His lawyer, Celso Vilardi, while speaking with journalists, said “He has been imprisoned, but I don’t know why.

Bolsonaro, 70, is serving a 27-year sentence for his alleged involvement in a failed 2022 coup attempt.

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His legal team had argued he should remain under house arrest due to concerns that imprisonment could endanger his health.

Source: Channels

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Agabi told the court that Kanu had decided to take over his defence, prompting all the senior advocates on the team to step down from the case.

Confirming this, Kanu said he would represent himself for now but might hire new lawyers later. When the judge offered to assign him a lawyer, he declined.

During the hearing, Kanu maintained that the court had no power to try him. He is facing a seven-count charge filed by the Federal Government.

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Kanu has also named several public figures, including former and current ministers, governors, and military chiefs, as witnesses for his defence.

Source: Punch

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This is against the current practice, where heads of courts hold offices until they attain retirement age or they are removed from office.

The proposed legislation, which is part of the constitution alteration bills being considered by the House Committee on Constitution Review, was sponsored by Manu Soro, who represents the Darazo/Ganjuwa federal constituency of Bauchi State.

The proposed subsection stipulates that any judicial officer appointed as Chief Justice of Nigeria, President of the Court of Appeal, Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, President of the National Industrial Court, Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Chief Judge of State, Grand Khadi of Sharia Court of Appeal or President of Customary Court of Appeal of a State, shall serve for a five-year non-renewable term and return to their previous role as judges or shall retire if retirement age is attained, whichever comes first.

According to its explanatory memorandum, the bill is geared towards enhancing service efficiency and officer motivation and addressing the overstay of heads of courts.

But, most lawyers, who spoke to reporters think otherwise. They do not agree that it would motivate officers and enhance efficiency; rather their argument is that it would shortchange some states, particularly those that send young judges to the apex court.

The National Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Bridget Edokwe, clearly disagreed with the lawmakers’ argument, stressing that there is no need to change a flawless system.

Also, in his submission, a Lagos-based lawyer, Marcellus Onah, thinks what the lawmakers are proposing is unnecessary, because according to him, if that is allowed to happen, then it would no longer be appointment based on professional merit but political apportionment, to serve the interest of the political class.

However, for Malachy Ugwummadu, a human rights lawyer and public affairs commentator, it is the question of motive. He noted that there is nothing wrong with the current position where the heads of the courts retire at the age of 70 or after completion of 35 years in service, pointing out the danger of changing the current position.

To avoid such a dilemma, he said the only caveat that can be put there is where you now put a proviso that where such a person becomes, either because of ill health or any other consideration, incapable of discharging the functions of his office, such a person shall leave.

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