WALLACE

[H I I K Y A A T O R @HiikyaaTor]

Daniel Bwala just reminded us that Tinubu did not build lagos.

[Obitrize @Obitrize_042]

So Peter Obi did all these things 🤯

This white man has just confirmed it -- don't judge a book by its cover.

[WALLACE @WALLACECHUKS]

Chaii! It has never been this bad in this country. Our leaders hv failed

[E.P Aninze Esq. @EkeneAninze]

So yesterday, the Nigeria Police Force fueled four security vans and drove all the way to Ogbomoso, only to arrest the father of Matthew Adeyemi, who is the DG of the purported fake agency, alongside a visiting family friend.

What exactly was their offence that warranted such an arrest?

According to the Nigeria Police, they claimed it was part of a criminal investigation into the embattled promoter over the alleged fictitious N1.3 billion presidential agency scandal.

Apparently, the police detectives had gone to Ogbomoso to arrest Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew. However, upon discovering that he was not at the premises, the officers took his elderly father and an associate into custody instead.

Now, this is the point that deeply unsettles me.

Why arrest his elderly father and a visitor in the place of Adeyemi?

The last time I checked, Adeyemi is already standing trial on an eight-count charge over this same issue.

He was lawfully granted bail by a competent court and, to the best of my knowledge, that bail has never been revoked.

So the question is simple: why arrest his father to intimidate him?

Adeyemi has never, in any of his briefings, claimed that his father helped him establish the agency.

He has never said his father received money from the agency, nor has he ever suggested that it was his father's idea to operate it.

So why leave all the people in government whom he has consistently fingered, only to arrest his elderly father?

When the National Assembly sat in 2015 to enact the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, one of the major abuses it sought to end was the arrest of innocent people for offences allegedly committed by another person.

That is the clear intention of Section 7 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015.

The National Assembly did not stop there.

It also deliberately restricted the powers of the police to arrest only the actual suspect involved in an alleged crime, while prohibiting the use of family members as leverage to get at that suspect. (See Sections 3(1) and 4 of the ACJA).

The law goes even further.

Section 10 of the Act limits the power of the police to arrest without a warrant to only individuals who are reasonably suspected of committing an offence or against whom a reasonable complaint has been made.

It certainly does not extend to Adeyemi's aged father, especially where there is no indication that the police secured any warrant for his arrest.

The courts have also spoken clearly on this issue.

In 2022, when the Court of Appeal has the opportunity to comment on this same matter in M.O.K. Nwofor v. Federal Republic of Nigeria (2022), the Court of Appeal made it abundantly clear that vicarious liability has no place in criminal law.

The court held in that case that arresting a father for the alleged offences of his adult son is unlawful.

Even much earlier, in 1999, when the Supreme Court delivered its judgment in Director of State Security Service v. Agbakoba, it warned security agencies that the right to personal liberty is sacrosanct and cannot be arbitrarily taken away on the basis of what can best be described as "proxy" accountability.

Over the years, our courts have consistently maintained that police powers must be exercised strictly within the limits of the law.

Any arbitrary arrest founded on substituted liability amounts to a violation of fundamental human rights and attracts both declaratory and compensatory reliefs. (See Fawehinmi v. Inspector General of Police).

Looking at everything that is currently happening, it is difficult not to conclude that these actions are deliberate attempts to intimidate the embattled DG of the purported agency, who has consistently fingered top government officials.

If that was not the intention, the police would simply have invited him and waited to see whether he would honour the invitation or not, instead of going after his elderly father and an innocent visitor.

I am Ekene Aninze Esq.

[WALLACE @WALLACECHUKS]

PVC registration ! INEC u can do better with this network issue

[CHUKS 🍥 @ChuksEricE]

"I laughed over the Ycee 'Olodo Uprising' topic, not because I found it funny, but because he was identifying something in his time. However, he was seeing the latter stage of something that started in my own generation when I was probably his age.

I spoke about weaponized ignorance for the first time in 1994 when I wrote a piece on it. He is identifying the same phenomenon. The 'Olodo Uprising' was fathered by weaponized ignorance."

— Dele Farotimi

[A. Adebanji @prinxe_B]

In 2027, Peter Obi will miss your vote, Alex Ekubo, but his followers will never forget your voice. The stand you took remains on record forever.

A true patriot and a Nollywood legend. Rest well, Chief. 💔🕊️

[iDAN 🦸🏽 @dangbanamanager]

Na Ogun go help me punish APC supporters home and abroad and the fence sitters

[Queen Bee 👑 🐝 @RealQueenBee__]

Tinubu should show working, the time for free solution is over. No More Copying...

[Mayor Of Calabar @Uno_009]

If your candidate answer questions for 10 Minutes from Rufai I will deactivate my account

I no dey support mannequin as a candidate.
No one is more qualified than Peter Obi

[WALLACE @WALLACECHUKS]

😁😁😁

[Olusegun Bakare𓃵 @theboyisgreat]

Tinubu is the president in charge of insecurity but Peter Obi is the one they are angry at for not answering insecurity questions. 😅🤣😀

Crazy things are happening..

[Governor Amuneke @KevinblakC]

Finally going to work with Keneth Chameleonkwo - contribute house rent for me please

[WALLACE @WALLACECHUKS]

The 2027 general election will record the highest voter turnout in Nigeria's history

[Big EL @Big_EL10]

@NigeriaNDCHQ Please look into this video. These has to be addressed immediately because @inecnigeria is giving citizens NOTIFICATION OF DEATH OF A PERSON NAME ON REGISTER FORM to fill as voters registration form

https://t.co/eMD1ZTeTNd

[NDC VANGUARD @NDCVANGUARDHQ]

Please, by all means necessary, Peter Obi must become the President of Nigeria in 2027.

{Repost aggressively}

[Ocular Priest 🎱 @KaizenMindset_3]

Peter Obi has an army of young people who have hope in him… he's a symbol that reflects what could be.
-Donald Duke

[WALLACE @WALLACECHUKS]

In my opinion, Aisha should hv accepted the HOR offer!!!

[WALLACE @WALLACECHUKS]

Give it to VDM. The guy get doings!!

[WALLACE @WALLACECHUKS]

@abvbakr_RMK I hope Soo..

[WALLACE @WALLACECHUKS]

@sultanbellojr Story for the gods