Is there any reason on earth, why this character, Abubakar
Talba, who parades as a judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital
Territory of Nigeria, should not be charged as an accomplice to the death of
the several pensioners, some of who died whilst queuing up, waiting for their
due pensions from the Police Pension authorities?
(Justice?) Abubakar Talba has just delivered what will
perhaps qualify as one of the most dense, unjust, infantile and nonsensical
High Court judgement any judicial system in the world may ever have the
misfortune of staining its record books.
A thief and director of the Police Pension Office, Mr.
John Yusuf, who admitted guilt to stealing N32.8billion (or $203 Million) was
sentenced by Abubakar Talba, to a mere 2 years in prison or an option of
N750,000 ($4,500) and the forfeiture of some properties.
The thief promptly paid the fine and walked out of Court,
a free man!
Apparently, neither the fact that some pensioners, owners
of the monies John Yusuf stole, die on queues waiting to collect their
pensions, nor the quantum of the fraud committed, had any effect on Abubakar
Talba's reasoning.
This character, Abubakar Talba, before whom some Nigerian
lawyers practicing in Abuja will bow before and exclaim 'My Lord' ought to have
his head and conscience examined!
In all my over two decades in the Nigerian Bar, no piece
of trash has so made me ashamed of the Legal Profession in Nigeria as the
conduct of this character, who is supposed to know better.
The very least that can be done to redeem the image of the
Nigerian Legal profession (if truly anyone is so interested) is for Abubakar
Talba to be immediately dismissed and investigated for corrupt activities. And
a re-sentencing of John Yusuf!
Truly the contraption is in a hopeless free-fall.
The urgency to renegotiate and restructure the Nigerian
contraption is gaining currency.
http://www.punchng.com/news/nigerian-wonder-n27bn-pension-thief-gets-n750000-fine/
Picture:
Mr. John Yusuf, shielding his face from the press
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