President Muhammadu Buhari has finally sacked Justice Lambo Akanbi of the Federal High Court who was accused of N100m bribe.
The justice was relieved of his position in form of a obligatory retirement.
Akanbi was found guilty of breaking the code of conduct for judicial officers.
He was blamed for acquiring N100m from Governot Nyesom Wike upon which he sacked about 22 local government chairmen and councilors for supposedly being elected on an unlawful premise.
There was a gun battle between soldiers and oil bunkers on Monday, November 16 at 4th avenue in Festac which resulted in soldiers being deployed to the area.
The shooting transpired after soldiers received message that larcenists had endeavored to purloin Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), on 23th Avenue and that another set had assailed banks at Agbara, Ogun state.
The clash with vandals on Monday necessitated the erection of a barrier on the road by the soldiers. It was denoted to designate a high risk place and drivers were expected to decelerate when they reached the area.
At 10.30pm, the victim drove on speed and relucted to stop even when soldiers shouted at the conveyance and a commercial bus to stop. Cerebrating they were malefactors, the soldiers opened fire on the conveyance and after the smoke had cleared, two civilians were discovered dead while a policeman was shot in the buttock and another on the knee. One of the bullets ricocheted off a police van and hit one of the soldiers on the chest.
The wounded were first taken to a nearby hospital but were later transferred to the Lagos University Edifying Hospital (LUTH) in Idi-Araba.
A police source verbalized: “Surveillance men were on patrol. They sighted a Honda car. They mentally conceived the driver was a ‘yahooyahoo’ guy. The policemen were in a commercial bus as against the injuctive authorization of the Inspector General of Police (IG).
“The policemen flagged the Honda driver down, but he relucted to heed. The policemen commenced chasing him, up to 7th Avenue where the joint team of soldiers and policemen were stationed.
There was a barrier on the road to decelerate conveyances. The Honda driver and the policemen in commercial bus relucted to stop.”
“That the Judge also delivered the ruling in Suit No FHC/PH/CS/07/2009, four months after final addresses were taken without any cogent reason contrary to the constitutional provisions that judgment should be delivered within a period of 90 days.”
“That Justice Akanbi also dismissed the application to set aside the report prepared by the valuer, CYN – JAC (NIG) LTD and later changed the Ruling to Judgement which prevented the Respondent from pursuing the application for stay of proceedings at the Court of Appeal.”
“That Justice Akanbi also failed to give a copy of his ruling delivered on 12th June, 2013 to the complainant until 28th June, 2013.”
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