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BREAKING: Nigerian Senate moves to strip President, Governors, their deputies of immunity

This is part of the amendment being proposed for the 1999 Constitution by the Senate.An indication followed the second reading of a Bill titled: “A Bill for an Act to alter the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to qualify criminal liability for certain public officers under Section 308”.

The bill provides that a President, Vice President, Governors and Deputy Governors shall lose their immunity if they are investigated by security and anti-graft agencies, including the courts. It further reads: “Section 308 of the Principal Act is altered by Substituting for subsection , a new subsection “” –“ to civil proceedings against a person to whom this section applies in his official capacity or to civil or criminal proceedings in which such a person is only a nominal party; and

“ to persons who hold the office of Vice-President, Governor or Deputy Governor, if it is determined either by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, Nigerian Police and State Security Service through a collaborative investigation that the said person is indicted by a court of competent jurisdiction for:“ Sponsoring of thugs to perpetrate violence that cause injury or death of political opponent, a member of his family, agent or personal...

 

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Sounds like a wale Adenuga production. THIS IS SUPER STORY.

This is what they should be discussing, not geberator importation

If mine will not work, your will be destroyed as well.

it will bring both sanity& chaos, confusion & integrity, abuse& accountability depending on the office holders!

next level pandemonium on the political terrain,that will be loop hole for political witch hunting & destruction of themselves

This welcome development if they can achieve it

Total diversion from covid - 19. Our munmun don do...

Utter deceit by the certified rubber stamp apc .They have no guts. They can't do it.

We dey look oooo

Joblessness! Is that what we need now? When crude oil is selling at ridiculous price? When almost every organ of government is not yielding what it's intended?

May God the Almighty make it so by His Mightiest Grace and Power.

Who fell out with who? 90% of them were former Governors and deputy governors! Spare me the noise!!

Stop posting rubbish. President is nt included it's only vice. And the governor with deputy

Topics like these are some of the issue's that should be coming from The Hallowed Chambers and not the talk of sentencing power generator users.

fear God in whatever position find yourself

Its a good idea

Rubber Stamp can never change what he is..............

Is a trap They are targeting at sumthn Breeze go blow soon

So help him God.

Mad oh, now we are having sense... 👏👏👏

Dead on arrival..

~ now, you're talking; time to hold people responsible for their actions, or otherwise.

Hope this is not a game plan?

For where?they want to distract the people.we know what RUBBER STAMP means.

I believe it's a good one if the story is true tho

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