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VOL. 7, NO. 1861 TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2011
TR UTH IN DEFENCE OF FREEDOM TRUTH
•Activist lawyers and other Nigerians protesting yesterday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, against NJC’s suspension of Justice Isa Ayo Salami. See also pages 2, 3, 4 & 5
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Jonathan, NJC under fire over Salami’s suspension Protests in Lagos, Port Harcourt Lawyers boo AGF Adoke Soyinka condemns NJC’s action Acting PCA takes the oath
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USTICE Minister Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN) got a cold reception from his colleagues yesterday. The Attorney-General of the Federation was booed at the Civic Centre, Port Harcourt where no fewer than 10,000 lawyers were seated for the
From Bisi Olaniyi, Port Harcourt
yearly Bar Conference. The lawyers, according to some of them who spoke with The Nation, were displeased with the suspension of the President of the Court of Appeal (PCA), Justice Isa
Ayo Salami and Sunday’s appointment of an Acting PCA, Justice Dalhatu Adamu, by the President. Adoke was speaking at 12:34 pm, commenting on disunity in the Bar and the judiciary. Then, the lawyers started shouting: “No, No, No, No!”; “We no go gree!”
“President Jonathan must do the right thing”; “The President must allow justice to prevail”. Then, there was calm. Four minutes later, the shouting recurred - to the surprise of Adoke, who was the President’s representative. The National Executive Committee of the NBA, in a
communiqué on Sunday evening, directed all its members to stay away from NJC’s activities, including the swearing in of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), fixed for Friday. Besides, it advised President Jonathan not to accept Justice Salami’s suspension, as recommended by the
NJC. The popular thinking is that the NJC’s recommendation and by entertaining it, the President was endorsing and illegality, particularly as the matter is in court. As the conference was Continued on page 2
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