Jabari K. Agoma

Cautiously optimistic about the future of Nigeria. Guided by the aphorism: Be the change you want to see. Democracy is bad for Africa. It divides people.

[Jabari K. Agoma @RealRiversKing]

The evil done by @OfficialPDPNig in their better forgotten 16 years of locust is not just the unconscionable looting of our treasury; it's the looting of common sense, intellect & moral rectitude of their supporters. Therein lies the legacy of that evil party.

TUEH!

[Jabari K. Agoma @RealRiversKing]

@Mr_Sprime @LegalNaija You should also withdraw your earlier statement that lawyers are delusional and, while at it, tender an unreserved apology.

[Jabari K. Agoma @RealRiversKing]

@Chi1113163Chi @adanonso_ It's actually easy. But he may not be your spec.

[Jabari K. Agoma @RealRiversKing]

@EkeneAninze They're not different. Was it not Patience Jonathan that imposed the menace and greedy glutton called Wike on Rivers State in 2015? Patience Jonathan slapped a sitting governor and took the microphone from him. Fu*k both of them.

[Jabari K. Agoma @RealRiversKing]

@TIFE_MONEY "BL in view," and you're addressing a senior lawyer as "girl." Some of you lack decorum and are a total disgrace to the NLS and BoB. In a matter of years, you too would become a senior lawyer, and it would be the turn of "BL in view" to address you as "girl."

[AFAM OSIGWE @afamosigwe]

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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[Jabari K. Agoma @RealRiversKing]

@ogunbadejo57688 @UdyAsuquo @Boov_Technology @degogetteer You're a very big fool & a complete nuisance. Start your own company that will grant men a weekly day off for 9 months to enable them to attend antenatal appointments with their wives or go back to the cave you disappeared from before your fellow clowns declare you wanted. Animal

[Jabari K. Agoma @RealRiversKing]

@ogunbadejo57688 @UdyAsuquo @Boov_Technology @degogetteer 2/ ... your Nigerian employer that you won't be at work on a particular day or days for 9 months because you have an antenatal appointment with your wife? Only a retard like you thinks our realities are the same with the West.

[Jabari K. Agoma @RealRiversKing]

@ogunbadejo57688 @UdyAsuquo @Boov_Technology @degogetteer You've been crying all over the place. Why don't you look for a man who would resign from his job and follow you to the hospital? You talk about men showing empathy, yet fail to do the same with the peculiar circumstances of men who are in employment Nigeria. Imagine telling...

[Jabari K. Agoma @RealRiversKing]

@ChisomAgbafor They won't last up to two years, though, because of the constant washing and ironing.

[Jabari K. Agoma @RealRiversKing]

@Katartist3 @Wizarab10 You're an !diot. Who told you they enjoy their marriages? Are you talking about the same marriages that ultimately end in a divorce?

[Jabari K. Agoma @RealRiversKing]

@tomisin_ms @minister_femi Lol, only online.🤣 The few women who are the breadwinners of their families regard it as a misfortune.

[Jabari K. Agoma @RealRiversKing]

@tomisin_ms @minister_femi What the heck is "self-sufficient"? Rather, teach your daughters how to be providers and protectors of their future homes. Teach them it's okay they pay rent, school fees, buy a piece of land & build a house for the family, etc., while their husbands cook and clean. Retard!

[Jabari K. Agoma @RealRiversKing]

@UsmanAbidemiEsq 🙏 Bless you, too.

[Jabari K. Agoma @RealRiversKing]

@olu_oyeniyi @Tomi_Tomero https://t.co/DJOmOL0SBR

[Jabari K. Agoma @RealRiversKing]

@UsmanAbidemiEsq To my mind, the only people who are qualified to make these comparisons are lawyers who have passed ICAN exams and accountants who have passed Bar Finals. Any other person engaging in this is just bantering.

[Jabari K. Agoma @RealRiversKing]

@Chimdirimmmah @caImwaterss @stylishnene "Men have no reason to have pot belly." Is that you? Every wise man must avoid women like you.

[Jabari K. Agoma @RealRiversKing]

@tr_thrive @jxjx23_ AI is only better than average lawyers in terms of drafting. It can't match highly skilled lawyers. It doesn't even come close.

[Jabari K. Agoma @RealRiversKing]

@AgbawoGracious @YKoluwaseun9 @boilexzino Small girl like you. What happened to your father?

[Jabari K. Agoma @RealRiversKing]

@woye1 You must hate Nigeria so much that you celebrate everything wrong with it.