Abba Hikima
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A lawyer working to imbue environments with justice, freedom and reason.
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The impunity with which
@PoliceNG
(SARS) violates Nigerians is endlessly disturbing. I am currently prosecuting a case where Kano SARS evidently tortured an innocent young suspect to death, hid his death to his family and continued to collect food and money from the family...
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Allegation of defamation against Aisha Buhari should not under the law attract more sanctions. The office of the First Lady is unknown to law and the occupier is everybody’s equal. Free Aminu Adamu Muhammad.
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A 41 year old
@adeyanjudeji
has uttered 6 times and in a daring mode what a 23 old Aminu uttered. We expect the same treatment if only the administration is not out to victimize the weak and less privileged.
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The northern region is now oil-rich. The North will from today, no longer be tagged “parasitic”.
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Jiya bayan wasu bayin Allah sun kai shi asibiti, likitoci sun tabbatar cewa tsokanar da ake yiwa Lawan Rufai (Alhaji Rufa’i) na kara masa rashin lafiya
Saboda haka duk wanda ya kara tsokana ko tunzura wannan bawan Allah, zamu dauki matakin shariah a kan sa ko waye InshaAllah.
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purportedly for onward delivery to the dead suspect who was then already lodged in mortuary. As a legal practitioner, I can write a 1000-paged book on Nigeria Police's atrocities to Nigeria citizenry whom they are by law burdened to protect...
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It is pertinent also to say that Nigeria and Nigerians have been too quiet for too long on this. Nigeria's political leadership esp. the president
@MBuhari
, must give Nigeria a decent police force.
kindly investigate the case of Sadiq (whose picture appears above) as posted on
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"pls help us share until it reaches the ears that need to hear... This is Sadiq's picture at the trauma Centre in National Hospital Abuja..."
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Facebook by his cousin as follows:
"JUSTICE FOR SADIQ!!!
With deep sorrowful broken heart I write dis painful story of what happened to my cousin today, today as a Nigerian citizen, I have seen the highest order of abuse of office by the SARS officers and cruelty, at about 1pm.
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I just watched the Tinubu’s Chatham House speech and truth be told, he’s done very well. May be not at the question and answer session, but the speech which he gave without reading was sound.
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cruel and in human, the officer that shot Sadiq was looking like a hoodlum, with is tattered hair style and chains hanging around his neck, if any one can help us raise the alarm untill it reaches the ears that needs to hear and Justice is given to sadiq it will be appreciated,
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demanding justice for Sadiq and the entire Family if there is any justice remaining in Nigeria, if not we have raised our hands and prayed to Allah in this Holy month for devine intervention, but today as a Nigerian Citizen our government has failed us... SARS officers are very
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"SARS officers jumped the fence and entered my aunt's house in gwarinpa abuja, and started shooting, Sadiq was performing ablution for zuhr prayers, on sighting one of the officers shooting he got scared and he thought they were armed robbers, out of fear he jumped in to their...
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"Husband and started beating them up and took them away and after some minutes some of the officers came back to the house and packed the bullets that were on the floor in an attempt to hide evidence, after making several phone calls they were said to be taken to the SARS office
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"neighbour's house, one of the officers shot him on the hand, Sadiq was bleeding, he handcuffed Sadiq and one of the neighbour's son and took them in to their vehicle, mean while the remaining officers broke the doors in to the house, brought out the remaining boys and her...
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at Guzape with alot of cooked up stories, on reaching there, they took us to see one of the heads of the office, he narrated the story that, the officers were chasing a kidnapper demanding a ransome and the kidnapper jumped in to my aunt's house and that they didnt shoot any
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left, the Doctors told them to wait behind and submit their statement, they refused and left us there, when the bandage on sadiq's hand was removed, it was a gun shot injury, the bullet has damaged his Radius and Ulna bone, and also damaged the whole tendons on the wrist, we are
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body, that Sadiq got injured by a barb wire while trying to escape and that Sadiq is the kidnapper, after narrating our own side of the story the officer realised they were some hidden facts, after clear listening to his step mum, the officer asked them to release every body, I
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us Sadiq for treatment and seeing is a gun shot injury non of the hospital's will accept us without a police officer attached to us, I demanded one of the police officer accompanies us to the hospital, they took Sadiq in to their Hilux vehicle, drove him to National Hospital and
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demanded they take Sadiq to the hospital and get him treated and they must foot the bills, the commander and his deputy threatened to arrest me for saying that, and he said everyone should be rearrested he is not releasing anybody, after going back and forth I insisted they give
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Emefiele may be super corrupt and all but alleging that he misappropriated a whopping $171billion just does not add up. Everything is possible in Nigeria though.
That notwithstanding, the president should take the allegation very seriously and get it thoroughly probed.
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Earlier this month we filed a criminal complaint against Baffa Babba Dan-agundi and his agency the KAROTA for criminal breach of trust, cheating and abuse of office in their dealings with tricycle riders. The case came up today. Court insisted that the MD must appear in person.
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Isn’t Obasanjo’s letter equally inciteful? coming at this crossroad?
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Yohanna -the SARS official who shot this young man and inflict him with this unbearable pain shall never rest too. We'll continue to push until he is dishonrourably dismissed from
@PoliceNG
, prosecuted, jailed and made to compensate his innocent victim.
#JusticeforSadiq
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Unknown to the public, Aminu was arraigned and remanded in prison since yesterday.
Tun jiya aka aike da Aminu gidan yari. Mutane basu sani ba.
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There is no such thing under the law as “Office of the First Lady.“
#AbolishOfficeOfFirstLady
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Nigerian Government will be squarely responsible for any infliction that, God forbid, may have befallen our brothers and sisters at Sudan, especially after this 3-days ceasefire extension.
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Discussing the inseparable relationship between law, development and attitude of lawyers.
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The IGP is called upon to abort all plans, to deploy Kolo as CP Kano state.
It must be remembered that there is a national resolve to promote community policing in Nigeria and Kolo, a former head of the defunct SARS in Kano, did not have a smooth ride with people of Kano.
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I have been contacted by the official Tweeter handle
@NhrcTweets
on the issue of infringement of Sadiq's fundamental rights by officials of SARS.
If you are a member of Sadiq's family or you have the contact of one, kindly DM me here ASAP pls.
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I, Abba Hikima Esq, adult, Muslim, male, Nigerian citizen of Hausa ethic background, do hereby support the National Assembly's plan to impeach Buhari this September.
Add your voice please.
#ImpeachBuhariNow
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Kano State High Court per my Lord Hon Justice Jamilu Shehu Suleiman just intervened. And by Allah, we'll not hesitate to commence contempt proceeding against anyone who flouts this.
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The
@PoliceNG_CRU
is taking forever. I can't wait. I have sued the
@PoliceNG
at Federal High Court, Kano in my name on behalf of Nigerians. So help us God.
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Abdulrashid Bawa must understand that corruption entails far more than pecuniary infractions. Refusal to obey order of a constitutional court is itself corruption. The order directing for his arrest and detention should be carried out to the latter and immediately.
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Mu kari juna…
Shin kuna ganin daukar matakin doka akan masu sukar yan siyasa ko aibata su, ko bata musu suna yana tasiri wajen hana mutane ci gaba da wadannan dabi’u ko kuma hakan kara tunzura mutane yake yi?
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Idan yau 1 ga wata, Allah ya bamu ladan nafila da biyayya. Idan kuma 30 din ne, Allah ya bamu ladan farilla da biyayya.
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I do not find funny, the politically motivated mockery of the outfit of Kashim Shettima. I find funny people who opted to ridicule man's dressing when they had his brilliance to extol.
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@habib_su
@SusuSarayaa
I'll be happy to take this free of charge. Let her not worry, custody in Islamic law favours her as a mother.
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Zulum appears to have better grasp of Nigeria's biggest security challenge than the president himself. If Nigeria were a true democracy, it would disregard any unwritten zoning agreement to support Zulum's presidency come 2023. Unfortunately, we aren't. We won't.
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I feel insulted as a lawyer. I need a good Twitter savage-reply king/queen to respond to this on my behalf. 😅
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Wai ina kudin da aka tara wa
@KanoStateGovt
domin COVID19 ne? Ya kamata a fara tallafawa mutane. Jama'a sun fara tagayyara wlh.
Dazu wani ɗan-sandan da suke kan titi ya kira ni yace wlh sun fara tagayyara. Ba alawus, ba abinci, ba wani tallafi daga gwamnati? Who does that?
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Agreed Gambari is old but he isn't senile. The way I watched him walk into the State House earlier today, I believe he's got the required vigor for the job.
Let's hope and pray that his vast skills translate into some good energy within the presidency. Shikenan!
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If this wave of protests is destined to usher in a new regime of national consciousness, so be it!
I don't mind who sponsors what. I believe Nigerians have been too docile for too long a time. Let this be the perfect time to call Nigeria home.
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Buhari is so far the weakest leader Nigeria has had. I pray he so remains as we cannot afford any worst (astagfirullah). He has failed Nigeria, his hometown and now, himself.
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Ni, Abba Hikima Esq, namiji, baligi, Musulmi, dan Nigeria, yaren Hausa, ina goyon bayan matakin Majalisar Tarayya na tumbuke Shugaba Buhari a watan Satumba mai zuwa saboda gazawar sa wajen tsare rayukan mu.
#ImpeachBuhariNow
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The
@MBuhari
who once wept at
@ChathamHouse
for us, whose campaign we finance with our hard-earned pennies, is sadly in my view, worse off in all fronts. People's lives are still petty here. Corruption thriving. Impunity emboldened. Rule of law trashed. Human rights ridiculed.
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So Nigerians can tolerate misgovenance and treasury looting by their leaders but leaders cannot tolerate petty insults and peaceful protest. What a country!
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This beautiful straw hat costs me 500% less than I could happily have paid for. Our economists have a lot of advise to give rural entrepreneurs.
Guess how much it costs.
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@PoliceNG
should as a matter of urgency, start arresting and prosecuting these reckless and senseless pranksters. It is getting nauseous and out of hand.
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The most nauseating video I have watched in a long time. If this video is new, the
@HQNigerianArmy
should immediately identify and handover these uncharitable elements to
@PoliceNG
for prosecution for public nuisance.If the video is old, we demand the status of the case.
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Reports reaching us have it that
@GovUmarGanduje
, without notice whatsoever, started paying Kano civil and public servant May salary with old salary scale, thereby unilaterally reverting the State back to pre-minimum wage era after months of commencement.
@dawisu
wat is this pls?
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What do you think about late Gen. Abacha?Let's use majority rule to have some perspective.
Abacha meant well 4 Naija
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Abacha looted Nigeria
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I don't know.
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If this protest were in Nigeria, we would have been counting deaths in hundreds.
@PoliceNG
watch and learn please.
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May be Twitter and the West apply double standard in dealing with what amounts to inciting insurrection. That is no justification for the government to stifle the rights of millions of Nigerians to make a point.
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Corruption is more about disregard for the rule of law than about stealing money...
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@JaafarSJaafar
You’re not alone. Emefiele may be super corrupt and all but $171billion? No please.
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Too much inhumanity perpetrated by the male against the female gender.
May Allah save us from us.
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A million Americans took to streets in protest over the death of G.Floyd. An individual.
Several dozen Nigerians brazenly killed in cold blood in Sokoto by bandits and we're relatively calm even on social media.
Our president also didn't deem it fit to personally address us.
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In US and many European States, the endless protest is about racial discrimination. Ours is black man's injustice to blackman.
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Successive Kano state govts failed a duty as primary as supplying municipalities with portable water. To these comminities, with or without lockdown, water vendors (ƴan-garuwa) qualify as essential service providers, and the lockdown is bound to breakdown if this is not adressed.
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Increased financial assistance requests, low business turnovers, closure of businesses, low patronage due to fears, suspension of minimin wage in some states etc. Common Nigerians are already feeling the impact of COVID19 on economy...
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In conclusion, I condemn all the peaceful protesters and their supporters from all poles of this country for deliberately inserting sections 39 and 40 of the Constitution of Nigeria thereby guaranteeing the continuity of their right of free speech and assembly.
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At Kano Zoo this afternoon, reflecting on how the human species tamed and contained some of the most dangerous animals on Earth.
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Say no to the elitist school of thought trying hard to brainwash you into thinking that you have more in common with your bloodsucking oppressors than with your southern freedom fighters. In Nigeria we have common enemies and they made largely of the ruling class.
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I just recieved another disturbing complaint involving SARS Kano involving corruption and fundamental human rights violations. I believe there's unwavering need to start policing the police. The
@PoliceNG_CRU
is no longer itself. They only recieved complaints and do nothing.
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The apparent success of IPOB's sit-at-home order is a yet another sad reminder that Nigerian government is not in control in several quarters.
Two of the most important determinants of government are; one, the state's ability to excercise exclusive authority over a given...
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COVID19 is already infecting and threatening the lives of who's who in Nigeria. The country's health care system from what is known, is unprepared to handle an outbreak of this nature and the doors for foreign medical tourism are shut...
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Could it be that somebody compromised data of Nigeria lawyers to the NBA presidential candidates?The amount of unsolicited mails and messages is disturbing and unprecedented.I confirmed from many lawyers, some of whom do not practice or work at all, the receipt of these messages
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Katsina police commissioner declared Adamu Alero wanted and direct that he could be killed before his body brought to him.
If Nigeria's Constitution is not feasible let's have ourselves one legalises passing death sentence on suspects before they are tried by court of law.
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#We_Love_Muhammad_
ﷺ
"Defaming the Prophet goes beyond permissible limits of objective debate & could stir up prejudice & put at risk religious peace.The statements was likely to arouse justified indignation in Muslims & amounted to generalization without factual basis. ECHR 2018
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May be so but the newspaper I believe is graced by associating with you
@bulamabukarti
.
Becoming a
@daily_trust
’s columnist is literally a childhood dream come true. All thanks and praises be to the Almighty who made this possible.
See you on Thursday!
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Tell traditionalists to never joke with COVID-19.
If you claim to have cure for Coronavirus when you don't, you're simply inviting infected patients to troop at your house, to infect you, your parents, children and loved ones.
It's common sense.
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We've today moved Kano High to restrain MD Kantin Kwari market,
@GovUmarGanduje
of Kano state and ors from enforcing an executive order against Kantin Kwari market traders. And the court answered.☺️
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Rapists should be castrated, crucified.
I was once directed by a High court judge to defend an alleged rapist for defiling a 5 year old girl...
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@JaafarSJaafar
I see. This explains the head motion from one corner to the other. I sighted you next to Momen in the hall. I wish you were given a chance to speak.
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POSCO, a South Korean steel-making company, was built a year after Nigeria's Ajaokuta Steel company by same Russian firm.
Today, about 4 decades after, with nearly $50bn annual revenue, POSCO ranks forth in the world in terms of steel production. Corruption Kills.
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Who else read the part where
@elrufai
in his own words- Accidental Public Servant- narrated how President Obasanjo would always refer to him as a "mad man"?
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Ignorance, corruption, poverty, lack of medical personnel and equipment, government's overzealousness, misplaced spiritualism, over population etc. would be Nigeria's bane in the fight against COVID 19.
Let's do some vigourous enlightenment.
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Kano's lockdown is so far the worst. Very ill-prepared. You cannot just order a population majority of which depends on daily wages to stay at home, and then do nothing to help them. Let's see some result.
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The emir was not defeated intellectually. Rather his views were unpopular to the majority of the audience because the views were revolutionary. I was hugely impressed by emir's deapth and versatility. It was the day I decided to become his fan.
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Much as I supported the
#EndSARS
campaign, I'd always believed that Nigeria Police's problem is way beyond disbandment of SARS. This is why Nigerians still find reason to occupy the streets. I am in total support for any kind of teaming up against any kind of injustice.
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territory and two, its prerogative to enjoy the monopoly of force or violence.
These important ingredients are today like in 2020, exerted on a Nigerian territory and by a proscribed group.
Nigeria is clearly sick. And there's need for an all-hands-on-deck solution.
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Lockdown in Kano neighborhoods. We can only be saved by the sheer grace of God.
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I was in attendance. In fact the emir sat two seats away from me (in the audience). It was my first exposure to him and the Islamic law concept of the permissibility of "Taqyidul Mubah". A concept around which in my understanding, the gamut of the whole debate should revolve...
@_abba_g
@Muhd_Tham
@IdrisGombawa
@Abbahikima
Bar Abba Hikima was in attendance. I am sure he will tell us the truth.
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