine or both! Points to prove include the following: That the accused made a false document or writing. That the accused knew that the document or writing he made was false. That the accused had the intention that the false document or writing may be used or acted upon as genuine. That the accused intended that whoever acted upon the document in the belief that the document is genuine would be induced to do or refrain from doing any act. According to the Police detailed report, the controversial 2015 Senate Standing Orders, Rule 3, as contained on page 4 of the document which has to do with the election of presiding officers, had shown that it was different from the 2011 Senate Order because Rule 3(e)(i) and(ii) have been included in the 2015 edition to accommodate electronic voting and secret ballot and ballot papers, which were not specifically mentioned in the 2011 Standing Orders. Whereas the Senate Order 3(e)(ii) of the 2011 document states: “ That voting shall be conducted by the Clerks-at-the-Table, using the Division List of Senate with the Tellers in attendance, (ii) the Clerk of the Senate shall submit the result of the division to the Clerk of the National Assembly and (iii) that the Clerk shall then declare the Senator-elect who has received the greater numbers of votes elected as President of the Senate; the same Section in the 2015 Senate Order reads: “Voting by secret ballot which shall be conducted by the Clerk-at- Table using the list of Senators-elect of the Senate shall each be given a ballot paper to cast his vote with the proposers and the seconder as Teller and the Clerk of the Senate shall submit the result of the voting to the Clerk of the National Assembly who shall then declare Senator-elect who has received the highest number of votes as Senate President elect.” The Police Report concluded that apart from the “alteration” to the procedure for election, Order 95 of the 2011 rule on the chairmanship and membership of committees is also different in the 2015 version. Where the former (2011) states that (i) membership of all committees shall not be less than 11 and not more than 13 Senators; (ii) no Senator shall serve in more than three committees and (3) no Committee Chairman shall serve in more than one other committee, the latter (2015 version) states that the appointment of Senators as Chairmen and members of committees shall be carried in such a manner as to reflect the six geo-political zones of the country and there shall be no predominance of Senators from a few geo-political zone! Police has recommended immediate prosecution of all suspects in the forgery according to the extant laws of the land because all Senators of the 8 Assembly avowed that they were not aware of any amendments to the 2011 Senate Standing Orders! We have no doubt on our mind that a prima facie case has been established and it was high time that charity began at home with the new All Progressives Congress government which must crush the inordinate ambitions of its greedy politicians of this end time! According to Police sources, a copy of the report has also been forwarded to the office of Attorney General of the Federation for legal advice for prosecution and with all steps taken so far, we believe that this matter would not be swept under any carpet! Everyone in this new regime must be forced to face the consequences of his/her actions or inaction in office! Abubakar ‘Bukola Saraki and all his accomplices in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), during the Senate Presidency election saga, should be made to face the music! There should be no SACRED COWS since it is no longer business as usual! Mr. President, the ball is in your court!

ONE HUNDRED DAYS OF BUHARI IN OFFICE!

During an interview at Chatham House, London, March, 2015 as a Presidential aspirant, President Buhari put paid to the jinx surrounding “100 DAYS IN OFFICE”, by telling the world that much as he would try very diligently to meet the yearnings and aspirations of the citizens if elected, he would not play the magician but promised to tackle insurgency, delete corruption, nullify issues of infrastructural decay of government institutions and agencies, entrench the dignity of the rule of law, ensure all revenue generating arms of government led by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), pay into a single account while anti-corruption agencies would operate without government interference and all monies would be paid into the Federation account as specified in the 1999 Nigerian Constitution! During this very short period, PMB plugged excessive leakages in government expenses and all loopholes for siphoning monies through dubious claims and Nigeria’s foreign reserve earnings increased from USD $29billion to USD $31billion! What a feat! We are witnesses to the truth that PMB is working assiduously on all fronts of promises to Nigerians and on 3 September, 2015, he and his Vice, Professor ‘Yemi Oshibajo declared their assets publicly so that others could follow their good leadership examples and qualities. Already, a serving APC Senator, Shehu Sani, from Kaduna State has followed the footsteps of these new exemplary leaders by also declaring his assets publicly! THIS IS CHANGE PER EXECELLENCE. In this new dispensation STEALING IS CORRUPTION and we all stand to be dammed as a nation if all public officers refuse to follow the sterling qualities of the new leaders because PMB gives a damn about righteousness in government!. It is written that we brought nothing into this world and we shall surely take nothing away! Naked we came, naked we shall depart! Amen.

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