Natasha vs Akpabio: Legal scholar sends important message to senate president’s lawyer, see details

• Barrister Tonye Clinton Jaja has written a missive of informing to Olisa Agbakoba, whose instrumentality firm, Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL), represents Senate President Godswill Akpabio
• The missive raised concerns implicit Agbakoba’s caller nationalist engagement successful the high-profile lawsuit betwixt Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and Akpabio
• Jaja expressed reservations astir what helium perceives arsenic an overreliance connected idiosyncratic ineligible stature to resoluteness a lawsuit that has already undergone legislative scrutiny

Legit.ng writer Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has implicit 9 years of acquisition covering politics and governance successful Nigeria.

FCT, Abuja - A salient ineligible scholar, Tonye Clinton Jaja, has issued a stern informing to quality rights lawyer and elder advocator of Nigeria (SAN), Olisa Agbakoba.

Jaja gave the informing pursuing Agbakoba's caller nationalist intervention successful the ongoing intersexual harassment contention involving Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.

Barrister Tonye Clinton Jaja urges caution successful Godswill Akpabio and Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan's case. Photo credits: Natasha H Akpoti, Godswill Obot Akpabio
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Natasha vs Akpabio: Jaja cautions Agbakoba

In an unfastened missive dated Wednesday, April 30, shared with Legit.ng, Jaja accused Agbakoba of indulging successful nationalist posturing portion risking superior ineligible and reputational consequences for himself and his client.

Jaja, who trained nether Chinonye Obiagwu (SAN), and present practices successful the Kingdom of Lesotho, anchored his statement connected 3 foundational ineligible principles: treble jeopardy, sub judice, and cleanable hands. He reminded Agbakoba that the substance had already been investigated and dismissed by the legislature committee connected ethics, chaired by a ineligible professional, with practice from different elder advocates, including Monday Ubani. Any further propulsion to reopen the matter, helium warned, could represent a law usurpation of Senator Natasha’s close not to beryllium subjected to proceedings doubly for the aforesaid issue.

Natasha vs Akpabio: Jaja knocks Agbakoba

Taking peculiar contented with Agbakoba’s media interventions, Jaja questioned wherefore the respected lawyer was “touring property conferences” alternatively than limiting his arguments to courtrooms wherever aggregate suits connected the substance are already active.

Jaja wrote, referencing lawsuits filed by Akpabio’s woman (Ekaette) seeking implicit N300 cardinal successful damages from Senator Natasha:

“Your interventions should beryllium earlier a competent court, not successful nationalist sentiment campaigns."

Furthermore, Jaja called retired what helium described arsenic hypocrisy successful Akpabio’s pursuit of justness done his lawyers portion allegedly denying the aforesaid justness to others successful his relation arsenic president of the National Assembly’s Governing Council of the Institute for Legislative Studies.

Jaja wrote, questioning the motivation ground of Agbakoba’s ngo to cleanse Akpabio’s nationalist image:

“Your lawsuit seeks equity yet fails to present it."

Additionally, Jaja described the senate's six-month suspension of Senator Natasha arsenic legally and morally defective, arguing that it violates legislature lasting orders which bounds specified suspensions to a maximum of 14 days. He challenged Agbakoba’s conciliatory approach, suggesting that existent reconciliation indispensable commencement with Akpabio righting that procedural wrong.

Quoting Martin Luther King Jr., Jaja concluded that “the arc of the motivation beingness bends toward justice” and urged Agbakoba not to let pridefulness oregon nonrecreational ambition to unsighted him to the risks. He, therefore, warned that adjacent the astir seasoned advocates are not immune to reputational fallout erstwhile they wantonness caution and objectivity successful pursuit of politically charged missions.

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Natasha writes satirical ‘apology’ to Akpabio

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that suspended Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan penned a mock “apology” to Akpabio, highlighting alleged improprieties and powerfulness dynamics wrong the legislative body.

The missive posted connected her societal media pages and titled “satirical apology letter,” drips with sarcasm arsenic it criticises what she describes arsenic the entitlement civilization among immoderate high-ranking members of the senate.

Senator Akpoti Uduaghan mocked the anticipation that governmental advancement indispensable travel done idiosyncratic compliance alternatively than merit, taking purpose astatine alleged backstage “requests” and the civilization of quid pro quo she suggests is rampant successful legislative affairs.

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Source: Legit.ng