On Tuesday, the Department of State Services referred to certain solicitors who brought contempt charges against Yusuf Bichi, the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), as “charge and bail lawyers.”
The continuing arrest of the suspended former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, was the impetus for the filing of the charges by the group of solicitors led by Maxwell Opara and Ahmed Tijani.
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In a series of tweets published under its Twitter handle, the service claimed that the attorneys were led by a “overzealous and uneducated IPOB/ESN lawyer.”
It stated that “Charge and bail, overzealous and uneducated IPOB/ESN lawyer Maxwell Okpara is mobilising other like-minded lawyers against DGSS.” Efforts That Are Pointless to Make. Well, Nigerians, beware! This shows a lack of good faith. A case of transferred aggression.
“An activist for the Biafran Republic and counsel for the outlawed IPOB defending the suspended governor of the CBN. Is the IPOB fighting for one of their own?
“What an apparent inconsistency. What exactly is the relevance here? Is there a secret someone is trying to keep from us? May Maxwell have an accurate education on the relevant legal issues, please.”
Opara and a few other lawyers had filed the contempt case against Bichi, stating that he had disobeyed repeated judgements and orders issued by the court, which directed the release of Emefiele from the custody of the agency.
They based the lawsuit that they filed on the alleged violation of repeated decisions that ordered the release of Mr. Emefiele and asked the court to put Bichi in jail for contempt of court for his actions.
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