The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has urged the Federal Government to deduct funds meant for state judiciaries from the May 2021 Federal Account Allocation Committee, FAAC.
Police tell protesters why Baba Ijesha is still in detention withinnigeria.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from withinnigeria.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Alex Enumah
A Professor of Law, Yemi Akinseye-George (SAN), has identified the lack of political will on the part of elected government officials as the reason for the upsurge in insecurity currently plaguing all parts of Nigeria.
Akinseye-George, who is the president of the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies (CSLS), lamented that daily media report is replete with killings, kidnappings, jail breaking, attacks on law enforcement personnel, destruction of courts, and threats of invasion of different parts of the country by bandits, terrorists, cultists, cattle rustlers, and other outlaws.
He stated this last Tuesday in Abuja during a workshop to ‘Review and Validate the Explanatory Notes on the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015’.
He also said the actor would not be released until the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria called off its nationwide strike and the courts resumed so that he could be arraigned.
Yomi Fabiyi, Nollywood movie star, has claimed that the
confession of Baba Ijesha, the embattled Yoruba actor, was obtained under
duress.
Baba Ijesha has been in the news after he admitted to
assaulting a 14-year-old girl, who happens to be the foster daughter of
Comedian Princess.
Following his arrest, Ijesha has remained in police custody
where Hakeem Odumosu, the Lagos police commissioner, said he would be until the
Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) calls off its strike.
Moyosore Onigbanjo, the commissioner for justice, had also
explained that the state’s directorate of public prosecutions (DPP) had
recommended five charges against the embattled actor which put him at risk of