Abiye Iruene

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[Abiye Iruene @abiyeiruene]

@CrownprinceCom2 😊🙂😀😉

[CHUKS 🍥 @ChuksEricE]

"If he wants to debate me now, inviting me as a presidential candidate, he should first become a presidential candidate. The World Cup is ongoing—you can't be outside the tournament inviting countries that qualified to come and play with you, is like someone who's in division one, asking a premier League team for match."

—NDC presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi replies to Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, over his debate challenge.

[Abiye Iruene @abiyeiruene]

@ExIncognitoP Which kind keeper be this😀😂😊😁

[Abiye Iruene @abiyeiruene]

@_wholezed But she gets courage sha

[MaziTundeEdnutfan @originalproflle]

“Why is it that some people don’t keep their mouth shut?

Ali modu Sheriff don’t know who to talk nonsense to, he is talking to Peter Obi. IS PETER OBI YOUR MATE IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT?

- Norhterner destroys AliModu Sheriff for talking BS about @PeterObi
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[Abiye Iruene @abiyeiruene]

@Felixononuju @HonestNarrativ Isn't Badagry one of the slavery outposts used to ship out slaves? Where is Badagry on the map?

[Abiye Iruene @abiyeiruene]

@FinPlanKaluAja1 They should bury it, and add the refineries also

[OurFaveOnlineDoc 🇬🇧 🇳🇬 @OurFavOnlineDoc]

Dear @mehdirhasan

This lying double-mouthed dishonest aide called Daniel Bwala that you publicly exposed his hypocrisy to the world a few months ago, now claims Al Jazeera “apologised” to him over your interview with him.

Please is this claim true?
And if true, what exactly did Al Jazeera apologise to him for?

Dear Nigerians,
Pls retweet until @mehdirhasan sees this and publicly responds to clear the air.

[Abiye Iruene @abiyeiruene]

@MasterBolaji Why do you twist things to suit such narrative?

[Roy Biakpara (Emir of Clan of Diasporans) @RBiakpara]

APC, the party of crooks don't even have an order in which they will attend to things. From critical, to the very serious and others.

This is Bille in Rivers State. The people are living (?) with death as a daily possibility.

[Abiye Iruene @abiyeiruene]

@thenihiin Just like that?

[Abiye Iruene @abiyeiruene]

@Elkrosmediahub Why is everything Cruz in this generation please??

[E.P Aninze Esq. @EkeneAninze]

One interesting thing most people don't know, is that some of the efforts to get Bola Ahmed Tinubu to disclose his academic credentials before now, started with Gani Fawehinmi.

So, in 2001, Chief Gani Fawehinmi submitted a petition to the Nigeria Police Force alleging that Bola Ahmed Tinubu, then the Governor of Lagos State, had made false declarations and submitted forged documents to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in his nomination forms.

Gani Fawehinmi requested Musiliu Smith, who was the Inspector General of Police then, to investigate the allegations.

But Musiliu Smith and the Nigeria Police refused to investigate Bola Ahmed Tinubu, arguing that he was a sitting governor protected by constitutional immunity.

Most people would have stopped there.

But Gani Fawehinmi did not.

Following the police's refusal to act, Chief Gani Fawehinmi dragged the Inspector General of Police to court, seeking an Order of Mandamus to compel the police to perform their statutory duty by investigating the alleged crime.

Now you may ask, "What is an Order of Mandamus?"

I will tell you.

An Order of Mandamus is a command from a court that forces a government official or public body to do a job they are legally required to do, but have refused to perform. End.

When the case came before Justice Egbo-Egbo of the Lagos Federal High Court, the Nigeria Police argued that Gani Fawehinmi lacked the legal right (locus standi) to institute the action because he was not directly injured by the Governor's alleged false declaration.

The Federal High Court accepted the argument of the Nigeria Police and dismissed the case.

But Gani Fawehinmi refused to give up.

He proceeded to the Court of Appeal.

At the Court of Appeal, the judges took a more liberal position.

They held that Gani Fawehinmi indeed had the legal right to institute the case.

However, the Court of Appeal still held that because the police's power to investigate is discretionary, a court could not use an Order of Mandamus to compel them to investigate a sitting governor.

Again, Gani Fawehinmi was not satisfied.

So he took the battle to the Supreme Court.

That was where the case took a dramatic turn.

The Supreme Court carefully considered his arguments and drew a very important legal distinction between investigation and prosecution.

The court reasoned that although Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution grants the President, Vice President, Governors and Deputy Governors absolute immunity from civil and criminal proceedings while in office, that immunity does not prevent the police from investigating them.

The Supreme Court further explained why such investigations are necessary.

It held that evidence gathered against public office holders while they are still in office can be preserved and immediately used to prosecute them the very moment their constitutional immunity expires.

Lastly, the court held that the police have a mandatory statutory duty under the Police Act to investigate alleged crimes.

Because that duty is a public duty, the court ruled that an Order of Mandamus can be issued to compel the police to perform it whenever they fail or refuse to do so.

That was how Gani Fawehinmi won the case.

However, the unfortunate thing is that even though Gani Fawehinmi won the legal argument regarding the police's constitutional power to investigate a sitting governor, the police still chose not to act on the judgment or press criminal charges.

From May 10, 2002, when the Supreme Court delivered its judgment, to today, July 1, 2026, it has been exactly 24 years, 1 month, and 21 days.

Yet Nigerians are still asking President Tinubu for his credentials.

Without success.

I am Ekene Aninze Esq.

[Abiye Iruene @abiyeiruene]

@Nig_Farmer The over 100% degree heat nko? If that can't kill the germs or bacteria, then frying that egg will also kill you now⛹️⛹️⛹️

[Abiye Iruene @abiyeiruene]

@ChidiOdinkalu Can't the NJC do anything concerning him?

[Abiye Iruene @abiyeiruene]

@MobilePunch Ehn... continue nah⛹️⛹️⛹️

[Tomi @Tomi_Tomero]

I love how Pastor Tony Rapu is intentional about using the gospel as a means to improve the lives of people.

Iku Benny could have died in one of those street fights many years ago but 20 years later, look at him now…

[Sam Amadi @SamAmadi]

The First Lady, like her husband, @officialABAT is an astute politician. She knows what works best for Nigerian politics: give women party leaders brand new cars and give akara money to captive voters who will still vote you on the basis of inducement, ethnicity and religion. I applaud their dexterity.

The only problem is that the competences for being astute politician do not translate to competences to govern well.

Nigeria will continue to stagnate and the poor will be poorer under this astuteness.

[Abiye Iruene @abiyeiruene]

@BwalaDaniel @PeterObi Every cho cho cho nah PO said this or that, just talk about what you guys are doing about governance please

[Abiye Iruene @abiyeiruene]

@mcnun All this category of people just want to put Peter Obi down....I mean how can you be comparing a man who is holding the tenure of a chairman of a bank with that of an MD of another bank? I mean how? is the one time MD of gt bank contesting the elections?