Ten lawyers ask court to jail Aondoakaa, two others – Vanguard

Ten lawyers from six geo-political zones in the country yesterday began a fresh legal move before a Federal high court sitting in Abuja seeking to arrest and jail the immediate past attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, Chief Mike Aondoakaa, SAN, for encouraging lawyers working under him to swear to false affidavit in court in order to preserve President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s seat.

The two others sought to be jailed are the Acting Director of Civil Litigation, Mrs Agartha Mbamali and one Ndukwe Odiba, a lawyer in the chambers of the Attorney-General of the Federation.

The lawyers led by Chief Nkereuwem Udofia Akpan said the trio of Aondoakaa, Mbamali and Odiba ought to be arrested and prosecuted for contempt on one hand for misleading the court and for treason on the other hand.

Both Mbamali and Odiba were alleged to have deposed to separate affidavits to the effect that there was no vacuum in the country at the time Jonathan Goodluck was refused to assume full presidential powers in acting capacity.

EFCC writes Aondoakaa over trial of sacked bank chiefs – The Nation

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has sought a fiat from the Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Mike Aondoakaa (SAN) to prosecute 16 bank chiefs and 68 debtors of five banks. The anti-graft agency hopes to begin the prosecution this week.

Investigation by The Nation showed that the Chairman of the EFCC, Mrs. Farida Waziri, had on Wednesday written to the AGF for the fiat.

The EFCC has already hired four Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) and three senior lawyers to prosecute the suspects .

The commission’s findings have also revealed that the non-Executive Directors of the Intercontinental Bank Plc are being detained over N20billion non-performing loans they approved for themselves.

Extradition of el-Rufai begins – The Nation

Armed with a Senate report, the Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Mike Aondoakaa (SAN), has initiated the extradition of former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nasir el-Rufai. The Senate Committee on FCT’s report allegedly indicted the ex-Minister.

The application for the report by the AGF followed a request by the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri, The Nation learnt yesterday.

It was gathered that the office of the AGF got the report from the Senate last week as part of the steps towards the extradition of the ex-Minister.

A source, who pleaded for anonymity, told our correspondent: “With the certified copy of the report, we have officially started the move to extradite el-Rufai.

“In invoking the relevant clauses of the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) between Nigeria and Britain to bring el-Rufai to justice, we need to back our request with relevant documents.