Tag: Sagay
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Why Nigeria must scrap 1999 constitution, adopt 1963 Republican Charter – Sagay
Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Professor Itse Sagay (SAN) has advocated for immediate scrapping of the 1999 Constitution and adoption of the 1963 Republican Charter. “My own personal preference is that we should scrap this Constitution and adopt the 1963 Republican Constitution,” Sagay said on a monitored Channels Television programme on…
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FG must permit Nigerians to bear arms for self-defence – Sagay
The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay, says the Federal Government must permit Nigerians to bear arms in order to defend themselves. He said that his call was necessitated by increased unprovoked attacks against hapless Nigerians by bandits and other criminals across the nation and the seeming helplessness of the security…
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Sagay, Ozekhome, Falana react over immunity for NASS presiding officers
Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) Chairman Prof Itse Sagay (SAN) on Tuesday said immunity for legislature’s principal officers would weaken the anti-graft war. He believes public officers with nothing to hide should not demand immunity from prosecution. He said: “I think that is unacceptable because it is going to weaken our war against corruption.…
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Why I won’t exchange words with Sagay – Oshiomhole
All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole has promised not to exchange altercations with the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay, in the media. Oshiomhole, who made the promise while addressing reporters in Abuja, also faulted those who had been attacking President Muhammadu Buhari for his trips abroad.…
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NASS Invasion: Release El-Zakzaky now, Sagay advises Buhari
Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay has frowned at the continued detention of the leader of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, by the Department of State Services (DSS). Zakzaky is being held by the DSS since December 2015 while facing charges for culpable homicide, unlawful assembly,…
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Zamfara: PDP blasts Sagay over comments on S/Court verdict
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Sunday upbraided the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof Itse Sagay over his comments on the recent Supreme Court judgements on state elections in Zamfara and River States. Prof Sagay had, in a recent press interview, described the apex court’s judgments as…
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Senior Advocates misled, dumped Onnoghen – Sagay
The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Anti-Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), has said that the conviction of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), yesterday, has shown that nobody is above the law in the country. Reacting on the conviction of the nation’s one…
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Onnoghen: Buhari acted within constitutional powers – Sagay
The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption (PACAC), Prof Itse Sagay (SAN), on Friday said the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen by President Muhammadu Buhari was legal and morally right. Sagay insisted that Buhari only obeyed a court order in suspending Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen. He said the…
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Onnoghen: Opposition parties, Sagay, NBA, others react to pending trial at CCT
Barring a late minute change, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Nkanu Onnoghen, has a date in court in Abuja tomorrow for alleged failure to declare some of his assets, including about $3million. Onnoghen is scheduled to be arraigned before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). The Federal Government has already filed a…
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There is no proof Atiku is corrupt – Sagay
The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof Itse Sagay, says there is no proof that the Presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar is corrupt. The former Vice President has been labelled several times as a “corrupt man” by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and some persons…