Mark @SwifterMark

BAIL CONDITIONS SHOULD NOT UNDERMINE THE ESSENCE OF BAIL In recent times, we have observed with growing concern a disturbing trend in the administration of criminal justice in Nigeria, where courts and law enforcement agencies, including the Nigeria Police Force, EFCC, ICPC, and other security agencies, increasingly impose bail conditions that are excessive, impractical, and difficult to satisfy. The frequent insistence on sureties who are senior civil servants of specified grade levels, coupled with demands for landed properties of extraordinary value, has in many cases transformed bail from a mechanism for securing attendance at trial into a tool of pretrial detention. The consequence is that many persons who are constitutionally presumed innocent and have ostensibly been granted bail remain incarcerated because the conditions attached to their release are beyond their reach. This troubling development undermines the constitutional right to personal liberty, weakens the presumption of innocence, and defeats the very essence and purpose of bail within our criminal justice system. We consider it necessary to reiterate that bail is a constitutional safeguard designed to secure the attendance of an accused person at trial while preserving his or her liberty pending the determination of guilt or innocence. It is neither a punishment nor a mechanism for imposing pre-trial incarceration by indirect means. The law is settled that bail conditions must be reasonable, practical, and capable of being fulfilled by the accused person. The Supreme Court, in Suleman & Anor v. Commissioner of Police, Plateau State (2008), emphasized that the object of bail pending trial is to grant pre-trial freedom to an accused person whose appearance in court can be secured through appropriate conditions. Bail is not intended to create insurmountable obstacles that make release impossible. We are particularly concerned by the increasing tendency to impose conditions that are disconnected from prevailing economic realities and often impossible to satisfy. Conditions requiring sureties who are serving civil servants on specific salary grades, ownership of landed properties of extraordinary value, or other burdensome requirements effectively convert the grant of bail into a denial of bail. Of particular concern is the continued insistence in some cases on sureties who must be senior civil servants, often on Grade Levels 16 or 17, and who must own properties worth hundreds of millions of naira. Such conditions have been strongly criticised by the appellate courts. In Dasuki v. Director-General, State Security Service & Ors (2019) LPELR-49182 (CA), the Court of Appeal unequivocally condemned the practice of involving serving public officers as a mandatory category of sureties. The Court observed that such requirements are unknown to civilised legal systems and run contrary to public service regulations. The Court further noted that expecting a public servant on Grade Level 16 to own property worth N100 million would not only be unrealistic but could also conflict with public service rules and anti-corruption objectives. The Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015, is equally clear on this issue. Section 165(1) provides that while the grant and conditions of bail are within the discretion of the court, such conditions must not be excessive. Judicial discretion, though wide, must always be exercised judiciously, reasonably, and in a manner consistent with constitutional guarantees. We therefore restate that bail conditions must be tailored solely to ensure attendance at trial. They must never serve as instruments of punishment prior to conviction. Conditions that cannot be met amount in substance to a refusal of bail and contribute directly to pre-trial detention and congestion in correctional facilities. 1/2

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These Norwegian students should not be forced to go to a mosque, learn about Islam or listen to an Islamic cleric. In fact, no student in any country of the historically Christian West should be forced to do this. It's not diversity, it’s indoctrination.

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Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge good and evil, grasp the ultimate meaning of situations, or bear responsibility for consequences. They may imitate or even simulate, but they do not understand what they produce, for they lack the affective, relational, and spiritual perspective through which human beings grow in wisdom. #MagnificaHumanitas

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Dear Oga Presidential spoke man @aonanuga1956 The Video you posted about VeryDarkMan containing a voice Recording Of @officialABAT is 100% Fake and AI Generated you and President Tinubu‘s APC Government want to Distract us from focusing on the main issue, You Tone D£af Leaders are seeing that We Nigerians are finally uniting together to speak up against The Insecurity and Bad Leadership in Nigeria, Even Big Celebrities have started lending their Voices without the help of The Preeq Seller and you guys want to Stage Arrest of Preeq seller VDM to divert attention and put him in the middle of all this, We Nigerians are smarter than all this your gimmicks. e no go work!!

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This VDM needs to face the weight of the law for being the conveyor and disseminator of a fake audio of President Tinubu. This is a clear case of an egregious abuse of the social media platform.

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Meet Yusufa, Hafizu and Audu — and their innocent, cheeky smiles. These pre-teen boys are street beggars I encountered a few days ago in Abuja. Away from home. Away from school. Away from safety, dignity and childhood itself. They are from Mashi, Katsina State. Their Local Government Chairman is Salisu Kallah Mashi. Their representative in the Katsina State House of Assembly is Hon. Sani Bello Mustapha. Their representative in the House of Representatives is Hon. Majigiri Salisu Yusuf. Their Senator is Distinguished Senator Nasiru Sani Zangon Daura. Their Governor is His Excellency Dikko Umaru Radda. The President of their country is His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Every one of these elected officials swore an oath to protect children like Yusufa, Hafizu and Audu. To protect their dignity. To secure their future. To ensure they have access to education, safety and opportunity. But because #AlmajiranchiIsChildAbuse, these children have been failed. Failed by leaders who refuse to enforce Nigeria’s Child Rights Act (2003), which clearly states: “No child shall be used for the purpose of begging for alms…” And we, as a society, have also failed them — by normalising this exploitation, looking away, and refusing to hold our leaders accountable. Child begging is not culture. It is not tradition. IT IS CHILD ABUSE. We must advocate to #BanAlmajiranchiNow. @officialABAT @dikko_radda @UNICEFNigeria @UNICEFAfrica @UNICEF @NigeriaGov @MinOfInfoNG @FMYDNG @FedMinOfJustice @nassnigeria @PoliceNG @ICPC_PE @officialEFCC

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It is an absolute shame that the Christian church in Nigeria has become a platform for thieves, criminals and heartless wicked politicians. This message here is long long overdue. I wish every Nigerian will see this video

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