Edu Spatio

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[Emir Sirdam @EmirSirdam]

Last night on the Emir Sirdam Show, a PAID renowned APC and Tinubu supporter made this scathing confession.

He will be live Tonight for a full breakdown.

[Edu Spatio @EduSpatio]

@ChidiOdinkalu @NigBarAssoc The NBA slept for too long. This bail crisis has now become a tradition.
The legal practitioner community, both the bar and the bench created this mess.

[Nigerian Bar Association @NigBarAssoc]

BAIL CONDITIONS SHOULD NOT UNDERMINE THE ESSENCE OF BAIL

In recent times, we have observed with growing concern a disturbing trend in the administration of criminal justice in Nigeria, where courts and law enforcement agencies, including the Nigeria Police Force, EFCC, ICPC, and other security agencies, increasingly impose bail conditions that are excessive, impractical, and difficult to satisfy. The frequent insistence on sureties who are senior civil servants of specified grade levels, coupled with demands for landed properties of extraordinary value, has in many cases transformed bail from a mechanism for securing attendance at trial into a tool of pretrial detention. The consequence is that many persons who are constitutionally presumed innocent and have ostensibly been granted bail remain incarcerated because the conditions attached to their release are beyond their reach. This troubling development undermines the constitutional right to personal liberty, weakens the presumption of innocence, and defeats the very essence and purpose of bail within our criminal justice system.

We consider it necessary to reiterate that bail is a constitutional safeguard designed to secure the attendance of an accused person at trial while preserving his or her liberty pending the determination of guilt or innocence. It is neither a punishment nor a mechanism for imposing pre-trial incarceration by indirect means. The law is settled that bail conditions must be reasonable, practical, and capable of being fulfilled by the accused person.

The Supreme Court, in Suleman & Anor v. Commissioner of Police, Plateau State (2008), emphasized that the object of bail pending trial is to grant pre-trial freedom to an accused person whose appearance in court can be secured through appropriate conditions. Bail is not intended to create insurmountable obstacles that make release impossible.

We are particularly concerned by the increasing tendency to impose conditions that are disconnected from prevailing economic realities and often impossible to satisfy. Conditions requiring sureties who are serving civil servants on specific salary grades, ownership of landed properties of extraordinary value, or other burdensome requirements effectively convert the grant of bail into a denial of bail.

Of particular concern is the continued insistence in some cases on sureties who must be senior civil servants, often on Grade Levels 16 or 17, and who must own properties worth hundreds of millions of naira. Such conditions have been strongly criticised by the appellate courts.

In Dasuki v. Director-General, State Security Service & Ors (2019) LPELR-49182 (CA), the Court of Appeal unequivocally condemned the practice of involving serving public officers as a mandatory category of sureties. The Court observed that such requirements are unknown to civilised legal systems and run contrary to public service regulations. The Court further noted that expecting a public servant on Grade Level 16 to own property worth N100 million would not only be unrealistic but could also conflict with public service rules and anti-corruption objectives.

The Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015, is equally clear on this issue. Section 165(1) provides that while the grant and conditions of bail are within the discretion of the court, such conditions must not be excessive. Judicial discretion, though wide, must always be exercised judiciously, reasonably, and in a manner consistent with constitutional guarantees.

We therefore restate that bail conditions must be tailored solely to ensure attendance at trial. They must never serve as instruments of punishment prior to conviction. Conditions that cannot be met amount in substance to a refusal of bail and contribute directly to pre-trial detention and congestion in correctional facilities.

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[Edu Spatio @EduSpatio]

@IgboHistoFacts Too much familiarity breeds contempt

[Nigeria Stories @NigeriaStories]

"I might likely return to DSS detention because I can't keep quiet while people are sûffering. I will continue with my 'Renew Mind' campaign."

~ Livinus Nwosu breaks silence after his release by DSS

[Peter Akah @Peter4Nigeria]

An aide to the FCT minister has insiders within @inecnigeria who can break the laws and release voters information to him,

While the APC chieftain INEC chairman is still seated in office pretending to be a neutral electoral empire?

Nigeria is in serious Trouble and if we are serious about 2027 elections this must not be allowed to slide❗️

@inecnigeria is the Weapon fashioned against Nigeria and only Nigerians can help ourselves ❗️

[FrankstanTV @FrankstanTV1]

What personal opinion about the current state of the Nigerian government would get you in this position?

[CPJ Africa @CPJAfrica]

In the three years since Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed office on May 29, 2023, journalists have been repeatedly arrested, attacked, and harassed — yet, the government has sought to deny this reality.

Watch CPJ’s interviews with @NewsCentralTV's Karina Adobaba-Harry, @fijnigeria's Sodeeq Atanda, and @wikkitimes' Yawale Adamu to hear about their ordeals.

Read more: https://t.co/38r9bv1Z9p

[Edu Spatio @EduSpatio]

@SavvyRinu @KwankwasoRM @SavvyRinu you aptly captured my mind. Protests are the constitutional rights of every citizen, unless we are deemed slaves in our fatherland; yet, even a slave can rebel.

[Edu Spatio @EduSpatio]

@NigeriaStories The man with the god-mode in football. Once he's ON....forget it. Oliver Khan can testify.

[Edu Spatio @EduSpatio]

@caesar4naija @NigeriaStories Ronaldinho is not even on the list in this category. He doesn't come close. Men dey wey crazy pass ronaldinho for this thing.

[Edu Spatio @EduSpatio]

@Champion_433 @NigeriaStories You are a joke. You think Jay Jay was just an ordinary dribbler in his prime? That record is over 30yrs and counting. Even Diego Amando Maradona GOAT, didn't do it

[ISMAEEL @Banjy47]

⚽ MOST SUCCESSFUL DRIBBLES IN A SINGLE FIFA WORLD CUP MATCH

1. 🇳🇬 Jay-Jay Okocha — 15 vs Italy (1994)
2. 🇧🇷 Jairzinho — 13 vs Uruguay (1970)
3. 🇨🇲 Paul Gascoigne — 13 vs Cameroon (1990)
4. 🇵🇹 Eusébio — 12 vs Hungary (1966)
5. 🇩🇪 Reinhard Libuda — 12 vs Bulgaria (1970)
6. 🇳🇱 Johan Cruyff — 12 vs Sweden (1974)
7. 🇮🇹 Sandro Mazzola — 12 vs Poland (1974)
8. 🇦🇷 Diego Maradona — 12 vs England (1986)
9. 🇩🇪 Jamal Musiala — 12 vs Costa Rica (2022)

[Edu Spatio @EduSpatio]

@AideeAUmoren @iamHSDickson Una go cry later

[Edu Spatio @EduSpatio]

@Aluta_Panorama @iamHSDickson @Odimmadu2 You made absolute sense. People like them have nothing for the common man. We know their antecedents.

[Edu Spatio @EduSpatio]

@Balatic @iamHSDickson @JLemon007 Story story. Once they are there, they become something else. You cannot give what you don't have. A spade is a spade, not a shovel.

[Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, CGoF @ChidiOdinkalu]

After all that thuggery to collect made, @OvieOmoAgege has collected breakfast....!

[YabaLeftOnline @yabaleftonline]

Nobody advised me to invest after winning BBNaija, I was sharing the money like a m*mu. The day I started saying no was when my problems started — Phyna cries out.

[Somto Okonkwo @General_Somto]

“I Received An Anonymous Warning Call Earlier Today… The Person Told Me Not To Announce My Return To Nigeria And Advised Me Not To Come Back With My Phone Because There’s A High Chance I Might Be Arrested. According To Them, Some People Believe I’m Being Sponsored. I Guess It’s Time To Show Nigerians And The World Why Bola Ahmed Tinubu Is Not Fit To Run In 2027. APC Has Ruined Nigeria And Nigerians. Tinubu Getting Re-Elected In 2027 Will Be The End Of Nigeria.”

[Nonso @christspower4]

A Hausa Scavenger Hit A Resident Of Oroki, Osogbo, Osun State, With Juju And Abducted Him Right Before People Eyes In A Bustling Busy Street. Weird Things Are Happening In Nigeria Nowadays.